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Abigail Loomis Born: August 10, 1691, Windsor, Connecticut Died: March 9, 1752, Brimfield, Massachusetts Buried: Probably in Brimfield cemetery as many of her descendants are buried there. Married: June 5, 1712 William Janes in Brimfield, Massachusetts
Records: 1721 - April 2 - Abigail admitted to the Congregational Church in Lebanon, Connecticut Children: Jonathan Abigail Timothy Mary Abel William Elijah Sarah Israel
There are a couple places where many of our families meet and stay for more than a generation. New London County Connecticut is one of these places. More specifically the towns of New London, Norwich and Lebanon. Dates are approximate times when person lived in the named town New London - settled 1646, named 1658 is located at the mouth of the Thames River on Long Island Sound and has an excellent harbor. "The Indian name of New London," says Trumbull, "was Nameaug, alias Towawog." The first was undoubtedly the prevalent name: it was used, with many variations in the spelling, to designate both the site of the town and the natives found upon it. The Indian names are all descriptive, and this is supposed to mean a fishing place, being compounded of Namas, fish, and eag, aug, eak, terminations which signify land.
The other name, Tawaw-wog, is not often found on record: it occurs however, as an alias, in several deeds, about the date of 1654. It is probable that this also has a reference to fish; and may be derived from Tataug or Tatau-og, black-fish, for which the neighboring waters are still renowned.
William Janes Born: 1692 Northampton Died: after July 1752, Brimfield, MA Buried: probably in Brimfield Cemetery, many of his descendants are buried there. Married: Abigail Loomis, June 5, 1712 in Brimfield, MA William Janes was the prominent son and leading member of the family of Abel Janes. He raised up a large and honored family of sons and daughters. He was the favorite son of the family, and was at home with father and mother till some time after the death of his father, Abel (1718), and in time moved with all, or nearly all his family, from his native place, Lebanon, Conn., to land he purchased for himself and sons in Brimfield, Mass. From records of the town of Brimfield, its settlement was commenced in 1717, and William Janes, grandson of the first William, the emigrant, was among the first, or nearly so, in purchasing and preparing for the future abode in his family. He might have removed there with his young family as soon as a part of his five hundred acre purchase was cleared and partially improved, and convenient buildings erected for their occupancy. The dates are not at hand to determine the point. But his oldest son was not born till 1713, and his youngest son was born in 1734. Their births are all recorded in Lebanon, and his mother, Mary, died in Lebanon 1736. The distance being about forty miles from Lebanon to Brimfield, no doubt a part of the family remained till after the death of their grandmother, Mary, and perhaps all of them spent their winters there till Brimfield could be made to seem to them a real home. His oldest, Jonathan, married Irene Bradford, granddaughter of Governor Bradford.
Hampshire County, Brimfield Coy, Jonth - 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 1 f Coy, Willis - 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 1 f
Hampshire County, Northfield Brooks, Alpheus 4 m 16+, 2 m -16, 6 f Coy, Stephen 2 m 16+, 3 m -16, 2 f Coy, Lem'l. 1 m 16+, 2 f
Middlesex County, Medford Brooks, Thos. Esqr. 3 m 16+, 3 m -16, 2 f, 2 others Brooks, Thos. Jr. 1 m 16+, 1 m -16, 3 f Brooks, Ruth 2 f Brooks, Abigail 2 m 16+, 1 m -16, 5 f, 2 others Brooks, Caleb 3 m 16+, 1 m -16, 5 f Brooks, John Esqr. 1 m 16+, 2 m -16, 4 f, 1 other
Worcester County, Western Town Brooks, John 1 m 16+, 4 m -16, 4 f
Abigail (--?--) Born: ca. 1705 Died: September 18, 1779, Willington, CT Married: Amos Richardson ca. 1724 Children: John William Mary Asa William Benjamin Esther Amos James Amos Susannah Gershom
Amos Richardson Born: ca. 1705 Died: April 16, 1777, Willington, CT Married: Abigail (--?--) ca. Children: John b. 1725, d. 1748 William b. 1727, d. 1732 age 5
Mary Asa b. 1731 William b. 1733 md. Tabitha Chamberlain 1755
A list of parishes in Virginia 1680 - Benjamin Doggett minister of Christ's Church, White Chapple in Lancaster County First Census of the United States, 1790, Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia
Amelia County - 1782 Robertson, Bridgewater - 6 white, 0 black Robertson, George - 4 w, 3 b Robertson, James - 6 w, 2 b Robertson, Henry (estate) - 8 w, 16 b Robertson, Maryann - 4 w, 8 b Robertson, John - 8 w, 5 b Robertson, John - 4 w, 22 b Robertson, George - 5 w, 4 b Robertson, James - 6 w, 31 b
Cumberland County Robertson, John - 4 w, 3 b Robertson, David - 8 w, 0 b Robertson, Jeffrey - 6 w, 8 b Fairfax County - 1782 Robertson, John - 6 w, 0 b Robertson, John - 7 w, 13 b Robertson, George - 5 w, 2 b
Frederick County - 1782 Brill, Herman - 5 w Wolfe, Lewis - 7 w Wolfe, Jacob - 5 w Brill, Henry - 8 w Brooks, Thomas - 10 w Shepherd, Mercer - 5 w Shepherd, Thomas - 3 w
Hanover County - 1782 Robertson, Samuel - 10 w, 4 b Brooks, Richeson - 6 w, 2 b
Mecklenburg County - 1782 Robertson, John - 4 w Robertson, John Jr. - 9 w Robertson, William - 8 w, 8 b Robertson, James - 4 w Robertson, Alexander - 6 w, 1 b
26 - Roman Inquisition demands that Galileo give up heliocentrism 29 - Leap Day
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5 - Copernicus' work banned by Catholic Church 14 - Thomas Tilden wrote his will in Kent, England:
In the name of God, Amen. The fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord God, according to the computation of the Church of England, one thousand six hundred and sixteen.
Abigail Loomis
Abigail (--?--)
Amos Richardson
