BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Abigail (Foote) Loomis joined the Wadsworth Chapter on November4, 1897, when ninety-nine years old. She had lived in the lifetime of every President of this country, having been born before the death of Washington, and her memory of the events of her early life extended with clearness back to the time of John Adams, second President. She was sixth in descent from Nathaniel Foote, 1st, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Another ancestor of Mrs. Abigail (Foote) Loomis was Thomas Kimberly, who with Mr. Davenport, Mr. Eaton and other gentlemen of good fortune, were the founders of New Haven. Abigail Foote, the patriot's daughter, and his eleventh and youngestchild, received her education in the public schools of her native place and atBacon Academy. In 1826 she was married to Alfred Isham Loomis and her entire married life of fifty-six years was spent in the old homestead, where she went as a bride. This homestead has been handed down from father to son since the settlement of the town two hundred years ago. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Loomis celebrated their golden wedding. After her husband's death Mrs. Loomis made her home with her daughter. (footnoted - it was Mrs. Philo Bevin of East Hampton, Connecticut) Alfred Isham Loomis and Abigail (Foote) Loomis, his wife, had seven children, fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren, as follows:
ABIGAIL Foote, b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. Chas. E. Brownell, Moodus, Conn., Nov. 25, 1852; five children;
GEORGE Loomis Brownell, b. July 13, 1854; m. Sept. 8, 1881,Elizabeth M. Reed (b. Nov. 6, 1854, dau. of Joel S. and Seraphina Haynes Everett missionaries to Turkey, and, upon the death of both parents in
her infancy adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Reed of Brookfield, Mass.) Their children are:
Leroy, b. July 27, 1886; d. Oct. 21, 1901
Carl Reed, b. Nov. 21, 1889
EDWARD Cole Brownell, b. Jan. 27, 1856; m. Aug. 23, 1882, Leila J. Alexander (b. Mar. 14, 1859). Their children are:
Edward A. b. Jan. 11, 1885
Abigail Foote, b. June 20, 1888
Sylvia Judd, b. June 8, 1893
CHARLES Howe Brownell, b. July 7, 1859; m. Nov. 24, 1885, Annie Wentz (b. June 1, 1864). Their children are:
Helen, b. June 22, 1889; d. June 22, 1889
Roger Wentz, b.Nov. 5, 1892
Margaret, b. May 22, 1894; d. Mar. 10, 1895
MARY Hammond Brownell, b. April 15, 1861; d. 1862, ae. 10 months.
ABIGAIL Foote Brownell, b. July13, 1863; d. April, 1879
ALFRED Isham, b. Nov 2, 1827; d. April 21, 1866.
JANE Clarissa, b. July 31, 1832; m. Philo Bevin April 9, 1863; no children.
GEORGE Champion, b. Jan 30, 1835; d. Jan. 30, 1847
EMILY Harvey, b. Mar. 20, 1837;m. Edward A. Bliss, April 4, 1861; four children
EDWARD Milton Bliss, b. Jan6, 1863; m. Nov. 14, 1901, Ada Richards of Pittsburg, Penn.
ALFRED Loomis Bliss, b. Aug. 17, 1866; m. June 18, 1902, Frances Lincoln Smith of Arlington, Mass.
JENNIE Louise Bliss, b. June 11, 1871; d. Jan. 9, 1884
HELEN Augusta Bliss,b. Sept. 22, 1872; m. Jan. 14, 1903, Cushman Hartley Case, of Suffield, Conn.
ISRAEL Foote, b. Nov. 8, 1839; m. Elizabeth McFadden, Nov. 8, 1866; three children:
ALFRED Israel, b. Jan. 10, 1868; d. 1893
CHARLES Brownell, b. Nov. 3, 1869
MARY Abigail, b. Aug. 28, 1871; m. John Mac Donald; eight children
MILTONLathrop, b. July 16, 1842; m. S. Emeline Tracy, Nov. 11, 1869; three children:
GEORGE Tracy, b. July 17, 1871; m. Gladys Jones of Hebron, Conn.; one child namely,
Emeline Tracy, b. 1898
JOHN Robbins, b. Aug. 23, 1873
CAROLINE Buell, b. May 23, 1882

DEATH: Mrs. Loomis was a member of the Congregational Church at Westchester, Conn., from the time she was twenty-six years old, and for seventy-four years her life was lived in full accord with the vows she then made. It was the custom in those early days for young people of studious habits tocommit to memory choice selections from the English poets. Being favored with aretentive memory, Mrs. Lomis, when one hundred y

BIOGRAPHY: Nathaniel Foote served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was at the battle of White Plains, and he was afterwards at New London "inthe Service" when the town was attacked. He was also a Minute Man.
He was drafted at two different times, and scores of people remember seeing Nathaniel Foote's old Revolutionary musket which hung over the mantel and was looked upon asa very rare relic. His papers of discharge from the service were sent to Washington, D.C., and were never returned, and were supposed to have been burned inthe Government Building when the British troops were in occupation in 1814. Because of this he received no pension.

1. Huldah FOOTE b. 4 Dec 1791, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1881, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; bur. Westchester, Conneticut.
2. Israel FOOTE b. 29 May 1794, Westchester,Connecticut.
3. David FOOTE b. 22 Apr 1796, Westchester,Connecticut.
4. 1. Abigail FOOTE b. 26 Jun 1798, Westchester,Connecticut; d. 6 Jun 1899.

1. Lucy FOOTE b. 28 Jul 1750, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 30 May 1810, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Esther FOOTE b. 13 Apr 1748, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 11 Oct 1799, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Patience FOOTE b. 17 Jun 1737, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 29 Jun 1791, , , , Age 54.
4. 2. Nathaniel FOOTE b. 7 Feb 1742, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 Jan 1829, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; bur. Jan 1829, Colchester,New London,Connecticut,USA.
5. Aaron FOOTE b. 10 Mar 1744, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 13 Jul 1824, , , , Age 80.
6. Margaret FOOTE b. 7 May 1746, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 30 Jun 1836, , , , Age 90; bur. Marlboro, , Conneticut.
7. Dan FOOTE b. 16 Aug 1755, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 6 Feb 1820.
8. Anne FOOTE b. 1 Aug 1739, Colchester, , Connecticut; d. 1 Sep 1809, Haddam ?, , Connecticut.
9. Mary FOOTE b. 8 Jan 1753, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1785, , , , Age 33.
10. Daniel FOOTE b. 16 Aug 1755, Colchester,Connecticut.

1. Elizabeth FOOTE b. 29 May 1750, Colchester,Connecticut.
2. Mary FOOTE b. 3 Apr 1752, Colchester,Connecticut.
3. Israel FOOTE b. 30 Jan 1755, Colchester,Connecticut.
4. 3. Abigail FOOTE b. 13 Mar 1757, Colchester,Connecticut; d. 2 Jan 1852, Colchester,Connecticut.

1. 4. Nathaniel FOOTE b. 28 May 1712, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 May 1811, Westchester, , Connecticut..
2. 6. Israel FOOTE b. 16 Oct 1713, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1785, Colchester,Connecticut.
3. Anna FOOTE b. 25 Aug 1714, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 Jun 1760, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.
4. Daniel FOOTE b. 6 Feb 1715/1716, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 27 Dec 1801, Colchester,New London,Connecticut,USA; bur. 29 Dec 1801, _____,New London,Connecticut,USA.
5. Charles FOOTE b. 26 Dec 1718, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jun 1719, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.
6. Hannah FOOTE b. 17 Apr 1720, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 2 Mar 1802, Vermont.
7. Elizabeth FOOTE b. 15 Feb 1721/1722, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 11 Jan 1809, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut; bur. Jan 1809.
8. Charles FOOTE b. 10 Nov 1723, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1795, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.
9. Asa FOOTE b. 4 May 1726, Colchester, New London, Connecticut; d. 11 May 1799, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut; bur. May 1799, Century Cemetery, Marlborough, Connecticut.
10. Ann FOOTE b. 25 Aug 1715, Colchester,Connecticut; d. 22 Jun 1760, Colchester,Connecticut.

1. Joseph GATES b. 28 Dec 1695/1696, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Nov 1770, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Jeremiah GATES b. 17 Mar 1697, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Nov 1770, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; bur. Cove Cem., E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut..
3. Elizabeth GATES b. 23 May 1697, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1752, Haddam Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. John GATES b. 20 Sep 1698, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 8 Jun 1775, Westchester Soc, Colchester, Connecticut.
5. Sarah GATES b. 20 Aug 1700, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Bef 1735, Pr Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. Jonathan GATES b. 17 Dec 1703, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 21 May 1704, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Jun 1771, Westchester Soc, Colchester, Connecticut.
7. Susannah GATES b. 21 Sep 1705, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 15 Oct 1705, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 29 Apr 1793, Colchester, , Connecticut.; bur. Waterhole, Colchester, , Connecticut..
8. Jacob GATES b. 10 Jul 1708, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 1 Aug 1708, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.; d. 20 Jun 1789, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. Samuel GATES b. 29 Mar 1710, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 2 Apr 1710, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.; d. 25 Aug 1801, Millington, , Connecticut..
10. 5. Patience GATES b. 21 May 1712, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 23 Mar 1712, E. Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.; d. 22 Feb 1799, Westchester Soc, Colchester, Connecticut.