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Edmund Lockwood

Male Abt 1567 - 1638  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Edmund Lockwood 
    Born Abt 1567  of Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 23 Nov 1638  Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I979  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Edward Lockwood alias Baker,   b. Bef 1547, of Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24/24 Jan 1591/2, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Joan,   bur. 24/24 Jan 1591/2, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice or Ales Cowper,   b. of Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 23/23 Feb 1638/9, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Sep 1592  Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joan Lockwood,   c. 4 Jun 1593, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Edmund Lockwood,   c. 9/09 Feb 1594/5, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1599, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     3. Edward Lockwood,   c. 3 Oct 1596, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 4 Dec 1638  (Age ~ 42 years)
     4. Edmund Lockwood,   c. 16/16 Jan 1598/9, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 9 May 1632 to 3 Mar 1634/1635, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years)
     5. Robert Lockwood,   c. 18/18 Jan 1600/1, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 21 May 1657 to 11 Sep 1658, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     6. Barbara Lockwood,   c. 31 Jul 1603, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13/13 Jan 1632/3, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
     7. Alice Lockwood,   c. 14 Apr 1605, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. William Lockwood,   b. Abt 1607, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 27/27 Feb 1638/9  (Age ~ 32 years)
     9. Martha Lockwood,   c. 28 Oct 1610, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 31/31 Jan 1610/1, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. John Lockwood,   c. 21 Dec 1611, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 14 Dec 1638  (Age ~ 27 years)
     11. Dorothy Lockwood,   b. Abt 1613, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Mary Lockwood,   c. 1 Aug 1615, Little Finborough, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Dec 1632, Combs, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 17 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. "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")..."

      2. The connection between Edmund of New England and Robert of Combs is further elucidated in "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]."

      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 Phimore 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,' Daniel, and Sarah. There is not one bit of evidence to even make such an assumption. These names are all children of Edmund the III, grandson of this Edmund, as proven by the estate of Edmund III. See his notes for documentation..."

      4. Per book "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial," comp. William Richard Cutter, Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, p.35: "The name of Lockwood is of ancient origin, and dates back over 800 years, when it is mentioned in Domesday Book. During the reign of Edward III, 1327-77, a John Lockwood was attached to the royal party, fought at Naseby, and was wounded there. There were families of the name in county Essex and county Northampton as early as 1530. At that date Rev. Richard Lockwood, rector of Dingley, in Northamptonshire, had a coat-of-arms granted to him, as follows: Argent, a fesse between three martletts sable."

      5. Some undocumented databases including LDS Ancestral File show a daughter for Edmund and Alice named Rose. The following are some comments for reference purposes. Rose should be considered erroneous per more modern and detailed research included above:
      A. 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; Robert was thirty. They settled first in Cambridge, MA and then to Watertown, MA where Edmund died in 1634. 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." This individual is unresearched and shows sometimes in Ordinance Index as the daughter of Edmund (who I list as her brother and his wife Elizabeth which appears very unlikely - we do know that Edmund had additional children of his first marriage besides Edmund [III] from his probate, but they are unnamed thus far in the records and Rose may one of them?)
      B. 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, p. 82: "No evidence has yet been discovered to indicate that Rose, who married about 1639- 40 John Waterbury, was a Lockwood. John died at Stamford, Connecticut 31 July 1658. The late Virginia Olson, genealogist of the Stamford Genealogical Society, did extensive research to uncover a Lockwood connection for Rose, without success. She did find much to show that Rose was not a daughter of either Robert or Edmund Lockwood. Mrs. Olson believed the confusion in Waterbury genealogies, such as Albert Welles' American Family Antiquity (1880-1), 3:163, came about because Rose (___) Waterbury married at Stamfold, as her second husband, on 11 May 1659, Joseph Garnsey. Their son, Joseph Garnsey, born at Stamford 30 June 1662, married there 2 March 1692/3 Mary Lockwood, daughter of Edmund Lockwood and his wife Hannah Scott of Stamford. Apparently the two Joseph Garnseys became confused in the minds of Watersbury descendants and Mary's surname was transferred to her mother-in-law, Rose."
      C. Ordinance index shows two possible spouses: Joseph Garney, which is an error since he married Mary, dau. of Edmund (III) in 1693, and John Waterbury.

      6. 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 this book traces the supposed genealogy of the Lockwood emigrants back several generations following the "Lockwood Genealogy" pedigree which more modern research (as noted above separately) has indicated is unreliable. Here is a sample of an inaccurate statement on the father of the two emigrants, which should be disregarded:
      "12-G-32. Edmund Lockwood, son of 13-G-18. Richardus de Lockwood & 13-G-19. Elizabeth (Creswell) de Lockwood. Came to New England with the Winthrop & Saltonstall Fleet Oct. 19, 1630. Had:
      1. Edmund Lockwood, Bapt. 2-9-1594. d. before 3-3-1634/5. His estate and children were administered by his bro. Robert. He m. 1st. Ruth - -. Had: 1. Edmund 2. Sarah. m. 2nd. Elizabeth Masters, dau. of John. She m. 2nd. Cary Latham.
      2. Robert Lockwood. 11-G-41."
      The book continues back several generations with the following unproven and unreliable connections (as noted above):
      "13-G-18. RichardUS de Lockwood, son of 14-G-12. Thomas de Lockwood & 14-G-13. Agnes de (Bacheton) Lockwood. Of Combs, Co. Suffolk, England.
      M. Elizabeth Creswell."
      13-G-19. Elizabeth CRESWELL, dau. of 14-G-14. Johanes Creswell & ?
      M. Richardus de Lockwood. Had:
      1. Richardus de Lockwood, d. 1598. m. 2nd Elene - -.
      2. Edmund de Lockwood, of Combs, Co. Suffolk, England. 12-G-32.
      14-G-12. Thomas de Lockwood, son of 15-G-7. Robertum de Lockwood & 15-G-8. Johanna (Lee) Lockwood.
      M. Agnes de Bacheton.
      14-G-13. Agnes de BACHETON. Ancestry unknown. M. Thomas de Lockwood. They had:
      1. Richardus de Lockwood. m. Elizabeth Creswell.
      14-G-14. JOHANNES CRESWELL. Ancestry not traced. Had:
      1. Elizabeth Creswell. 13-G-19.
      15-G-7. RobertUM de Lockwood, son of 16-G-6. Henricus de Lockwood & 16-G-7. Agnes de La Shawe.
      M. Johanna Lee.
      15-G-8. JOHANNA LEE, dau. of 16-G-8. Richardi Lee & ?
      M. Robertum de Lockwood. Had
      1. Thomas de Lockwood, m. Agnes de Bacheton. 14-G-12.
      16-G-6. HENRICUS de Lockwood, son of 17-G-4. Ranulphu de Lockwood & 17-G-5. Margeria (Dulverni) Lockwood."
      16-G-7. M. Agnes de La SHAWE, dau. and heir of 17-G-6. Roberti de La Shawe & ? Had:
      1. Robertum de Lockwood. 15-G-7.
      2. Johannes de Lockwood
      3. Rogerus de Lockwood, m. Margeria and had 1. Johanna, m. Thos. Henshaw. 2. Johannes.
      16-G-8. RichardI LEE. Ancestry not traced. Had
      1. Johanna Lee. 15-G-8"
      17-G-4. RANULPHU de Lockwood, Clericus, son of 18-G-3. Rogerus de Lockwood & ?
      M. Margeria de Dulverni.
      17-G-5. MarGERIA de DULVERNI, dau. of 18-G-4. "Radi de Dulverni, Milet" & ? Had
      1. Henricus de Lockwood. 16-G-6.
      2. Rogerus de Lockwood.
      17-G-6. Roberti de la Shawe. Ancestry not trace. Had:
      16-G-7. M. Agnes de La SHAWE.
      18-G-3. ROGERUS de Lockwood. Ancestry not traced. Of Lockwood, Co. Staffordshire, England. Had
      1. Henricus de Lockwood.
      2. Ranulphu de Lockwood, Clericus. 17-G-4.
      18-G-4. Radi de Dulverni, Milet. Ancestry not traced. Had:
      1. Margeria de Dulverni. 17-G-5."

      7. NEHGS publication "American Ancestors," v. 13, no. 3[Summer 2012]:23 "Beneath the Lid of the Melting Pot," by Brian Sykes:
      "The sharing of the Y chromosome fingerprints within a surname, indicative of a common ancestry, is even more marked in the U.S. than in Britain, the reason is that only a small sample of British surnames crossed the Atlantic. Whereas a dozen genetically distinct branches of a surname may exist in Britain, only one or two branches may have gone to America and, importantly, prospered. I first encountered this phenomenon with a small project that we did with the Lockwoods. For several years Lockwoods in the U.S. had taveled to Britain in search of their ancestors. The problem was that here were two present-day concentrations of the name in England. One was around Ipswich, Suffolk, while the other was in Yorkshire, close to Halifax. U.S. Lockwoods searching for traditional genealogical connections had no clues as to which of these areas to concentrate their efforts. When we were asked for help, Oxford Ancestors sampled Lockwood Y chromosomes from both regions and found a strong genetic connection for the U.S. group with the Lockwooods from Suffolk but nor Yorkshire. Within a few weeks we had identified, through DNA, the ancestal origin of U.S. Lockwoods, enabling family genealogists to concentrate on one region and not waste time on the other."
      Note added Aug. 13, 2014. I received the following email from Peter Lockwood concerning the above test. Peter hosts the Lockwood One Name Study Website http://www.lockwoodons.webspace.virginmedia.com/. His email:
      "The results of the Lockwood DNA tests as done by Oxford Ancestors can be found at http://www.ofhs.org.uk/met.html#exeter. You will need to scroll down the page until you reach August 2nd 2004. There is a link to a download of a presentation done by David Ashworth, CEO of Oxford Ancestors. The Lockwood results are on slides 27 and 28.
      As the testing at Oxford Ancestors was done differently from FamilyTreeDNA a conversion is needed. I have done this on my website at http://www.lockwoodons.webspace.virginmedia.com/. Click on "DNA Study" then "Lockwood DNA Study Results".
      I do not have any contact details of the people who took the tests at Oxford Ancestors. I have asked but no details were forthcoming.
      Comments on Alice Lockwood's will of 1638. Alice's will in 1638 makes the following bequests:-
      William Lockwood £10
      Alice Hoddy 20s (£1)
      Dorothy Manwood £10
      Edward Lockwood £5
      This adds up to £26. This was quite a sum for 1638. There are many ways of measuring how much that is worth today – see the site at http://www.measuringworth.com/m/calculators/ukcompare/. Entering £26 into the calculator gave the following results:-
      If you want to compare the value of a £26 0s 0d Income or Wealth , in 1638 there are three choices. In 2013 the relative:
      historic standard of living value of that income or wealth is £3,521.00
      economic status value of that income or wealth is £118,800.00
      economic power value of that income or wealth is £722,200.00
      So it would seem that the family were reasonably well off.
      I am currently investigating ways in which this line can be traced backwards. Most likely it would need to have someone look at the original parish entries, not the transcribed entries, at Combs and Little Finborough (these two hamlets are about a mile apart) and both about 10 miles south east of Bury St. Edmunds. The original entries may reveal new details. These records are likely to be at the Suffolk Records Centre in Ipswich (see http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/assets/suffolk.gov.uk/Libraries%20and%20Culture/Suffolk%20Record%20Office/2012-09-21%20Which%20branch%20do%20I%20need%20JES.pdf) which explains which of the 3 Record centres has which records.
      Another option is to see if the two sons that Alice had, that remained in England, Edward and William, had any children. Using the services of a local genealogist is probably required. I am currently investigating some Suffolk based genealogists and will report back when I have further news.

      8. 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."

      9. 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
      The relationship of the latter three to Frances is not stated. Also mentioned in the will are his daughters Mary, Elyzabeth and Margaret and his brother-in-law Edward Shepperd.[16]
      3. Will of Johan Lockwood al[ia]s Baker of Devynhm, widow. Dated 29 June 1554 and proved 28 December 1555. Mentions daughters Margaret, Mary and Elyzabeth, brother-in-laws George Lockwood and Rychard Lockwood, sisters's child Sara Lockwood, brother Edward Shepperd and kinsman Wyllem Shepperd.[17]
      The available parish transcripts for Mendlesham show the following entries for the Lockwood alias Baker sumame.[18]
      marriage 9 June 1576 - Chas. Goddard of Mickfield and Alice Lockwood als. Baker
      marriage 19 July 1579 - Simon Sheldrake and Judith Lockwood als. Baker
      marriage 6 July 1580 - Jn. Lockwood als. Baker wid. and Itian Hill wid.
      burial 9 August 1579 - Jn. Lockwod als. Baker, s. of Jn.
      burial 11 October 1579 - Cicely Lockwod, w. of Jn. als. Baker
      There were no baptisms with the dual surname.
      The 1524 Suffolk subsidy list shows no one with the dual surname.[19] Perhaps the dual surname relates to the property mentioned in the will of Frances Lockwood above.
      Genealogical Summary
      EdwardB Lockwood alias Baker was buried in Combs 15 April 1604. He had a brother Thomas, a wife Joan (buried in Combs 24 January 1591/92) and the following four children:[20]
      i. EdmundA Lockwood, but 23 Nov. 1638, m. 3 Sept. 1592 Alice Cowper.
      ii. John Lockwood, possibly the John Baker alias Lockwoode bapt. 9 Mar. 1571/72.
      iii. Joan Lockwood, m. 11 Feb. 1600/1 in Combs, Robert Gardner.[21]
      iv. Mary Lockwood, bapt. 30 June 1577, bur. 2 March 1590/91.
      EdmundA Lockwood married Alice Cowper in Combs 3 September 1592. He was buried there 23 November 1638.[22] He and Alice had the following children, baptized in Combs except as noted: [23]
      i. Joan Lockwood, bapt. 4 June 1593; probably died young.
      ii. Edmund Lockwood, bapt. 9 Feb. 1594/95; probably died young.
      iii. Edward Lockwood, bapt. 3 Oct. 1596; living 14 Dec. 1638.
      iv. Edmund1 Lockwood, bapt. 16 January 1598/99, d. between 9 May 1632 and 3 March 1634/35 and probably closer to the earlier date, since he was not on the land grant lists for Cambridge beginning August 1633.[24]
      v. Robert1 Lockwood, bapt. 18 Jan. 1600/1. For further information on him and his family, see Mr. Anderson's article and Great Migration sketch.[25]
      vi. Barbara Lockwood, bapt. 31 July 1603, bur. 13 Jan. 1632/33,[26] m. Joseph Sowgate. Children: [27]
      (1) Mary Sowgate, bapt. 8 Sept. 1629.
      (2) Joseph Sowgate, bapt. 7 April 1631, bur. 25 April 1631.
      (3) Joseph Sowgate, bapt. 19 Feb. 1631/32. Mentioned in will of maternal grandmother Alice Lockwood.[28]
      vii. Alice Lockwood, bapt. 14 Apr. 1605, m. ___ Hoddy; living 14 Dec. 1638.[29]
      viii. William Lockwood, b. say 1607; living 27 Feb. 1638/39.[30]
      ix. Martha Lockwood, bapt. 28 Oct. 1610, bur. 31 Jan. 1610/11.[31]
      x. John Lockwood, bapt. 21 Dec. 1611; living 14 Dec. 1638. Note that the transcript of Alice Lockwood's will given in Mr. Anderson's article was missing the following clause between the bequests to son William and daughter Alice: "Item I give to John Lockwood my sonne ten pounds".[32]
      xi. Dorothy Lockwood, b. say 1613,[33] m. John Manwood; living 14 Dec. 1638.[34] (1) John Manwood, bapt. 12 July 1635, bur. 21 Aug. 1636.[35]
      xii. Mary Lockwood, bapt. Little Finborough 1 Aug. 1615,[36] bur. Combs 21 Dec. 1632.[37]
      Edmund1 Lockwood was baptized in Combs 16 January 1598/99.[38] He emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1630, and died there between 9 May 1632 and 3 March 1634/35.[39] He and his first unknown wife had at least the following four children, baptisms and burials in Combs except as noted:[40]
      i. Mary Lockwood, bapt. 5 October 1620. No further record, but since two children of Edmund1 Lockwood seem to have survived him to be raised by his brother Robert, as evidenced by the size of Robert's Watertown land grants, Mary could be one (Edmund2 is known to be the other).[41]
      ii. Susan Lockwood, bapt. 10 Dec. 1622 in Little Finboroug,[42] bur. 5 Apr. 1624 in Combs.
      iii. Edmund Lockwood, bur. 20 Dec. 1625.
      iv. Edmund2 Lockwood, bapt. 30 Aug. 1627, d. 31 Jan. 1692/93 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT, m. 7 Jan. 1655/56 in Stamford, Hannah Scott.[43]
      Edmund1 Lockwood and his second wife Elizabeth Masters had the following child.
      v. John Lockwood, b. Nov. 1632 in Cambridge, MA, d. 1683 in New London, CT, unmarried.[44]
      Footnotes:
      1. Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C. G., "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York, New York: Philip V. Lockwood, Publisher, 1978).
      2. Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society,1995), II (G-O): 1192-1194.
      3. Robert Charles Anderson, "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages", "Connecticut Ancestry," Volume 47, No. 2 (December, 2004): 119-130.
      4. Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635," 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), IV (I-L):308-315.
      5. Registered Wills in either monastic or commissary courts of Bury St Edmunds, or Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Volume 53 (Gael), on FHL microfilm # 97,087, page 424.
      6. Parish Register Transcripts for Combs, County Suffolk, England, on FHL microfilm # 993,236, items 4-5.
      7. Ibid.
      8. Ibid.
      9. Ibid.
      10. Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Registered Wills, Volume 41 (Coppinge), page 306 [FliL microfilm # 97,076].
      11. 1568 Subsidy Return for County Suffolk, England, published on CD by The Archive CD Books Project, 5 Commercial Street, Cinderford, Glos. GL14 2RP, England, 2001, page 239.
      12. See note 6.
      13. See note
      14. See note 6.
      15. Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Registered Wills, Volume 20, page 229 [FHL microfilm # 97,061].
      16. Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Registered Wills, Volume 20, page 230 [FHL microfilm # 97,061].
      17. Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Registered Wills, Volume 20, page 232 [FHL microfilm # 97,061].
      18. Parish Register Transcripts for Mendlesham, County Suffolk, England on FHL microfilm # 992,241, Item 17.
      19. "Suffolk in 1524, Being the Return for a Subsidy granted in 1523," Suffolk Green Books, No. X (Woodbridge: George Booth, Church Street, 1910) on FHL microfilm # 496,952, Item 2.
      20. See notes 6 and 10.
      21. Ibid. Names given as Robert Garner and Joone Lockwood. Robert was a widower.
      22. Ibid.
      23. Ibid.
      24. See note 2.
      25. See notes 3 and 4.
      26. See note 6. -
      27. Ibid.
      28. See note 5.
      29. See notes 5 and 6.
      30. See note 5.
      31. See note 6.
      32. Ibid.
      33. Since her previously unidentified sister Barbara was baptized in the year previously tentatively assigned to her, she has been moved down to a gap in known baptism records. Obviously this is still a guess.
      34. See note 5.
      35. See note 6.
      36. Parish Register Transcripts for Little Finborough, County Suffolk, England on FHL microfilm # 993,248.
      37. See note 6.
      38. Ibid.
      39. See note 2.
      40. See note 6. In his "Great Migration" sketch of Edmund1 Lockwood, Mr. Anderson listed Edmund2 without baptism date, as his only known child by his first wife. He also pointed out that evidence suggested they had at least one other child. Last year's article noted the church records concerning Mary, Susan and the first Edmund, and indicated that certain Watertown land grants for Robert' imply Edmund had exactly two surviving children by his first wife. The present article adds the baptism date for Edmund2.
      41. See notes 2 - 4.
      42. See note 36.
      43. See note 1.
      44. See note 2."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above.