Brief Life History of Horatio Gates
When Horatio Gates Lockwood was born on 6 September 1779, in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ebenezer Lockwood Sr. - Major - Esq., was 42 and his mother, Hannah, Lockwood, Smith, was 37. He married Bethia Close Lockwood on 25 March 1808, in Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 November 1853, in Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States.
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- Horatio Lockwood, "United States Census, 1830"
- Horatio Lockwood, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Horatio Gates Lockwood, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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New York State Assembly Service
New York State Assemblyman Horatio served several terms as a member of the General Assembly of the State of New York 1833 - 1842. He married Bethia Close Lockwood on 25 March 1808. Horatio was a cous …
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