Ebenezer Lockwood Sr. - Major - Esq.

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Lockwood Sr. - Major - Esq. was born on 31 March 1737, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Lockwood Jr., was 38 and his mother, Sarah Hoyt, was 30. He married Hannah, Lockwood, Smith on 16 February 1761, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 29 July 1821, in Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pound Ridge Cemetery, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Lockwood Sr. - Major - Esq.
1737–1821
Hannah, Lockwood, Smith
1742–1787
Marriage: 16 February 1761
Elizabeth Lockwood
1762–1848
Hezekiah Lockwood
1769–
Lewis Lockwood
1763–1816
Ruhamah Lockwood
1765–1825
Hannah Lockwood Osborn
1768–1841
Mary Lockwood
1769–1828
Ebenezer Lockwood
1771–1811
Clarissa A Lockwood
1773–1854
Ezra Lockwood
1777–1853
Horatio Gates Lockwood
1779–1853

Sources (22)

  • 1790 United States Federal Census
  • Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • Ebenezer Lockwood, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1775

Post office est. July 26, 1775

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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