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Dear Richard,
Be aware that all details found on the web are not always true. In your posting, several errors stand out, while others not so much, but still errors. For a more detailed account of the Joseph Loomis family, please refer to the "Loomis Family in America" published 1908 by Dr. Elisha Scott Loomis. Many libraries have or can obtain a copy of the 1982 reprint of this work through inter library loan. As to when Joseph and his family arrived in the new world, this date is solid, 1638. In the passenger lists for the "bark", named the "Susan and Ellen", you will find the entry for the Loomis (Lomas) family and they sailed from London on April 11, 1638 and arrived in Boston on July 17, 1638. I know of only one prior Loomis family member which is a cousin to Joseph Loomis, Edward Lomas of Ipswich, Mass., who sailed to America in 1635 and who most likely sent a word of encouragement for Joseph to come and join him in America.
As to arriving in Windsor, CT., Joseph and his family wintered over in Dorchester, Mass, and arrived the summer of 1639 at what is known as the "Island", a piece of real estate at the mouth of the Farmington river.
Of those early pioneers arriving in 1639, there were no other relatives or persons by the name Loomis (Lomas) among those who settled Windsor. Joseph's cousin Edward had homesteaded in Ipswich and his family line radiated from this location. Most all of Edward's descendants to this day spell their name Lomas or Lummis. Most all Joseph's descendants spell their names Loomis.
Over the next couple centuries, some other Loomis/Lomas/Lummis etc. families have migrated to the United States, but they and their offspring have been small in number and may have no connection to Joseph. Our Loomis Families of America DNA project has had several Lomas family members from England and here in the US participate and through the testing have found little or no connection between those families. Of course, a larger pool of participants could help refine this research, but for the moment, the facts tend to show that the various spellings of the Loomis name which we used to think all went back to an earlier ancestor seems now to not be the case.
Lance D. Loomis
Loomis Families of America
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