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Leonard
Loftin/Laughton (b. Bet. 1610 - 1616)
"The Immigrant" |
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Born: Bet. 1610 - 1616, Kent, ENGLAND Died:
Aft. 1678, VA |
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It has been suggested that Leonard
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Leonard Loftin/Laughton appears to have born between 1610
and 1616 in possibly Kent, ENGLAND. The actual date of his
birth is not known. He is the earliest recorded
Loftin living in the United States. The original spelling
of the name may have been Laughton. It has also been
suggested that Leonard had a brother, Robert Loftin, who was
born about 1615 in England and died about 1695 in Maryland.
Leonard was transported to the Colony of Virginia before 1636 by
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker (Packer). He was indentured for his
transportation. According to Cavaliers and Pioneers:
Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623 - 1800
(Richmond 1934) by Nell Nugent, Citation 360, Page 343,
Elizabeth Parker (Packer) a widow received 500 acres in the
County of Henrico between the Curles and Varian as, bounded on
the South by the main river (James River) and on the East by the
Four Mile Creek. This was due to the right of her late
husband, Sergeant William Sharp, who appears by Certificate of
Henrico Court, dated April 25, 1636 for the transportation of
nine servants and two negroes. The following is a list of
those persons: Leonard Laughton, Richard Vase, John Thomas,
Lewis Jones, William Cooke, Peter Whadsey, Edward Jones, Jon
Ward, William Wooley and two negroes. The patent for the land was signed
by Governor John West on July 12, 1636.
During the time in which indentured servants served, their
social status in the colony was not much better than that of a
slave. Poor people in England who longed to improve their
economical situation entered into a written agreement with
families with money. The agreement assured free passage to
the colonies with a commitment to serve a period of from 5 to 7
years. No pay was given for their services, however, they
received clothing, board and room. At the end of the
indenture, their employer was to provide them with two suits of
clothing, two hoes and an axe. With these meager items and
a grant of 50 acres of land from the Colonial government, they
could take part in the government as members of the colonial
life. Most of these indentured servants to Virginia were
boys and young men. Three out of four were between the
ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
It was in this area of Virginia that Leonard (1616) worked out
his obligation of debt to Mrs. Parker, presumably on a tobacco
plantation.
In Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book 6, there is an account
for George Worsnam (Warsom), son of George Worsnam, of "200
acres granted to William Clark on 06 May 1636 who sold to
Leonard Laughton 29 Oct 1638".
From the Cavaliers and Pioneers information, it is appears that
Leonard Laughton had completed his indenture by October 1638.
A check of land patents and land records has not revealed any
other land transactions for Leonard Laughton. Either the
records have been lost or Leonard sold his lands to get married
and have enough money to begin farming and raise a family.
He could have become what we know today as a "share cropper" -
where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for
a share of the crop produced on the land. If we assume the
average age of marriages for former servants as thirty years and
these events occurred about 1640, then it might be assumed that
Leonard was born in England between 1610 - 1616. The 1610
- 1616 dates for Leonard's birth have also been suggested due to
the average age of indentured servants arriving in the American
colonies.
Some genealogists claim that Leonard married Elizabeth (Unknown)
about 1640. |
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In Virginia, 60 percent of the eldest sons
received the name of their grandparents. |
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Leonard and his wife had several children,
but the list varies. The suggested list of children is as
follows: |
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Children of Leonard Loftin |
Name |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Spouse |
Thomas Loftin |
05 Apr 1645
Henrico Co, VA |
13 Apr 1704 |
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Leonard/Dorman Loftin |
1647 - 1654 |
1687 |
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Cornelius Loftin |
Bet. 1648 - 1657
Henrico Co, VA |
Abt. 1735 |
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John Loftin |
Abt. 1650 |
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Jane King |
William Loftin |
Abt. 1658 |
13 Apr 1704
buried in Baltimore at
St. Georges Church Cemetery |
Elizabeth Innes |
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The one son that most genealogist agree on is
Cornelius Loftin (b. Abt. 1648). |
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VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY, Vol. 5, p. 343
EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS 1623 - 1666, p. 199 |
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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. |
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It's possible that "WEST" may not have been
the name of the ship, but merely the Governor (John West) of the
Virginia Colony where Leonard was heading. |
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Robert Williamson's RootsWeb Site |
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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. |
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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 (sold) 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 Chesapeake Bay and up the
Susquehanna River into Pennsylvania where he and wife Elizabeth
raised a family which included four boys named John, Leonard,
Cornelius and William. |
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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. |
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The second oldest son
was Leonard, born 1654, who moved to Chowan County, North
Carolina, around the Albemarle Bay in 1688. |
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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. |
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Sources |
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The Loftin Chronicles courtesy of Ron
Loftin
5 Windsor Drive, Conroe, Texas 77304 |
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Thanks to Ann Parker for the information on
Leonard Loftin (1610 - 1678).
You can contact Ann at
aharwellp@hotmail.com |
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If you have photos or additional information about the Loftin
family, please contact me. |
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