The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Thomas Loring migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 4, p. 340) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Anthony Loring and Bridget (Sanders) Loring were previously attached as parents of Thomas Loring; however there is no supporting evidence (sources) for this parental relationship. They are being detached; but should reliable sources become available, they may certainly be reattached after collaboration with the profile managers. Thank you.
Biography
Birth
Date: About December 1600, Axminster, Devon, England. Origin Axminster, Devon, England, emigration of 1635 based upon his 18 Sep 1635 land grant (HiBOP 14). [1]
Marriage
Thomas married Jane Newton of Axminster, Devon, England sometime before 1625. Whilst the Loring Genealogy states that "Her ancestry is thus far unknown to her descendants"[2] (Book Page 1) there is a very good chance, unproven at this time, that Jane was born in the same area as Thomas.
Children of this marriage
Deacon Loring brought with him from England a wife Jane [Newton], and two sons, the younger four years old at the time. Two other sons were born in this country. Three brothers settled in Hull, Massachusetts; but Josiah continued to live in Hingham. Josiah Loring married Elizabeth, daughter of John Prince, the first of the Prince family who came to' America.
Born in England
Thomas, b. Abt March 1625. chr. 27 March 1625. d. 30 March 1625.[3]
Thomas arrived in America on the 23rd December, 1634 and joined the church colony at Hingham, which had come from Hingham, Norfolkshire, under the lead of an Independent minister. Rev. Robert Peck.[2] (Book page 1)
On March 15, 1646, "all the houses of Thomas Loring and John Pratt burnt to the ground, being the Sabbath day in the morning."[6]
Death
Thomas died at Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, America on the 4th of April, 1661.[7]
Thomas died intestate. Administration was granted to his widow Jane and eldest son Thomas, April 18, following......[2](Book Page 3)
Historical Notes
The Lorings are descended from Deacon Thomas Loring who came from Axminster, now a manufacturing town on the river Ax, Devonshire, England, to Dorchester, Massachusetts, December 22, 1634. Whilst there is a likelyhood that there is a connection between the Lorings of Chalgrave and Robert of Lorraine, also known as Robert of Hereford, a bishop of that see in 1079, erroneously reported in the Loring Genealogy on the first page of the introduction as 1279, no such connection has been established. Robert of Lorraine came to England with William the Bastard aka William the Conqueror.
The pedigree of Sir Neal Loring of Chalgrave may be found on pages 12, 13 and 14 of the Visitations of Befordshire, 1566-1634. No other Lorings are found in that Visitation and it can be safely assumed that the right to bear the arms of Sir Neal Loring does not devolved upon the Lorings of Axminster as Sir Neal had no male issue of the flesh. The Visitations of Devon similarly show no Lorings other than one un-named whose widow married Randal of Kentisbury.
Only Admiral Sir John Wentworth Loring holds a grant of arms in the period 1687 to 1898. The Lorings of America, and their English counterparts and descendants (the family returned) have no legal right to carry the arms of Sir Nele or Sir Petrus Loring. Despite this, as it states in the Loring Genalogy That the Lorings of New England were descendants of the race of Bedfordshire is very probable for the reason that the arms of Sir Nele Loryng have been hung up in their dwellings from the time of their ancestor of Hingham to the present period."[2] (Book page - Introduction xiii) This does not however amount to a grant of arms. Full details of Thomas Loring start on page 37.
Research Notes
No historical evidence exists for the birth of Thomas. The determination of his approximate date of birth is explained in Early Lorings - Resolving some problems with Loring profiles.
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.4The Loring Genealogy online. By Charles Henry Pope assisted by Catherine Peabody Loring; Murray and Emery Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1917. Book Page in next to reference link. ISBN 9781144866219
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBSP-8B1 : accessed 31 March 2016), Thomas Loring, 27 Mar 1625; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 916,807.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J79J-D9P : accessed 31 March 2016), Thomas Loring, 05 Mar 1626; citing AXMINSTER,DEVON,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 916,807.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Q3-Y45 : accessed 31 March 2016), John Loring, 27 Dec 1629; citing AXMINSTER,DEVON,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 916,807.
Several years ago, Maurice Loaring of UK (passed away 2021) conducted DNA research worldwide for Loring and Loaring families, including descendants of Deacon Thomas Loring. Our Awliscombe Loaring branch and the Deacon Thomas Loring (Axminster) branch were/are a close match. Some of Maurice's work is published online. I believe all Loring Loaring Lorring Loryng families are descended from Albert the Lotharingian (AKA Albert of Lorraine, AKA Albert, the Clerk of Domesday), clerical priest to the English kings before and after 1066. The Coat of Arms displayed early by the American Loring family were of Sir Nigel Loaring's father or grandfather (not Sir Nigel's). Sir Nigel had no sons, but his two priest brothers, William (for sure) and Thomas (quite likely), did have families, including sons.
From the research notes on the profile of his supposed father Anthony (or William) Loring, it seems the parents are unsupported guess work. It also says "The only marriage recorded in on-line records is for William Loring in 1614 who we have established married Bridget Sanders and who cannot be the parents of Deacon Thomas Loring."
There is no evidence for the attached parents at all and my own research suggests these to be unlikely candidates. I created those research notes on the putative father by the way. I have today flagged them both as uncertain.
Hi Cheryl. Personally I would suggest yes however as I am not a member of the Project, nor a manager of the profile, I do not think it is my place to make that decision.
Loring-984 and Loring-5 appear to represent the same person because: The date of birth on Loring-984 is completely wrong and these are not his parents (William and Bridget). William and Bridget are real but see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Early_Lorings for an explanation. Before merging the parents of Loring-984 should be removed and the date corrected to 1600
A merge of Loring-306 and Loring-5 was proposed 6 weeks ago. Can it be approved or is there a problem? If you missed it, you'll find it on the bottom left of the profile page.
Thanks, Vic
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A merge of Loring-306 and Loring-5 was proposed 6 weeks ago. Can it be approved or is there a problem? If you missed it, you'll find it on the bottom left of the profile page. Thanks, Vic