THE LOFTS FAMILIES of the areas around Downham in Cambridgeshire The main page for the Lofts family has address: http://www.prattens.co.uk/FAMILIES/LOFTS/start.html You can find items in this list by using the FIND capability in the EDIT menu above These notes were collected in hurried visits to record offices and libraries, or acquired from other researchers or on-line sources. If you use information from these notes you are strongly recommended to check the information against original sources. 1000 Lofts of Downham Cambridgeshire. 1601 John Lofts mar Great Abington Mylisaynte Carder. 1602 Milisent Lofts bap Little Abington dau of John and Milisent Lofts. 1604 John Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Milisaint Lofts. 1606 Leveine Lofts bap Little Abington dau of John Lofts. 1609 Elizabeth Lofts bap Little Abington dau of John and Milisaint Lofts. 1610 Johanne Lofts bap Little Abington dau of John and Milisaint Lofts. 1618 Richard Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Milisaint Lofts. 1620 Millie Lofts mar Bartlow George Pettit. 1621 William Lofts bap Little Abington son of John Lofts. 1628 Levine Lofts mar Barnwell James Girt. 1632 Robert Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Mary Lofts. 1636 John Lofts mar Harston Elizabeth Hardey. 1636 William Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Mary Lofts. 1637 Elizabeth Lofts bap Marston dau of John and Elizabeth Lofts. 1638 Jnacke Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Mary Lofts. 1643 Richard Lofts bap Little Abington son of John and Mary Lofts. 1645 Ann Lofts bap Little Abington dau of Richard and Jane Lofts. 1648 John Lofts mar Harston Alice Key. 1648 Thomas Lofts bap Little Abington son of Richard and Jane Lofts. 1649 John Lofts bap Little Abington son of Richard and Jane Lofts. 1650 Hester Lofts bap Great Abington dau of William and Hester Lofts. 1651 Elizabeth Lofts bap Great Abington dau of William Lofts and Easter Easter. 1651 William Lofts bap Little Abington son of Richard and Mary Lofts. 1652 Mary Lofts bap Little Abington dau of Richard and Mary Lofts. 1653 Hellen Lofts bap Little Abington dau of Richard and Mary Lofts. 1653 Mary Lofts bap Great Abington dau of William Lofts and Easter Easter. 1656 Thomas Lofts mar Sawston Grace Ansell. 1663 John Lofts mar St Michael Cambridge Mary Tilbrooke. 1664 Daniel Lofts mar Fordham Mary Peake. 1668 Joane Lofts mar Harston William Burtten. 1678 Robert Lofts mar St Edward Cambridge Ann Ratham. 1682 Jane Lofts mar Balsham William Hales. 1682 John Lofts mar Hildersham Katherine Stubbin. 1685 Richard Lofts mar Little Wilbraham Mary Golly. 1692 Mercy Lofts mar St Botolph Cambridge Thomas Clark. 1700 Mary Lofts mar Sawston Richard Archer. 1701 Catherine Lofts mar Teversham Robert Webb. 1707 Peter Lofts mar West Wickham Mary Fitch. 1710 Ann Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Ann Lofts. 1710 John Lofts mar Castle Camps Ann Church. 1712 John Lofts mar Burroughs Green Sarah Reeve. 1712 Mary Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Anne Lofts. 1712 Peter Lofts bap Downham son of Peter and Anne Lofts. 1712 Peter Lofts mar Downham Anne Holmes. 1713 Sarah Lofts bap Burroughs Green dau of John and Sarah Lofts. 1714 John Lofts bap Castle Camps son of John and Anne Lofts. 1715 Anne Lofts bap Burroughs Green dau of John and Sarah Lofts. 1715 William Lofts bap Downham son of Peter and Ann Lofts. 1716 John Lofts bap Downham son of Peter and Ann Lofts. 1718 Elizabeth Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Ann Lofts. 1722 Martha Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Ann Lofts. 1723 John Lofts bap Castle Camps son of John and Anne Lofts. 1725 Sarah Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Anne Lofts. 1727 Thomas Lofts bap Castle Camps son of John and Anne Lofts. 1729 Thomas Lofts mar West Wickham Cambridge Martha Brown. 1733 Elizabeth Lofts mar St Sepulchre Cambridge Robert Reynolds. 1737 Elizabeth Lofts mar West Wickham Cambridge John Adkins. 1739 Robert Lofts mar Litlington Sarah Thompson. 1742 Sarah Lofts mar Burroughs Green Benjamin Burton. 1743 Dennis Lofts mar 21.4 Downham Catherine Chapman. 1744 Anne Lofts bap Downham dau of Dennis and Catherine Lofts. 1748 Peter Lofts bur Downham affidavit sworn. 1749 Mary Lofts mar Shudy Camps Thomas Parmenter. 1750 John Lofts mar Castle Camps Martha Chapman. 1751 Thomas Lofts mar Duxford St John Rebecca Moseley. 1753 Eliza Lofts mar Castle Camps William Cates. 1755 Richard Lofts mar Linton Ann Davis. 1759 Ann Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of John and Martha Lofts. 1760 John Lofts mar Fowlmere Ann Knights. 1760 William Lofts aged 15 bap 8.12 Downham son of Dennis and Catharin Lofts. 1765 Anne Lofts bur Downham affidavit sworn. 1765 John Lofts mar Duxford Elizabeth Parkinson. 1765 William Lofts mar Downham Susanna Burwell. 1769 William Lofts mar Downham Elizabeth Gilbert. 1769 William Lofts mar St Benedicts Cambridge Susan Farrant. 1773 Ann Lofts mar Fowlmere John Jordan. 1773 Downham - year of great flood. 1773 Esther Lofts bap Fowlmere dau of Francis and Mary Lofts. 1774 Peter Lofts mar Downham Frances Wilson. 1774 Stephen Lofts bap 5.6 Downham son of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1774 Stephen Lofts bur 9.11 Downham son of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1775 Frances Lofts bap Downham dau of Peter and Frances Lofts. 1775 Martha Lofts bap Castle Camps dau of William and Ann Lofts. 1775 Mary Lofts mar Castle Camps William Baynes. 1775 William Lofts bap Downham son of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1776 Ann Lofts mar Castle Camps John Botton. 1776 Anne Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1777 Anne Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1777 Anne Lofts bur Downham dau of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1778 Elizabeth Lofts bur Downham wife of William Lofts. 1778 Peter Lofts senior bur Downham an affidavit made. 1778 William Lofts of Downham mar 13.10 Ely St Mary Lucy Waits. 1780 James Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1781 William Lofts senior bur Downham an affidavit made. 1782 John Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1782 John Lofts mar Downham Sarah Weasenham. 1782 Peter Lofts bur Downham. 1782 Stephen Lofts bap 3.6 Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1782 Stephen Lofts born, in 1851 census. 1783 Crispanis Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1785 Frances Lofts mar Downham Robert Smith. 1787 Chrispann Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Mary Lofts. 1787 Harriet Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Lucy Lofts. 1787 Joseph Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1787 Joseph Lofts mar Soham Mary Sharp. 1787 Mary Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Elizabeth Lofts. 1787 Mary Lofts born Downham dau of William and Elizabeth Lofts, mar John Ayres, and emigrated 1853 to Victoria, died aged 66. 1788 Edward Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1788 Elizabeth Lofts bap Soham dau of Joseph and Mary Lofts. 1788 Sarah Lofts bap Soham dau of Joseph Lofts and Mary Sharp. 1789 Thomas Lofts bap Soham son of John Lofts and Mary Sharp. 1791 Mary Lofts bap Soham dau of Joseph Lofts and Mary Sharp. 1791 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1792 John Lofts bap Downham son of William and Lucy Lofts. 1792 Sarah Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Lucy Lofts. 1795 Elizabeth Lofts mar Hardwick John Carter. 1797 Sarah Lofts mar Carlton cum Willingham Thomas Carlton. 1798 Elizabeth Lofts mar Downham Daniel Yarrow. 1798 Mary Lofts mar St Michael Cambridge William Hatley Morden. 1798 Peter Lofts mar Balsham Mary Webb. 1799 Mary Lofts mar Comberton William Carter. 1799 Thomas Lofts mar Stapleford Mary Dockerell. 1800 Philip Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1801 Rebecca Lofts mar Duxford St Peter James Smith. 1805 James Lofts mar Hildersham Mary Maria Green. 1805 Rebecca Lofts mar St Botolph Cambridge James Searl. 1805 Sarah Lofts mar Soham Thomas Mann. 1805 Stephen Lofts mar 27.12 Downham and Ely Rebecca Bennet. 1806 Maria Lofts bap Hildersham dau of James and Mary Lofts. 1806 Robert Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1807 John Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of James and Lydia Lofts. 1807 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1808 Ann Lofts bap Hildersham dau of James and Mary Lofts. 1808 William Lofts mar Downham Hannah Tuddenham. 1809 James Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1809 Lydia Lofts bap Duxford Independent dau of James and Lydia Lofts. 1810 Frances Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Hannah Lofts. 1810 James Lofts bap 31.7 Downham son of Stephen and Rebecca Lofts. 1810 James Lofts mar Downham Sarah Cornwell. 1810 Joseph Lofts mar Downham Mary Hull. 1810 William Lofts bap 31.7 Downham son of Stephen and Rebecca Lofts. 1811 Joseph Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1811 Martha Lofts bap Duxford Independent dau of James and Lydia Lofts. 1812 Elizabeth Lofts bap Hildersham dau of James and Mary Lofts. 1812 Mary Lofts mar Soham Richard Martin. 1813 Henry Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of George and Jemima Lofts. 1814 Cisse Lofts bap Downham? dau of William Lofts lab and Hannah Lofts of this parish. 1814 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? dau of James Lofts bricklayer and Sarah Lofts. 1814 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? dau of William Lofts lab and Hannah Lofts of this parish. 1814 Mary Lofts mar Hildersham Thomas Shelford. 1814 Thomas Lofts bap Downham? son of William Lofts lab and Hannah Lofts of this parish. 1815 Anne Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts of Downham. 1815 James Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of James and Lydia Lofts. 1816 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts of Downham. 1816 John Lofts bap Downham? son of James Lofts bricklayer and Sarah Lofts of Downham. 1816 Joseph Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of James and Lydia Lofts. 1816 Mary Lofts mar Thriplow Reuben Goode. 1817 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1818 Susanna Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts. 1819 Louisa Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1821 Edward Lofts bap Downham? son of Edward Lofts lab and Lydia Lofts. 1822 George Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of William and Sarah Lofts. 1822 Hester Lofts bap Duxford Independent dau of James and Lydia Lofts. 1822 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1822 Philip Lofts, in 1851 census. 1822 Thomas Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of William and Sarah Lofts. 1822 William Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of William and Sarah Lofts. 1823 Diana Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts. 1823 Ebenezer Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of Ebenezer and Rebekah Lofts. 1823 Edward Lofts bap Downham? son of Edward Lofts lab and Lydia Lofts. 1823 William Lofts bap Downham? son of William Lofts lab and Hannah Lofts of Downham. 1825 Benjamin Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1825 Benjamin Lofts born, bap 1831 Downham?. 1825 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? son of Philip Lofts lab and Elizabeth Lofts. 1825 Maria Lofts mar Grantchester William Speechley. 1825 Mary Lofts bap Duxford Independent dau of William and Sarah Lofts. 1827 William Lofts mar Downham Sarah Brittan. 1828 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? dau of Philip Lofts lab and Elizabeth Lofts of Downham. 1828 John Lofts bap Downham? son of Edward Lofts lab and Lydia Lofts. 1828 Philip Lofts bap Downham? son of Philip Lofts lab and Elizabeth Lofts of Downham. 1828 William Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of William and Judith Lofts. 1828 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1829 Philip Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1829 Rebecca Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1830 Charles Lofts bap Duxford Independent son of William and Judith Lofts. 1830 William Lofts bap Downham? son of Philip Lofts lab and Elizabeth Lofts. 1831 Benjamin Lofts aged 6 bap Downham? son of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts. 1831 Elizabeth Lofts bap Downham? dau of Edward Lofts lab and Lydia Lofts. 1831 Fanny Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts. 1831 Joseph Lofts bap Downham? son of Edward Lofts lab and Lydia Lofts. 1831 Susan Lofts bap Downham? dau of John Lofts bricklayer and Susan Lofts. 1832 Mary Lofts bap Downham dau of William and Sarah Lofts. 1833 Ann Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1833 John Lofts mar Meldreth Mary Munns. 1833 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1834 Margaret Lofts mar Barnwell James Churchman. 1835 Alice Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1835 Elizabeth Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1835 Isabel Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1835 James Lofts mar Shudy Camps Phoebe Barton. 1835 Sarah Ann Lofts bap Duxford Independent dau of William and Sarah Lofts. 1835 William Lofts yeoman CW 1835 WR C54:460. 1836 Lydia Lofts bap Barnwell Weleyan dau of John and Mary Lofts. 1837 Ann Lofts mar St Giles Cambridge George Thompson. 1837 Benjamin Lofts, born Ely Dec St Catherines House. 1837 James Lofts, born Ely Sept St Catherines House. 1837 John Carter Lofts, born Ely Sept St Catherines House. 1837 Kezia Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1838 Isaac Lofts, born Ely June St Catherines House. 1838 James Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1838 James Lofts, born Cambridge June St Catherines House. 1838 John Carter Lofts born Ely St Mary, in 1851 census. 1838 Sarah Lofts, born Ely June St Catherines House. 1839 John Lofts mar Duxford St John Rebecca Newline. 1839 Rebecca Lofts, born Ely Dec St Catherines House. 1839 Sarah Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1839 Sarah Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1840 Albert Wright Lofts, born Cambridge Sep St Catherines House. 1840 Joseph Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1840 Little Salls Lofts, born Ely Dec St Catherines House. 1840 Rebecca Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1841 Emma Lofts, born Ely Sep St Catherines House. 1841 James Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1841 James Lofts, born Ely Mar St Catherines House. 1841 John Lofts bricklayer of Downham CW 1841 WR C56:210. 1841 Philip Lofts, born Ely Mar St Catherines House. 1842 Alice Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1842 Alice Lofts, born Ely Mar St Catherines House. 1842 Elizabeth Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1842 Elizabeth Lofts, born Ely June St Catherines House. 1842 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1842 John Lofts, born Ely Mar St Catherines House. 1842 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1842 William Lofts, born Ely June St Catherines House. 1843 Joseph Lofts second drove in Downham CW 1843 WR C56:528. 1844 Amey Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1844 George Carter Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1844 Little S Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1844 Samuel Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1845 Margaret Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1845 Thomas Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1846 Benjamin Lofts born 14.11 at Main Street Downham Cambridgeshire son of William Lofts turf lab and Sarah Lofts formerly Brittan, reported by mother. 1846 George Lofts born Littleport, in 1851 census. 1847 Benjamin Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1847 Rebecca Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1847 Stephen Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1848 Louisa Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1848 Sarah Lofts born Littleport, in 1851 census. 1849 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1849 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1850 John Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1850 William Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1850 William Lofts born Littleport, in 1851 census. 1851 Benjamin Lofts aged 26 bricklayer born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Eliza Lofts aged 24 born Downham and son John Lofts aged 9m born Downham. 1851 Harriet Lofts born Downham, in 1851 census. 1851 James Lofts aged 42 turfman born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Mary Ann Lofts aged 39 born Ely St Mary, children John Carter Lofts aged 13 Rebecca Lofts aged 11 George Carter Lofts aged 7 Thomas Lofts aged 6 and Harriet Lofts aged 1m all born Downham, servant Rebecca Lofts aged 22 nurse born Downham, and servant Ephraim Stokes aged 18 born Upwell. 1851 John Lofts aged 29 farm lab born Downham in census of Brickm Lane Downham with wife Frances Lofts aged 27 born Downham and children William Lofts aged 9 and John Lofts aged 2 all born Downham. 1851 John Lofts aged 34 lab born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Louisa Lofts aged 32 and child Alice Lofts aged 9. 1851 Joseph Lofts aged 40 farm lab born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Mary Lofts aged 39 born Downham and children William Lofts aged 18 Isabel Lofts aged 16 Kezia Lofts aged 14 Sarah Lofts aged 12 Joseph Lofts aged 11 James Lofts aged 10 John Lofts aged 9 Samuel Lofts aged 7 Margaret Lofts aged 6 Stephen Lofts aged 4 and Louisa Lofts aged 3 all born Downham. 1851 Philip Lofts aged 22 turf lab born Downham in census of Second Drive Downham with wife Susan Lofts aged 28 born Littleport, son in law Robert Gillett aged 7 born Littleport, and children George Lofts aged 5 Sarah Lofts aged 5 and William Lofts aged 7m all born Littleport. 1851 Philip Lofts aged 51 farmer born Downham in census of Second Drive Downham with wife Elizabeth Lofts aged 51 born Soham and children Ann Lofts aged 18 and Elizabeth aged 16 both born Downham. 1851 Robert Lofts aged 45 bricklayer born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Elizabeth Lofts aged 30 born Bishops Frome Hereford and lodger Frances Lofts wid aged 80 born Downham. 1851 Stephen Lofts aged 69 turfman born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Rebecca Lofts aged 64 and son Philip Lofts aged 29 ag lab. 1851 Susanna Lofts aged 66 landed proprieter born Ely in census of Main Street Downham with children Susan Lofts aged 23 Frances Lofts aged 19 and Joshua Lofts aged 17 all born Downham. 1851 William Lofts aged 35 ag lab born Downham in census of Mill End Downham with wife Eliza Lofts aged 35 born Littleport and children Little S Lofts aged 7 Rebecca Lofts aged 4 and William Lofts aged 1 all born Downham. 1851 William Lofts aged 44 lab born Downham in census of Cannon Street Downham with wife Sarah Lofts aged 44 born Over and children William Lofts aged 23 Alice L aged 15 James Lofts aged 13 Sarah Lofts aged 12 Elizabeth Lofts aged 9 Amey Lofts aged 7 Benjamin Lofts aged 4 John Lofts aged 2 and Harriet Lofts aged 2m all born Downham. 1851 William Lofts aged 60 farm lab born Downham in census of Main Street Downham with wife Sarah Lofts aged 53 born Ely and sister? Phoebe Porter aged 46 born Ely. 1852 William Lofts shopkeeper of Downham CW 1853 WR C59;25. 1853 Benjamin Lofts of Downham CW 1853 WR C58;172. 1853 Frances Lofts wid of Downham CW 1847 WR C59;96 and CW 1853 AR C4.255. 1853 Frances Lofts wid of Downham admin at Ely CW 1853 WR C59;97. 1854 Philip Lofts of Downham will at Ely CW 1854 WR C59;299. 1858 Susan Lofts mar Stretham John Huckle Murfitt. 1861 Richard Lofts mar Cottisham Susanna Howard. END