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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson:
"Robert Lockwood
Origin: Combs, Suffolk [Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
Migration: 1633.
First Residence: Watertown.
Removes: Stamford 1646, Fairfield 1650.
Church Membership: Admission to Watertown church prior to 9 March 1636/7 implied by freemanship.
Freeman: Massachusetts Bay, 9 March 1636/7 (second in a sequence of four Watertown men) [MBCR 1:372]. Admitted freeman of Connecticut, 20 May 1652 [CCCR 1:231].
Education: His inventory included "a Bible" valued at 5s. [Fairfield PR 1:42].
Offices: On 21 May 1657, "Rob[er]t Loockuet" was appointed Sergeant of the Fairfield train band [CCCR 1:299].
Estate: Granted thirty-five acres in the Great Dividend in Watertown, Lot #13 in the second division, 25 July 1636 [WaBOP 4]. Granted six acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, Lot #22, 28 February 1636/7 WaBOP 6]. Granted six acres in the Remote Meadows, Lot #24, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 9]. Granted a Farm of one-hundred thirty-four acres, Lot 147, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12].
In the Inventory of Grants at Watertown, Robert Lockwood held seven parcels: "an homestall of eighteen acres"; "two acres of marsh in Pine Marsh"; "one acre of meadow ... in Pine Meadow"; "thirty-five acres of upland ... being a Great Dividend in the second division & the thirteen lot"; "sixteen acres & half... of upland beyond the Further Plain & the third lot"; "six acres of plowland ... in the Hither Plain"; and "six acres of Remote Meadow ... & the twenty-four lot" [WaBOP 82].
In the Inventory of Possessions, Robert Lockwood held one parcel: "four acres of Remote Meadow ... & the ninth lot" [WaBOP 118].
In the Composite Inventory, Robert Lockwood held eight parcels: "an homestall of eighteen acres"; "two acres of meadow in Pine Marsh"; "one acre in Pond Meadow"; "thirty-five acres upland being a Great Dividend in the 2 division & the 13 lot"; "six acres of plowland in the Hither Plain & the 24 lot"; "sixteen acres & half upland beyond the Further Plain & the 3 lot"; "six acres of meadow in the Remote Meadows & the 24 lot"; and "a Farm of one-hundred thirty-four acres upland in the 2 division" [WaBOP 25-26].
On 27 February 1639[/40], the weir at Watertown, owned by Thomas Mayhew, had for some time been leased to "Ro[bert] Lockwood, Is[aac] Sternes & Henery Jackson" [SLR 1:13]
On 29 September 1645, "Rob[er]t Lockwood of Watertowne" sold to "Edward Garfield of the same town one acre of meadow in Pond Meadow" [SLR 1:71]. On 30 April 1646, "Robert Lockwood of Watertown" sold to "Bryan Pendleton of the same all his land granted by the town (as by the transcript appeareth) with all the housing thereupon, also four acres of Remote Meadow purchased of William Bridges (only one acre of meadow in Pond Meadow formerly sold excepted)" [SLR 1:71].
On 10 April 1650, "Richard Denton have appointed Elias Bayly of Stamford my lawful attorney to demand and (if need be) by all warrantable means to recover and receive for me whatsoever is due unto me, from Robert Lockwood of Faierfield in New England, and to him, I have given full power upon receipt of the said debt to give unto Robert Lockwood full security of what he hath purchased of me in Stamford. ... The lands purchased of Richard Denton now at Maspeag by Robert Lockwood of Faierfield (viz:) One home lot with the building thereon & all other lands, marsh & upland, which is laid out, or is to be laid out" [Stamford TR 1:41]. After an accounting of the debt, "Robert Lockwood, now of Faierfield," surrendered title to the lands to John Bishop.
An undated entry covering a full page in the first volume of Fairfield town records sets forth the details of the proprietary share acquired by Robert Lockwood in that town [Fairfield TR A:120]:
"Robert Lockwood hath purchased of Mr. Rodger Ludlow Esquire and John Cable: all & all maner of messuages houses gardens orchards backside lands tenements meadows pasture feedings accommodations or allotments whatsoever to him and his heirs forever: that Henrie Graye had or ought to have had, which premises the said Mr. Ludlow & John Cable did purchase of Mr. Alexander Bryand of Milford, who purchased the said premises of the said Henrie Graye, and so passed by deed and assigned from the first purchaser to the last as is expressed, wherein the said deed Henrie Graye doth covenant & promise that true and rightful owner of all and singular the premises before by these presents expressed
"The particulers follow:
"Four acres and half in Sasqua Necke abutted on the south with the land of John Barlow and the north with 16 acres and a quarter of the land that was Mr. William Frost
"Also four acres and three quarters that was John Fosters bounded with the land of Stapls and Heages
"And seven acres and half of the land that was Henrie Graye's abutting the south on the said John Foster's land on the north the land of Daniell Bulkley and the common to west the river east highway or near it
"In the neck of land commonly called Uncoway Neck seventeen acres next to Mr Tainters on the southwest
"In the homelot two acres
"Meadow on the whole nine acres and half and 14 rod which was the said Henry Gray's
"In the meadow before the town four acres and half and 35 rod 6 foot between the meadow of John Barlow and the meadow of Daniell Frost had from his father.
"In the milne river seaven acres between John Nichols and old Sheratt"
On "Feb: 8:1655," "Henry Lyon hath purchased of Robart Lockwood parcel of land lying at Sasquatt Neck being in quantity three acres more or less bounded on the east with a highway the land of Steven Hedges on the north on the west with a swamp on the south with the land of Robart Lockwood" [Fairfield TR A:41]. On 16 February 1673[/4?], "Jone Baldwin administratrix on the estate of her husband Nath: Baldwin deceased by a deed under her hand acknowledged that her said deceased husband did in his lifetime sell to Robert Lockwood befor[e] the said Robert death, sold him a parcel of land over the creeke being in quantity [even acres more or less: bounded on the northeast and southeast with highwayes: on the southwest with the land pertayning to the sons of Thomas Moorhouse deceased: on the northwest with the meadowe of Mr. Gold" [Fairfield TR A:127].
The inventory of the estate of "Robert Lockwood deceased in Fairfeild," taken 11 September 1658, totalled £464 3s., of which £110 was real estate: "housing & lands," £110 [Fairfield PR 1:42-43].
On 20 October 1658, "the widow Lockwood" presented her husband's inventory, and the court appointed "the widow Susanna Lockwood to be administratrix"; "the deceased having left no will, the Court orders as followeth: that the widow shall have a third part of the state and the rest of the children being nine in number, their names are Jonathan, Joseph, Daniell, Epraim, Gershom, John, Abigail, Sarah and Mary, shall have the rest of the estate divided amongst them as followeth, the eldest son Jonathan is to have a double portion only that estate which the said Jonathan received of his father before his death being here made to appear to be fifty-seven pounds, twelve shillings, is to be reckoned to be part of his double portion, and ... the rest of the estate is to be divided among the rest of the children only each of the sons are to have a third part more than [each] of the daughters ...; Deborah being married hath received her portion of her father before his death" [Fairfield PR 1:43].
On 17 May 1659, "Susanna Lockwood" sued John Cable "in an action of the case to the damage of £120," and the court found for the defendant [RPCC 200]. (This dispute may have involved the land which Roger Ludlow and John Cable had sold to Robert Lockwood many years before.)
On 28 May 1661, "whereas Jeffery Ferris by marriage with his wife Susanna now deceased stands engaged to pay certain legacies due to the children of Robert Lockwood deceased according to the administration entered in court 20 October 1658 and whereas he sayeth that Joseph & Daniell hath received their portions already as also that they have received the portions of Epraim & Gershom & that they are to stand engaged to see it paid according to the court order and that he intends at the first opportunity to clear himself thereof at a court and whereas John & the three daughters portions are still in his hand, he having removed out of this jurisdiction and security being demanded, he doth by these presents bind over all his housing and accommodations that he hath in Greenwich that the legacies shall be truly paid" [Fairfield PR 1:65, 67].
On 1 December 1681, "Jonathan Hewsteed of Greenwich having marrying Mary Lockwood the daughter of Robert and Susanna Lockwood" acknowledged having received his wife's portion of her parents' estates from "Daniell Lockwood, Joseph Lockwood and Will[ia]m Ward administrators upon the estate of their father and mother" [Fairfield PR 3:314]. On 28 December 1681, "John Barlowe of Fairfeild," noting that "there was a portion due out of the estate of my father-in-law Robert Lockwood deceased and of the estate of my mother -in-law Susanna Ferris deceased unto she that is now my wife Abigal their daughter, and whereas that my brother-in-law Will[ia]m Ward in his lifetime and my brother-in-laws Joseph and Daniel Lockwood were appointed by the court to administer on the abovesaid estate," acknowledged having received his wife's portion [Fairfield PR 3:313].
Birth: Baptized Combs, Suffolk, 18 January 1600/1, son of Edmund Lockwood [Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
Death. Between 21 May 1657 (when he was appointed sergeant at Fairfield [CCCR 1:299]) and 11 September 1658 (date of inventory).
Marriage: By 1634 Susanna Norman, daughter of Richard Norman {1626, Salem} [NYGBR 5 8:395-96; GMB 2:1334-36]. She married (2) about 1659 Jeffrey Ferris {1634, Watertown} [GM:2:517-21] and died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660 (recorded at Stamford) [TAG 10:118, citing Stamford TR 1:98].
Children:
i. Jonathan Lockwood, b. Watertown 10 September 1634 [NEHGR 6:380; WaVR 1:3]; m. by 6 January 1664[/5?] Mary Ferris, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris [GM 2:2:519-20].
ii. Deborah Lockwood, b. Watertown 12 October 1636 [NEHGR 7:159; WaVR 1:4]; m. (1) by 20 October 1658 William Ward, son of Andrew WARD {1633, Watertown} [GMB 3:1918-21 (which misstates the estimated date of marriage)]; m. (2) by 1678 John Topping [FOOF 1:265, 645 (citing "Marriage agreement between Ebenezer Hawley and Hester Ward, daughter of Mrs. Deborah Topping of Southampton, 19 Apr. 1678")].
iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638 [NEHGR 7:160; WaVR 1:5]; m. (1) by an unknown date ___ Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham (in his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield PR 4:36]); possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream [FOOF 1:383].
iv. Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640 [NEHGR 7:162; WaVR 1:8]; m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood (eldest known child b. about 1669 [FOOF 1:383]), daughter of Thomas Sherwood [FOOF 1:383, 548-49].
v. Ephraim Lockwood, b. Watertown 1 December 1641 [NEHGR 7:281; WaVR 1:9]; m. Norwalk 8 June 1665 Mercy St. John [Norwalk LR 1:49], daughter of Mathias St. John [FOOF 1:513].
vi. Greshom Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 September 1643 [NEHGR 7:283; WaVR 1:11]; m. (1) ___ ___ ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:130]; m. (2) Oyster Bay 3 August 1697 Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright [Oyster Bay TR 1:515], daughter of John Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:130; FOOF 1:384-85].
vii. John Lockwood, b. say 1646; the inventory of the estate of "John Lockwood" was taken "by us as selectmen of the town of Norwocke in February last Anno 1675 [probably 1675/6]" (including a debt "from the country for wages as a soldier") and presented by Ephraim Lockwood [Fairfield PR 3:23-24]; apparently unm.
viii. Abigail Lockwood, b. say 1648; m. by about 1668 John Barlow (eldest known child b. about 1668), son of Thomas Barlow [Fairfield PR 3:313; FOOF 1:29].
ix. Sarah Lockwood, b. say 1650; d. Fairfield 1 March 1650[/1] [CTVR30].
x. Sarah Lockwood, b. Fairfield 27 February 1651[/2?] [CTVR 30]; she may have married Abraham Adams [Connecticut Ancestry 47:130; FOOF 1:9-10].
xi. Mary Lockwood, b. say 1654; m. (1) by 1681 Jonathan Huestis [Fairfield PR 3:314; TAG 30:127-28, 73:204-5]; m. (2) by 1713 Joseph Knapp (on 28 April 1713, "Joseph Knap of the town of Gree[n]wich ... & Mary his wife formerly Mary Heusted relict of Jonathan Heusted of the said Greenwich deceased" deeded to Jonathan Jessup land formerly held by Jonathan Huestis [Greenwich LR 2:85; FOOF 1:317-18]).
Associations: Brother of Edmund Lockwood {1630, Cambridge} [GMB 2:1192-94]. Two features of the landholding of Robert Lockwood illuminate further the life of Edmund Lockwood. First, prior to 1639, Robert Lockwood had sold to John Masters "five acres of marsh at the oyster bank near the river" [CaTR 53]. This was probably land originally in the possession of Edmund Lockwood who had resided in Cambridge before his death. Robert Lockwood was executor of the estate of Edmund Lockwood, whose widow had married John Masters [KP note: author in the notes of Edmund notes his second wife was Elizabeth Masters, dau. of John Masters].. Second, in the grants of land in the Beaverbrook Plowlands and the Remote Meadows, which were based on household size, Robert Lockwood received six acres. At the date of these grants, in late 1636 and early 1637, the immediate household of Robert Lockwood was four persons (himself, his wife, and his two eldest children). The most likely explanation for the additional two household members is that they were the orphaned children of Edmund Lockwood and his first wife. One of these children was the son Edmund. The identity of the second of these children is unknown, but this tells us that in 1637 there were only two surviving children by this first marriage.
At the same time that Robert Lockwood sold his Watertown lands to Bryan Pendleton and Edward Garfield, Nicholas Knapp sold all his Watertown lands to the same men [SLR 1:71]. Knapp also made the migration to Fairfield [Connecticut Ancestry 47:125-26].
Comments: Based on the birth of a son at Watertown on 10 September 1634 [WaVR 1:3], the year of immigration of this immigrant had been placed as 1634. However, the pattern of his landholding in Watertown and the presence in New England of the woman he married several years earlier lead us to conclude that he had actually arrived by 1633 Connecticut Ancestry 47:123]. He may even have come over with his brother Edmund Lockwood in 1630. In any case, we have chosen to include him in this volume.
Although Robert Lockwood created no surviving records during his residence at Stamford, we place him there from 1646 to 1650 for two reasons. First, he left Watertown at the same time that others of that own, especially Nicholas Knapp, made the move to Stamford [GMN:8]. Second, in 1650, when he was already at Fairfield, he sold land in Stamford which had been the proprietary share of the Rev. Richard Denton [Stamford TR 1:41], who had left Stamford prior to 1646. This and would have been the residence of Robert Lockwood during his sojourn at Stamford.
In 1654 two members of the family of Robert Lockwood became embroiled in the witchcraft trial of Goody Knapp. On 13 May 1654, "Susan Lockwood, wife of Robert Lockwood," and "Deborah Lockwood, of the age of 17 or thereabout," gave depositions of events on the day of Goody Knapp's execution [NHCR 2:82-83; Witchhunting 74-86].
Bibliographic Note: In 1889 Frederic A. Holden and F. Dunbar Lockwood compiled a genealogy of the descendants of the Lockwood brothers ["Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," Philadelphia 1889)].
In 1927 Clarence A. Torrey identified the wife of this immigrant NYGBR 58:395-96]. Donald Lines Jacobus treated Robert Lockwood and his descendants in the course of his work on the families of Fairfield [FOOF 1:380-87]. In 1978, building on the work of Jacobus and correcting the "Lockwood Family," Harriet Woodbury Hodge published an account of the immigrant Edmund Lockwood, thus correcting earlier accounts of Robert Lockwood ["Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and His son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York 1978)]. In 1984 Harriet Woodbury Hodge published an account of the agnate descendants of Ephraim Lockwood, son of this immigrant ["Connecticut Ancestry" 27:9-18, 64-70, 141-47].
In 2004 Robert Charles Anderson published a study of this immigrant, concentrating on his English origin, his landholding and the marriages of his children ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:119-30]."
2. "Connecticut Ancestry," periodical published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Dec. 2004, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 119-130: "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages," by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, (may be contacted at 2 Fenway, Deny, NH 03038, or at ). Note that the following is a partial transcript of the full transcript in the notes of Robert Lockwood; the full article is well written by one of the very best modern genealogists and should be consulted in conjunction with the following notes:
"Genealogical Summary
Robert1 Lockwood was almost certainly the child of that name baptized at Combs, Suffolk, on 18 January 1600[/1], son of Edmund and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood. He died, probably at Fairfield, between 21 May 1657 (when he was appointed sergeant at Fairfield) and 11 September 1658 (when his inventory was taken), and probably closer to the latter date. He married by 1634 Susanna2 Norman, baptized 31 July 1617 at Charminster, Dorset, daughter of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman of Salem. Massachusetts.(54) After 20 October 1658 (when she was still referred to as "widow Lockwood"), she married (2) Jeffrey Ferris, and she died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660.(55) Robert Lockwood arrived in New England no later than 1633 (and perhaps as early as 1630). As a resident of Watertown he was granted by the town a full proprietary share, which he sold in 1646, at which time he removed to Stamford, where he purchased the proprietary share of Rev. Richard Denton, which he disposed of in 1650. By 1650 he had removed to Fairfield, where he purchased the proprietary share originally granted to Henry Gray.
Children(i-vi born Watertown(56)):
i. Jonathan Lockwood, b. Watertown 10 September 1634. He m. by 6 January 1664[/5?] Mary Ferris, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris.(57)
ii. Deborah Lockwood, b. Watertown 12 October 1636. She m. (1) by 20 October 1658 William Ward, son of Andrew Ward.(58) She m. (2) by 1678 John Topping.(59)
iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638. He m. (1) by an unknown date Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham.(60) He possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream.(61)
iv. Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640. He m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield.(62)
v. Ephraim Lockwood, b. Watertown 1 December 1641. He m. Norwalk 8 June 1665 Mercy St. John,(63) daughter of Mathias St. John.(64)
vi. Gershom Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 September 1643. He m. (1) 65 He m. (2) Oyster Bay 3 August 1697 Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright, daughter of John Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright.(66)
vii. JohnLockwood, b. say 1646. The inventory of the estate of"John Lockwood" was taken "by us as selectmen of the town of Norwocke in February last Anno 1675 [probably 1675/6]" (including a debt "from the country for wages as a soldier") and presented by Ephraim Lockwood; apparently unmarried.(67)
viii. Abigail Lockwood, b. say 1648. She m. by about 1668 John Barlow, son of Thomas Barlow.(68)
ix. Sarah Lockwood, b. say 1650; d. Fairfield 1 March 1650[/1].(69)
x. Sarah Lockwood, b. Fairfield 27 February 1651[/2?].(70) She was living on 28 May 1661.(71) She may have married Abraham Adams.(72)
xi. Mary Lockwood, b. say 1654. She m. (1) by 1681 Jonathan3 Huestis (Angel2, Robert1).(73) She m. (2) by 1713 Joseph Knapp.(74)
Footnotes:
54. TAG 77(2002):102-3; Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1334-36.
55. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, "Volume 2, C-F (Boston, 2001), pp. 517-21 (cited hereafter as Anderson et al., Great Migration).
56. "Watertown Records: Vital Records," pp. 1:3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11; Register 6:380, 7:159, 160, 162, 281, 283.
57. Anderson et al., "Great Migration," 2:517-21; Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:382.
58. Fairfield Probate Records 1:43; Anderson, Great Migration Begins 3:1918-21 (which misstates the estimated date of marriage).
59. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:645 (citing "Marriage agreement between Ebenezer Hawley and Hester Ward, dau. of Mrs. Deborah Topping of Southampton, 19 Apr. 1678").
60. In his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield Probate Records 4:36].
61. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383.
62. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383, 548-49 (in her will of 29 January 1691/2, widow Abigail Lockwood made brother Matthew Sherwood one of her overseers).
63. Norwalk Deeds 1:49.
64. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:513.
65. Holden and Lockwood claim that she was "Lady Ann Millington from England, daughter of Lord Millington," an unsupported and highly unlikely identification (Lockwood Family 16-17). In 1930 Jacobus called her "Ann [?Millington] of Windsor," but in 1955 he referred to her simply as "(first wife)" and gave to Gershom, son of this Gershom, wife Ann Millington (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:384-85; TAG 31:224). This latter Gershom had a son named Millington (TAG 31:226), which may be the origin of the proposed Millington connection.
66. John Cox, Jr., ed., "Oyster Bay Town Records," Volume I, 1653-1690 (New York, 1916), p. 515. In 1955 Jacobus argued that this Elizabeth died and that Gershom had a third wife, also named Elizabeth. In presenting the estate papers for Gershom, Jacobus states that "The prenuptial contract of Gershom with his widow was dated 2 Oct. 1716" (TAG 31:225-26). This prenuptial contract has not been found, but the will of Gershom Lockwood, dated 2 October 1716, refers to "what I have [given] to my dear & loving wife Elizabeth as in my deed of gift to her" (Fairfield Probate Records Case #3836). If Jacobus mistook this reference to a deed of gift as a prenuptial contract, then we have evidence for only one wife named Elizabeth.
67. Fairfield Probate Records 3:23-24.
68. Fairfield Probate Records 3:313. The eldest child of John and Abigail (Lockwood) Barlow was born about 1668 (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:29.
69. Edwin Stanley Welles, ed., Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, 1898), p. 30 (cited hereafter as Welles, "Birth, Marriages and Deaths ... of Connecticut").
70. Welles, "Births Marriages and Deaths ... of Connecticut," p. 30.
71. Fairfield Probate Records 1:65, 67.
72. In a footnote to his account of Abraham Adams, son of Edward Adams of Fairfield, Jacobus reports that "Mr. Clarence A. Torrey of Dorchester, Mass., ... suggests from circumstantial evidence that the mother of the Adams children may have been Sarah Lockwood" (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:9-10). The "circumstantial evidence" was that Sarah Lockwood was available, that Abraham Adams used the names Deborah and Susannah for daughters, and that the children of Daniel Burr with his first wife (one of whom married a Lockwood) chose Adams as their attorney (letters from CAT to DLJ dated 18 and 19 December 1929, and letter of DLJ to CAT dated 20 December 1929, Folder #2, Correspondence of DLJ and CAT, Connecticut Historical Society.
73. Fairfield Probate Records 3:314; TAG 30:127-28, 73:204-5.
74. On 28 April 1713, "Joseph Knap of the Town of Gree[n]wich ... & Mary his wife formerly Mary Heusted relect of Jonathan Heusted of the said Greenwich deceased" deeded to Jonathan Jessup land formerly held by Jonathan Huestis [Greenwich Deeds 2:85]."
3. Some references to Robert in the following biography of Edmund Lockwood from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
"EDMUND LOCKWOOD
ORIGIN: Probably Combs, Suffolk ["Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
MIGRATION: 1630 (based on request for freemanship on 19 October 1630 and jury service on 9 November 1630 [MBCR 1:79, 81]). (Edmund Lockwood was "Lockwood" of John Winthrop's 1629 list [WP 2:276].)
FIRST RESIDENCE: Unknown (probably Watertown).
REMOVES: Cambridge by 1632. "Mr Edmond Lockwood" was the third in the list of eight "Newtone Inhabitant" which is found at the beginning of the Cambridge town records, and probably dates from 1632 [CaTR 2].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood") and admitted 18 May 1631 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockewood") [MBCR 1:79, 366]. OFFICES: Deputy for Cambridge to Massachusetts Bay General Court (as Mr. Lockwood")., 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95].
Massachusetts Bay petit jury, 9 November 1630 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood"), [MBCR 1:81].
Cambridge constable (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood"), 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:81]. ESTATE: On 3 March 1634/5, "It is ordered, that Ruth [sic] Lockwood, widow, shall bring all the writings that her husband left in her hands to John Haynes, Esq., & Simon Bradstreete, on the third day of the next week, who shall detain the same in their hands till the next Court, when they shall be disposed of to those to whom they belong" [MBCR 1:134]. On 7 April 1635, "It is referred to the church of Waterton, with the consent of Rob[er]te Lockwood, executor of Edmond Lockwood, deceased, to dispose of the children & estate of the said Edmond Lockwood, given to them, to such persons as they think meet, which if they perform not within fourteen days, it shall be lawful for the Governor, John Hayne, Esq., & Simon Bradstreete, to dispose of the said children & estates as in their discretion, they shall think meet, as also to take an account of the said Rob[er]te Lockwood, & give him a full discharge" [MBCR 1:143-44]. On 2 June 1635, "In the cause of the children & widow of Edward Lockwood, (the elders & other of the church of Waterton being present,) and upon consideration of the order of Court in April last made in the case, which was found not to have been observed, because the estate was not computed & apportioned, it is now ordered, with consent of all parties, viz:, the church of Waterton, the widow of the said Edmond living, & the executor having consented to the former order, that the present Governor & the Secretary shall have power to call parties & witnesses for finding out the true estate, having consideration of the uncertainty of the will, & the debts, & other circumstances, to apportion the remainder of the estate to the wife & Children, according to their best discretion; & then the church of Waterton is to dispose of the elder children & their portions as shall be best for their Christian education & the preservation of their estate" [MBCR 1:151]. BIRTH: By about 1600 based on estimated date of marriage (but see COMMENTS below). [KP note: It appears the author did not update this statement in the revision since the COMMENTS do not address the birth at all; however, the his reference to "Connecticut Ancestry" does as 16 Jan 1598/1599 at Combs, Suffolk, England.] DEATH: Cambridge between 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95, 96] and 3 March 1634/5 [MBCR 1:134] (and probably closer to the earlier date, since Edmund Lockwood does not appear in any of the recorded Cambridge land grants beginning in August 1633). MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 ____ ____; she may have died in England before 1630.
(2) By 1632 Elizabeth Masters, daughter of JOHN MASTERS {1630, Watertown}. She married (2) CARY LATHAM {1639, Cambridge}. CHILDREN:
With first wife
i EDMUND LOCKWOOD, b. say 1625; m. Stamford 7 January [1655/6] Hannah Scott, daughter of TTHOMAS SCOTT {1634, Ipswich} [GM 2:6:209-13].
ii child LOCKWOOD, (one or more additional children by first wife implied by court order to the Watertown church "to dispose of the elder children" [MBCR 1:151]); no further record.
With second wife
iii JOHN LOCKWOOD, b. Cambridge [blank] November 1632 ("son of Edward Lockwood & Elisabeth his wife") [NEHGR 4:181]; d. at New London in 1683, unmarried [Lockwood Gen 10].
ASSOCIATIONS: In a discussion of financial transactions, John Winthrop wrote to his son John in Grot on 23 July 1630 saying "If money be brought to you or your Uncle Downinge for Goodman Lockwood, let Mr. Peirce be paid his bill of provisions for him, and bring the rest with you" [WP 2:306]. "Mr. Edmond Lockwood" was the third in the list of eight "Newtowne Inhabitants" which is found at the beginning of the Cambridge town records, and probably dates from 1632 [CaTR 2]. After NICHOLAS KNAPP was fined for quackery on 1 March 1630/1, "Mr. Will[ia]m Pelham and Mr. Edmond Lockewood hath promised to pay to the Court the sum of £5" [MBCR 1:83]. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The 1889 Lockwood genealogy (Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, History of the Lockwood Family in America," [Philadelphia 1889]) was deservedly described by Jacobus as "a genealogical atrocity" [TAG 31:222]. By lumping all the descendants of the first Edmund under his brother Robert, the posterity of this family through eldest son Edmund was misplaced. Donald Lines Jacobus began to sort the family out properly in 1930, with further contributions made in 1955 [FOOF 1:380-81; TAG 31:222-24]. In 1978 Harriet Woodbury Hodge published detailed arguments for a rearrangement of the Lockwood families that would restore to Edmund Lockwood his children ["Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York 1978), cited above as Lockwood Gen]."
In 2004 Robert Charles Anderson reviewed the evidence for the English ancestry of Edmund and Robert Lockwood ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:119-30]."
4. FHL Book 929.273 L814a or FHL film 1321248, item 6, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford Connecticut," by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., 1978:
"Foreword. Edmund Lockwood, The Forgotten Ancestor.
In 1630 two Lockwood brothers, 'Mr.' Edmund, aged 36 and Sergeant Robert, aged 36, came to New England with the Winthrop Fleet. Both men were sons of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood of Combs, co. Suffolk, England. (See Phi more and Blagg, 'Suffolk County Registers, Marriages,' 1:123 and Banks, 'Winthrop Fleet of 1630,' pp. 79, 80. Both brothers have many American descendants living today, those of Robert far more numerous than those of his brother, Edmund. Unfortunately, few of the Edmund Lockwood family acknowledge him as one of their forefathers, believing erroneously that they are descendants of Robert. The 'Edmund Lockwood Family Society' is today an exclusive group with a mere handful of members. How has this situation come about?
James Savage, who published his 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England' in 1860-2, recognized that Edmund Lockwood had progeny into the third generation. But in 1889, two unbelievably inept compilers, Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, threw together a thick tome entitled 'Descendants of Robert Lockwood, History of the Lockwood Family in America.' This book, replete with multiple errors, assumes, as its title suggests, that all early American Lockwoods were descendants of Sgt. Robert Lockwood. His brother, Edmund Lockwood, is consigned to an appendix, which omits any mention of the records of Edmund's surviving son, Edmund Lockwood of Stamford, Connecticut. Then, confronted with the six surviving children of Edmund Lockwood, the compilers divide them up and add them to the families of two sons of Robert Lockwood: Ephraim of Norwalk and Jonathan of Greenwich. The original errors are compounded in the Lockwood genealogy, tangling inextricably the lines of both Edmund and Robert Lockwood.
In 1930 Donald Lines Jacobus, who called the Holden and Lockwood compilation 'a genealogical atrocity' ('The American Genealogist,' 31:222 ff.), corrected the Connecticut Lockwood families through the first two generations in the 'History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield.' Unfortunately, this work has only recently become widely available through a reprinted edition, is as yet unknown to many Lockwood researchers and does not 'come down' far enough on Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich lines to help identify later Lockwoods. Jacobus cautioned (TAG, 31:222), that no one should accept the 1889 Lockwood genealogy without extensive verification.
Jacobus, using carefully studied probate records, showed that no Connecticut Lockwood of suitable age could have been father of Abraham Lockwood (c1670-1747) of Rhode Island (Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 125) or of Richard Lockwood (1678-1757) of Delaware. The old Lockwood genealogy simply inserts Abraham and Richard into Connecticut families to which they clearly do not belong! The Delaware and Rhode Island Lockwoods are separate lines and must look elsewhere for their ancestry.
Additionally, two English Lockwood pedigrees are shown on preface pages xxiv and xxv of the Holden and Lockwood 1889 genealogy. Caveat! No connection to any American Lockwood has been proved or can be inferred.
The present compilation is limited in scope and does not attempt to correct more than a few of the errors in 'The Descendants of Robert Lockwood.' We have focused on retrieving the descendants of Edmund Lockwood, reworking the lineages. We have carried out all the male lines and a few females' families through five generations, insofar as they can be determined. Some have eluded us and we hope other researchers may provide us with the careers of more fifth generation descendants of Edmund Lockwood, from original material. We have included here a few sixth generation families, whose records have not been published heretofore. This book contains much new material, principally from original deeds.
Harriet W. Hodge, C. G.'
References:
Donald Lines Jacobus, 'History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield,' vol. 1, pp. 380-85, 715-16; vol. 2, p. 1075. (N.B. In this work, Fairfield, CT Lockwood families are carried on, but not those of Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich.)
Donald Lines Jacobus, 'An Atrocious Lockwood Blunder,' 'The American Genealogist,' 31:222-28.
Charles Henry Pope, 'The Pioneers of Massachusetts,' pp. 289, 330.
Charles E. Banks, 'The Winthrop Fleet of 1630,' Boston, 1930, pp. 79, 80.
Robert Lockwood, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood, bp. 18 Jan 1600 at Combs, co. Suffolk, England, d. 1658 at Fairfield, Connecticut, m. Susannah, prob. dau of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. She 2/m. Jeffrey Ferris. Children:
1. Jonathan, b. 10 Sep 1634 Watertown, MA, d. 12 May 1688 Greenwich, CT, m. Mary Ferris who 2/m. 1696 Thomas Merritt. Ch:
a. Robert, d. 1732/3 m. Mary ___.
b. Jonathan, died without issue 1689.
c. Gershom, d. 1757 m. Hannah ____.
d. Joseph, - n.f.i.
e. Abigail m. Thomas? Baxter.
2. Deborah, b. 12 Oct 1636, Watertown, MA, 1/ m. William Ward 2/m. John Topping.
3. Joseph, b. 6 Aug 1638, Watertown, MA, d. 1717, Fairfield, CT, 1/m. ___ Beacham, 2/m. Mary (Coley)
(Simpson) Stream. Ch: (by 1/w.)
a. Robert, d. c1715, 1/m. ____, 2/m. Mary () Butler.
b. Susanna, 1/m. Nathaniel Burr, 2/m. Benjamin Rumsey.
c. John, d. 1736, m. Elizabeth Sarah, without issue
4. Daniel, b. 21 Mar 1640 Watertown, MA, d. 1691 Fairfield, CT, m. Abigail Sherwood. Ch:
a. Daniel, b. 1669 d. 1698, m. Abigail Burr who 2/m. Elnathan Hanford and 3/m. Nathaniel Sherman.
b. Abigail, b. c1674, m. Samuel Robinson.
c. Mary, b. c1681, m. Nathan Morehouse.
5. Ephraim, b. 1 Dec 1641 Watertown, MA d. 1685 Norwalk, CT, m. Mercy St. John. Ch:
a. John, b. 1665/6 died without issue1690/1.
b. Daniel, b. 1668 d. 1712, m. Sarah Benedict
c. Sarah, b. 1670, m. John Platt, Jr.
d. Ephraim, b. 1673, d.y.
e. Eliphalet, b. 1675/6, m. Mary Gold.
f. Joseph, b. 1680, d. 1760, 1/m. Mary Weed, 2/m. Hannah ___.
g. James, b. 1683, 1/m. Lydia Smith, 2/m. Mercy (Bushnell) (Bostwick) Gaylord.
6. Gershom, b. 6 Sep 1643 Watertown, MA, d.1718/9 Greenwich, CT, 1/m. ____ of Windsor, CT, 2/m. 1697 Elizabeth (/Townsend) Wright, 3/m. Elizabeth ___. Ch: (by 1/w.)
a. Gershom, d. by 1761, m. Ann Millington.
b. Hannah, 1/m. John Burwell, 2/m. Thomas Hanford.
c. Elizabeth, d. 1702, m. 1693/4 John Bates.
d. Joseph, d. 1748, m. ?Sarah Green.
e. Sarah, b. c1679, d. 1765, 1/m. 1699/1700 Nathaniel Selleck, 2/m. 1713/4 Benjamin Hickock, 3/m. 1755 Samuel Kellogg.
7. John, d. 1677, unmarried.
8. Abigail, m. before 1681 John Barlow.
9. Sarah, d. 1 Mar 1650/1 Connecticut.
10. Sarah, b. 27 Feb 1651/2 Connecticut, ? m. Abraham Adams.
11. Mary, 1/m. Jonathan Husted, 2/m. Joseph Knapp.
Edmund Lockwood, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood, bp. 9 Feb 1594 at Combs, co. Suffolk, England, d. before 3 March 1634/5 at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1/ m. ___. [Children]:
a. Edmund, b. c1625 England, d. 31 Jan 1692/3 Stamford, CT, m. 1655/6 Hannah Scott, b. c1636 d. 1706. Ch:
i. John, b. c1658-60 without issue 1689-92.
ii. Mary, b. c1664, m. 1693 Joseph Garnsey.
iii. Joseph, b. 1666 d. 1750, 1/m. 1698 Elizabeth Ayres, 2/m. 1716 Margery Webb, 3/m. by 1740 Susannah ___.
iv. Edmund b. c 1668, died without issue 1740, naming bros and sis in his will.
v. Daniel, b. c1670, d. 1744, m. 1702 Charity Clements.
vi. Abigail, b. c1674, m. aft. 1707 Joseph Clark.
vii. Sarah, b. c1679, m. 1707 Michael Lounsberry.
2/m. c1631 Elizabeth Masters, dau of John (She 2/m. Cary Latham). [Children]:
a. John, b. __ Nov 1632 Cambridge, MA died without issue 1683 New London, CT. His brother Edmund Lockwood of Stamford, CT was sole heir of his estate.
Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693):
Edmund Lockwood of Combs, county Suffolk, the English progenitor, married there 3 September 1592 ALES COWPER {COOPER}. Of their "Children, two sons came to Massachusetts in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet:
1. Edmund Lockwood, baptized 9 February 1594 at Combs. (Charles E. Banks, 'The Winthrop Fleet of 1630,' Boston, 1930, pp. 79, 80.) He 1/m. before 1625 in England, ____, an unknown wife who perhaps d. shortly after her arrival in America. He 2/m before 1632 Elizabeth MASTERS, daughter of John Masters of Cambridge, Mass. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404).
2. Robert. Lockwood, baptized 18 January 1600 at Combs (Charles E. Banks, 'The Winthrop Fleet of 1630,' Boston, 1930, pp. 79, 80.), d. 1658 at Fairfield, Connecticut. He m. SUSANNAH, probably daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404). Robert Lockwood lived at Watertown, Mass. 1634-1646, then moved to Fairfield, Ct. After his death his widow m. Jeffrey Ferris and she d. at Greenwich 23 December 1660 (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404 & Donald Lines Jacobus, 'History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield,' New Haven, 1930, 1: 715, 381). Robert's progeny are far more numerous than those of his brother, Edmund, but this compilation makes no attempt to trace his descendants…
The American FAMIL Y:
I. Edmund Lockwood, (Edmund of England), bp. 9 February 1594 at Combs, co. Suffolk, d. before 3 March 1634/5 at Cambridge, Mass. He came in 1630 with the fleet, which brought Governor John Winthrop to New England. Edmund first settled at Watertown and then at New Towne (Cambridge) where he was called "Mr.," a title of respect. His request to be made freeman of the colony on 19 October 1630, was granted 18 May 1631. He was juryman 9 November 1630: was appointed constable at Cambridge in May 1632 and the same year he was one of two persons appointed to confer with the court about raising a public stock. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404). In 1635 his brother Sergeant Robert Lockwood was appointed executor for Edmund's estate and Children. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900,, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404).
Edmund 1/m. before 1625 in England, ___, an unknown wife, who perhaps d..shortly after her arrival in America. On 3 March 1634/5 the court asked the widow "Ruth" to bring in writings left by her husband, Edmund Lockwood. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71). Other records show clearly that Edmund's widow was Elizabeth (Masters), whom he had m. at least three years previously (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404). Was Ruth in error for the name of the first wife? There is no proof of this theory, although some have made the assumption.
Edmund 2/m. before 1632 Elizabeth MASTERS. She was d/o John Masters of Watertown and Cambridge, who d. 21 December 1639 and by his will two days before his death named with others, his grandchild. John Lockwood and his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Cary Latham. Edmund's widow m. Mr. Latham and in 1646 moved to Newv London, Connecticut, taking her son John Lockwood with them. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404 & Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus). See Appendix 1, p.71.
The only known child of Edmund Lockwood and his first wife was:
i. Edmund Lockwood, b. about 1625 in England, m. 7 January at Stamford, Ct. Hannah SCOTT. Lack of mention of Edmund Lockwood, Jr. in the wiII of John Masters would indicate that Edmund, Jr. was by an earlier wife, reinforced by a court order 2 June 1635, after the death of Edmund Lockwood, Sr. to place out "elder children" (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus).
There were undoubtedly one or two other children of Edmundl Lockwood by first wife, but apparently none survived, for only Edmund, Jr. claimed the estate of his half -brother, John, in 1683.
The only known child of Edmund and Elizabeth (Masters) Lockwood was:
ii. JohnLockwood, b. November 1632 at Cambridge, Mass. (Vital Records, town or civil records. For Connecticut the source most often consulted has been the Barbour Index of vital records in the Connecticut State Library and widely available elsewhere on microfilm). He went to New London, Ct. with his mother and stepfather, Cary Latham. On 20 July 1658 Cary Latham conveyed to his son-in-law (i. e. step-son) John Lockwood (New London deeds 3:63) (Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus). John lived at Foxen's Hill in New London and d. in 1683, unmarried (Francis M. Caulkins, 'History of New London,' 1895, pp. 89 and 312). New London deeds 5:18 contains a record that Edmund Lockwood of Stamford was declared heir of the estate of his brother, John Lockwood of New London by the County Court 3 June 1684. There are also deeds from Edmund Lockwood of Stamford, conveying lands inherited from his brother, John (New London deeds 5:76, 102 (Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus & Francis M. Caulkins, 'History of New London,' 1895, pp. 89 and 312). Edmund Lockwood was the sole heir."
5. "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 380,381: "Sergt., Fairfield Trainband, May 1657. Came to America about 1630, brother of Edmund; settled in Watertown, Mass.; freeman of Mass. Bay, Mar. 1636/7. Removed to Fairfield abt. 1646; freeman of Conn., May 1652. Married Susannah, prob. dau. of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris.. Inv. 11 Sep 1658. Widow Susannah to administer; nine children: eldest son Jonathan, Joseph, Daniel, Ephraim, Gershom, John, Abigail, Sarah, Mary; Deborah, being married, hath received portion. Jeffrey Ferris agreed to pay portions to the children, and mention was made of what he shall pay William Ward and Joseph and Daniel Lockwood on account of the children. Children, first six recorded at Watertown:
a. Jonathan, b. 10 Sep 1634.
b. Deborah, b 12 Oct 1636; m. (1) before 20 Oct 1658, Ens. William Ward; m. (2) John Topping, of Southhammmpton, Long Island.
c. Joseph, b. 6 Aug 1638.
d. Daniel, b. 21 Mar. 1640.
e. Ephraim, b. 1 Dec 1641.
f. Gershom, b. 6 Sep 1643.
g. John, died in 1677, unmarried. Inventory about 1677, presented by Ephraim Lockwood.
h. Abigail, m. John Barlow, Jr. He receipted, 28 Dec. 1681, for the portion of his wife Abigail in estate of father-in-law Robert Lockwood and mother-in-law Susannah Ferris.
i. Sarah, d. 1 Mar 1650/51 (Colonial Records).
j. Sarah, b. 27 Feb 1651/52 (Colonial Records); possibly she was the first wife of Lt. Abraham Adams.
k. Mary, m. (1) Jonathan Husted, of Greenwich, who receipted for her portion, 1 Dec. 1681; m. (2) Joseph Knapp, of Greenwich."
6. Per "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 715: "...Robert was son of Edmond of Combs, Co. Suffolk, and bapt. 18 Jan. 1600; his brother Edmond was bapt. 9 Feb. 1594. They came in the Winthrop fleet, 1630. (Charles E. Banks: The Winthrop Fleet [1930], pp. 79, 80.)"
7. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 176/7: "Two Lockwood brothers from Combes, Suffolk, sons of Edward, came to America on the 'Arbella' in 1630. Edmund, thirty-six, came with his wife [Kerry's note: I cannot yet substantiate that there was his wife on the ship and I suspect this may be wrong.] and Child; Robert was thirty. They settled first in Cambridge, MA and then to Watertown, MA where Edmund died in 1634. Robert's family moved to Norwalk, CT sometime after 1645. For a brief time he owned Rev. Denton's home in Stamford between 1644 and 1650 when it was turned over to John Bishop. After he died in 1658, his wife married Jeffrey Ferris. Robert's oldest son Jonathan, had a home on 'River Street' by 1660; he sold it to his cousin Edmond in 1665 and moved to Greenwich. There is some confusion over a possible sister Rose to the two brothers Edmund and Robert." Additional references: Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmond Lockwood of Cambridge, Mass." If he was in fact on the Arbella and not the Elizabeth, the Lockwood genealogy book referenced below speaks of the Arbella voyage: "Not over 300 persons were at the New England plantation when Gov. Winthrop and the Mass. Co. arrived at Salem 22 Jun 1630. The 'Arbella' was named in compliment to Lady Arbella Johnson, and was formerly known as the 'Eagle'. Four vessels, viz. Arbella, Talbot, Ambrose, and Jewell, set out first, as the rest were not ready, and the 'Arbella' was admiral of the fleet. She was of 350 tons, 28 guns, and had 52 men. In this vessel were almost all the principal members of the company with such of their families as accompanied them...The Arbella was commanded by Capt. Peter Milborne. Some were from the west of England, but the greatest number came from about London. The Arbella sailed from Southampton on 2 Mar and Cowes on the 29th, 1629-30, and anchored off Yarmouth, and 8 Apr. the voyage was finally commenced."
8. Per book "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial," comp. William Richard Cutter, Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, p. 1937: "Robert Lockwood, the founder of this family, was born in England, died in Fairfield, CT, in 1658. He emigrated to America in 1630 and settled first in Watertown, MA, and in 1646 removed to Fairfield. He married Susannah ___. Children: Ephraim...; Gershom, born 6 Sep 1643, died 12 Mar 1718, married Lady Ann Millington...; John; Abigail; Sarah; Mary; Jonathan, born 1634; Deborah, b 1636; Joseph, b. 1638; Daniel, b. 1640." Page 35 adds: "...His name is recorded as a settler in Fairfield as early as 1641..."
9. 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 [Caution! See notes in separate note above about the unreliability of this book):
"Robert Lockwood came from England about 1630 and setled in Watertown, Mass. where 6 of his 10 children were born, and where their births are recorded. He was made freeman 9 Mar 1636/7. (Mass. Rec., I.,372) He was executor of the estate of Edmund Lockwood, supposed to be his brother...Abt. 1646 he removed from Watertown, Mass., to Fairfield, Conn., where he died 1658. (Boltons's Hy. Westchester Co. N.Y.,p.108.) He was made a freeman of Conn. 20 May 1652. (Trumbull's Conn. Col. Rec.,I,231) 'This Court Goun'r John Winthrop (of Conn.) presiding, doth confirme...Robert Lockwood to be Sergeants at Fairfield.' (ibid,I,299) He was appointed Serg. at Fairfield in May, 1657. (Rev. Bouton's Hist. Dis. in 1851, p.59) His name is recorded as a settler at Fairfield as early as 1641. (N.E.H. and G. Reg.,7,157) The names and dates of the births of his first 6 children are printed in nearly all the early historical works of New England. An inventory of his property was made 11 Sep 1658...He left no Will. 'Aprile ye 30th, 1646, he sold to Bryan Pendleton all the land granted to him by the town, also four acres of remote meadow, bought of Mr. Bridge, except on acre of patch meadow, sold Sept. 29th, 1645, to Edward Garfield" [ancestor to Pres. Garfield]. (Bond's Watertown) In 1650 Robert Lockwood, of Fairfield, deeded to Rev. John Bishop the house and lot which he had purchased of Elias Bayley, Rev. Denton's attorney. (Hy. Stamford, p. 50.)...His widow, Susannah, was appointed administratrix. The estate was administered upon by her 20 Oct 1658. The widow, Mrs. Susannah Lockwood, m. Jeffrey Ferris, and died at 'Grinwich', 23 Dec 1660. (Hy. Stamford, CT, p158) Inventory of the estate of Robert Lockwood. Recorded. Probate Records, Vol. 1648 to 1656, page 42, 43, and 44, taken 11 Sep 1658 (per Town Clerk's Office, Fairfield, Conn., 5 apr, 1881 in pounds and shillings]: In Waring cloths 3,10; Bible 0,5; A piece of Stuff and cloth 1,7; Bedding to one bed 7,10; Two other beds and bedding 6,0; One bed more and bedding 6,0; Four pillow cases and Sum other linen 1,15; Three table cloths 1,3; Sheets, pops, cotton, wool, and other ness 12,10; Wooden Ware 1,15; Brass and peuter 4,10; Chayres, Cushings, and table 1,6; Three painted dishes and looking glass 0,10; pot hangers, frying pan, tounges 1,0; 2 ferkins of butter with some pork 3,10; Working tools 3; Cart, plow, Harrow and chaines 6; 3 old axes and a candlestick 0,8; Spinning Wheels and Cradle 0,12; 4 Oxen 30; 11 Cous 40; 5 three year old 15; 4 two year old 10; 5 three year old 10; 3 Calves 3; Horses and Mares 84; Sheep 3; Suine 20; Housing and Lands 110; Corn and Hay 40; Sum depts due 30. Total 464,63...the Courte orders the followeth, that the widow shall have a third part of said estate, and the children shall have the rest of the estate divided among them. Their names are: Jonathan, Joseph, Daniel, Ephraim, Gershom, John, Abigail, Sarah, Mary, Deborah. The eldest son, Jonathan, is to have a double portion...The rest of the estate is to be divided among the rest of the children, only each of the sons are to have a third part more than each of the daughters. The sons are to have their portion at 21 years of age, the daughters at 18 years of age, unless they marry sooner, then to have it at marriage. Deborah, being married, has received her portion of her father before his death..."
10. The book: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before 1692" by James Savage, published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981, Baltimore, vol.3, p.105: "Robert...removed to Fairfield after 1645, but before 1652...John, Abigail, Sarah, and Mary, perhaps all born at Fairfield..."
11. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D., 1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947. Note the discrepancy from Susannah's supposed married date of 28 May 1661 and death date a year earlier 23 Dec. 1660:
'11-G-41. Robert Lockwood, son of 12-G-32. Edmund Lockwood & ?
B. At Combs, Co. Suffolk, England. Bapt. Jan. 18, 1600
D. 1658. No will. Inventory 9-11-1658, by John Banks. Wife, Administrator.
M. Susannah Norman. 11-G-42. (which see) First 6 children recorded in Watertown."
"11-G-42. SUSANNAH Norman, dau. of 12-G-33. Richard Norman & ? of Salem, Mass.
D. Dec. 23, 1660, at Greenwich, Conn.
M. 1st, Robert Lockwood. 11-G-41. (which see)
2nd, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich. Marriage contract signed 5-28-1661. He d. 1666. He was the guardian of Robert's children.
Robert and Susannah had:
1. Jonathan Lockwood, b. 9-10-1634.
2. Deborah Lockwood, b. 10-12-1636. m. 1st, before 10-2-1658, Ensign Williams Ward. 2nd, John Tapping.
3. Joseph Lockwood, b. 8-6-1638.
4. Daniel Lockwood, b. 3-21-1640. 10-G-44. (which see)
5. Ephraim Lockwood, b. 12-1-1641.
6. Gershom Lockwood, b. 9-6-1643.
7. John Lockwood, d. 1677. Single. Inventory about 1677.
8. Abigail Lockwood, m. John Barlow, Jr.
9. Sarah Lockwood, d. 3-1-1650/1. Perhaps 1st wife of Lieut. Abraham Adams.
10. Mary Lockwood, m. 1st, Jonathan Husted, 2nd, Joseph Knapp, of Greenwich, probably.
11. Deborah Lockwood, probably.
Robert Lockwood was in Watertown, Mass. May 30, 1630: Came with Winthrop & Saltonstall, perhaps on the "Mary and John," probably not on the "Arabella." Removed to Fairfield, Conn. about 1646. Was Freeman in Mass. Bay Colony, 3-9-1631. Freeman in Conn. 5-20-1652. Sergt. of Fairfield Train Band. He was Exect. of his bro. Edmund Lockwood's will. Susannah gave evidence in the Witchcraft trial of Goodwife Knapp and was present at her hanging. Because of the intimate relationship between Robert Lockwood and Nicholas Knapp in their business relations and movements, it is believed by many that Elinor, wife of Nicholas, was a sister of Robert Lockwood. I consider it very probable."
12. "Great Migration Newsletter," Vols. 1-15, by Robert Charles Anderson, 2007, p. 8, (1990 issue) in commenting on 1646 migration patterns from Watertown:
"An important goal of the Great Migration Study Project is to identify groups of families of individuals who migration... Specifically, if we see several families moving together, we can reasonably hypothesize that they may have been associated at some time in the past.
The early migration from Watertown to Wethersfield on the Connecticut river in 1635 and 1636 is well known, and the later migration of some of these same families form Wethersfeild to the new town of Stamford, around 1640 and 1641, is also documented. Some years later several families moved directly form Watertown to Stamford, as evidenced principally by their sale of Watertown lands in late 1645 and early 1646 [Ancestors in my database are capitalized]:
Nicholas Theale...
William Potter...
Nicholas Knapp - Sold to Brian Pendleton on 7 May 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:71).
Robert Lockwood - Sold to Brian Pendleton on 7 May 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:71).
John Ellet - Sold to Thomas Wincoll on 29 June 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:74).
John Waterbury...
Richard Ambler...
Gregory Taylor...
We should not be surprised that, once Stamford was founed by migrants from Wethersfield who had even earlier lived in Watertown, a few Watertown families would also move to Stamford. One would not predict, however, that they would wait for several years after Stambord was founded, and that then eight families would all move within the space of a year, or two at most.
The conclusion that some of these families might share a common origin in England, although certainly not proven, does become a sound working hypothesis, ad will direct research in English sources. as the Project proceeds, it should uncover many more clusters of families such as this, which are seen to move togeter in a concerted way."
13. "Great Migration Newsletter," by Robert Charles Anderson, Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 1, (July-Sept 2005 issue) in commenting on tracking proprietary rights and how they provide "us a deeper understanding of the lives of these immigrants":
"Robert Lockwood was certainly a resident of Watertown by 1633, and may have arrived in New England as early as 1630 (GM 2:4:308-15; "Connecticut Ancestry" 47:119-30]. As an admitted inhabitant of Watertown, he received a full proprietary share, and began to accumulate his share of the various divisions of land entailed by such a share. Since he remained in Watertown until 1646, this grew to the full complement of lands granted to all of the earliest proprietors: homelot; two samll parcels of marsh and meadow; Great Dividend lot; Beaverborok Plowlands lot; remote Meadows lot; Land in Lieu of Township lot; and a Farm of 134 acres [WaBOP 4, 7, 9, 12, 25-26, 82, 118]. In 1645, in preparation for his move to Stamford, Lockwood sold one of these parcels to Edward Garfield and the rest to Bryan Pendleton [SLR 1:71].
Robert Lockwood did not create any records at Stamford during the four years of his residence there, but on 12 April 1650, shorltly after he removed to Fairfield, as "Robert Lockwood of Faierfield," he reached an agreement with an agent of Rev. Richard Denton, whereby he relinquished his rights in the lands which he had purchased from Denton, but which he had apparently not yet paid for. This land included "one home lot ... & all other lands, marsh & upland, which is laid out, or is to be laid out: [Stamford TR 1:41], which certainly constituted a full proprietary share.
Finally, in an undated Fairfield record, Roger Ludlow and John Cable sold to Robert Lcokwood the lands which "Henrie Gray had or ought to have had," which they in turn had purchased from Alexander Bryan of Milford [Fairfield TR A:120]. Again, the description tells us that this too was a full proprietary share.
The picture we obtain is an orderly progression of moves, and of transfers of land carried out by Robert Lockwood. He acquired a full proprietery share in Watertown and sold it in 1646. Upon arriveal in Stamford in 1646, he purchased the share which had originally been granted to Rev. Richard Denton. Upon arrival in Fairfield in 1650, he purchased a full share that had already passed through three hands."
14. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"...Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset...
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
Footnotes...
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715."
15. In the following quote, a brother William seems to be identified with Gershom Lockwood, both being sons of Gershom (1643-1719). I have seen no reference elsewhere to this William.
Per "Lockwood Genealogy" below: "Born in Greenwich, CT...Was taxed ₤47 in 1694-95. He was admitted a freeman of the Colony Feb. 7, 1693-94. (Col. Rec. Conn.) 'In A.D.1687 Gershom Lockwood and William Lockwood his brother, agreed during this year to build a bridge across Myanos river at Dumpling pond, and receive in payment "whatever the Town should see fit to give, after the work was done." A good way to insure good workmanship, and at the present day most builders would shrink from such a test.' (Hy. Greenwich, p. 70) His wife was named Mary __."
The above author gives a source for this comment, which is the book "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut," by Spencer P. Mead, available online at https://archive.org/stream/yehistorieofyeto00mea#page/48/mode/2up which I accessed 12 Dec 2016.
As has been noted by many modern day historians, the authors of the "Lockwood Genealogy" have made many mistakes in the earliest generations o
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