Elizabeth Ayers

Elizabeth married Joseph Lockwood on 19 May 1698 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Edmund Lockwood and Hannah Scott) was born on 15 Mar 1666 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 15 Jun 1750 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Lockwood is said to have moved from Stamford to Pound Ridge around 1743. Stamford deeds support his departure at about this time, indicating that he first relocated to North Castle, where his brothers Reuben and James were also residing.

Records from Historical Records of North Castle (R) include:

• Book B:8 – Town Meeting, April 3, 1744 - “Joseph Lockwood, prizer of damages and fence viewer for the East Patent for the year ensuing.”
  
• Book B:10 – Town Meeting, April 1, 1746 - “Joseph Lockwood, assessor for the year ensuing for the East Middle Patent.”
  

(Joseph’s brother Reuben appears in these records beginning in 1739.)

From Westchester County Land Records:

• H:62 – December 10, 1745 (recorded August 24, 1768)
  Joseph and Reuben Lockwood, both of North Castle, along with others, transferred rights in the “East Patent”—originally granted in 1701 to Caleb Heathcote, Lemaster Simbs, and Robert Waters—to James De Lancey and Lewis Johnstone.
  Joseph Lockwood signed by mark; Reuben signed his name.
  

No formal death record has been found for Joseph⁴ Lockwood other than that noted in the journal of his grandson, Ezra. However, on February 15, 1760, at a church society meeting—moderated by Reuben Lockwood, with Israel Lockwood (both brothers of Joseph) serving on the building committee—it was decided to erect a new meeting house on the “hill betwixt Joseph Lockwood’s house and Ebenezer Lockwood’s barn.” These two Lockwoods were almost certainly Joseph’s sons, indicating that Joseph’s land had passed to them by that date (N-2:570).

The surviving children of Joseph Lockwood are identified in Stamford deed L:101, dated March 28, 1788. In this deed:

• Ebenezer Lockwood of Pound Ridge
  
• Ebenezer and Rachel Wood of Salem, New York
  
• David and Mercy Dan of Bedford, New York
  
• Nathaniel and Elizabeth Waring of the Manor of Philipsborough, New York
  -acted as grantors to Joseph Lockwood of Pound Ridge. The deed references land originally purchased by “our father Joseph Lockwood” in 1756.
  

Joseph married Sarah Hoyt about 1728 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Joshua Hoyt and Mary Pickett) was born on 1 Apr 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1790 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married David Dann on 17 Sep 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. David (son of Francis Dann and Elizabeth Clason) was born in 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Lockwood was appointed surveyor of highways at Stamford on December 2, 1742, and again on December 18, 1744 (S-2:521, 526).

On July 23, 1776 (Stamford Deed L:296), John Lockwood of Stamford conveyed to “my son Reuben Lockwood of Stamford” four acres of land at a place called “ye Dead Plains,” bounded by “my own land,” “my son John’s land,” and land of Joseph Ambler. Witnesses were Abraham Davenport and John Lockwood, Jr. Numerous additional Stamford deeds exist for this John Lockwood.

John Lockwood executed his will on July 23, 1776; it was probated September 3, 1776. He named the following children: Sarah Scofield, Abigail Lounsbury, John Lockwood (and his wife), Reuben Lockwood

He appointed his sons John and Reuben as executors. Witnesses to the will were Abraham Scofield, Mary Lockwood, and Rachel Lockwood.

An inventory of the estate was taken on January 15, 1777, and filed November 3, 1778, by Reuben Lockwood, administrator (P-4:311–312, 373–374).

On May 4, 1780, the estate was distributed to the heirs of his son John (then deceased), with the remainder distributed to Reuben, son of the decedent (P-6:31).

John married Sarah Scofield on 8 Apr 1737 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Scofield and Hannah Hoyt) was born about 1715 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died about 1770 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Job Hoyt about 1728. Job (son of Joshua Hoyt and Mary Pickett) was born on 22 Jan 1704 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 13 Oct 1754 in North Castle, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1776; American Revolution (US) Died of Camp Distemper during the war

Notes:

Israel Lockwood moved to Pound Ridge, in Westchester County, as evidenced by several Stamford, Connecticut deeds. One such deed (F:399), dated 1760, records a group of Smiths and others, along with their wives—including Israel Lockwood of Old Pound Ridge and “Susannah Lockwood, late Susannah Smith, his wife”—conveying land in Stamford.

On February 15, 1760, Israel served on a committee overseeing the construction of the meeting house at Pound Ridge. In 1763, he appears on a list of freeholders in Pound Ridge.

His will, dated October 3, 1776, was probated December 16, 1778 (Abstracts of New York Wills, 9:164). In it, he left one-half of his lands to his nephew Hezekiah Lockwood, and the other half to his nephews Reuben, David, and Nathan, sons of Captain Reuben Lockwood.

He also made bequests to the daughters of Captain Reuben Lockwood—Lydia, Ann, Sarah, Rebecca, Jerusha, and Elizabeth—as well as to Jemima Briggs (likely a niece of Israel’s wife, daughter of Hannah [Smith] Briggs), “the wife of Gilbert Weed” (Abigail Hoyt, daughter of Elizabeth [Lockwood] Hoyt, Israel’s sister), and “the wife of Hezekiah Lockwood” (possibly Mary Birdsall).

Israel Lockwood died without issue.

Israel married Susannah Smith on 1 Sep 1748 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Susannah (daughter of Caleb Smith and Susannah Scofield) was born on 16 Feb 1721 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1811 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Jump before 1740. James was born est 1710; died in South Salem, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1776; American Revolution (US)

Notes:

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)
  

Reuben married Sarah Camp est 1735. Sarah was born est 1715; died before 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reuben married Elizabeth Stevens on 21 Dec 1749 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of David Stevens and Jerusha Hoyt) was born on 15 Aug 1725 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died after 1773 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This was probably a newborn infant. The date is frequently used in error as the birth date of Reuben.

Joseph married Hannah Close about 1755. Hannah was born about 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathniel Waring. Nathniel was born in ca 1732; died on 2 Apr 1808 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York; was buried in Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ebenezer Wood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Dann. David (son of David Dann and Hannah Lockwood) was born on 11 May 1739 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

was killed by a fence~rail, aged 7 years

Family/Spouse: Elijah Weed. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 15 May 1758, Connecticut; French and Indian War Drummer under Capt David Waterbury Discharged 1 Nov 1758
• Military Service: Abt 1775; American Revolution (US) 4th NY Regt, Col James Holmes Lieutenant under Capt Jonathan Platt

Notes:

David Dann was on the Westchester Co., N.Y. tax list of 1779, apparently owning property at both Pound Ridge, where he was assessed for real estate and personal property and at Salem, N.Y., R. E. tax only, (T—5:76 ff). In the 1790 census of Bedford, David Dann with 1/l/l lived next to his son, Hezekiah Dann with l/l/2. On 25 January 1800David Dan and wife Huldah (probably second wife) sold Bedford, N.Y. land to Benjamin and William Isaacs, (X—55:208). An affidavit of 15 November 1819 by David Dan of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y. states that he, while serving during the Revolutionary War as 1st lieutenant under Capt. Jonathan Platt, Col. James Holmes of the 4th N.Y. Regiment recruited and enlisted Nathan Lockwood into the service in 1775 or 1776, in Westchester Co., N.Y. (Pension #W2052/4:).The 1820 census of Amsterdam, N.Y. lists David Dan, a male and female over 45.

Family/Spouse: Mercy Lockwood. Mercy (daughter of Joseph Lockwood and Sarah Hoyt) was born about 1741 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1790 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Mercy Scofield about 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah Hoyt on 31 May 1764 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reuben married Mary Mead on 5 Nov 1774 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Abraham Scofield in 1764. Abraham (son of Nathaniel Scofield and Elizabeth Pettit) was born on 17 Feb 1737 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 17 May 1812 in North Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married James Lounsberry on 5 May 1773 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. James (son of Gideon Lounsberry and Deborah Buxton) was born on 14 Sep 1749 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 3 May 1814 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Deborah Scofield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bethiah Jones. Bethiah died on 13 Mar 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

They lived at Old Pound Ridge, N.Y., 1773, and afterward moved to Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N.Y

Gideon married Elizabeth Weed on 7 Feb 1760 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth died about 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Silas was living after 1802 and said to have moved to Amsterdam, N.Y., where he lived with a married daughter, Mrs. Ambler. Silas was blind.

Family/Spouse: Gideon Scofield. Gideon was born on 29 Aug 1740; died on 6 Mar 1807 in Westerlo, Albany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia Ferris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is mentioned in the will of Uncle Israel Lockwood,

Family/Spouse: Gilbert Weed. Gilbert was born est 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ebenezer Jones. Ebenezer was born est 1750; died in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Bishop. Hannah was born about 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Michael Scofield. Michael (son of Ebenezer Scofield and Mary Smith) was born on 24 Jan 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may have been a Reuben Lockwood who served int he Revolution from Westchester County, N.Y. (Z—pp.51, 208, 215, 255) and possibly is the one listed at Pound Ridge in the 1790 census with 1/0/1.

Notes:

Living in 1776 when named as chief heir in the will of his uncle, Israel Lockwood. He had In. before 1776, perhaps MARY BIRDSALL. Hezekiah, having inherited land at Pound Ridge, is on the 1779tax list there (T—5:76). He is in the 1790 census of Pound Ridge with 1/1/3, living next to his cousin, Ebenezer Lockwood, son of Joseph. He died before 4 April 1798 when Westchester County deed M:369 (X 55:208 mentions land in Pound Ridge bounded by Hezekiah Lockwood's heirs.

Hezekiah married Mary Birdsall before 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Apparently was the Rebecca Lockwood who was of age and witnessed the 4 May 1773 deed of her parents who joined her maternal aunts and uncles in conveying property.

Notes:

He was living on June 15, 1833, and appears in the 1835 census of pensioners at Durham, Greene County, New York.

He was listed on the 1779 tax roll at Pound Ridge (T-5:76), and his pension application indicates that he enlisted there beginning in 1776 for multiple tours of duty during the American Revolutionary War.

He does not appear in the 1790 census of Pound Ridge; however, his pension papers state that he resided there until 1792, when he removed to Rensselaerville, and later to Greene County, New York.

A David Lockwood appears in the 1800 census of Albany County, New York, with the household enumeration recorded as 21010//10100.

He has not been located in the 1820 or 1830 census records of Greene County and may have been residing with another household during those years. He is also not listed in the index of surrogate (probate) records for Greene County, New York (see T-18:139).

Notes:

By tradition, they lived at Bedford, N.Y. during the Revolutionary War; then went to Albany County, N.Y. in 1788and to Portage County, Ohio
in 1805. (Family records of Mrs. Earl R. Stanley, Potomac, Md. in 1975) The identity of this Jerusha Lockwood is not positive, but quite possible.

Jerusha married John Ferris in 1782. John was born on 20 Apr 1760 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died on 22 Sep 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From her position in this family from both Ezra Lockwood's journal and the will of her uncle, Israel Lockwood, she could not have been the one born in 1753, as given in the erroneous Lockwood genealogy.

Notes:

Ezra⁶ Lockwood (Ebenezer⁵, Joseph⁴, Joseph³) wrote his journal in the late 1840s and early 1850s, but his account of his immigrant ancestry was somewhat hazy and erroneous. His uncle, Joseph Lockwood (Joseph⁴, Joseph³) (1731–1792), appears to have had a more accurate understanding. On July 26, 1765, Joseph Lockwood of Old Pound Ridge, New York, conveyed to Jonathan Scofield, 3rd, of Stamford, Connecticut, “16-0-0 in said property, part of the right of Edmund and John Lockwood which descended to my grandfather Joseph Lockwood” (Stamford Deeds G:404).

Hannah married Titus Lockwood on 13 Feb 1769 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Titus (son of Jonathan Lockwood and Freelove Wright) was born about 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1776, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; American Revolution (US) Pension W2439

Notes:

On 23 April 1782 (Stamford deed K:277),Squire Dan of Stamford to Samuel Scofield, 11/4 acres, "being land formerly of Jonathan Lockwood, dec'd, reserving the right of dower to Freelove Lockwood, widow of sd. dec'd, " recorded 5 November 1783

Squire married Rachel Lockwood on 18 Jun 1778 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Rachel (daughter of Jonathan Lockwood and Freelove Wright) was born about 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 15 Nov 1819 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Squire married Rhoda on 31 Mar 1820 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nancy Lockwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Lockwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]