Ephraim Lockwood (1708 - 1786)

Born 23 Aug 1708 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Grummon) Lockwood — married 30 Oct 1734 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1786 at age 77 in Canaan Parish, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Ephraim, son of Joseph and Mary (Weed) Lockwood of Norwalk, was born on 23 August 1708, their first child.^[1]

Ephraim married Thankful Grummon, daughter of John Grummon of Fairfield, on 30 October 1734, on record in Norwalk,^[2] though it is possible the marriage took place in Fairfield, where her parents lived.

Ephraim and Thankful were residents of Canaan Parish of Norwalk, later set off as part of the Town of New Canaan. They were admitted to the church at Canaan as members in full communion on 30 May 1736.^[3]

Children of Ephraim and Thankful (Grummon) Lockwood:

• Sarah Lockwood, b. 23 July 1735, bap. 11 April 1736.^[2][4]
• Nehemiah Lockwood, b. 18 May 1740, bap. 25 May 1740.^[2][5]
• Mary Lockwood, b. 3 Mary 1741/2, bap. 4 April 1742.^[2][6]
• Ephraim Lockwood [II], bap. 22 April 1744.^[7]
• Thankful Lockwood, bap. 27 April 1746^[8]
• Samuel Lockwood, bap. 3 April 1748.^[9]
• Esther Lockwood I, bap. 3 April 1750, d. bef. 1751.^[10]
• Esther Lockwood II, bap. 23 June 1751.^[11]
• Hannah Lockwood, bap. 8 June 1755; d. 28 May 1773.^[12][13]

Ephraim Lockwood of Norwalk executed his last will on 16 August 1783, witnessed by Sam Kellogg, John Husted and Sam C. Silliman, nominating his sons Ephraim and Samuel Lockwood as executors, and making bequests:^[14]

• to wife Thankful;
• to sons Ephraim and Samuel;
• to grandchildren Ephraim Waring and Elizabeth St. John wife of David, only heirs to my dau. Sarah Waring, dec'd;
• to daughters:
  • Mary wife of Mathew Hayt;
  • Thankful wife of James Benedict;
  • Esther wife of Joseph Everit.

Ephraim Lockwood died 18 February 1786, in the 78th year of his age, per his gravestone at the Parade Ground, or Parade Hill Cemetery, in the present Town of New Canaan.^[15]

On 14 March 1786, the following heirs acknowledged receipt from Ephraim and Samuel Lockwood, executors, "each of us our equal proportion of the estate of Ephraim Lockwood, late of Norwalk, dec'd, agreeable to the will... except in the household furniture given to the widow during her natural life":^[16]

• David St. John, Jun'r
• Elizabeth St. John
• Ephraim Warin
• Huldah Warin
• Joseph Everitt
• Esther (x) Everitt
• Mathew Hayt
• Mary (x) Hayt
• James Benedict
• Thankful (x) Benedict

Research Notes

Secondary Sources

The notoriously misinformative Descendants of Robert Lockwood..., by Holden and Lockwood. inexplicably asserts that Ephraim's daughter Sarah married one Joseph Stevens and by him had a family of seven children,^[17] but Ephraim's probate record makes clear that his daughter Sarah died the wife or widow of someone named Waring or Warin, and that her only heirs were Ephraim Warin[g] and Elizabeth, wife of David St. John.

The estate of Thomas Waring, late of Norwalk, was distributed on 29 March 1764 to his widow and children Elias, Ephraim and Elizabeth.^[18] Elias must either have died before Ephraim Lockwood executed his will in 1783, or have been a son of Thomas' by a previous marriage. Hulda Warin[g], of the 1786 receipt, was the wife of Ephraim Waring.^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Family register of Joseph and Mary Lockwood. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn..., page 194. Note: the surname of Ephraim's mother was Weed, not Wood.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Family register of Ephraim and Thankful Lockwood. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn..., page 215.
3. ↑ [Canaan Parish], page 1:2 / image 11.
4. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:5 / image 12.
5. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:7 / image 13.
6. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:16 / image 18.
7. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 17 / image 18.
8. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:19 / image 19.
9. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:20 / image 20.
10. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:21 / image 20. Note: Holden and Lockwood's Descendants of Robert Lockwood erroneously states Esther's date of baptism as 3 Apr 1749. The parish record clearly shows it was 1750.
11. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:22 / image 21.
12. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:25 / image 25.
13. ↑ Canaan Parish, page 1:60 / image 43.
14. ↑ Estate of Ephraim Lockwood. Last will, ex. 16 Aug 1783, pr. 26 Apr 1786. Fairfield Probates, page 23:125-7 / images 301-2.
15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 December 2022), memorial page for Ephraim Lockwood (23 Aug 1708–18 Feb 1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12894645, citing Parade Hill Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).
16. ↑ Estate of Ephraim Lockwood. Receipt of heirs, 14 March 1786. page 23:120 / image 299.
17. ↑ Holden, Frederic A. and Lockwood, James; Dunbar E. Lockwood. Descendants of Robert Lockwood..., Philadelphia: privately printed, page 215.
18. ↑ Estate of Thomas Waring. Distribution, 29 March 1764. Fairfield Probates, pages 13:435-7 / images 235-6.
19. ↑ Marriage of Ephraim Waring and Hudah Hickox. "Wilton Births, Baptisms and Marriages 1698-1820." Van Hoosear copy. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; consulted as Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Volume 128 Wilton, page 50 / image 53 (subscription) (free view), citing Parish of Wilton, page 2:9.

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