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

1. 6. Hulda FOOTE   b. 15 Dec 1769, Westchester,Connecticut; d. 21 Sep 1801.
2. 7. Nathaniel FOOTE  

1. 8. Nathaniel FOOTE   b. 8 Jun 1779, Westchester,Connecticut; d. 30 Dec 1799, New York City.
2. 9. Jerusha FOOTE   b. 3 Apr 1781, Westchester,Connecticut.
3. 10. Patience FOOTE   b. 1 Feb 1783, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 12 Mar 1818.
4. 11. Asa FOOTE   b. 31 Jan 1785, Westchester,Connecticut; d. 4 Jul 1859.
5. 12. Lucinda FOOTE   b. 24 Apr 1788.
6. 13. Absalom FOOTE   b. 1 Mar 1790, Westchester,Connecticut; d. 1 Mar 1790.

1. 14. Leverett BRAINARD   b. 13 Feb 1828, Westchester, Conneticut; d. 2 Jul 1902, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
2. 15. Albert BRAINERD   b. 26 Jun 1832, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 16 Jun 1878.
3. 16. Lucy BRAINERD   b. 26 Jun 1832, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

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

1. 17. Nathianel FOOTE  

At his death was lost the family appellative, which had been used for seven generations without interruption.

BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Canada.

1. 18. Jerusha BRAINERD   b. 31 Aug 1800, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 6 Nov 1828.
2. 19. Nathaniel BRAINERD   b. 20 Aug 1802, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 9 Jan 1878.
3. 20. Lucy Day BRAINERD   b. 4 Nov 1804, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 10 May 1857.
4. 21. Abigail Lucinda BRAINERD   b. 27 Sep 1807, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 30 Aug 1834.
5. 22. William BRAINERD   b. 23 Sep 1810, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 25 Feb 1882.
6. 23. Margaret Foote BRAINERD   d. 11 Apr 1860.
7. 24. Clarissa Loomis BRAINERD   b. 19 Jul 1814, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 13 Dec 1902.
8. 25. Asa BRAINERD   b. 24 Dec 1816, Westchester, Conneticut; d. 25 Apr 1898, Westchester, Conneticut.
9. 26. Harriet Atwood BRAINERD   b. 23 Sep 1819, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 24 Oct 1895.
10. 27. Samuel Newel BRAINERD   b. 14 Apr 1822, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 19 Mar 1893.
11. 28. Roxy Meroa BRAINERD   b. 23 Mar 1824, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; d. 23 Sep 1848.

1. 29. Nathaniel FOOTE  

1. 30. Charles Edwin BRAINARD   b. 10 Dec 1869, Connecticut; d. 31 Oct 1889.
2. 31. Lucy Morgan BRAINARD   b. 22 Jan 1872, Connecticut.
3. 32. Robert Leverett BRAINARD   b. 31 Mar 1874, Connecticut; d. 3 Aug 1885.
4. 33. Albert Buckley BRAINARD   b. 9 Jul 1876, Connecticut; d. 2 Nov 1881.
5. 34. Morgan Buckley BRAINARD   b. 8 Jan 1879, Connecticut.
6. 35. Newton Case BRAINARD   b. 26 Dec 1880, Connecticut.
7. 36. Edith Hollister BRAINARD   b. 13 Aug 1882, Connecticut.
8. 37. Ruth Alberta BRAINARD   b. 31 Jan 1885, Connecticut.
9. 38. Helen Sterling BRAINARD   b. 6 May 1889, Connecticut; d. 11 Nov 1899.
10. 39. Mary Lydia BRAINARD   b. 14 Nov 1867, Connecticut; d. 11 Jan 1900.

1. 40. Nathaniel FOOTE  

1. 41. William BRAINERD   b. 14 Jan 1839, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut.
2. 42. Amahiah BRAINERD   b. 18 Jun 1841, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut.
3. 43. James Nelson BRAINERD   b. 9 Oct 1847, Colchester, New London County, Connecticu?.
4. 44. Leverett BRAINERD   b. 21 Feb 1852, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut.

1. 45. Almira Sheldon DAY   b. 14 Nov 1847, West Chester, New London, Connecticut; d. 13 Jan 1924, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; bur. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.

1. 46. Edward Payson BRAINERD   b. 11 Aug 1848, Westchester, Conneticut; d. 7 Nov 1871.
2. 47. Leora BRAINERD   b. 31 Mar 1851, Westchester, Conneticut.
3. 48. Corinne BRAINERD   b. 29 Jul 1853, Westchester, Conneticut.
4. 49. Lyman BRAINERD   b. 27 Mar 1856, Westchester, Conneticut; d. Oct 1916.
5. 50. Asa BRAINERD   b. 7 May 1859, Westchester, Conneticut.
6. 51. Charles BRAINERD   b. 9 Nov 1861, Westchester, Conneticut.
7. 52. Robert Fellows BRAINERD   b. 10 Apr 1866, Westchester, Conneticut; d. Mar 1894.
8. 53. Mary Elizabeth BRAINERD   b. 15 Oct 1869, Westchester, Conneticut; d. 25 Aug 1887.

BIOGRAPHY: HON. NATHANIEL FOOTE, A.B., M.A., LL.D., of Rochester, New York, elected an annual member 30 Nov. 1926, was born in Morrisville, New York, 15 Nov.1849, the son of Nathaniel and Olivia Minerva (Knox) Foote, and died in Rochester 26 Jan. 1944. He prepared for school at Cazenovia Seminary and entered Hamilton College with the class of 1870, attending through sophomore year then leaving to teach school, and not returning for lack of sufficient funds. However, in after years the college conferred upon Mr. Foote the degrees of A.B., M.A., and LL.D., and the University of Rochester and Hobart College also gave him theLL.D. degree. Mr. Foote studied law in the office of his father in Morrisvilleand was admitted to the bar a Binghampton, New York, in 1870, and practiced later in Morrisville and Rochester. In 1905 he was appointed by the governor a justice of the New York supreme court to fill a vacancy for one year, and the next year he was elected to a full term of 14 years as justice of the court. In January 1912 he was designated by the governor to sit in the appellate division of the supreme court and continued as associate justice of that court until theexpiration of his term of office in 1919, when in January 1920, he was appointed acting official referee.
Judge Foote married in Rochester, 10 Jan. 1872, Charlotte Ann Campbell, daughter of James C. and Jeanette (Armitage) Campbell. They had five children, Nathaniel Frederick, Franc Estelle, Mrs. John Colgate Jessup (Louise Knox Foote), Mrs. Jerome Babcock Chase (Charlotte Campbell Foote), and Olivia Jeanette. Judge Foote took great interest in genealogical matters, especially as related to his own family, and compiled and published in December1927 the Knox family genealogy. (NEHG Register, Volume 98, April 1944)

1. 54. Nathaniel FOOTE   b. 15 Nov 1849, Morrisville,New York; d. 26 Jan 1944, Rochester,New York.

1. 55. Mary Alice CROSS   b. 23 Apr 1887, Auiboy, New York; d. 1963.
2. 56. Myra Day CROSS   d. Jan 1929.
3. 57. Harry Isaac CROSS  
4. 58. Marion Clarissa CROSS  
5. 59. Charles Maro CROSS  

1. 60. Nathaniel Frederick FOOTE  
2. 61. Frances Estelle FOOTE  
3. 62. Louise Knox FOOTE  
4. 63. Charlotte Campbell FOOTE  
5. 64. Olivia Jeanette FOOTE