Noah Loomis Sr. (1724 - 1808)

Born 12 May 1724 in Westfield, Hampden, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda Bush (Clark) Loomis — married 5 Nov 1747 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1808 at age 84 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Capt. Noah Loomis Sr. served with Capt. Silas Fowler's Company of Minutemen, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Biography

Noah was born in Westfield, Hampden, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 12 May 1724 to William Loomis and Martha Morley.

Called of Southwick and a private when as part of Capt. Silas Fowler's co. of Minutemen, which marched 21 Apr 1775 in response to the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, to Roxbury; arrived there 29 Apr 1775 and joined Col. Danielson's regiment; served 11 days; reported enlisted into Capt. Lebbeus Ball's co., April 30, 1775.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ /Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War : a compilation from the archives; Vol. 09, p 939

• DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A071490
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29817433?search=true
• Tombstone upper inscription: "Capt. Noah Loomis Died August 9 1808 Aged 84 years." Burial: Southwick Cemetery, Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts,
• "Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical and genealogical", Vol. 4, edited by William Richard Cutter, American Historical Society. Pg. 165.
• Lineage Book, Vol. 10, by Daughters of the American Revolution. Pg. 3.
• Putnam's Monthly Historical magazine, Vol. 1, pub. by Eden Putnam. 1893, pg. 118.
• "Westfield and its Historic Influences, 1669-1919: the life of an early town, with a survey of events in New England and bordering regions to which it was related in colonial and revolutionary times" by John Hoyt Lockwood. Pg. 113. Printed and sold by the author, 1922.