In brief

Born in England in Shalford, England. She married June 30, 1614, in Shalford Parish Church, Essex County, England. She died August 23, 1652, in Windsor, Connecticut.

Family

Children

  • Joseph Loomis
    b. 1615, in Messing/Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Sarah Hill, September 17, 1646
    m. Mary Chauncey, June 26, 1659
    d. June 26, 1687
  • Sarah Loomis
    b. c. 1616, in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Nicholas Olmstead, September 28, 1640
    d. 1665
  • Elizabeth Loomis
    b. Abt. 1619 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Josiah Hull, May 20, 1641, in Windsor, Connecticut
  • Mary Loomis
    b. Abt. 1620 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. John Skinner in 1638
    m. Owen Tudor, November 13, 1651
    d. August 19, 1680, in Windsor, Connecticut
  • John Loomis
    b. 1622 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Elizabeth Scott, February 1648
    d. September 13/24, 1688
  • Thomas Loomis
    b. 1624 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Hannah Fox, November 1, 1653
    m. Mary Judd, January 1662
    d. August 28, 1689, in East Windsor, Connecticut
  • Nathaniel Loomis
    b. Abt. 1626 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Elizabeth Moore, November 24/25, 1653
    d. August 19, 1688
  • Samuel Loomis · in this line
    b. Abt. 1628 in Braintree, Essex County, England
    m. Elizabeth Judd, December 27, 1653, in Farmington, Connecticut
    d. October 1, 1689, in Westfield, Massachusetts

Siblings

  • Sarah White
    b. Abt. March 1585 in England
    m. James Bowtell
  • Nathaniel White
    b. Abt. April 1587 in England
  • Elizabeth White
    b. Abt. March 1591 in England
    m. William Goodwin, November 7, 1616, in Shalford Parish Church, Essex County, England
  • Bridget White
    b. Abt. August 1594 in England
  • Anna/Rosanna White
    b. Abt. July 1600 in England
    m. John Porter, October 18, 1620, in Messing, Essex County, England
    d. 1647 in Windsor, Connecticut
  • John White
    m. Mary Levett/Levit, December 26, 1622, in Messing, Essex, England
  • Daniel White

Life story

A Pewter Platter's Memory

Mary White was baptized August 24, 1590, in Shalford, Essex, England, and married Joseph Loomis at the Shalford parish church in June 1614. When her father died in 1617 he left her a pewter platter. Mary emigrated with Joseph to New England and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, living next to her sister Anna from 1639. She died in Windsor on August 23, 1652.

Sources (3)
  1. Elisha Scott Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America (Elisha Scott Loomis, 1909); image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofjos00loom : accessed 11 July 2026).
  2. Buell Burdett Bassette, One Bassett Family in America: Part 2 (New Britain, Connecticut: F.A. Bassette Company, 1926); image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/onebassettfamily00bass_0 : accessed 13 July 2026).
  3. “Children of Robert White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, Who Settled in Hartford and Windsor,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55 (1901): 22-31; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11721/22/241474845 : accessed 13 July 2026).