Pane-Joyce Genealogy

2799. Thomas Loring. Born ca 1625 in Axminster, Devon. Thomas was baptized in Axminster, Devon, on 27 Mar 1625.14 Buried on 30 Mar 1625 in Axminster, Devon.14

2800. Thomas Loring. Born ca 1626 in Axminster, Devon. Thomas was baptized in Axminster, Devon, 5 Mar 1625/6.109 Thomas died in Hull, MA 1678/9.107

Thomas came to New England with his parents when he as about eight years old. He was selectman of the town of Hull in 1671, 1674, and 1675, and Freeman 1673. He took the freeman’s oath in 1673.25 107 42 109

The Loring Genealogy107 quotes on page 10 Thomas’s will, dated 24 Dec 1678, proved 12 Mar 1678/9. It mentions his eldest son; his wife who was appointed sole executor; brothers John, Benjamin, and John Jacob Loring overseers; the estate to be divided among his children, with his wife to have one third of the estate during her life, with “son thomas a shrare and a half and the other two sons as much more as the daughters”. Witnesses Beniamin bosworth Seniour and Robert Goold.
The Loring Genealogy also includes a detailed inventory of Thomas’s estate.

On 16 Dec 1657 Thomas married Hannah Jacob (11013) , daughter of Nicholas Jacob (ca 1604-5 Jun 1657) & Mary Gilman (3698) (ca 1605-15 Jun 1681), in Hingham, MA.45 Born ca 1639 in Hingham, MA. Hannah was baptized in Hingham, MA, 23 Feb 1639/40.45 Hannah died in Plympton, MA on 8 Oct 1720.265 “Mrs Hanah french widdow and Relect of Cap^t Stephen french Late of weymouth deceased at Plimpton octo^r y^e 8^th: 1720 (in the 84^th year of her age. She was the Mother of Caleb Loring Esq^r. by her first husband, and she is buried about 10 feet southerly of her son’s monument.)”.

Hannah first married Thomas Loring, second Stephen French as his second wife.

From the Loring Genealogy, page 12:107
After Hannah had married her second husband, Stephen French, and the children had come to lawful age or had been married, a division was made according to the provisions of Thomas Loring’s will, namely, certain lands to Mrs. French; money portions to the daughters, Hannah, wife of Jeremiah Gushing, and Deborah, wife of John Cushing, Jr.; and the lands in Hull, Hingham, Conehasset and Boston were apportioned to the sons Thomas, David and Caleb, February 9, 1691-2.

Their children include:

7767i.

Benjamin Loring (ca 1662-)

7768ii.

Hannah Loring (9 Aug 1664-30 May 1710)

7769iii.

Lieut. Thomas Loring (Twin) (15 Mar 1667/8-5 Dec 1717)

7770iv.

Deborah Loring (Twin) (15 Mar 1668-9 Jun 1713)

7771v.

David Loring (15 Sep 1671-27 Jul 1752)

7772vi.

Dr. Caleb Loring (9 Jun 1674-22 Dec 1732)

7773vii.

Abigail Loring (Died soon) (5 Feb 1676-1 Feb 1678)

2801. John Loring. Born 22 Dec 1630 [sic.] in Axminster, Devon.14,165 John was baptized in Axminster, Devon, on 27 Dec 1629.14 John died in Hingham, MA on 19 Sep 1714.165

John first married Mary Baker, second Rachel (Wheatly) Buckland, widow of Benjamin Buckland.

John was freem. 1673, rep. under new chart. 1692.25

From the Loring Genealogy, pages 13–14:107
John resided in Hull; was town clerk seventeen years, on of the selectmen nine terms, representative in 1692.
His son Israel became a minister and wrote a very affectionate and particular obituary upon his father, which is preserved in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in the copy of that document in Mr. James Spear Loring’s manuscript volume in the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Several items of interest are worth quoting:
“Mr. John Loring while a boy of five years definitely determined to be a good child of his heavenly Father and was earnestly religious all through his life. His wife attributed her own conversion to his influence. He was very solicitous to secure the conversion of his children. He began with them when they were young, tender and flexible, to put them in mind of God their Creator, and the things that belong to their everlasting peace. . . . He was a great reader. . . . His was a rehgious family; the morning and evening sacrifice were duly offered up and on the Lord’s Day evenings the sermons, which at meeting he took down in characters, were repeated.” He cut his foot at one time, and the wound developed into a malignant sore, which gave him extreme pain. After a famous physician of Boston had treated the foot and failed to cure it or relieve the agony, a friend of Mrs. Loring, “Mrs. Whitmore of Medford, a doctress,” came to visit the family and “applying her balsom to his angry wounds he presently had rest and ease and slept soundly the night following; and, with the blessing of heaven upon her endeavors, she effected a cure.” He recovered his health, and lived some time thereafter.

From Ethel Farrington Smith’s article “Seventeenth Century Hull, Massachusetts, and Her People”:109
John took the freeman's oath in 1673 and became active in town affairs (Shurtleff, Mass. Bay Records, 4:2:587). He was chosen selectman that year, signing with others the original petition of Hull, dated 9 March 1673, regarding the beacon and town rates (JSL, 109). On 24 April 1684 he and Robert Gould purchased Peddock’s Island from the Indian sachem, Josiah Wompatuck, for £7. At Town Meeting on 1 February 1677, Duck Pond, bordered by Duck Lane, with the nearby beach between Stoney Beach and Gallop's Hill, was granted to John, Thomas, and Benjamin Loring and Samuel Prince in exchange for the corn grinding mill, for the town (ibid.). Thomas and John Loring bought waterfront property at South Boston from John and Sarah Leverett on 6 June 1675 (Suffolk Deeds, 14:214-215).
John Loring was a juryman at a court of common pleas in 1686, and first representative from Hull to the General Court under the second charter, granted in 1692 by King William III. He and other selectmen presented the bylaws of Hull to the General Court in February 1695 (Hull Town Records, n.p.; JSL, 109-111). His will, dated in 1708, with codicil dated 9 February 1714, was proved 22 October 1714, naming his son John executor. The estate was valued at £971 5s. (Suffolk Co. Probate File 3623). Readers interested in this family should see also The Journal of the Rev. Israel Loring.

John’s will and inventory are quoted on pages 15–19 of the Loring Genealogy.107

Gravestone inscription: “here lyes buried the body of Mr John Loring Decd. Septr. 19. 1714, in Ye 84th year of his age.”45

On 16 Dec 1657 John first married Mary Baker (7676) , daughter of Nathaniel Baker (ca 1614-3 Jun 1682) & Sarah Lane (2778) (ca 1617-19 Aug 1695), in Hingham, MA.45 Born ca 1639 in Hingham, MA. Mary was baptized in Hingham, MA, in Jul 1639.16 Mary died in Hull, MA on 13 Jul 1679.165

Mary was the only child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lane) Baker, ‘a pious woman of whose conversion her husband was the instrument.’107

Their children include:

7774i.

John Loring (Died unmarried) (19 Sep 1658-2 Jan 1678)

7775ii.

Joseph Loring (10 Mar 1660-3 Feb 1692)

7776iii.

Thomas Loring (1 Mar 1662-3 Oct 1738)

7777iv.

Sarah Loring (Died young) (1 Jan 1664-16 Dec 1678)

7778v.

Isaac Loring (22 Jan 1666-3 Dec 1702)

7779vi.

Mary Loring (4 Feb 1668-13 May 1757)

7780vii.

Nathaniel Loring (5 Mar 1670-16 Dec 1744)

7781viii.

Daniel Loring (8 Feb 1672-1742)

7782ix.

Rachel Loring (Died soon) (29 [sic] Feb 1674-8 Mar 1706/7)

7783x.

Jacob Loring (21 Apr 1676-5 Dec 1751)

7784xi.

Israel Loring (Died soon) (29 Mar 1678-31 Dec 1678)

On 22 Sep 1679 John second married Rachel Wheatly, daughter of John Wheatly (-27 Jun 1696) & Leah Saunders (ca 1623-24 Mar 1705/6), in Hull, MA.165 Born ca 1643. Rachel was baptized in Braintree, MA, on 23 Jun 1644.109 Rachel died in Hull, MA on 20 Sep 1713.165

Rachel, only child of John Wheatly.108 She married first Benjamin Buckland, and second John Loring.

Rachel died age 70.165

Their children include:

7785i.

Eld. John Loring (28 Jun 1680-26 Feb 1719/20)

7786ii.

Rev. Israel Loring (15 Apr 1682-9 Mar 1772)

7787iii.

Sarah Loring (Died young) (6 Jun 1684-bef 1714)

7788iv.

Caleb Loring (2 Jan 1689-16 Sep 1756)

2802. Josiah Loring. Born say 1636. Josiah died in Hingham, MA 14 Feb 1712/3.45 Occupation: farmer.

From the Loring Genealogy, pages 19–20:107
Josiah remained on the Hingham homestead where his father had lived before removing to Hull; the house and lands were assigned to him in the division of the estate by the sons after their father’s death.
He was a juror in October, 1679. Was a member of the local company of foot soldiers that year; signed several petitions regarding town matters with his neighbors.
He died February 14, 1712-13. In his will, dated July 26, 1712, proved March 7, 1712-13, he provided comfortable maintenance for his wife; confirmed a deed of land, “which was my son Josiah's,” he had made to his son Job; gave to his daughter, Jane Gifford, and her son Josiah; and gave the residue to his son Jonathan.

Josiah and Elizabeth resided on North St., Hingham.45

Josiah contributed £3 17s. 1d. at 1680 toward the building of the Hingham Meeting House, now known as the Old Ship Church and the oldest frame church in continuous use in the United States.109

Ca 1662 Josiah married Elizabeth Prince, daughter of Eld. John Prince (ca 1610-6 Aug 1676) & Alice Honor (ca 1615-1668).107 Born ca 1640 in Hull, MA. Elizabeth was baptized in Hingham, MA, on 9 Aug 1641.109 Elizabeth died in Hingham, MA on 14 May 1727.45

Their children include:

7789i.

Jane Loring (9 Aug 1663-)

7790ii.

Josiah Loring (22 Nov 1665-1 Dec 1700)

7791iii.

Samuel Loring (Died young) (15 Jul 1668-9 Oct 1674)

7792iv.

Job Loring (26 Feb 1669/70-)

7793v.

Elizabeth Loring (Died unmarried) (6 Apr 1672-4 Jan 1743)

7794vi.

Jonathan Loring (24 Apr 1674-15 Oct 1752)

2803. Isaac Loring. Born ca 1638/9 in Hingham, MA. Isaac was baptized in Hingham, MA, 20 Jan 1638/9.14 Isaac died in Hingham, MA 9 Feb 1638/9.14

2804. Isaac Loring. Born ca 1641/2 in Hingham, MA. Isaac was baptized in Hingham, MA, 9 Jan 1641/2.14 Isaac died in Hingham, MA 2 Mar 1644/5.14 Isaac died from a scald.

2805. Joshua Loring. Born on 9 Jan 1643.109

2806. Dea. Benjamin Loring. Born ca 1644 in Hingham, MA. Benjamin was baptized in Hingham, MA, on 24 Nov 1644.14 Benjamin died in Hull, MA on 10 Mar 1716.165 Buried in Hull Cemetery. Occupation: farmer.

From the Loring Genealogy, page 20:107
Benjamin was admitted a freeman of the colony in 1673. Was for many years a deacon of the church of Hull and a selectman of the town and often moderator. Cultivated the farm his father had tilled. He died March 10, 1715-16. The inventory of his estate reported one dwelling house, seven acres of tillage land, one hundred seventy-five bushels of corn or grain, six and a half acres of mowing land, four tons of English hay, one ton of salt hay, twenty-seven acres of pasture land, ten cow leases of pasturage, one slave, one horse, twenty oxen, three cows and thirty-nine sheep.

In 1690, Benjamin and others petitioned the General Court for protection for Hull against pirates and other enemies at sea.109

Benjamin died in his 72d year.165

On 8 Dec 1670 Benjamin married Mary Hawke (6192) , daughter of Matthew Hawke (2466) (ca 1610-11 Dec 1684) & Margaret (-18 Mar 1684), in Hingham, MA.45 Born ca 1646 in Hingham, MA. Mary was baptized in Hingham, MA, on 2 Aug 1646.45 Mary died in Hull, MA on 17 Jul 1714.165

Their children include:

7795i.

Dea. Benjamin Loring (ca 1672-28 Apr 1732)

7796ii.

Dea. John Loring (1674-28 Nov 1757)

7797iii.

Mary Loring (1676-by 1748)

7798iv.

Rachel Loring (1678-)

7799v.

Samuel Loring (1680-17 Feb 1757)

7800vi.

Matthew Loring (19 Oct 1684-9 Mar 1722/3)

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