Joseph Loomis was born in 1590 in England. He emigrated on Apr 11 1638 from London. Ship "Susan and Ellen" He immigrated on Jul 17 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts. from Descendants of Joseph Loomis by Elias Loomis, LL.D.,Prof Natural Philosophy & Astronomy in Yale College... "It is mentioned in the town records of Windsor, vol.1, that on the 2nd. of Feb., 1640 he had granted him from the Plantation 21 acres adjoining Farmington river, on the east side of the Connecticut, partly from the town and partly by purchase. he therefore probably came to Windsor in the summer or autumn of 1639, and he is generally supposed to have come in company with Rev. Ephriam Huet, who arrived at Windsor Aug 16, 1639. He brought with him five sons and three daughters. His house was situated near the mouth of Farmington river on the Island, so called because at every great freshet it became temporarily an island by the overflowing of Connecticut river. ... In 1874, James C. Loomis, Hezekiah B. Loomis, Osbert B. Loomis, H. Sidney Hayden and his wife, and John Mason Loomis were constituted a corporate body by the name of the LOOMIS INSTITUTE. This institute is designed for the gratuitous education of persons of the age of twelve years and upwards, and is to be located on the original homestead of Joseph Loomis on "The Island", in Windsor, Conn. This homestead is situated on elevated ground on the west bank of the Connecticut river, and commands an uncommonly fine view of the river and valley. Since the death of Joseph Loomis this site has always been in the possession of some one of his lineal descendants to the present time. It is the design of the corporators to do what they can to endow this Institution and in this they desire the Co-operation of all the Loomis family, that the Institution may become a lasting monument to the memory of Joseph Loomis, and a blessing to the town which he selected for his refuge from the annoyances to which Puritans were subjected in the mother country." He moved on Aug 16 1639 to Windsor, Connecticutt. He died on Nov 25 1658 in Windsor, Connecticutt. He was a Woolendraper. Parents: John Lummys and Agnes Lyngwood.
