Hannah Scofield

Family/Spouse: Joseph Webb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margery married Joseph Lockwood on 10 Aug 1716 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:

Nathaniel Lockwood died after 1765 and likely before 1774; no death or probate record has been found. (Note: Revolutionary War service attributed to this man by the DAR actually belongs to another Nathaniel Lockwood of Norwalk (U, pp. 151–152). All individuals named Nathaniel Lockwood in the 1790 census can be identified as other persons.)

He married on January 2, 1742/3 at Stamford Mary Patch, born about 1723/4. She is said (CC) to have been the twin sister of Quinton Patch of Stamford and Danbury, Connecticut.

Mary’s surname appears in records with variations:

• “Pack” (as copied from Stamford town records)
  
• “Patchin” (in Ezra Lockwood’s journal)
  

However, “Patch” is considered correct. Supporting evidence includes the marriage of her daughter Mary Lockwood, Jr., to her first cousin Thompson Patch, son of Quinton and Mercy (Ambler) Patch, as noted in the Patch–Partch family history (CC).

Quinton and Mary Patch are said to have been born in England (CC), and the surname does not appear in Stamford earlier. Some researchers have noted a possible earlier connection through the family of Hannah (Scott) Lockwood, whose sister Mary Scott married Thomas Patch of Essex County, Massachusetts (G), though this remains speculative.

Based on Quinton Patch’s stated age in his will, the likely birth year for both Quinton and Mary is closer to 1723/4 rather than the commonly cited 1727.
(See “Richard Ambler Family,” X–64:184–185.)

No record of Mary (Patch) Lockwood has been found after the birth and baptism of her children in Stamford. Notably, one son and two daughters later married in Danbury, where Quinton Patch resided.

Land and Civic Records

Nathaniel Lockwood—apparently the only man of that name in the Stamford grantee/grantor index before 1799—received two land grants at Stamford (Deeds D:188) on February 26, 1739/40:

• From his father, Joseph Lockwood
  
• From his (half) brother, Israel Lockwood
  

In the deed from Joseph, the father reserved lifetime “improvement and enjoyment” of the land for himself and his wife (likely a third wife). This reservation was largely relinquished in a quitclaim dated January 25, 1741/2 (Stamford Deeds D:293).

Nathaniel sold both parcels of land to his (half) brothers, Israel and John Lockwood, on March 14 and 18, 1744/5 (Deeds D:496 and D:501).

His final Stamford deed (E:335), dated December 21, 1750, conveyed to his “brother John Lockwood” one-half of three rods of salt meadow. In this deed, Nathaniel reaffirmed his father’s reserved lifetime use of the property, after which the land would pass fully to John.

Despite selling his land, Nathaniel appears to have remained in Stamford for some time. Town meeting records from December 9, 1756; December 14, 1761; and December 15, 1763 include entries for his tax rate (S).

Children and Church Records

The births of eight children are recorded in Stamford town records through 1759, and baptisms for eleven children appear in the records of the Stamford First Congregational Church.

• In 1754, five of the eldest children were baptized together under the name “Mary, widow of Nathaniel.”
  
• However, just eighteen days later, on March 17, 1754, Nathaniel Lockwood and his wife Mary appeared and “owned the covenant” at the same church (J), confirming he was still living.
  
• Six additional children were baptized individually through 1765.
  

(Note: Jerusha, sometimes incorrectly attributed to this family, was baptized May 8, 1757 as the daughter of Nathaniel Lockwood, Jr., of Greenwich.)

The last known Stamford record for this family is the 1767 marriage of Millicent Lockwood “of Stamford” at the First Congregational Church.

Later Family Movements

No further records of Nathaniel or Mary have been found in Connecticut or Westchester County after this period, despite extensive research.

Seven of their children have been identified into adulthood through:

• The pension records of Nathan Lockwood of Pound Ridge
  
• Deeds and related records involving two sons and four daughters in:
  
  • Danbury and New Milford, Connecticut
    
  • Chittenden County, Vermont
    

It is highly probable that both parents died while their younger children were still minors, and that these children were subsequently raised by older siblings or other relatives.

Nathaniel married Mary Patch on 2 Jan 1743 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died after 1765 in Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James Lockwood married on September 5, 1741, at Stamford, Mary Norton, daughter of Hugh Norton.

On September 9, 1741, James Lockwood was appointed administrator of the estate of his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Norton, replacing Thomas Skelding, deceased. Nathaniel Norton’s will was dated October 4, 1740, and probated at Stamford on September 5, 1741—the same date as James and Mary’s marriage.

James Lockwood and his wife Mary were residing in Stamford on January 4, 1743/4, when they sold land there—property inherited from her brother Nathaniel Norton, originally belonging to their father Hugh Norton—to William King of Stamford. By November 27, 1755, however, they were living in Pound Ridge, where they acknowledged the transfer; the deed was recorded November 29, 1755 (Stamford Deeds F:164).

James had earlier received 25 acres of land in Stamford from his father, Joseph Lockwood, “for love,” on March 10, 1739/40 (Stamford Deed D:191). He later sold this land to his “brothers” (i.e., half-brothers), Israel and John Lockwood of Stamford, in two transactions:
November 16, 1743 (while James was still residing in Stamford)

February 4, 1744/5 (when he was of North Castle)
(Stamford Deeds D:403 and D:496)

On May 30, 1774 (recorded June 25, 1776), James Lockwood of the Manor of Cortlandt conveyed land to John Ambler of the same place, part of Farm #2 in Great Lot #10 (Westchester Land Records H:117).

James Lockwood served on the Cortlandt Manor Committee on April 2, 1777, which heard charges against William Wallace of Salem (BB, p. 64).

He does not appear on the 1779 Westchester County tax list (T-5:80), suggesting he likely died between 1777 and 1779. No death record or place of burial has been identified. Neither James nor his wife Mary appears in the 1790 census of New York or Connecticut.

James married Mary Norton on 5 Sep 1741 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the only daughter of Nathaniel listed in Ezra Lockwood's journal, so that she probably lived to maturity, possibly in Westchester County, N.Y.

Millicent married Theophilus Hunt on 13 Mar 1767 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Johanna Benedict on 4 Aug 1774 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Annis Bostwick before Apr 1778 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Rhoda Miller on 17 Jun 1778 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thompson Patch on 25 Apr 1776 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Eli Dibble on 25 Mar 1779 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Zachariah Sanford on 21 Apr 1785 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Zachariah (son of Joseph Sanford and Hepzibath Griffith) was born on 3 Nov 1755 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 20 Mar 1851 in Franklinville, McHenry County, Illinois; was buried in Franklinville Cemetery, Seneca Twp, McHenry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Israel married Sarah in 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

The erroneous Lockwood Genealocryhas confused this Thankful Lockwood with the one of that name bp. 27 April 1746 at New Canaan Church (J), d/o Ephraim and Thankful (Grummon) Lockwood, who rn. there (J) 25 May 1763James Benedict.

Family/Spouse: Joseph Hoyt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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