Loring genealogy : compiled from The chronicles or ancestral records of James Speare Loring, from his original manuscript in possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, by permission : from the manuscripts of John Arthur Loring, and from many other sources online

Cale¥, Thomas^ Thomas^), born at Sheffield in 1803.

He died at New Marlborough August 13, 1847.

Child:

711. Miner N.^

392. Giles A.' Loring {Isaac^, Ignatius^, Ignatius*,
Caleb^, Thomas'^, Thomas^), born at Sheffield, February 4,



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1805; married first, Amy Elizabeth Kellogg, born January
19, 1815, died January 29, 1837. He married second,
February 7, 1841, ''Demmis" (Damaris) M. Wariner.

He resided successively at Sheffield, Mass., Genoa, O.,
and White Pigeon, Mich.

He died in 1874.

Children:

712. i. George Kellogg^, b. at Sheffield Apr. 6, 1833.

ii. Maria Reed, b. Dec. 12, 1834; m. May 20, 1859, Wm.

Monroe Clark,
iii. Mary E., b. Aug. 27, 1845.
iv. A son, b. Nov. 5, 1850.

393. Chester A.' Loring {Isaac^, Ignatius^, Ignatius^,
Caleb^, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Sheffield; married
Ann E., daughter of Nathan and Eliza Stanton; she died
at Hinsdale January 22, 1880, aged 58 years, 9 months
and 6 days.

Residence, Sheffield.

Children :

i. George^, b. June Ip, 1843; d. at Northampton Mar. 24, 1909.

713. ii. James B., b. in 1844.

iii. GUes H., b. in Jan., 1847; d. Feb. 27, 1848.

iv. Harry Chester, b. June 4, 1849.

V. Phebe A., b. Jan. 13, 1852; m. Jan. 31, 1869, Charles A.

Corey,
vi. Lydia L., b. June 4, 1853.
vii. Eunice M., b. Oct. 12, 1855; m. May 26, 1876, George E.

Watkins.
viii. Emeline M., b. Jan. 8, 1857.
ix. Fanny A., b. Aug. 11, 1860; m. Dec. 19, 1878, George W.

Becker.
X. A daughter, b. Sept. 4, 1862.
xi, A son, b. Nov. 9, 1864.

402. Adoniram Judson' Loring {James^, James^,
John*, Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at North Bridge-
water April 20, 1820; married first, August 7, 1844,
Abigail W., daughter of Hosea Alden, born in 1822, died
in May, 1845. He married second, at Quincy June 2,



212 LORING GENEALOGY

1850, Sally H., daughter of Royal and Sarah S. Hollis,
born in 1834; she died in Illinois in 1855. He married
third, at Lowell November 10, 1857, Eunice Matilda,
daughter of Charles and Rachel Warren, of Groton, aged
27. She died in January, 1870.

He was a boot and shoe maker at various centers of
the business. In 1855 went to Illinois, planning to buy
a farm; but the death of his (second) wife broke up the
plan, and he came back east. Again in 1867 he tried
farming at Orange, N. H., for a year. He built a house in
North Bridgewater in 1872, and in 1876 bought a farm in
the same place, where he spent the rest of his life.

He died at Brockton (formerly North Bridgewater)
September 2, 1890.

Children :

i. Melvina^ b. Aug. 27, 1851; m. Apr. 15, 1876, Francis EUiot
Snow, of Brockton.
Children:

1. Harry Almyn Snow, b. June 7, 1877.

2. Ella Gertrude Snow, b. Aug. 29, 1879; m. Mar. 1,

1899, Louis G. Smith,
714. ii. Frank, b. at N. Bridgewater Apr. 9, 1853.

ill. Ada Vesta, b. Jan. 9, 1866; m. Jan. 4, 1887, Walter Pratt,
of Brockton, carpenter. They live on the Loring home-
stead.
Children:

1. Leslie Warren Pratt, b. Oct. 17, 1895.

2. Everett Loring Pratt, b. Sept, 19, 1899.

403. Simeon Wood^ Loring (Thomas^, Nathaniel
TJ', John'^, Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Spencer
February 23, 1800; married Jane A., daughter of Samuel
C. and Jane A. Gibbs; he died May 25, 1868; aged 63
years, 10 months and 25 days.

He settled at Blandford; was a colonel in the State
militia; was representative in 1839.

He died April 18, 1885.

Children :
i. Thomas W.^, b. in 1826; a lawyer; m. May 26, 1851, Rowena
S., daU. of Elijah D. and Ina Gibbs. He d. Sept. 16
1862; she d. May 23, 1882.



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ii. â–  RoUin S., b. in 1831; became a physician; m. Mar. 26, 1857,
Sarah M., dau. of Freegrace Newton, se. 22.
715. iii. Dexter H.

iv. Samuel Gibbs, student in Harv. Law School in 1863.

V. Cordelia, b. in 1840; m. Dec. 7, 1869, Lyman H. Lloyd,

vi. Eliza Jane, b, Nov. 28, 1843; m. Apr. 25, 1867, Charles H.
Conwell, of Minneapolis, Minn., b. at Worthington.



404. Lucius Augustine^ or Augustine Lucius^ Lor-
ING {Thomas^ Nathaniel T.^, John^, Cale¥, Thomas'^,
Thomas^), born at Spencer October 11, 1804; married at
Rutland October 11, 1824, Elizabeth R. Moore, born in
May, 1807, died March 9, 1884.

He settled at Oakham. He died January 10, 1846.

Children:

i. Elizabeth Anjeanette^ b. July 16, 1825; m. Feb. 12, 1846,
James Babbitt, of North Brookfield.

716. ii. Thomas Augustine, b. Dec. 24, 1827.

iii. Chloe Lauraette Draper, b. Feb. 16, 1830; m. July 11, 1852,

Ethan R.Bothwell.
iv. Mariette S., b. Aug. 24, 1833; m. Aug. 2, 1852, Joseph A.

Moore.
V. George Valentine, b. May 8, 1837.
vi. Theodore, b. Oct. 27, 1840; d. Jan. 9, 1843.
vii. Frank E. D., b. Jan. 17, 1844.

717. viii. Arthur Lucius, b. Sept. 20, 1846.



404a. Lucius Pitts^ Loring {Daniel^, Nathaniel T.^,
John*, Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Cahaba, Ala.,
January 19, 1821; married May 12, 1841, Mary Marsena
Brunson, of Sumter, S. C, where he was brought up in
the family of his maternal grandfather, Jeremiah Pitts.
Mrs. Loring outlived her husband, and died April 9, 1898.

He was a planter in Sumter, an elder in the Presby-
terian church. He was captain of Company K in the 24th
South Carolina Infantry in the army of the Southern
Confederacy, and served in Virginia. ''His later life
was devoted to repairing the losses he had suffered by the
war." He died October 10, 1886.



214 LORING GENEALOGY

Children:

i. Fannie^, b. Jan. 29, 1842; d. in infancy,
ii. Anna Charlotte, b. Aug. 6, 1843.
iii. Lucius Pitts, b. Nov. 10, 1844; d. in infancy.
iv. Paulina Matilda, b. Jan. 18, 1848; m. Dec. 29, 1870, Timothy
W. Lee, of Statesburg, S. C.
Children:

1. SteUa Pauline Lee, b. Jan. 1, 1872; d. Nov. 12, 1876.

2. Anna Lydia Lee, b. Feb. 1, 1873.

3. Washington Loring Lee, b. Nov. 16, 1875. A civil

engineer. Served in the Spanish-American War;

is now ma,] or in State militia.
718. v. George Washington, b. Sept. 24, 1852.
vi. Emma, b. Aug. 8, 1858; d. in infancy,
vii. Mary Wesley, b. June 15, 1861 ; d. Sept. 9, 1862.



406. George Augustus'^ Loring {John^, Nathaniel
T.^, John'^, Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), bom at Leicester
March 2, 1831; married at Worcester November 16,
1854, Frances A., daughter of Asa M. and Harriet S.
Alien, aged 22.

He died at Leicester February 18, 1893.

407. George'^ Loring {Friendly EzekieP, Thomas'^,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Portland, Me., May
14, 1816; married first, July 7, 1836, Hannah, daughter of
Micah Bryant Harlow, born May 28, 1820, died at North
Bridgewater May 21, 1849. He married second. May 2,
1850, Mrs. Mary Porter Proctor, daughter of Charles and
Rebecca Lincoln and widow of Samuel Proctor; she was
born October 19, 1817, died August 31, 1895.

He removed to Pljrmpton; to Homer, N. Y.; then to
North Bridgewater. He died June 24, 1868.

Children :

i. George Edward^, b. Sept. 19, 1837; d. Dec. 2, 1838.
719. ii. Augustus Barnabas, b. Sept. 15, 1840.
iii. George Edward, b, and d. Jan. 24, 1843.
iv. Erastus F., b. Sept. 5, d. Oct. 30, 1847.
V. Alice Frances, b. Apr. 17, 1853; m. June 1, 1876, WiUiam
Adams Sweetser; res. at Brockton.



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407a. James H. H.^ Loring {Friend^, EzekieV', Thomas'^,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Portland, Me., Jan-
uary 7, 1823; married at Fairhaven January 7, 1851,
Sarah Moody, daughter of Jonathan and Olive Myrick,
of Harwich, born at Orleans December 25, 1831; she
died at Riverside, CaL, February 12, 1891.

Removed to Westbrook, Me. He was color sergeant
of the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry, enlisted August
18, 1862; his regiment had the most strenuous service.
He was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

Children :

i. Alice Goulding^ b. Oct. 12, 1852; m. Aug. 31, 1881, Henry

Maher Bruning.
ii. Wallace Colby, b. Aug. 20, 1857; d. Aug. 25, 1859.
ill. Jennie Gertrude, b. Dec. 5, 1859; m. Oct. 10, 1881, Charles

Simmer Covell.



407b. Martin B.'^ Loring {Friend^, EzekieV', Thomas^,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^, born at Portland, Me., Novem-
ber 28, 1825; married first, Harriet B. . He

married second, Martha A. -^ , who died October

16, 1872.

He resided at Lynn in 1849 and at Melrose a| the time
of his death, April 2, 1872.

Children :

i. William Henry ^ b. at Lynn June 28, 1849.

ii. Ellen, m. at Maiden Oct. 9, 1872, William L. Berry.

408. Seth Lewis ^ Loring {Ezekiel^, EzekieV, Thomas^,
Cale¥, Thomas'^, Thomas^), born at Plympton February
20, 1809; married March 31, 1831, Laura Ann, daughter
of Charles A. and Mary (Cushman) Thomas, of Marsh-
field, born July 10, 1808; she survived her husband and
died February 1, 1897.

He settled at Charlestown; was a shipjoiner in the
Navy Yard in 1849; in that year went to California, but
returned in 1851. Went again in 1859 and returned.



216 LORING GENEALOGY

He was a representative one year ; a member of the order
of Odd Fellows.
He died at Plympton Jime 2, 1869.

Children :

i. Charles Thomas^ b. May 3, 1832; d. Feb. 9, 1849.
720. ii. John Plummer, b. Apr. 13, 1834.

409. Thomas B.' Loring {Ezekiel^, EzekieV', Thomas*,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Plympton July 24,
1813; married October 24, 1844, Lucy, daughter of
Jonathan Parker; she died at Plymouth March 20, 1885,
aged 68 years, 8 months and 28 days.

He died at Newton February 2, 1895.

Children :

i. Thomas^, b. and d. in 1846.

ii. Lucy M., b. Aug. 30, 1848; m. Jan. 11, 1877, Alvin J. Gor-
don, of Newton. She d. Jan. 1, 1878.

iii. Abigail P., b. Jan. 14, 1850; m. Dec. 25, 1882, Otis Baker,
Jr.

iv. Mary S., b. Jan. 23, 1852; m. July 8, 1880, Alvin J. Gordon.

V. Laura Thomas, b. June 1, 1853; m. Feb. 17, 1881, Albert L.
Gordon.

vi. Hannah (Annie) S., b. Apr. 24, 1858; m. Oct. 17, 1882, Henry
W. Barnes.

vii. Helen P., b. Feb. 6, 1861 ; m. Feb. 6, 1883, Ernest F. Hayden,
of Brookfield.

409a. Caleb ^ Loring {William^, William^, Thomas*,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Turner, Me., March
19, 1798; married Prudence Packard. She died about
March, 1858.

He died June 21, 1859.

Children :

721. i. Stetson^.

ii. Betsey, d. unm. about Dec, 1857.

409b. William^ Loring {William^, William^, Thomas*,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Turner, Me., Novem-



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ber 30, 1800; married Hannah Keene; she died about
July, 1858.

He was a farmer in the town of his birth.

He died March 9, 1889.

Children :

i. Lydia^, m. Cyrus Briggs and had children. She d. Dec.

30, 1861.
ii. William Lloyd, m. Julia Richards.
Child:
â–  Stella.

409c. Seth^ Loring {William^, William^, Thomas^,
Cale¥, Thomas^, Thomas^), born at Turner, Me., April 3,
1807; married May 11, 1836, Nancy, daughter of Rev.
Joseph and Deborah (Fuller) Hutchinson, born Decem-
ber 5, 1813, died September 27, 1886.

He was a farmer on the old homestead.

He died March 9, 1878.

Children :

i. Lucy8, b. Jan. 26, 1838; m. June 13, 1858, Charles Bicknell,
of Buckfield, Me. Two children d. young.

ii. Marie, b. May 6, 1843; m. Mar. 4, 1873, James Preston
Hutchinson. Res. at Auburn, Me.
Children:

1. Lucy Hutchinson, m. Rev. Fenwick L. Leavitt; rem.

to Brewton, Ala.

2. Emma Hutchinson.

722. iii. John Milton, b. Oct. 24, 1847.

723. iv. Isaac Newton, (twin) b. Oct. 24, 1847.

410. Joseph^ Loring (John\ Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph^,
John^, Thomas^), born at Lancaster, July 19, 1768; mar-
ried in 1799, Mary Belknap, of Sterling.

He was a clock maker by trade.

He died at Sterling January 31, 1846.

Children :

724. i. Joseph Flagg^ b. in 1806.

725. ii. John Tilden, b. May 26, 1809.
iii. Franklin.



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iv. Mary Ann.

V. Betsey, m. Dr. Ingalla.

vi. William, d. unm.

411. JoHN^ LoKiNG {John^, Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^,
John^, Thomas^), born at Lancaster September 9, 1770;
married first, at Groton January 7, 1796, Lois, daughter
of Hon. Francis Faulkner, of Acton, born September 27,
1772, died January 23, 1819. He married second,
February 9, 1820, Hannah Faulkner, sister of Lois, who
was born in 1776 and died September 20, 1841. He mar-
ried third, August 2, 1842, Mrs. Clarissa Lothrop, of
Augusta, Me., who outlived him, spent her last years at
Augusta with her son by former marriage, and died there
in 1774.

He bought a farm at Solon, Me., in 1801; the title
proving defective, he bought another farm at Norridge-
wock. Me., on the south side of the Kennebec river, ex-
tending nearly a mile along the river, including the site
of the railroad yard of a much later day. This was ac-
quired by several purchases. From this he afterward
gave lots for the village academy and the parsonage of
Rev. Josiah Peet.

When the Congregational church was organized in
1797 he was one of the twenty-four members. Was a
deacon and an active force for good in the community.
He was treasurer of the county as well as of the town. He
owned a tannery. He was president of a temperance
society before the days of laws against the evil of intoxica-
tion. He was a representative to the legislature in 1812.

He died December 9, 1850.

Children :

i. Louisa^, b. Nov. 7, 1797; m. (1), Feb. 25, 1821, Simeon
Heald, of Winslow, Me. ; this family pronounce the name
Hale. He was a farmer and stock raiser. He d. Oct.
12, 1853, and she m. (2) Peter Talbot.
Children :

1. Frances Louisa Heald, b. Feb. 15, 1822; m. Feb. 16,
1845, James Hasty, of Waterville, Me.




Louisa Esther Betsey Clarissa Mary Ann

The five daughters of Major John Loring of Norridgewock, Maine,
from a daguerreotype



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2. Simeon Heald, Jr., b. Mar. 4, 1829; m. Julia A. Kemp-

ton; rem. to Prince Edward Island, Can.

3. Abbie Heald, b. May 19, 1837; m. Capt. Henry B.

Stratton, a sea captain who made many foreign
voyages,
ii. John, b. Apr. 19, 1799; d. Nov. 23, 1818.

726. iii. Ira, b. Feb. 8, 1801.

iv. EHzabeth (Betsey), b. May 11, 1802; m. July 2, 1824, Jonas
Heald, brother of her sister Louisa's husband. They
rem. to Matagorda, Tex.; he d. in 1842; the widow made
her home with her dau., Mrs. Carmer at Bastrop, Tex.;
she d. July 23, 1858.
Children:

1. Harriet Elizabeth Stoddard Heald, b. Nov. 3, 1826-

d. Aug. 2, 1852.

2. Helen Louise Heald, b. Aug. 19, 1828; m. June 19,

1854, Capt. John Carmer, assistant professor of
Latin and Mathematics in the Kentucky MiUtary
Institute, later president of Chapel Hill Female
College, Washington Co., Tex. He d. Aug. 12,
1867; Mrs. Carmer rem. to Palo Alto, Cal.

3. Abby Frances Heald, b. Sept. 24, 1832; m. in May,

1849, Joseph Nudd, of Waterville, Me.; she d. Jan.
29, 1857.

4. Caroline Augusta Heald, b. Sept. 24, 1832; m. Nov. 25,

1857, Henry Carvill, of Brunswick, Me. He d.
Mar. 3, 1893, and the widow made her home with
her daughter Ada Lois, wife of Dr. Alaric Weston
Haskell.

5. John Loring Heald, b. May 6, 1835; m. in 1894 Belle

Marston; res. at Oakland, Cal.; an inventor and
machinist.

6. Edward Payson Heald, b. Mar. 17, 1837; d. from

coasting accident.

727. V. Charles, b. July 31, 1803.

vi. Henry, b. Aug. 20, 1806; d. Sept. 6, 1815.

vii. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 23, 1809; m. Mar. 30, 1829, Joseph
Eaton, one of the founders and long the president of the
Somerset and Kennebec R.R. Was pres. of the Ticonic
Bank of Waterville, Me.; several terms representative
to the Legislature and State senator. He d. Aug. 28,
1865; she d. Dec. 14, 1868. Bur. at Winslow.
Children :

1. Abigail Eaton, b. May 5, 1830; d. Apr. 25, 1837.

2. Charles Eaton, b. June 5, 1832; m. Oct. 21, 1857,

Lucia Johnson.



220 LORING GENEALOGY

3. Rowland Eaton, b. Oct. 23, 1834; d. Oct. 19, 1870.

4. Joseph Eaton, Jr., b. Feb. 13, 1837; m. Feb. 20, 1866,

Ellen A. Simpson. He d. July 30, 1869.

5. Mary Ann Eaton, b. July 11, 1839; m. Sept. 1, 1858;

Horace K. Batchelder, of Boston; he d. at Roxbury
July 27, 1896; she d. Nov. 1, 1897.

6. Abbie Frances Eaton, b. Mar. 27, 1843; m. Dec. 3,

1873, Lucius Allen and lived at Boston, He d.
June 1, 1892.

7. Solomon Eaton, b. Aug. 12, 1846.

8. Francis Loring Eaton, b. Dec. 15, 1849; d. Mar. 4,

1857.

9. Frederick Eaton, b. Feb. 9, 1852; d. Mar. 15, 1857.
viii. Clarissa, b. Feb. 2, 1811; m. Dec. 10, 1844, Rev. Joseph

Garland. She d. at Denver, Colo., July 4, 1883.

Children:

1. Joseph Batchelder Garland, b. Nov. 3, 1845; m. at

Worcester Sept. 8, 1870, Emma M. Rockwood. He
has been a flour and grain merchant in that city.

2. Clara Elizabeth Garland, b. Jan. 28, 1847; d. Apr. 17,

1848.

3. Clara EHzabeth Garland, b. Dec. 30, 1848; m. Nov. 30,

1871, Charles H. Munroe, of Worcester and later of
Denver, Colo.

4. Edmund Newell Garland (twin), b. Dec. 30, 1848;

d. Mar. 9, 1852.
ix. Esther, b. Apr. 2, 1813; m. Apr. 9, 1834, Charles Frederic
Paine, and settled at Winslow, Me. He was an inventor
and was killed in the explosion of a boiler for a steam-
boat he had designed. May 23, 1848. Esther d. at
Newton Jan. 6, 1882.

Children:

1. Charles Paine, b. Aug. 20, 1834; d. June 18, 1876.

2. EUen Maria Paine, b. Mar. 2, 1836; m. Oct. 16, 1865,

WiUiam Atwood Stratton, of Winslow, Me., a
photographer; res. at Maiden.

3. Harriet NeweU Paine, b. July 31, 1838; m. Nov. 22,

1861, Augustus Marshall, photographer, Boston.

4. Esther Matilda Paine, b. Sept. 20, 1840; m. Sept. 25,

1880, Joel Harris Gittings. Res. at Brooklyn, N. Y.

5. Otis Frederic Paine, b. Oct. 3, 1842; d. Jan. 15, 1884.

6. WiUiam Loring Paine, b. Nov. 21, 1845. He served

in a Mass. regiment during the Civil War; then
removed to Arkansas; was a farmer and stock
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SEVENTH GENERATION 221

afterward postmaster at Argenta, opposite Little
Rock. A man well spoken of.
7. Emma Frances Paine, b. Aug. 29, 1847; d. Dec. 6, 1853.
728. X. John Henry, b. Oct. 30, 1821.

412. Jonathan^ Loring {John^, Joseph^, Joseph^,
Joseph^, John^, Thomas^), born at Lancaster January 20,
1773, married Mary, daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail
Trowbridge, born June 1, 1875, died October 13, 1865.

He settled at Groton; his farm was the place where the
famous ''Willard's Garrison" was located in the Indian
war.

He died at Groton July 12, 1855.

413. Jonas ^ Loring {John^, Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^,
John^, Thomas^), born at Lancaster March 13, 1775;
married August 11, 1801, Mary, daughter of John and
Ehzabeth (Smith) White, born October 4, 1778. They
lived some years at Peterborough, N. H.; he built and
resided in a large brick house. He removed to Medina,
O., in the Western Reserve about 1838, and spent the
remainder of his life there.

Mary died November 15, 1852, and he died March 16,
1856.

Children :

i. Ama^ette^ b. Mar. 22, 1802; d. July 4, 1837.
• ii. Lorenzo, b. Jan. 2, 1804; d. at New Orleans, La., June 10,

1835.
iii. John, b. July 21, 1805; m. Mary Merrit of Pennfield, N. Y.,

and settled in Michigan,
iv. Ashley, b. Apr. 21, 1807; m. Elizabeth Wheelock; he d. in

Ohio Jan. 28, 1849.
V. Frederick, b. Feb. 12, 1809; m. Jan. 3, 1834, Mary Little;

settled at Carthage, 111. She d. in Feb., 1848, se. 38 yrs.

(See " John White of Wenham and Lancaster," Vol. 2,

pp. 81-91.)
vi. Sally, b. Sept. 6, 1811; m. Oct. 5, 1820, Jefferson Nay;

settled in Ohio,
vii. Ehzabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1815; m. in 1839 John Lozedder.
viii. Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1819; m. Sept. 11, 1845, Chester T. Hills.

Lived at Medina, 0.



222 LORING GENEALOGY

414. Daniel' Loring {John^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph^,
Johvr, Thomas^), born at Lancaster (now Sterling) Novem-
ber 27, 1777; married first, at Northborough May 21,
1805, Catherine (Caty) Maynard; she was shot by an
irresponsible person October 23, 1815; he married second,
November 19, 1816, Sabra Maynard, sister of Caty;
she died September 30, 1846.

He Uved on the old homestead in Sterling and was a
farmer. He died January 6, 1864.

Children :

i. Rebecca^ b. Feb. 20, 1806; m. Apr. 10, 1824, Joseph Pear-
son, b. Oct. 17, 1804, d. Nov. 24, 1858. She d. July 18,
1889. They lived at various places in Mass., till 1846,
when they rem. to Walworth co.. Wis. She had 29
grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren at the time of
her death.
Children:

1. Joseph Lorenzo Pearson, b. Sept. 5, 1825; m. Dec. 27,

1847, Nancy A. Everts. Was in the grain business
at Milwaukee.

2. Silas Edwin Pearson, b. Sept. 18, 1827; m. Sept. 16,

1849, Amanda Melissa Morse. Celebrated their
golden wedding at San Bernardino, Cal.

3. Ira Pearson, b. Oct. 1, 1833; m. Apr. 6, 1858, Harriet

A. Garrett. Settled at Iowa City, la.

4. Catherine Theresa Pearson, b. Sept. 16, 1835; m. June

26, 1853, Chauncy H. Austin. Res. Sharon, Wis.

5. Clara Pearson, b, July 10, 1841; m. Dec. 7, 1859, at

Sharon, Wis., James H. Cox.

6. Martha Ann Pearson, b. Mar. 2, 1844; m. May. 28,

1865, Robert Young; lived at Jasper co., la., and
southwestern Kansas.

7. Bartholomew Pearson, b. Sept. 20, 1845; m. Aug. 11,

1868, Rosette Bird, of Grinnell, la.; res. Brookings,
S. D.

8. Mary Maroe Pearson, b. Feb. 17, 1852; m. June 4,

1871, WilUam Stansbury Simpson, M.D., of Grinnell,
la.
729. ii. Maynard, b. Jan. 23, 1808.

iii. Ehzabeth Howe, b. Feb. 4, 1812; m. Dec. 20, 1832, James
H. Raymore.
Children :

1. James Francis Rajmaore, b. July 24, 1833; m. (1) Ann
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2. Jane Elizabeth Raymore, b. Feb. 5, 1837; m. James

Warren Wilder.

3. Lain-a Ann Raymore, b. Apr. 11, 1839; d. Mar. 6, 1851.

4. George Estes Raymore, b. Aug. 3, 1849; m. Aug. 3,

1870, Luella Clark,
iv. Mary S., b. in Nov. 1809; d. Aug. 31, 1813.
V. Catherine, b. Mar. 28, 1814; m. Estes Pierce, of W. Boylston.
vi. Maria, b. Mar. 22, 1817; m. (1) Wm. Austin Pierce, of
West Boylston. He d. Jan. 12, 1849; she m. (2) Wm.
Johnson Ross; she d. Apr. 26, 1884.
Children:

1. Martha Jane Pierce, b. Apr. 12, 1848; m. June 2, 1870,

Nathan Louis Handy, woolen merchant in New York
city.

2. Ellen Maria Pierce, b. May 7, 1845; m. (1) Melvin A.

Davenport; m, (2) L. B. Upham, of Southbridge.

3. Lyman Austin Ross, b. Dec. 5, 1853; m. (1) Ruth E.

Ward; m. (2) Annie M. Boston.

4. Leonard Warren Ross, b. Oct. 5, 1856; m. Dec. 23,

1886, Florence Adelaide Pierce, of Dorchester. He
is a landscape gardener, designer of Knollwood
Cemetery, and comptroller of the corporation.
Res. Boston.

5. Walter Daniel Ross, b. July 29, 1859; m. (1) Nov. 19,

1887, Mabel Newton, who d. May 9, 1898; he m.
(2) Feb. 15, 1900, Mae Eula Eldridge. Res. Worces-
ter, dealer in hardware, seeds, implements, etc.

vii. Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1819; m. Apr. 18, 1844, John Calvin
Hastings. She d. Aug. 5, 1872.
Children:

1. Albert Henry Hastings, b. Jan. 12, 1846; m. Apr. 12,

1870, Sarah Elizabeth Bigelow.

2. Ella Sabra Hastings, b. July 11, 1850; m. Nov. 28,

1871, Atwood Beamon Keyes.

3. Martha Hastings, b. Apr. 21, 1853; d. Sept. 21, 1876.

4. Anna Catherine Hastings, b. Oct. 10, 1858; m. Jime

22, 1876, Warren H. Whitcomb.
730. viii. Charles Hollan, b. Aug. 23, 1821.

ix. John, b. in Jan. 1824; was a miner at Shaw's Flat, Cal.; d.
(with some reason to suppose that he was murdered for
his money) in Jan., 1872; unm.

X. Henry Abbott, b. in 1827; m. (1) Sept. 2, 1852, Maria E.
Jewett; m. (2) Sept. 15, 1882, Mrs. Emily A. (Spaulding)
Burnham. He served in the 25th Mass. Vol. Inf. in
the Civil War. Lived at W. Boylston and at Worcester;
he d. Oct. 12, 1895; Mrs. Loring d. Mar. 23, 1898.



224 LORING GENEALOGY

xi. Marsylvia, b. in 1820; m. July 4, 1S50, Henry K. Dunbar,
of Chicopee; she d. s.p., Dec. 31, 1851.

416. John Hancock^ Loring {Joseph^, Joseph^,
Joseph^, Joseph^, John^, Thomas^), born at Lexington
November 24, 1775; married in 1800 Sarah (called also
Polly), daughter of David and Sarah Penny, born at
Lexington February 14, 1780, died November 26, 1855.

He settled at Groton; kept the Rindge Hill tavern,
which was continued by his sons in their turn. Was a
selectman two years. He died June 5, 1866.

Children :

731. i. Jeffe^son^ b. in 1801.

ii. Miranda, b. in 1803 ; m. in 1822 John B. Prescott.

iii. Mary, b. in 1805; m. in 1833 Adam Fisk, of Jaffrey, N. H.

iv. Emeline Amelia, b. in 1809; m. in 1833 Joseph Mansfield.

732. V. Madison, b. in Dec, 1810.
vi. Isaac, b. in 1813.

vii. Sarah Augusta, b. in 1816; m. June 2, 1843, Isaiah L.

Cragin.
viii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. in 1818; m. in 1843 Edmund D. Derby.

733. ix. John Harrison, b. in 1822.

416. Joseph' Loring {Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^,
Joseph^, John^, Thomas^), born at Lexington, baptized
August 12, 1792; married Elizabeth Olcutt.

He settled at Jackson, N. Y.
He died in 1833.

Children:

i. Joseph®.

ii. Henry.

iii. Jane.

iv. Ann.

V. Lydia Harrington.

417. Thomas' Loring {Jonathan^, Joseph^, Joseph\
Joseph^, John^, Thomas^), born probably at Mason, N. H.,
married Rebecca, daughter of James and Hannah (Reed)