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- BIOGRAPHY:
1. Per book below: "Daniel Lockwood was one of the executors of his father's estate; born 1725, in Greenwich, Conn.; died Aug. 30th, 1788, aged 63 (gravestone); ...M. 1st Ester Jarvis, sister of Rt. Rev. Abram Jarvis, second Bishop of Conn.; m. 2d. Thankful Peck, of Greewich, Conn., sister of Jonathan Peck...Children: First wife's: Esther Jarvis Lockwood, m. Nathaniel Webb, of Stamford; Second wife's: John Lockwood, b. Nov 9th, 1757, m. Letitia Lockwood. Charles Lockwood, b. Jan 14th, 1760. Note: Daniel Lockwood was a man of wealth and importance, he owned 1000 acres of land in his native town, his possessions extending from river to river. He left the bulk of his property to his elder son John. It sounds strangely to say 100 years after Daniel Lockwood's death that he owned slaves in Connecticut, but such was the case; it is stated in family tradition, that one of his slaves tried to get him into a lonely place at night in order that he might kill him. Greenwich: Daniel Lockwood was a stanch churchman, and as such obeyed the teachings of his mother, the Church, which interpreted literally the words 'Fear God, honor the King,' so when the Revolutionary War broke out he remained loyal to King George, although he took no active part in suppressing what from his point of view was rebellion. His Presbyterian neighbors, however, were not so liberal-minded, and drove away his cattle, carried off his handsome looking-glasses with other household furniture, and even inflicted personal injury upon him, one of them, Capt. Sam. Lockwood, breaking his teeth. Charles Lockwood, second son of Daniel, than a lad of 18, resented these indignities, and, arming himself with a stout stick, at once repaired to the house of Captain Sam. for satisfaction, and finding him, said, 'I have come to get a receipt for your knocking my fathers's teeth down his throat,' and raised his club; at which the Capt. retired behind a chair which he elevated. The descending club broke the chair into fragments. Then the Captain shouted at the top of his voice 'murder', which soon brought in Whig neighbors to the rescue. The young avenger of his father's wrongs, knowing that they were about to take him prisoner, reteated to a corner of the room and said, 'Gentlemen, I have no wish to harm a hair of your heads, but by the living God the first man that lays his hand on me is a dead man'; at which the men, five of six in number, separated on either side and allowed him to pass through their midst out of the house unharmed. He soon after thought it prudent to go to Long Island, where he remained until the close of the war.
Daniel Lockwood's will, Aug. 12, 1788/ Probated Sept. 26 1788: Wife Thankful to Esther Webb wife of Nathaniel Webb Jr., Charles Lockwood Ä300. John Lockwood 'all residue and remainder'. John Lockwood Exec'r amt Ä1465, Os. Od."
DEATH:
1. Ancestry.com's "Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934," Connectiucut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol. 17, p. 313, "Old Sound Beach Cemetery"[now Tomac Cemetery]:
- "Lockwood, Daniel, died Aug. 30, 1788 age 62 yrs.
- "Lockwood, Thankful, wife of Daniel, died Spet. 3, 1798 age 63 yrs."
SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1726 - 1788 (~ 62 years)