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. .......M1 Dennis Lofts. married 21.4.1743 Downham Catherine Chapman. and probably had children ........L1 Anne Lofts, bapt 1.4.1744 Downham. ........L2 William Lofts, born c1745 bapt 8.12.1760 Downham. married 13.10.1778 Ely St Mary Lucy Waits. and had children .........K1 James Lofts, bapt 1780 Downham, bricklayer. married 1810 Downham Sarah Cornwell. and had children ..........J1 Elizabeth Lofts, bapt 1814 Downham. ..........J2 John Lofts, bapt 1816 Downham, of Main Street. married Louisa, born c1819. and had child ...........I1 Alice Lofts, born c1842. .........K2 Stephen Lofts, bapt 3.6.1782 Downham, turfman, of Main Street. married 27.12.1805 Downham and Ely Rebecca Bennet, born c1787. and had children ..........J1 William Lofts, born 1807, bapt 31.7.1810 Downham, of Cannon Street Downham 1851, turf labourer 1851, husbandman 1859. married 1827 Ely or Downham? Sarah Brittan, born 1807 Over. and had children ...........I1 William Lofts, born c1828 Downham. ...........I2 Alice Lofts, born c1836 Downham Cambridge, of Berner Street Ipswich 1859. married 10.12.1859 Bethesda Chapel Ipswich, wit Elizabeth Lofts and Abraham Humard Robert Lawrence, bapt 28.6.1829 Hemingstone, of Spring Road St Margarets Ipswich 1859, of Ipswich 1861 and 1871, of Villiers Street Charing Cross London 1866, of Plumsteace Kent 1868, of Beccles, of Felixstowe Road Ipswich, of Britannia Road St Margarets Ipswich, builders labourer 1859, gardener 1861 1871 1881, market gardener, will 20.3.1912 with exec Joseph Walton Webb, bur Christchurch cemetry. ...........I3 Mary Lofts, bapt 1832 Downham. ...........I4 James Lofts, born 1838 Downham. ...........I5 Sarah Lofts, born 1839 Downham. ...........I6 Elizabeth Lofts, born 1842 Downham. ...........I7 Amey Lofts, born 1844 Downham. ...........I8 Benjamin Lofts, born 14.11.1846 Main Street Downham. ...........I9 John Lofts, born 1849 Downham. ...........I10 Harriet Lofts, born 1851 Downham ..........J2 James Lofts, born 1809, bapt 31.7.1810 Downham, turfman, of Main Street Downham. married Mary Ann, born c1812 Ely St Mary. and had children ...........I1 John Carter Lofts, born 1838 Downham. ...........I2 Rebecca Lofts, born 1840 Downham. ...........I3 George Carter Lofts, born 1844 Downham. ...........I4 Thomas Lofts, born 1845 Downham. ...........I5 Harriet Lofts, born 1851 Downham. ..........J3 Philip Lofts, born c1822. .........K3 Crispainis Lofts, bapt 12.12.1783 Downham. .........K4 Harriet Lofts, bapt 5.6.1787 Downham. .........K5 Joseph Lofts, bapt 5.6.1787 Downham. married 1810 Downham Mary Hull. .........K6 Edward Lofts, bapt 22.11.1788 Downham. .........K7 Sarah Lofts, bapt 23.11.1792 Downham. .........K8 John Lofts, bapt 1792 Downham. .......M1 Saunders Lofts. married firstly 19.10.1784 Newton Cambridge Sarah Right, bur 29.11.1789 Little Shelford. and had children ........L1 Alexander Lofts, born c1785 Little Shelford, died 11.1786 Little Shelford. married Rebecca. and had children .........K1 Naomi Lofts, born c1797 Little Shelford. married 29.11.1814 Ezekiel Law. .........K2 Charlotte Lofts, born c1799 Little Shelford. married 9.12.1819 James Churchman. .........K3 Margaret Lofts, born c1802 Little Shelford. .........K4 James Lofts, born c1805 Little Shelford. married Hannah. and had children ..........J1 Harriet Lofts, born c1816 Little Shelford. ..........J2 Francis Lofts, born c1820 Little Shelford. .........K5 Rebecca Lofts, born c1809 Little Shelford. married 23.12.1830 John Easton. ........L2 Mary Lofts, born c1787 Little Shelford, buried 11.1842 Little Shelford. married 12.3.1818 Thomas Rider, born c1756 Little Shelford, son of Thomas Rider and Mary Rider nee Rooke, married firstly 1807 Sarah Leeland, buried 11.1842 Little Shelford. and had children .........K1 James Lofts, born c1819 Little Shelford. married 25.9.1841 Ann Gates. .........K2 Charlotte Lofts, born c1821 Little Shelford. married Thomas Ivett. .........K3 Alexander Lofts, born c1823 Little Shelford. married 14.3.1850 Ann Howard. .........K4 Thomas Lofts, born c1825 Little Shelford. married Ann Ivett. .......M1 Saunders Lofts. married secondly 1790 Stapleford Rebecca Watts. ........L3 Susan Lofts, born c1791 Little Shelford. ........L4 Nathaniel Lofts, born c1795 Little Shelford, died 1795 Little Shelford. END