| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY:
1. "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, 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]."
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 >). See notes of Robert Lockwood for full transcript of article from which this partial excerpt is taken:
"Introduction
In 1889 Frederic A. Holden and F. Dunbar Lockwood were the first to make public their researches on Robert1 and Edmund1 Lockwood when they compiled "Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from AD. 1630," which was "Printed Privately by the Family" at Philadelphia.(1) As indicated by the title the bulk of this volume presents the descendants of Robert Lockwood, but a ten-page appendix presents information about Edmund Lockwood. This appendix also includes a brief treatment of John, son of Edmund, but completely loses Edmund, son of Edmund. In 1955 Jacobus characterized this book as "so poorly put together that twice in working on Lockwood lines for descendants the present writer has found their male lines of descent given erroneously. Many descendants of Edmund Lockwood are included among those of Robert."(2)
Donald Lines Jacobus directed his attention to the Lockwood family at least three times during his career. In 1928, as part of his work on the family of Thomas Miner, he prepared a brief treatment of the family of Edmund Lockwood. He noted that a number of descendants of Edmund had been erroneously placed as grandchildren of Robert Lockwood, and so included also a summary of that man's life and Children.(3) In 1930, when he published his three-volume study of the early families of Fairfield, Jacobus included in his first volume separate entries for Robert1 Lockwood, his five sons who married, three grandsons, and Edmund2 Lockwood (Edmund1).(40 Finally, in 1955, Jacobus published two articles on specific problems in the Lockwood family, "An Atrocious Lockwood Blunder" (which corrects the history of a fifth generation descendant of Robert) and "The Gershom Lockwoods of Greenwich, Conn."(5)
In 1978 Harriet Woodbury Hodge, building on the work of Jacobus and correcting Lockwood Family, published an account of the immigrant Edmund Lockwood and his son of the same name.(6)This volume has limited information on Robert Lockwood. In 1984 Hodge published an extended article setting forth the agnate descendants of Ephraim2 Lockwood (Robert1).(7) The Great Migration Study Project sketch of Edmund Lockwood relies heavily on the work of Jacobus and Hodge.(8)
Footnotes:
1. This volume will be cited in the course of this article as "Lockwood Family."
2. "The American Genealogist" 31(1955):222 (cited hereafter as TAG).
3. Lillian Lounsberry Miner Selleck (and Donald Lines Jacobus), "One Branch of the Miner Family ..." (New Haven, 1928), 121-24.
4. Donald Lines Jacobus, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 vols. in 3 (Fairfield, 1930-32), 1:380-387 (cited hereafter as Jacobus, "Old Fairfield").
5. TAG 31 (1955):222-28.
6. Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "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 hereafter as Hodge, "Edmund Lockwood").
7. "Connecticut Ancestry" 27 (1984):9-18, 64-70, 141-47.
8. Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1192-94 (cited hereafter as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins").
English Origin
In her 1978 treatment of Edmund Lockwood, Harriet Hodge included baptismal dates for Edmund and Robert, from the parish register of Combs, Suffolk.(9) Her source for this information is the work by Col. Charles E. Banks on the Winthrop Fleet of 1630.(10) Clarence Almon Torrey had commissioned Banks to do this research and, in a letter to Jacobus, Torrey included three baptisms from Combs, Suffolk, two for boys named Edmund and one for a Robert. Torrey concluded that the first of these two Edmunds died young, but Banks decided otherwise in his Winthrop Fleet book.(11)
The original parish register for Combs, Suffolk, has apparently not been microfilmed. What is now available at Salt Lake City is a nineteenth-century handwritten transcript, with the given names in the entries written as standard abbreviations.(12) The earliest register begins in 1569 and was searched for Lockwood baptisms from 1569 to 1650 and for burials from 1569 to 1693. Unless otherwise noted, all parish register entries are from this first Combs register. There are many Lockwood entries from the earliest years, with the surname in several instances given as Lockwood alias Baker or Baker alias Lockwood. We consider in this article only those entries immediately pertinent to the family of the probable parents of the immigrants Edmund and Robert. For the purposes of this article, we have taken at face value the readings for sons "Edm." and "Edw.," but if the transcriber has made any errors with these names, revisions would have to be made in our conclusions.
On 3 September 1592, "Edmund Lockwood & Ales Cowper" were married at Combs.(13) "Edm. Lockwood" was buried there on 23 November 1638 and "Lockwood, Alice, wid.," was buried there on 23 February 1638[/9]. Edmund Lockwood died intestate and on 30 November 1638 administration on his estate was granted to "Alicia eius relict" [Alice his widow].(14)
Four days after this grant of administration Alice prepared her own will, which is transcribed here in full:(15)
"In the name of God Amen I Alice Lockwood of Combes in the countie of Suff[olk] & diocese of Norwich widdowe being sick in bodie but of good understanding & memory praise be god doe ordeyne & make my last will and testament uppon the fourteenth daie of December in the yeare of o[u]r lord god 1638 in manner & forme followeing first I bequeath my soule into the hand of the almightie god my heavenly father stedefastlie beleevyng by his infinite mercie & the infinite merit of the blood of my blessed lord & saviour Jesus Christ to obteyne remission of my sines & an inheritance among them that are sanctified through faith in hym And I comytt my bodie to the earth from whence it was in confident expectation of a ioifull & happy resurection to etemall life and for my woridlie goods w[hi]ch it hath pleased god of his goodnes to bestowe uppon me I thus dispose of them First I give & bequeath to William Lockwood my sonne ten pounds Item I give Alice Hoddy my daughter twentie shillings. Item I give to Dorothy Manwood my daughter ten pounds. Item I give to Edward Lockwood my sonne five pounds upon condicon notwithstanding that he shall suffer my executor hereafter named to p[ro]ve & execute this my saide will w[i]thout any molestacon or disturbance from hym the said Edward or any other in his name or by his p[ro]curement And if my saide sonne Edwarde therby hymselfe or any other by his p[ro]curement shall attempt & goe about to hinder my saide executor p[ro]veing or executing of this my saide will upon any p[re]tence whatsoever then the former bequest of the legacie offive pounds to hym made shalbe utterlie voide. Item I give to W[illia]m Lockwood my sonne my greate brasse pott upon condicon that he shall teache Josephe Sowgate my grandchilde his mystery or trade of a carpenter at such tyrne as the saide Josephe shalbe ofa fitting age to learne the saide trade But if my saide sonne William shall dep[ar]te this life before the saide Joseph Sowgate shalbe fitt to learne the said trade or shall neglecte or refuse to teach hym when he is fitt to learne then I give the saide brasse pott to the saide Joseph Sowgate my grandchilde Lastly all the rest of my goods or debts unbequeathed I give to the foresaid William Lockwood my sonne whome I make & ordeyne sole exec[uto]r of this my last will and testament And in witness hereof have sett to my hand & scale the daie & yeare abovewritten.
"The marke of Alice Lockwood
"Read, signed, sealed & declared by Alice Lockwood as her last will & testam[en]t in the p[re]sence of us Thomas Sotheby Robert Wiles
"Probated at Bury St. Edmunds, 27 February 1638, by William Lockwood, son and executor
With this information in hand, we will summarize what we know of the family of Edmund and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood.
Edmund Lockwood was born perhaps about 1567 and married at Combs, Suffolk, on 3 September 1592 Alice Cowper. Edmund was buried at Combs on 23 November 1638 and Alice Lockwood, widow, was buried there on 23 February l638[/9].
Children (all baptized at Combs):
i. Joan Lockwood, bp. 4 June 1593; no further record, unless she is the daughter who married ___ Sowgate and had son Joseph Sowgate.
ii. Edmund Lockwood, bp. 9 February 1594[/5]; d. soon.
iii. Edward Lockwood, bp. 3 October 1596; living on 4 December 1638.
iv. Edmund Lockwood, bp. 16 January 1598[/9]; not mentioned in mother's will.
v. Robert Lockwood, bp. 18 January 1600[/1]; not mentioned in mother's will.
vi. Dorothy Lockwood, b. say 1603; m. ___ Manwood by 4 December 1638.
vii. Alice Lockwood, bp. 14 April 1605; m. ___ Hoddy by 4 December 1638.
viii. William Lockwood, b. say 1607; living on 27 February 1638[/9], executor of his mother's estate.
ix. Martha Lockwood, bp. 28 October 1610; bur. 31 January 1610[/1].
x. JohnLockwood, bp. 21 December 1611; no further record.
xi. Mary Lockwood, bp. Little Finborough, 1 August 1615 (daughter of "Edm. of Combs"); bur. Combs, 21 December 1632.
The eleven baptisms above are spread across twenty-two years, a reasonable span for one woman's childbearing range. In the 1620s we find a few more baptisms for children of an Edmund Lockwood. In Combs there is a Mary baptized on 5 October 1620 and a "Su:" (presumably Susan or Susannah) baptized on 10 December 1622 (with the annotation "bap. at Litt[le] Finbarrow"). In the register for Little Finborough is the baptism of an unnamed daughter of "Edm. of Combs" on 10 December 1622, who would be the "Su:" noted in Combs. (As noted above, there was also a Mary Lockwood baptized at Little Finborough on 1 August 1615 to "Edm. of Combs," whom we have placed in the main family above.) In the burials at Combs are recorded two children of "Edm. jun.," daughter "Su:" on 5 April 1624 and son Edmund on 20 December 1625.
We are strongly tempted to identify this grouping of records as belonging to the Edmund Lockwood, son of Edmund, baptized at Combs on 16 January 1598[/9]. He would have been about twenty-one years old at the baptism of Mary on 5 October 1620. The three records for a daughter Susan certainly all pertain to this man, as does the burial for son Edmund in 1625.
A problem arises in that the Edmund Lockwood who came to New England had a son Edmund supposed to have been born about 1625. There are, of course, many ways to alleviate this possible conflict. The son Edmund who came to New England could have been the next child born to this Edmund, say about 1626, and still be of the right age for the New England son.
There is no New England record that states explicitly that the New England settlers Edmund and Robert Lockwood were brothers, but that conclusion is reasonable. Most importantly, on 7 April 1635, "Rob[er]te Lockwood" was "executor of Edmond Lockwood, deceased," and his consent was sought for the disposition of Edmund's children.(16) As we will see below, Robert Lockwood apparently took into his household two children of Edmund Lockwood by his first marriage.
In summary, we feel that the probability is very high that Edmund and Robert Lockwood were brothers and that they were the two children baptized at Combs, Suffolk. With the exception of the baptismal and burial records in the 1620s for children of an Edmund Lockwood (which could well belong to the Edmund Lockwood of Cambridge), there are no additional items in the Combs parish register which can be assigned to Edmund or Robert, including no burial record for either, so they could well have moved away. They are not named in the will of the widow Alice (Cowper) Lockwood, a few years after Edmund and Robert had appeared in New England. This pattern is seen frequently in families of migrants to New England, and so their absence from their mother's will is no evidence against the identification.
Further research should be undertaken, however. The original of the parish register should be searched to ensure that the transcription consulted for this article is accurate. Other probate records for the Lockwoods of Suffolk should be examined.
Footnotes:
9. Hodge, "Edmund Lockwood," p.3, 9.
10. Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (Boston, 1630; rpt. Baltimore, 1972), pp. 79-80. (As we will see, Banks cited the baptism for an Edmund Lockwood who died as an infant.)
11. Letters from Clarence A. Torrey [CAT] to Donald Lines Jacobus [DLJ] dated 10 August and 24 August 1929, and letter from DLJ to CAT dated 15 August 1929, Folder #2, Correspondence of DLJ and CAT, Connecticut Historical Society. My thanks to Judith E. Johnson, Genealogist at CHS, for her assistance.
12. History Library microfilm #993,236.
13. W.P.W. Phillimore and Thos. M. Blagg, eds., "Suffolk Parish Registers. Marriages," Volume 1 (London, 1910), p. 123.
14. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Administrations 1630-1652, p. 64.
15. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Register of Wills, 1636-1638, Volume 53, folio 424.
16. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston, 1853-1854), 1:143 (cited hereafter as Shurtleff, "Mass. Bay Records")..."
3. 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 L ockwoods 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 J. 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 Family:
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,, 'History of New London,' 1895, pp. 89 and 312). Edmund Lockwood was the sole heir."
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, Appendix 1, has the following quote to which the author attributes her source as follows: "All material on pages 71-73, except for this compiler's interpolations in brackets, is copied verbatim from the following source: Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, "Descendants of Robert Lockwood," Philadelphia, 1889. pp. 633-42. [This book contains many verbatim copies of previously unpublished and published Lockwood records. Unfortunately, these records were often ignored or misinterpreted by the compilers of the genealogy.]" The appendix:
"Copies of records pertaining to Edmund Lockwood [Jr., the Immigrant] from the appendix of the 'Lockwood Genealogy by Holden and Lockwood,' pp. 633-642. (It is difficult to understand how the compilers of that genealogy could have studiously copied these and similar records and have completely ignored them, depriving Edmund Lockwood of all his descendants while erroneously ascribing them to his brother, Robert Lockwood!) Rearranging for chronology, we read:
P.640: In the addenda of 'Savage's History of New England,' vol. ii. J he gives 'a catalogue of those who in February (1630) desired to come over,' which is taken from a manuscript volume of Governor Winthrop's, and 'of whom the greater part embarked and arrived." "It is probable the author designed by space between the columns to distinguish the passengers in the several ships, but I cannot detect his distribution perfectly.' Mr. Lockwood is the fifteenth name in the first column, which also contains the names of Governor John Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall.
P. 638: "Not over three hundred persons were at the" New England plantation when Gov. Winthrop and the Massachusetts Company arrived at Salem June 22d, 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 at first, as the rest were not ready, and the "Arbella" was the 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 excellent Lady Arbella Johnson, daughter of tile Earl of Lincoln (now Duke of New Castle), was on board and her husband Isaac Johnson. There were also Sir Richard Saltonstall and three sons, Rev. George Phillips and wife, Wm. Coddington, afterwards Governor of Rhode Island, Thomas Dudley, Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Colony, one son and four daughters, Gov. Winthrop and two sons."
The "Arbella" sailed from Southampton on the 2d of March and Cowes on the 29th, 1629-30, and anchored off Yarmouth, and on April 8th the voyage was finally commenced. (Life and Letters of John Winthrop, by Robert C. Winthrop, 1630-1649, p. 25.)
On July 23d, 1630, a month after the "Arbella" arrived, Gov. Winthrop wrote to his son John as follows: "To my very loving son Mr. John Winthrop, at Groton, in Suffolk. "My good son: The blessing of God all sufficient be upon thee ever. Amen." After stating particulars of the voyage and the death of his son Henry, and giving various instructions, he alludes to Mr. Lockwood who was with him (probably Edmund). "If money be brought to you or your Uncle Downing for Goodman Lockwood, let Mr. Peirce be paid his bill of provisions for him and bring the rest with you."
P. 637: Dr. Bond's History of Watertown, Mass., vol. ii, p. 854, also pp. 1011, 1017, 1022, 1025, 1028, 1037, states "Edmund Lockwood applied to be admitted freeman October 1630, and was admitted May 18th 1631. He was foreman of a jury appointed by the court November 9th 1630, on a trial for murder.
He, 'Mr. Lockwood' was one of the two persons appointed by the court May 9th, 1632, for New Towne (Cambridge) to confer with the court about the raising of a publick stock. At the same time he was appointed constable of New Towne. He died previous to March 3d, 1634-5, when his widow Ruth (?Elizabeth) was ordered by the court to place all writings left by her husband in the hands of John Haynes, etc. [i.e., Simon Bradstreete]. It is very probable that he was one of those first planters of Watertown who went thither with Sir Richard Saltonstall; that upon the planting of New Towne [Cambridge] the next year, either he moved thither, or he had settled so far to the east as to be within the bounds assigned to New Towne, and that he was a brother of Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who was executor of his estate. This supposition is favored by the facts, 1st. That on the 31st March 1631 (before New Towne was planted), he was a surety for Nicholas Knapp of Watertown. 2dly. On the 7th of March, 1635, the general court referred to the church of Watertown, with the consent of Robert Lockwood, executor of Edmund Lockwood, deceased, to dispose of the elder children of said Edmund Lockwood and the estate given to them at their discretion. It is probable that he had two wives, the first of whom was the mother of "the elder children" assigned to the care of the Watertown church. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John Masters, of Watertown, by whom he had a son John, born in New Towne, November, 1632. After his decease his widow Elizabeth married Cary Latham, of New Towne, who moved to New London, Connecticut, and by him she had several children (see Caulkins' Hist. of New London, pp. 87, 306 and 312; also [NEHG] Reg. 2:180; 4:62; also Hist. of Norwalk, Ct. by Edwill Hale, D. D., pp. 184, 203, 218, etc.) It is probable that all of the name of Lockwood in New England are descended from Robert and Edmund, and there is not much doubt but that there is a misnomer of the widow of Edmund in the Court Records of Massachusetts Bay as printed 1:134 and Index.
P. 635 - March 3rd, 1634/5. It is ordered that Ruth Lockwood, Widd, shall bring all the writeings that her husband lefte in her hands to John Haynes, Esqr., & Simon Bradstreete, on the third day of nexte weeke, whoe shall detaine the same in their hands till the nexte Court, when they shall be disposed of to those to whome they belonge. (Records of Mass., vol. 1, p. 134.)
P. 635 - April 7th, 1635. It is refered to the church of Waterton, with the consent of Robte Lockwood, executr of Edmund Lockwood disceased, to dispose of the children and estate of the said Edmond Lock wood, gyven to them, to such psons as they thinke meete, wch if they pforme not within foureteene dayes, it shall be lawfull for the Gounr, John Haynes, Esqr, and Simon Bradstreete, to dispose of the said children & estate as in their discrecon they shall thinke meete, as also to take an accompt of the said Robte Lockwood, and give him a full discharge. (Records of Mass., vol. 1, pp. 143, 144.)
P. 635-6 June 2, 1635. In the cause of the children and widdowe of Edward (sic) Lockwood, (the elders and other of the church of Waterton being prsent,) and vpon consideracon of the order of the Court in Aprill last made in the case, wch was found not to have bene observed, because the estate was not computed and apportioned, it is nowe ordered, with consent of all pities, vs.: the Church of Watertown, the wad of said Edmund livening, and the executor having consented to the former order, that the present Gounr and the Secretary shall have power to call pties and witnesses for finding out the true estate, and having consideracon of the uncertainty of the will, and the debts, and other circumstances, to apporcon the remainder of the estate to the wife and Children, according to their best discrecon; and then the Church of Waterton is to dispose of the elder children and their psons as shal be best for their Christian educacon and the preservacon of their estate. (Records of Mass. vol. i, p. 151.)
P. 640 JohnLockwood, SON of EDMUND: John Lockwood died in 1683. 'We suppose this person to have been the son of Elizabeth, wife of Cary Lathan, by a former husband, Edward (sic) Lockwood, and the same whose birth stands on record in Boston, ninth month, 1632. He dwelt on Foxen's Hill, at a place known as the Wheller homestead. In the settlement of the estate, no heir appears but Edmund Lockwood, of Stamford, who is called his brother.' Caulkins' History of New London, p. 306 and on p. 87 quotes, "John Lockwood as a new inhabitant in 1654."
Vol. 1:181. In early records of Boston and Cambridge, copied from the Antiquarian Journal, by Dr. Pulsifer, it reads thus: "John the sonne of Edward (sic) Lockwood and Elizabeth his wife was borne (9) 1632."
P. 641 [Abstract: The will of John Masters of Suffolk County, Mass. He d. 21 December 1639. Estate to my wife for her lifetime; afterward to daughters Sarah Dobyson and Lidya Tabor; to grandchild John Lockwood; to Nathaniel Masters and Abraham Masters; remainder to daughter Elizabeth Latham.] (N.E.H. andG. Register, vol. 2, p. 180.)"
5. 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, County 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.)"
6. 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 and child [Kerry's note: I cannot yet substantiate that there was his wife on the ship and I suspect this may be wrong.]; Robert was thirty. They settled first in Cambridge, MA and then to Watertown, MA where Edmund died 1634. Robert's family moved to Norwalk, CT sometime after 1645. 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."
7. 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):
"...freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in New Englandl, May 18th, 1631. (Records of Mass. vol.1, p.366. John Farmer, Gen'l Reg., p.181) Was of Cambridge in 1632. (John Farmer, ibid.) In Paige's History of Cambridge, Mass., 1632, p.32, the same 8 names are mentioned on p. 8, as being the first 8 inhabitants of New Town, and in both lists Mr. Edmund Lockwood's name appears third..." (Note: see hardfile for numerous court records in which Edmund is mentioned. Note especially his willingness to pay the five pound fine of Nicholas Knapp who may have been his brother-in-law.) "He died previous to 3 Mar 1634-5, when his widow Ruth [sic: s/b Elizabeth] was ordered by the court to place all writings left by her husband in the hands of John Haynes, etc...he was a brother of Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who was executor of his estate...to dispose of the elder children of said E.L. and the estate given to them at their discretion. It is probable that he had two wives, the first of whom was the mother of 'the elder children' assigned to the care of the Watertown church. His second wife was Elizabeth, dau. of John Masters, of Watertown, by whom he had a son John, born in New Towne, Nov. 1632. After his decease his widow married Cary Latham, of New Towne, who moved to New London, Conn., and by him she had several children. It is probable that all of the name of Lockwood in New England are descended from Robert and Edmund, and there is not much doubt but that there is a misnomer of the widow of Edmund in the Court Records of Massachusetts Bay."
8. 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.104: "Edmund, Cambridge, came, prob. in the fleet with Wintrop as he req. 19 Oct 1630, to be made free, when he bears the prefix of respect [Mr.],...'Elder Children' by order of Court 2 Jun 1635, to be disposed of, leaves no doubt of a former wife [and at least one sibling for Edmund]."
9. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991, p. 83, has the following two quotes extracted from the 1 Mar 1630/1 Court Records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony:
A. This is probably the first medical malpractice suit on record in America: "Nich: Knopp is fyned v3/6 fro takeing upon him to cure the scurvey by a water of noe worth nor value, which hee solde att a very deare rate, to be impresoned till hee pay his ffine, or give securitye for it, or els to be whipped, & shalbe lyable to any mans accon of whome hee hath receaved mony for the sd. water."
B. "Mr. Willm Pelham & Mr. Edmond Lockewood hath pmised to pay to the Court the some of v3/6, for Nich: Knopp, before the last Court of May nexte."
10. Concerning Edmund's brother Robert from "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...
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..."
11. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 27, no. 1 (Sept. 1984), "The Lockwoods of Norwalk, Connecticut," by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., pp. 9-11:
"Nearly a century ago, in 1889, two misguided compilers, Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood produced "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America." Modern genealogists realize that nineteenth century family histories often contain errors, and this genealogy is among the most confused; but it continues to be used as a reliable source. In his "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus put in order the early Lockwoods of that town. In 1978 this compiler undertook a similar task for Stamford Lockwoods with "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford." There remain the Lockwood founders of Norwalk and Greenwich with lines to be set straight.
The following account deals primarily with the descendants of Ephraim2, son of the immigrant brother Robert Lockwood. Ephraim was an original settler of Norwalk. There were a few hitherto unrecorded Lockwoods who may have emigrated from Norwalk, and others who moved to Norwalk from surrounding towns at an early date. They will be treated in appendices. References are abbreviated in the text, but full citations are listed at the end.
1. EDMUND LOCKWOOD, the progenitor in England, of Combs, co. Suffolk, married there 3 Sep. 1592 ALES COWPER (COOPER). The English antecedants of this couple are unknown. Their only known children, two sons, came to Massachusetts in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet, [Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet," pp. 79, 80].
Children (LOCKWOOD), baptized Combs, Suffolk:
2. i EDMUND1 bp. 9 Feb. 1594/5; m. (1) ___; m. (2) ELIZABETH MASTERS.
3. ii ROBERT bp. 18 Jan. 1600/01; m. SUSANNAH, prob. NORMAN.
2. EDMUND1 LOCKWOOD, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood of England, bp. Combs, Suffolk, 9 Feb. 1594/5; d. Cambridge, MA before 3 March 1634/5. He m. (1) in England, an unknown wife; m. (2) prob. in Massachusetts bef. 1632 ELIZABETH MASTERS, daughter of John Masters of Watertown and Cambridge. Elizabeth m. (2) Cary Latham and moved with him and her son John Lockwood to New London, CT.
Children (LOCKWOOD), only two known, one by each wife:
i EDMUND2 b. England ca. 1625; d. Stamford, CT 31 Jan. 1692/3; m. there 7 Jan. 1655/6 HANNAH SCOTT, b. ca. 1636; d. Stamford 12 Apr. 1706, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Strut) Scott of Rattlesden, Suffolk, England and Ipswich, MA. Edmund and Hannah had seven known children: JOHN, MARY, JOSEPH, EDMUND, DANIEL, ABIGAIL and SARAH, this family comprising the original Stamford Lockwood family, [Harriet W. Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood," etc.].
ii JOHN b. Cambridge, MA in Nov. 1632; d. unmarried at New London in 1683. His brother Edmund of Stamford was his sole heir.
3. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood of England, bp. Combs, co. Suffolk, 18 Jan. 1600/01; d. Fairfield, Connecticut 1658, [Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet"; Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield," hereinafter F.O.O.F., 1:380].
He m. prob. at Salem or Watertown, Massachusetts ca. 1633 SUSANNAH, prob. NORMAN, dau. of Richard Norman of Salem. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris.
Children (LOCKWOOD), first six b. Watertown, Massachusetts, [VR], others prob. all b. Connecticut:
i JONATHAN2 b. 10 Sep. 1634; d. Greenwich, CT 12 May 1688; m. MARY FERRIS; she m. (2) 1696 Thomas Merritt.
ii DEBORAH b. 12 Oct. 1636; m. (1) WILLIAM WARD; m. (2) JOHN TOPPING.
iii JOSEPH b. 6 Aug. 1638; d. Fairfield, CT 1717; m. (1) ISABEL? BEACHAM; m. (2) MARY (COLEY) (SIMPSON) STREAM. [His descendants are the only Lockwoods carried on in F.O.O.F., 1:385-387, 715-716 and 2:586-591].
iv DANIEL b. 21 March 1640; d. Fairfield, CT 1691; m. ABIGAIL SHERWOOD. [See F.O.O.F. 1:383, 387 for his only son, DANIEL, who had but two surviving daughters. The name Lockwood ends there on this line].
v EPHRAIM b. 1 Dec. 1641; d. Norwalk, CT 1685; m. MERCY ST. JOHN.
vi GERSHOM b. 6 Sep. 1643; d. Greenwich, CT 1718/9; his three? wives are all being questioned.
vii JOHN d. 1677 unmarried.
viii ABIGAIL m. bef. 1681 JOHN BARLOW.
ix SARAH d. CT 1 March 1650/1.
x SARAH b. 27 Feb. 1651/2; ?m. ABRAHAM ADAMS.
xi MARY m. (1) JONATHAN HUSTED; m. (2) JOSEPH KNAPP."
12. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 48, no. 2 (Nov. 2005), "Further Information Regarding the English Origins of the LOCKWOOD Family," by Scott Wesley Green , pp. 53-58:
"Introduction
In her book on the descendants of Edmund1 Lockwood, Harriet Woodburly Hodge repeated the long standing assertion that the immigrant brothers Edmund1 and Robert1 Lockwood had their origin in the town of Combs in County Suffolk, England.[1] In his "Great Migration" sketch of Edmund1 Lockwood, Robert Charles Anderson indicated that "further research is needed before this origin can be accepted".[2] In the December 2004 issue of this publication, Mr. Anderson reviewed the evidence and concluded "that the probability is very high that Edmund and Robert Lockwood were brothers and that they were the two children baptized at Combs, Suffolk."[3] His recently published "Great Migration" sketch of Robert1 Lockwood includes his baptism in Combs.[4] The purpose of the present article is to provide additional information on the English origins of the family. In particular the baptism record of Edmund2 Lockwood has been identified, and an additional generation has been added to the ancestral line. A consideration of other early connections based on the dual surname Lockwood alias Baker is also presented.
Combs Parish Transcripts Revisited
The 1638 will of the widow Alice Lockwood mentions her grandson Joseph Sowgate, but no other Sowgates.[5] This suggests that she had a daughter who married a Sowgate, and that this daughter was likely deceased. A review of the available parish transcripts for Combs yields 5 entries of relevance:[6]
baptism 8 Sept. 1629 of Mary, daughter of Joseph Sowgate
baptism 7 April 1631 of Joseph, son of Joseph Sowgate
burial 25 April 1631 of Joseph, son of Joseph Sowgate
baptism 19 Feb. 1631 [/32] of Joseph, son of Joseph Sowgate
burial 13 Jan. 1632[/33] of Barbara, wife of Joseph Sowgate
There was no other baptism in Combs for a Joseph Sowgate that would fit as Alice Lockwood's grandson. This leads to the conclusion that EdmundA and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood had a previously unidentified daughter Barbara. A closer examination of the parish transcripts yields the following suggestive record:[']
baptism 31 July 1603 of Barbara, daughter of "Edm." Lock
Could this be a daughter of EdmundA Lockwood, with the surname abbreviated? Note that it fits conveniently between known baptisms for his son Robert on 18 Jan. 1600/01 and his daughter Alice on 14 April 1605. There were only two other baptisms listed from 1568-1655 for children with surname given as Lock(e): [8]
31 July 1625 - Martha, daughter of Edw. Locke
30 August 1627 - Edm., son of Edm. Locke
The second of these would fit perfectly with what is known of Edmund2 Lockwood, who came to New England with his father Edmund1 (whose earlier son of that name had been buried 20 December 1625). The first could easily be a daughter of the Edward Lockwood who had later children baptized in Combs, beginning with son Edward on 29 April 1627. Thus it seems likely that the surname was abbreviated in all three cases. As Mr. Anderson pointed out, the original parish registers of Combs are not readily available, and the 19th-century handwritten transcription referenced here consistently uses abbreviations for given names, such as "Edw." and "Edm." Though it seems unlikely, it is possible that "Lock" for Lockwood is an abbreviation by this transcriber, rather than in the original record.
Two further records shed some additional light on EdmundA and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood's daughter Dorothy, whose married name was given in Alice's will as Manwood:[9]
baptism 12 July 1635 of John, son of John Manwood of Ipswich and Doro.
burial 21 August 1636 of John, son of John Manwood of Ipswich
EdwardB Lockwood alias Baker
The father of EdmundA Lockwood is seen to be EdwardB Lockwood from the following will dated 7 December 1603 and proved 13 April 1604:[10]
"In the name of God amen the viith day of December in the xlvth yeare of the reigne of or Soveigne Lathe Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, France & Ireland Queene defender of the Faith. I Edward Lockwood of Combes in the Coun of Suff yeoman beinge sick of body but of good & pfect remembrance thanks be unto God doe make & ordeine this my last will & testament in manner & forme followenige. First I give & bequeath my soule to Almightie God my creator & to Jesus Christ his onlie sonne or savior & redeemer & my bodie to be buried in the Churchyard of Combes aforesaid. Item I give & bequeath unto Edmund Lockwood my sonne all my land wch I bought of late of Palmer called & knowne by the name of Burbles wth one other peece of land wch I bought of late of Robert Gardner called & knowne by the name of Cocke brooke conteninge by affirmation fouer acres more or lesse will all such bonds & bills & all other things alreadie devised unto his hands. Item I give unto John Lockwood my sonne all my moveable goods not alreadie given nor bequeathed saveinge unto Joane Gardner the wife of Robert Gardner my daughter my best fetherbed, transome, blanket & coveringe belonginge to the said bedd. Item I give & bequeath unto Sara Paine the wife of Rober Paine my kinsewoman ten shillings of lawfull money of England wthin six months after my decease by the hands of my Executor. Item I give & bequeath unto my brother Thomas Lockwood's daughter ten shillings of lawfull money of England to be paid within six moneths after my decease by the hands of mine Executor. Item I give & bequeath unto the poore people of Combes viis & viiid of lawfull money of England to be paid wthin fourteene daies next after my decease by the hands of mine Executor. Item I give & bequeath unto Vincent Kinge my servant xxs of lawfull money of England to be paid upon the Feast of Philip & Jacob comonlie called May daie next after my decease by the hands of mine Executor. Item I give & bequeath unto all my god children wch shalbe liveinge wthin one moneth after my decease except Willpairn Wyles xiid a yeere to be paid by the hands of mine Executor. Item I will yt John Lockwood my sonne shall have my newe mansion house wherein I dwell with all houses & outhouses thereunto adioyninge & belonginge alsoe all such yeards, outyeards & gardens thereunto belonginge & the home close thereunto adioyninge newe in my tenure & occupacon & wood sufficient for his owne fire & to be spent upon the p[re]misses to be cutt downe in dewe & Convenient time for the space of one whole yeare & a day next after my decease freelie & absolutelie without payeinge anie rent or forme for the same dureinge the said terme. Last of all I make & ordeine John Lockwood my sonne my sole & onlie Executor of this my last will & testamt In wittnes whereof I have to these P ence sett my hand & seale the daie & yeare above written. Read, sealed & delined in the P ence of John Humfrey & of William Mines & of Mr John Wilton Sen. The Testator's marke & seale."
Edward Lockwood alias Baker appears on the 1568 Suffolk subsidy list (a tax list) in Stowe Hundred, town of Combes Cum Finbarow Parva (i.e. Combs with Little Finborough). Taxed on 5 Pounds in Goods; tax was 4 shillings and 2 pence.[11] His son John could be the John Baker alias Lockwoode baptized in Combs on 9 March 1571/72 (the father's name is blank). Mary, daughter of Edw. Baker alias Lockwoode was baptized in Combs 30 June 1577. She was buried there as daughter of Edw. Lockwood on 2 March 1590/91. Joan, wife of Edw. Lockwood, was buried in Combs 24 January 1591/92. Finally Edw. Lockwoode, widower, was buried in Combs 15 April 1604.[12]
Lockwood alias Baker antecedents
The origin of the alias surname is unclear. The 1568 Suffolk subsidy list shows only one other person with this dual surname -- Rychard Lockwoode alias Baker, who was taxed 2 shillings and 8 pence on 2 pounds in lands in Combes Cum Finbarow Parva.[13] Richard Lockwood had children baptized in Combs over the period 1570-1588, with surname given variously as Lockwood(e), Lockwood(e) alias Baker, Baker alias Lockwood(e) and possibly once as Baker. The last use of the dual surname was in 1582.[14]
The index to Suffolk and Sudbury wills leads to the following three wills involving the dual surname. Unfortunately there is probably a generation missing between these and Edward Lockwood alias Baker of Combs.
1. Will of John Lo[c]kwood otherwise Baker the elder of Wethertingisett, yeoman. Dated 13 February 1555 and proved 20 December 1555. Mentions sons Henry and John, sister Catherine, and Thom[a]s Stanhard and Nycholas Blomfyeld.[15]
2. Will of Frances Lo[c]kwood al[ia]s Baker of Devynhm (i.e. Debenham). Dated 30 December 1554 and proved 28 December 1555. Left money to the poor of Mendlesham. Left wife Johan tenement in Mendlesham that had been his father's for her life, and also meadow land in Brockford. After his wife's death the land is to be sold, with a hierarchy of people to be given the opportunity to purchase the lands before anyone else:
his brother George Lockwoode 1st
Rycharde Lockwoode 2nd
Thom[a]s Lockwoode 3r
John Lockwoode 4th
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