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- Reuben Lockwood’s life and movements can be traced through the following records:
- January 14, 1735/6 (Stamford Deed C:514) - Joseph Lockwood conveyed land to his son Reuben Lockwood of Stamford.
- March 7, 1738/9 (Stamford Deed E:148) - Reuben Lockwood of North Castle purchased land in Stamford.
- April 3, 1739 - Reuben Lockwood served as assessor in North Castle.
- April 7, 1741 - He served as fence viewer and prizer of damages in North Castle.
- April 3, 1744 - Reuben Lockwood was appointed constable for the East Patent.
- March 29, 1745 (Stamford Deed E:25) - Reuben Lockwood of North Castle purchased land in Stamford.
- December 10, 1745 (recorded August 24, 1768; Westchester Co. Deeds H:62) - Reuben Lockwood and Joseph Lockwood, both of North Castle, transferred rights in the “East Patent.” Reuben signed his name; Joseph signed by mark.
- February 16, 1748/9 (Stamford Deed E:265) - Reuben Lockwood of North Castle sold land in Stamford.
- February–March 1749/50 (Stamford Deeds E:254 & E:266) - Reuben Lockwood of Old Pound Ridge bought and sold Stamford land.
- October 16, 1753 & November 16, 1756 (Stamford Deeds F:31 & F:238) - Reuben Lockwood of Old Pound Ridge continued buying and selling Stamford land.
- April 1, 1756 - Appointed one of the highway commissioners for Old Pound Ridge.
- April 22, 1758 - During the French and Indian War, Reuben appears on the muster roll as Captain Reuben Lockwood of Westchester County.
- May 1, 1758 - Warrant issued for £1,121 bounty for 103 volunteers from Westchester County under his command.
- February 15, 1760 - Captain Reuben Lockwood served as moderator of a church society meeting at Old Pound Ridge, which voted to build a meeting house “betwixt Joseph Lockwood’s house and Ebenezer Lockwood’s barn.” Israel Lockwood (his brother) served on the building committee.
- 1763 - Reuben Lockwood appears on a list of freeholders in Westchester County.
- June 2 and November 1763 (Stamford Deeds F:409 & G:476) -Deeds were acknowledged before Reuben Lockwood, Justice of the Peace for Pound Ridge. One deed identifies Robert Andrews and wife Sarah (née Bishop) of Pound Ridge conveying land to Samuel Andrews of Stamford.
- May 4, 1773 - Reuben is recorded as of Pound Ridge when he joined his wife and her siblings in conveying property (see above).
Revolutionary War period (c. 1776)
A Reuben Lockwood served under Colonel James Holmes in the 4th Regiment of the Continental Line; however, this may refer to his son or another man of the same name.
- c. 1780 - Reuben Lockwood does not appear on the Westchester County tax list (T-5:76), though his apparent sons, Hezekiah and David Lockwood, are listed—suggesting that Reuben had likely died by this time.
- Death and Children - No probate or death record has been found for Reuben Lockwood (nor for his half-brothers Nathaniel and James), likely due to the destruction of records in Westchester County during the American Revolutionary War. The names of Reuben’s children are derived from:
- The will of his brother Israel Lockwood, who devised much of his estate to Reuben’s children
- The journal of Ezra Lockwood, which lists the same children—though in a slightly different order (placing daughters of the first wife before the children of the second wife)
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