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Reuben Lockwood

Male Abt 1714 - Aft 1773  (~ 60 years)

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  1. 1.  Reuben Lockwood was born about 1714 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died after 1773 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.

    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.

  2. 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)

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

    Children:
    1. 2. Lydia Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1776.
    2. 3. Anna Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1745.
    3. 4. Sarah Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1776.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 5. Reuben Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1751; died after 1776 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.
    2. 6. Hezekiah Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1753; died before 1798 in Westchester County, New York.
    3. 7. Rebecca Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1754.
    4. 8. David Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1757 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1835 in Durham, Greene County, New York.
    5. 9. Jerusha Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 nob 1760 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1830 in Portage County, Ohio.
    6. 10. Elizabeth Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1762 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.
    7. 11. Nathan Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1764 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1776.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lydia Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) died after 1776.

  2. 3.  Anna Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1745.

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


  3. 4.  Sarah Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) died after 1776.

  4. 5.  Reuben Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1751; died after 1776 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.

    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.


  5. 6.  Hezekiah Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1753; died before 1798 in Westchester County, New York.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 12. Mary Lockwood  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  Rebecca Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1754.

    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.


  7. 8.  David Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born on 12 Apr 1757 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1835 in Durham, Greene County, New York.

    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).


  8. 9.  Jerusha Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born on 23 nob 1760 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1830 in Portage County, Ohio.

    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]


  9. 10.  Elizabeth Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1762 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.

    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.


  10. 11.  Nathan Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (1.Reuben1) was born about 1764 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; died after 1776.


Generation: 3

  1. 12.  Mary Lockwood Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hezekiah2, 1.Reuben1)

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



 

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