Remembering Our Ancestors: Robert Loveland

The Lovelands are another early American family of Hartford, CT that belongs to our family tree.

By Anne in Culture, Family History, Genealogy, History, Homeschool on December 6, 2019December 5, 2019

Today, we remember our 9th (and 10th) great-grandfather Robert Loveland who passed away on this day 251 years ago, in 1768.

Robert Loveland, son of the English immigrant Thomas Loveland, was born in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1673. Thomas Loveland had immigrated with his parents, his two brothers and one sister in 1639 at the age of 4, but his father died at sea, wherefore his mother was known in the New World as the Widow Loveland.

Farmington church — This is the church that is believed to be the church that the original Lovelands attended. The name of the area is called Farmington, but the names were changed often. The town of Farmington was once a part of Hartford. The First Church of Christ in Farmington has a long and distinguished history that began in 1652.

So Robert Loveland, first-generation American born, grew up in the area around Hartford and on 19 Aug 1697, he married Ruth Kilham in Glastonbury, CT, which is also where his father Thomas was living at that time. Eventually, the Loveland family settled a little further south-west, in Hebron, CT.

Robert and Ruth had five children together, John, ‘Little’ Ruth, Lot, Robert Jr. and Hannah. When ‘Little’ Ruth was grown up to be ‘Just’ Ruth, she went on to marry our 8th (and 9th) great-grandfather Elisha Andrews, and they were the parents of Lieutenant Robert Andrews who took part in the Battle of Lexington. Robert Jr. appears to have built the first grist mill in Marlborough, Hartford Co., CT around 1750.

postcard Hebron CT — John Warner Barber, South view of Hebron, CT., ca. 1836 – Connecticut Historical Society

Robert Loveland Sr. died on 6 December 1768 in Hebron, and we assume that he was laid to rest there. One cannot be sure as times were unsettled in 1768, after all.

HebronGayCityStatePark — Gay City State Park, Hebron: Ruins of Hebron’s industrial past can be found in Gay City State Park, which takes its name from the abandoned mill town that once stood within its boundaries.

Rest in Peace, Great-Grandpa Loveland.

Tags: 17th century early settlement, American History, Andrews family, early American History, Family, Family History, Genealogy, Hartford CT, Hebron CT, Loveland family, Revolutionary War

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2 comments on “Remembering Our Ancestors: Robert Loveland”

Ken Yearman, Jr. says:

January 28, 2020 at 3:41 pm

I’m glad that I stumbled upon your page – I am also descended from Robert Loveland, and Robert Andrews’ brother Elisha Andrews is my 6th g-grandfather. I’m particularly interested in finding a source document that proves Ruth Kilham was Robert Loveland’s wife. The Loveland books that have been published show Ruth’s last name as Gillam, but I can’t find evidence of that either.

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1. Anne says:
  
  January 28, 2020 at 4:08 pm
  
  Thanks for stopping by!
  It appears Ruth was the daughter of Lot Killam (or even Killum) and Hana Goodell, and her name shows up as “Gillim” in the Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Ruth Gillim (Glastonbury Vital Records 1690-1854), and as “Gillam” in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Plenty of spelling variations there, and chances are they all mean the same person.
  
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