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Cornelius
Loftin
(1717 - 1782)

Cornelius
Loftin
(1675 - 1736)

Cornelius
Loftin
(1642 - 1735)

Leonard
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(1616 - 16??)

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Leonard Loftin 1616                                         Born: Abt. 1616, Kent, ENGLAND Died:  Abt. 1658, VA   Leonard Loftin/Laughton (1616 - 1658) is the earliest recorded Loftin living in the United States.    (VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY, Vol. 5, p. 343) (EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS 1623 - 1666, p. 199)   He came from Kent, ENGLAND, to the Colony of Virginia on 12 Jul 1636. Leonard sailed from Kent, ENGLAND, aboard the ship WEST, along with eight other whites (Richard Vase, John Thomas, Lewis Jones, William Cooke, Peter Whadsey, Edward Jones, Jon Ward, William Wooley) and two negroes, to work a plantation located on the Charles River in Henrico County, Virginia, owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, a widow on 500 acres in the County of Henrico.  As with so many other Englishmen, of the time, he had agreed to work off his debt of passage, on one of the plantations owned by wealthy or favored English gentry.     Robert Williamson's RootsWeb Site   http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=zmottel&id=I6125                                           The first permanent colony in America was Jamestown, Va., 1607, on the northeast shore of the James River. Disease, starvation, and Indians depleted the ranks of this first settlement and the 1609-10 years were described as the "starving time" with the population of 500 shrinking to about 60. The government under Sir Thomas Dale in 1611-16 relocated the seat of government eighty miles northward along the James at Henrico, located on a narrow necked peninsula jutting out from the north side of the river.           It was in this area of Virginia, Leonard (1616), worked out his obligation of debt to Mrs. Parker, presumably on a tobacco plantation. He managed to acquire acreage in Henrico, Virginia based upon the following information from Cavaliers and Pioneers, abstracts of Virginia, Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Patent Book 5, page 504 by Nell Nugent. "John Wilson, 100 acres, Henrico County, north side of Appomattox River, 6th of June, 1666. Part of 1100 acres purchased of William Clarke, which was granted by patent 6th of May, 1638 and by him soulde to Leonard Laughton record of said deed at James City." In 1642 Leonard sold out in Virginia and headed for Pennsylvania. From all indications, Leonard traveled by boat down the Charles River along Cheseapeake Bay and up the Susquehana River into Pennsylvania where he and wife Elizabeth raised a family which included four boys named John, Leonard, Cornelius and William.           John Loftin, his oldest son, died shortly after his marriage to a Jane King. There is a will on record in Rappa County, Va. by a Jane King, who states she has two sons, the oldest named John Loftin, the other, named Robert King. These boys were minors when she made her will on the 24th day of January, 1684. Because she made a John Mills executor of her will and gave him custody of the boys.           The second oldest son was Leonard, born 1654, who moved to Chowan County, North Carolina, around the Albemarle Bay in 1688.           The third eldest son was Cornelius, born in 1657, and the fourth son was William, born in 1658. There are considerable records in Maryland and Virginia on the descendants of Cornelius and William. Cornelius raised his family in and around James County, Virginia while William raised his family in Baltimore County, Maryland. Land records by William were filed in 1697, 1698 and 1699.                                                                                                       If you have photos or additional information about the Loftin family, please contact me.