Lt. Nathaniel Loomis

From: Loomis, Elias, "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, and his antecedents in the Old world"; Berea, Ohio: Loomis, 1909.

Lt. Nathaniel; born 20 Mar 1656/57; died 29 Sep 1733 at age 76. married Elizabeth Ellsworth, daughter of Sgt. Josiah Ellsworth and Elizabeth Holcombe, 23 Dec 1680; He left a will on 26 May 1729.

Family

He married Elizabeth Ellsworth on 23 DEC 1680 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut[1] "Nathaniel son of Nathaniel Loomys married Elizabeth Elfworth he 24 years .. she 23 years..." Matthew Grant Record, Early Windsor Records.

It appears children did not survive him; none named in his will.

Estate

From “A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1729-1750 edited by Charles William Manwaring. Page 80 - 81. GoogleBooks

Loomis, Lt. Nathaniel, Windsor. Invt. £517-05-03. Taken 21 October, 1733, by William Wolcott, Hezekiah Porter and Samuel Bancroft. Will dated 26 May, 1729.

• I, Nathaniel Loomis of Windsor, being now stricken in age, do make this my last will and testament:
• I give to my wife Elizabeth the use of the whole of my estate during widowhood, and 1-2 the moveables to be at her own dispose.
• I give to my brother Daniel Loomis my meadow at Podunk, he paying my sister Mindwell Loomis £20.
• I give to my brother Hezekiah Loomis land I bought of Nathaniel Bissell, he paying to my brother's children, Jonathan and Ebenezer, £5 apiece.
• I give to my brother Moses the homestead with the buildings, he paying to my brother Josiah Loomis £25 within two years after possession.
• I give to Daniel Gillett, and, that part of the lott which I bought of Nathaniel Bissell west of the country road, he paying Hepzibah Loomis £30.
• The rest of my moveable estate not disposed of I give to be equally divided amongst my sisters and my wife's brothers and sisters living, and the children of those decd.
• I make my wife Elizabeth, with Daniel Gillet, my executors.
• Witness: Richard Skinner, Nathan1el Loom1s, Ls.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133356277/nathaniel-lomis