Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Loomis was born on 28 November 1762, in Stafford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Loomis, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Rockwell, was 27. He married Dorcas Pratt on 10 November 1785, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Middlesex, Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States in 1830 and Potter, Yates, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 May 1851, in Rushville, Potter, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in French Cemetery, Rushville, Potter, Yates, New York, United States.
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- Nathan Loomis, "United States Census, 1830"
- Nathan Loomis, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Nathan Loomis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury inLancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, andapparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ +halh ‘nook, recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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