Sarah Loomis1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17567, (1722 - 1754)
FatherNathaniel Loomis1,4 (Oct 1700 - 8 Mar 1768)
MotherSarah Skinner1,4 (17 Jul 1697 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Sep 1722, Colchester, Connecticut5,6
Marriage: 1745, Michael Taintor (31 Dec 1719 - 25 Nov 1748)7,8,9
Marriage: 21 Dec 1752, Colchester, Connecticut, Jonathan Willard (26 Oct 1720 - 5 Apr 1804)10,11,12
Death: 25 Dec 1754, Colchester, Connecticut13

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Sarah Loomis was born on 15 Sep 1722 in Colchester, Connecticut.5,6
     Sarah married first Michael Taintor, son of Michael Taintor and Eunice Foote, in 1745.7,8,9
     Her husband died on 25 Nov 1748.14
     Sarah married second Jonathan Willard, son of Jonathan Willard and Elizabeth Whitney, on 21 Dec 1752 in Colchester, Connecticut, with Rev. Ephraim Little officiating.10,11,12
     Sarah died on 25 Dec 1754 in Colchester, Connecticut, at age 32.13
     
Research Note, 7 Feb 2018:

There were two women named Sarah Loomis in 18th century Connecticut, second cousins once removed, who are named in various published and online genealogies as the wife of Michael Taintor and Jonathan Willard. One even shows both of them as the wife of Taintor. This Sarah was one; the other was Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Esther (Colt) Loomis, who was born in 1711 in Windsor. I conclude that this Sarah was actually the wife of Michael and Jonathan, and that sources showing the other are all based on an error in the Loomis genealogy confusing the two. I find the genealogies supporting this conclusion to be more compelling, together with the fact that both Michael and Jonathan lived in Colchester and the age of the younger Sarah more consistent with a first marriage in 1745.15,16

Children:
     Children with Michael Taintor:

  • Sarah Taintor17 (30 Dec 1745 - )
  • Michael Taintor17 (14 Mar 1748 - 14 Apr 1831)

Children:
     Children with Jonathan Willard

Jonathan and Sarah were reported to have had additional children, whose names are unknown. They do not appear in his will, which does list all his known children. So either this report was confused with children by his first wife or they must have died before he did.19

Citations

  1. [S7926] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Colchester, pg 110, birth record for Sarah Loomis, citing land book 1:449.
  2. [S7931] Taintor, "Genealogy of the Taintor Family of Connecticut", pg 14, shows name as Sarah Loomis.
  3. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 133, shows name as Sarah Loomis.
  4. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 151.
  5. [S7926] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Colchester, pg 110, birth record for Sarah Loomis, citing land book 1:449, shows date.
  6. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 151, shows date.
  7. [S7931] Taintor, "Genealogy of the Taintor Family of Connecticut", pg 14, shows year.
  8. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 133, shows as her first marriage; pg 151, shows year.
  9. [S7911] Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg 79, shows her as widow Sarah Taintor when she married Jonathan.
  10. [S7897] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 18, Colchester First Congregational Church, pg 326, citing vol 1 pg 54 and vol 4 pg 34, shows date and officiant.
  11. [S7911] Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg 79, date, town, and state.
  12. [S7931] Taintor, "Genealogy of the Taintor Family of Connecticut", pg 14, shows date and town.
  13. [S7897] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 18, Colchester First Congregational Church, pg 326, citing vol 1 pg 47 and vol 4 pg 52.
  14. [S7898] The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 9 section 302, Colchester, pg 150, inscription for Michael Taintor.
  15. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 144, shows Sarah (b. 1711) as married to Michael Taintor and then Mr. Willard; pg 151 shows Sarah (b. 1722) as married to Michael Taintor.
  16. [S7931] Taintor, "Genealogy of the Taintor Family of Connecticut", pg 14, shows Michael Taintor's wife as Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Loomis of Colcheter.
  17. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 133.
  18. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 64, which cites 4:243-49, shows her named in her husband's will as his daughter.
  19. [S7929] Loomis, and Loomis, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, pg 133, shows Jonathan and Sarah had several children, names unknown.