Gershom Lockwood (abt. 1666 - bef. 1761)

Born about 1666 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died before 1761 before about age 95 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Gershom was born about 1659. He passed away about 1761.

Gershom Lockwood, Jr. (Robert,1 Gershom2), born in Greenwich, Connecticut; son of Gershom and Ann (Millington) Lockwood. Was taxed £47 in 1694-95. He was admitted a freeman of the Colony Feb. 7, 1693-94. (Col. Roc. Conn.) . “In A.D. 1687 Gershom Lockwood and William Lockwood his brother, agreed during this year to build a bridge across Myanos River at Dumpling pond, and receive in payment ‘whatever the Town should see fit to give, after the work was done’ A good way to insure good workmanship, and at the present day most builders would shrink from such a test.” (Hy. Greenwich, p. 70.) His wife was named Mary . CHILDREN IV. GENERATION. 149. Gershom Lookwood, 1708. m. Mary Ferris. 150. Ann Lockwood, 1713, m. Samuel Ferris. 151. Peter Lockwood. 152. Elizabeth Lockwood, m. Silas Betts. 153. Nathaniel Lockwood, m. Ruth Knapp. 154. James Lockwood, m. Sally Ferris. 155. Moses Lockwood. 150. Jonathan Lockwood, 1710, in. Kliz. Close.

Gershom L., of Greenwich, protests Mar. ye 18,1708, against Rev. Mr. Morgan running- a saw-mill.

Sources

• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

• Holden, Frederick A. and Lockwood, E Dunbar, comp. Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A. D. 1630. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Printed privately by the family, 1889. p 51
• North America Family Histories, 1500-2000 New England families , Genealogical and Memorial: A record of the.....Vol 4