Lucy Loomis married Joel Adams in 1760 near Simsbury CT. The couple had 9 known children that are mentioned in CT records and the Episcopalian Reverend Roger Viet's Christening records. In approximately 1787 she moved back to East Windsor, CT from Whitehall, NY since apparently Joel Adams Sr had taken another wife (Molly). Divorce documents have not been located. Lucy Loomis Adams moved back into her Father John Loomis's house and was able to reinvent herself, in part, thanks to the laws of Connecticut which required that a Father was responsible for a divorced daughter.
In John Loomis Last Will and Testament, dated Christmas 25 December 1789, he mentions Lucy Loomis. It's a two page handwritten Will sandwiched in with 2 other John Loomis East Windsor Connecticut Wills. In the Will it states that Lucy Loomis is permitted to use the front door of the house, including the steps to go and come from the cellar. I think Lucy Loomis Adams may have lived a "reasonable life" living with her sister Ursula Loomis Wood and her sister's husband John Wood after her father died in 1793. In the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census reports 2 women matching Lucy and Ursulas ages are listed with John Wood. (Women were not listed in the Census until 1850 unless they were head of household.) Life proceeded until Ursula died in 1820. Somehow Lucy Loomis ended up dying in 1825 in the East Windsor Almshouse Connecticut at age 86. Perhaps she was not able to care for herself after her sister died. Sargeant Major John Wood, Revolutionary War Veteran, lived until approximately 1834 in East Windsor CT. Miss Lucy Loomis death and funeral is mentioned in Reverend Thomas Robbins diary for the date Dec 6, 1825 as being "cold and tedious". She's listed as Miss Lucy Loomis. Lucy Loomis Adams outlived her siblings and managed to reinvent herself. There's no gravestone for Miss Lucy Loomis Adams since she had a pauper's burial in the Almshouse cemetery which is now the Veterans cemetery.
John Loomis Will 1789, Hartford, CT:
"item; I give to my daughter Lucy Loomis two beds and all of the blankets and sheets that I possess also a case of Dross a large brass Kettle and copper tea kettle all of one half of my household goods that remain and one cow to her and her Heirs forever all so if my daughter Lucy Loomis should survive me and my wife Anne and I further give to her the use and Improvement of my parlor or North room and one third of the cellar under the room on the Eastside of the home with the privilege to use the stairs to go to and from the cellar and Bake bread in the oven in the fourth room and to pass and repass at the front door to the street as well as water and use the home during her natural life or so long as she lives single and unmarried"
In John Loomis Last Will and Testament, dated Christmas 25 December 1789, he mentions Lucy Loomis. It's a two page handwritten Will sandwiched in with 2 other John Loomis East Windsor Connecticut Wills. In the Will it states that Lucy Loomis is permitted to use the front door of the house, including the steps to go and come from the cellar. I think Lucy Loomis Adams may have lived a "reasonable life" living with her sister Ursula Loomis Wood and her sister's husband John Wood after her father died in 1793. In the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census reports 2 women matching Lucy and Ursulas ages are listed with John Wood. (Women were not listed in the Census until 1850 unless they were head of household.) Life proceeded until Ursula died in 1820. Somehow Lucy Loomis ended up dying in 1825 in the East Windsor Almshouse Connecticut at age 86. Perhaps she was not able to care for herself after her sister died. Sargeant Major John Wood, Revolutionary War Veteran, lived until approximately 1834 in East Windsor CT. Miss Lucy Loomis death and funeral is mentioned in Reverend Thomas Robbins diary for the date Dec 6, 1825 as being "cold and tedious". She's listed as Miss Lucy Loomis. Lucy Loomis Adams outlived her siblings and managed to reinvent herself. There's no gravestone for Miss Lucy Loomis Adams since she had a pauper's burial in the Almshouse cemetery which is now the Veterans cemetery.
John Loomis Will 1789, Hartford, CT:
"item; I give to my daughter Lucy Loomis two beds and all of the blankets and sheets that I possess also a case of Dross a large brass Kettle and copper tea kettle all of one half of my household goods that remain and one cow to her and her Heirs forever all so if my daughter Lucy Loomis should survive me and my wife Anne and I further give to her the use and Improvement of my parlor or North room and one third of the cellar under the room on the Eastside of the home with the privilege to use the stairs to go to and from the cellar and Bake bread in the oven in the fourth room and to pass and repass at the front door to the street as well as water and use the home during her natural life or so long as she lives single and unmarried"
Lucy Loomis married Joel Adams in 1760 near Simsbury CT. The couple had 9 known children that are mentioned in CT records and the Episcopalian Reverend Roger Viet's Christening records. In approximately 1787 she moved back to East Windsor, CT from Whitehall, NY since apparently Joel Adams Sr had taken another wife (Molly). Divorce documents have not been located. Lucy Loomis Adams moved back into her Father John Loomis's house and was able to reinvent herself, in part, thanks to the laws of Connecticut which required that a Father was responsible for a divorced daughter.
In John Loomis Last Will and Testament, dated Christmas 25 December 1789, he mentions Lucy Loomis. It's a two page handwritten Will sandwiched in with 2 other John Loomis East Windsor Connecticut Wills. In the Will it states that Lucy Loomis is permitted to use the front door of the house, including the steps to go and come from the cellar. I think Lucy Loomis Adams may have lived a "reasonable life" living with her sister Ursula Loomis Wood and her sister's husband John Wood after her father died in 1793. In the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census reports 2 women matching Lucy and Ursulas ages are listed with John Wood. (Women were not listed in the Census until 1850 unless they were head of household.) Life proceeded until Ursula died in 1820. Somehow Lucy Loomis ended up dying in 1825 in the East Windsor Almshouse Connecticut at age 86. Perhaps she was not able to care for herself after her sister died. Sargeant Major John Wood, Revolutionary War Veteran, lived until approximately 1834 in East Windsor CT. Miss Lucy Loomis death and funeral is mentioned in Reverend Thomas Robbins diary for the date Dec 6, 1825 as being "cold and tedious". She's listed as Miss Lucy Loomis. Lucy Loomis Adams outlived her siblings and managed to reinvent herself. There's no gravestone for Miss Lucy Loomis Adams since she had a pauper's burial in the Almshouse cemetery which is now the Veterans cemetery.
John Loomis Will 1789, Hartford, CT:
"item; I give to my daughter Lucy Loomis two beds and all of the blankets and sheets that I possess also a case of Dross a large brass Kettle and copper tea kettle all of one half of my household goods that remain and one cow to her and her Heirs forever all so if my daughter Lucy Loomis should survive me and my wife Anne and I further give to her the use and Improvement of my parlor or North room and one third of the cellar under the room on the Eastside of the home with the privilege to use the stairs to go to and from the cellar and Bake bread in the oven in the fourth room and to pass and repass at the front door to the street as well as water and use the home during her natural life or so long as she lives single and unmarried"
In John Loomis Last Will and Testament, dated Christmas 25 December 1789, he mentions Lucy Loomis. It's a two page handwritten Will sandwiched in with 2 other John Loomis East Windsor Connecticut Wills. In the Will it states that Lucy Loomis is permitted to use the front door of the house, including the steps to go and come from the cellar. I think Lucy Loomis Adams may have lived a "reasonable life" living with her sister Ursula Loomis Wood and her sister's husband John Wood after her father died in 1793. In the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census reports 2 women matching Lucy and Ursulas ages are listed with John Wood. (Women were not listed in the Census until 1850 unless they were head of household.) Life proceeded until Ursula died in 1820. Somehow Lucy Loomis ended up dying in 1825 in the East Windsor Almshouse Connecticut at age 86. Perhaps she was not able to care for herself after her sister died. Sargeant Major John Wood, Revolutionary War Veteran, lived until approximately 1834 in East Windsor CT. Miss Lucy Loomis death and funeral is mentioned in Reverend Thomas Robbins diary for the date Dec 6, 1825 as being "cold and tedious". She's listed as Miss Lucy Loomis. Lucy Loomis Adams outlived her siblings and managed to reinvent herself. There's no gravestone for Miss Lucy Loomis Adams since she had a pauper's burial in the Almshouse cemetery which is now the Veterans cemetery.
John Loomis Will 1789, Hartford, CT:
"item; I give to my daughter Lucy Loomis two beds and all of the blankets and sheets that I possess also a case of Dross a large brass Kettle and copper tea kettle all of one half of my household goods that remain and one cow to her and her Heirs forever all so if my daughter Lucy Loomis should survive me and my wife Anne and I further give to her the use and Improvement of my parlor or North room and one third of the cellar under the room on the Eastside of the home with the privilege to use the stairs to go to and from the cellar and Bake bread in the oven in the fourth room and to pass and repass at the front door to the street as well as water and use the home during her natural life or so long as she lives single and unmarried"
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Miss Lucy Loomis had a paupers burial and no gravestone marked her grave.
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