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  • Name Elizabeth Masters 
    Born Abt 1612  of, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I272  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family 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) 
    Married Bef Nov 1632  of Cambridge, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), biography about the father of Elizabeth Masters:
      "JOHN MASTERS
      Origin: Unknown
      Migration: 1630
      First Residence: Watertown
      Removes: Cambridge 1633
      Occupation: Tavernkeeper. On 3 September 1635 "John Maistrs" was licensed to keep an ordinary at Cambridge [MBCR 1:159].
      Church Membership: Member of Watertown church by July 1632 [WJ 1:97].
      Freeman: 18 May 1631 (as "Mr. John Maisters") [MBCR 1:366].
      Education: On 14 March 1630/1 John Masters wrote from "Watertown, near Charles River, New England," to Lady Barrington at Hatfield Broadoak, Essex; this letter is described as being in "excellent handwriting" [NEHGR 91:68-69; Letters to NE 83-85].
      Offices: Commissioner to settle the estate of Mr. Crispe, 27 September 1631 [MBCR 1:92]. Committee (for Watertown with Mr. Oldham) to confer with the court about raising public stock, 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95].
      Estate: On 5 August 1633 granted one-half acre for a cowyard at Cambridge [CaTR 5]. In the division of meadow on 20 August 1635 he had a proportional share of 1½ [CaTR 13]. In the 8 February 1635/6 list of houses in Cambridge John Masters had two in the Westend [CaTR 18]. In the Cambridge land inventory on 10 October 1635 John Masters held three parcels: seven acres in the West End with "one house with other out houses backside and planting ground"; two acres by the Pine Swampe; and six acres in the Great Marsh [CaBOP 29]. By 1639 he had acquired three more parcels: one house and garden with eight acres (bought of Thomas Winckall); seven and a half acres of marsh at the Fresh Pond (granted him by the town); and five acres of marsh at Oyster Bank (purchased of Robert Lockwood) [CaBOP 53]. In his will, dated 19 December 1639 and proved at an unknown date, "John Masters" bequeathed to "my wife all my estate for the term of her life, and after her decease ... to my daughter Sarath Dobyson £10"; to "my daughter Lidya Tabor £10"; to "my grandchild John Lockwood £10"; to "Nathaniell Masters £10"; to "Abraham Masters 10s."; residue to "my daughter Elizabeth Latham" [SPR 1:11].
      Birth: By about 1581 based on estimated date of marriage.
      Death: Cambridge 21 December 1639 [NEHGR 4:181].
      Marriage: By about 1606 Jane ____ (assuming she was the mother of all his children). She died at Cambridge 10 December 1639, yet her husband named her in his will, suggesting an error on the clerk's part or lack of awareness on John's [NEHGR 4:181]. Alternatively, Jane could be a daughter or other relative of John's and his wife's name unknown.
      Children:
      i (poss.) Son, b. say 1606; possibly predeceased his father and left sons Nathaniel and Abraham, both named in John's will. (For Nathaniel's further career, see GDMNH 467).
      ii Sarah, b. say 1609; m. ____ Dobyson.
      iii Elizabeth, b. say 1612; m. (1) by November 1632 Edmund Lockwood (birth of first child [NEHGR 4:181]); m. (2) after 3 March 1634/5 (when she was called "Ruth Lockwood" [MBCR 1:134]) and by 1639 Cary Latham.
      iv Lydia, b. say 1615; m. by 1639 as his first wife PHILIP TABOR .
      Comments: In his letter of 14 March 1630/1 to Lady Barrington, Masters noted that she and her family had "desired me to write of this country, and said you would believe what I should write"; he also stated that "Sir Richard Saltonstall hath put me in place to oversee his great family, with his worthy son" [NEHGR 91:68-69; Letters of NE 83-85]. These comments, and the entire tenor of the letter, indicate that Masters had in the past been in service to one or more of the Puritan gentry families of Essex, and his origin should be sought there. On 14 June 1631 the General Court promised to make satisfaction on the charges encountered by "Mr. John Maisters" who had "undertaken to make a passage from Charles Ryver to the newe towne, twelve foot broad & seven foot deep" [MBCR 1:88]. On 27 January 1631/2 Winthrop reported on an expedition made by himself and others "about eight miles above Watertown," during which they "came to another brook, greater than the former, which they called Masters' Brook, because the eldest of their company was one John Masters" [WJ 1:82]. On 5 July 1632 Winthrop described Masters's independent spirit: "The strife at Watertown congregation continued still; but at length they gave the separatists a day to come in, or else to be proceeded against. At that day, all came in and submitted, except John Masters, who, though he were advised by diverse ministers and others, that he had offended in turning his back upon the sacrament, and departing out of the assembly, etc., because they had then admitted a member whom he judged unfit, etc.; yet he persisted. So the congregation (being loath to proceed against him) gave him a further day; 8, at which time he continuing obstinate, they excommunicated him; but, about a fortnight after, he submitted himself, and was received in again" [WJ 1:97]. On 4 June 1639 for some unknown offense "John Masters, having license, was discharged" [MBCR 1:268]."

      2. Quotes about the connection of Elizabeth (Masters) Lockwood to her father John Masters:
      A. 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. This book quotes from the will of John Masters, from the records of Suffolk, Mass. wherein he wills "to my grandchild, John Lockwood, ten pounds...(and) the remainder of my estate unto my daughter, Elizabeth Latham." Several other siblings to Elizabeth are also mentioned. John Masters died 21 Dec. 1639 and his wife died 5 days after him according to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol.2, p.180.
      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, 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. 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.)"

      3. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
      "EDMUND LOCKWOOD
      ORIGIN: Probably Combs, Suffolk ["Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
      MIGRATION: 1630 (based on request for freemanship on 19 October 1630 and jury service on 9 November 1630 [MBCR 1:79, 81]). (Edmund Lockwood was "Lockwood" of John Winthrop's 1629 list [WP 2:276].)
      FIRST RESIDENCE: Unknown (probably Watertown).
      REMOVES: Cambridge by 1632. "Mr Edmond Lockwood" was the third in the list of eight "Newtone Inhabitant" which is found at the beginning of the Cambridge town records, and probably dates from 1632 [CaTR 2].
      FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood") and admitted 18 May 1631 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockewood") [MBCR 1:79, 366]. OFFICES: Deputy for Cambridge to Massachusetts Bay General Court (as Mr. Lockwood")., 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95].
      Massachusetts Bay petit jury, 9 November 1630 (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood"), [MBCR 1:81].
      Cambridge constable (as "Mr. Edmond Lockwood"), 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:81]. ESTATE: On 3 March 1634/5, "It is ordered, that Ruth [sic] Lockwood, widow, shall bring all the writings that her husband left in her hands to John Haynes, Esq., & Simon Bradstreete, on the third day of the next week, who shall detain the same in their hands till the next Court, when they shall be disposed of to those to whom they belong" [MBCR 1:134]. On 7 April 1635, "It is referred to the church of Waterton, with the consent of Rob[er]te Lockwood, executor of Edmond Lockwood, deceased, to dispose of the children & estate of the said Edmond Lockwood, given to them, to such persons as they think meet, which if they perform not within fourteen days, it shall be lawful for the Governor, John Hayne, Esq., & Simon Bradstreete, to dispose of the said children & estates as in their discretion, they shall think meet, as also to take an account of the said Rob[er]te Lockwood, & give him a full discharge" [MBCR 1:143-44]. On 2 June 1635, "In the cause of the children & widow of Edward Lockwood, (the elders & other of the church of Waterton being present,) and upon consideration of the order of Court in April last made in the case, which was found not to have been observed, because the estate was not computed & apportioned, it is now ordered, with consent of all parties, viz:, the church of Waterton, the widow of the said Edmond living, & the executor having consented to the former order, that the present Governor & the Secretary shall have power to call parties & witnesses for finding out the true estate, having consideration of the uncertainty of the will, & the debts, & other circumstances, to apportion the remainder of the estate to the wife & Children, according to their best discretion; & then the church of Waterton is to dispose of the elder children & their portions as shall be best for their Christian education & the preservation of their estate" [MBCR 1:151]. BIRTH: By about 1600 based on estimated date of marriage (but see COMMENTS below). [KP note: It appears the author did not update this statement in the revision since the COMMENTS do not address the birth at all; however, the his reference to "Connecticut Ancestry" does as 16 Jan 1598/1599 at Combs, Suffolk, England.] DEATH: Cambridge between 9 May 1632 [MBCR 1:95, 96] and 3 March 1634/5 [MBCR 1:134] (and probably closer to the earlier date, since Edmund Lockwood does not appear in any of the recorded Cambridge land grants beginning in August 1633). MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 ____ ____; she may have died in England before 1630.
      (2) By 1632 Elizabeth Masters, daughter of JOHN MASTERS {1630, Watertown}. She married (2) CARY LATHAM {1639, Cambridge}. CHILDREN:
      With first wife
      i EDMUND LOCKWOOD, b. say 1625; m. Stamford 7 January [1655/6] Hannah Scott, daughter of TTHOMAS SCOTT {1634, Ipswich} [GM 2:6:209-13].
      ii child LOCKWOOD, (one or more additional children by first wife implied by court order to the Watertown church "to dispose of the elder children" [MBCR 1:151]); no further record.
      With second wife
      iii JOHN LOCKWOOD, b. Cambridge [blank] November 1632 ("son of Edward Lockwood & Elisabeth his wife") [NEHGR 4:181]; d. at New London in 1683, unmarried [Lockwood Gen 10].
      ASSOCIATIONS: In a discussion of financial transactions, John Winthrop wrote to his son John in Grot on 23 July 1630 saying "If money be brought to you or your Uncle Downinge for Goodman Lockwood, let Mr. Peirce be paid his bill of provisions for him, and bring the rest with you" [WP 2:306]. "Mr. Edmond Lockwood" was the third in the list of eight "Newtowne Inhabitants" which is found at the beginning of the Cambridge town records, and probably dates from 1632 [CaTR 2]. After NICHOLAS KNAPP was fined for quackery on 1 March 1630/1, "Mr. Will[ia]m Pelham and Mr. Edmond Lockewood hath promised to pay to the Court the sum of £5" [MBCR 1:83]. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The 1889 Lockwood genealogy (Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, History of the Lockwood Family in America," [Philadelphia 1889]) was deservedly described by Jacobus as "a genealogical atrocity" [TAG 31:222]. By lumping all the descendants of the first Edmund under his brother Robert, the posterity of this family through eldest son Edmund was misplaced. Donald Lines Jacobus began to sort the family out properly in 1930, with further contributions made in 1955 [FOOF 1:380-81; TAG 31:222-24]. In 1978 Harriet Woodbury Hodge published detailed arguments for a rearrangement of the Lockwood families that would restore to Edmund Lockwood his children ["Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York 1978), cited above as Lockwood Gen]."
      In 2004 Robert Charles Anderson reviewed the evidence for the English ancestry of Edmund and Robert Lockwood ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:119-30]."

      4. FHL Book 929.273 L814a or FHL film 1321248, item 6, 'Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford Connecticut,' by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., 1978:
      "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 LOCK\VOOD (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)...
      I. Edmund Lockwood, (Edmund of England), bp. 9 February 1594 at Combs, co. Suffolk, d. before 3 March 1634/5 at Cambridge, Mass. He came in 1630 with the fleet, which brought Governor John Winthrop to New England. Edmund first settled at Watertown and then at New Towne (Cambridge) where he was called "Mr.," a title of respect. His request to be made freeman of the colony on 19 October 1630, was granted 18 May 1631. He was juryman 9 November 1630: was appointed constable at Cambridge in May 1632 and the same year he was one of two persons appointed to confer with the court about raising a public stock. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404). In 1635 his brother Sergeant Robert Lockwood was appointed executor for Edmund's estate and Children. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900,, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404).
      Edmund 1/m. before 1625 in England, ___, an unknown wife, who perhaps d..shortly after her arrival in America. On 3 March 1634/5 the court asked the widow "Ruth" to bring in writings left by her husband, Edmund Lockwood. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71). Other records show clearly that Edmund's widow was Elizabeth (Masters), whom he had m. at least three years previously (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404). Was Ruth in error for the name of the first wife? There is no proof of this theory, although some have made the assumption.
      Edmund 2/m. before 1632 Elizabeth MASTERS. She was d/o John Masters of Watertown and Cambridge, who d. 21 December 1639 and by his will two days before his death named with others, his grandchild. John Lockwood and his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Cary Latham. Edmund's widow m. Mr. Latham and in 1646 moved to Newv London, Connecticut, taking her son John Lockwood with them. (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Charles H. Pope, 'Pioneers of Massachusetts,' 1900, reprint Baltimore, 1969, pp. 289 and 404 & Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus). See Appendix 1, p.71.
      The only known child of Edmund Lockwood and his first wife was:
      i. Edmund Lockwood, b. about 1625 in England, m. 7 January at Stamford, Ct. Hannah SCOTT. Lack of mention of Edmund Lockwood, Jr. in the wiII of John Masters would indicate that Edmund, Jr. was by an earlier wife, reinforced by a court order 2 June 1635, after the death of Edmund Lockwood, Sr. to place out "elder children" (James Savage, 'Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England, 1860-1862, reprint: Baltimore, 1965, 3:104-5, 170-71 & Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus).
      There were undoubtedly one or two other children of Edmundl Lockwood by first wife, but apparently none survived, for only Edmund, Jr. claimed the estate of his half -brother, John, in 1683.
      The only known child of Edmund and Elizabeth (Masters) Lockwood was:
      ii. JohnLockwood, b. November 1632 at Cambridge, Mass. (Vital Records, town or civil records. For Connecticut the source most often consulted has been the Barbour Index of vital records in the Connecticut State Library and widely available elsewhere on microfilm). He went to New London, Ct. with his mother and stepfather, Cary Latham. On 20 July 1658 Cary Latham conveyed to his son-in-law (i. e. step-son) John Lockwood (New London deeds 3:63) (Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus). John lived at Foxen's Hill in New London and d. in 1683, unmarried (Francis M. Caulkins, 'History of New London,' 1895, pp. 89 and 312). New London deeds 5:18 contains a record that Edmund Lockwood of Stamford was declared heir of the estate of his brother, John Lockwood of New London by the County Court 3 June 1684. There are also deeds from Edmund Lockwood of Stamford, conveying lands inherited from his brother, John (New London deeds 5:76, 102 (Genevieve Lockwood Davis, 'Israel Lockwood, Some Ancestry and Descendants,' MS at Newberry Library, Chicago - Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library and elsewhere - includes much unpublished material furnished by Donald L. Jacobus & Francis M. Caulkins, 'History of New London,' 1895, pp. 89 and 312). Edmund Lockwood was the sole heir."

      5. 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:
      "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."

      6. 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..."

      7. 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."