Brief Life History of Alsop Hunt
When Alsop Hunt Lockwood was born on 17 September 1814, in Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, Horatio Gates Lockwood, was 35 and his mother, Bethia Close Lockwood, was 23. He had at least 4 sons with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds. He lived in New York, United States in 1870. He died on 8 December 1874, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in White Plains Rural Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States.
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- A H Lockwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alsop Hunt Lockwood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alsop H in entry for James B Lockwood and Cora H Martin, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one of three places called Lockwood, one in Yorkshire, one in North Yorkshire and another in Staffordshire. The Yorkshire and Staffordshire placenames both derive from Old English loc ‘lock, enclosure, fold’ + wudu ‘wood’. The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English loc + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’. The surname appears to have migrated to East Anglia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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