Lockwood-Millington Notes

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Contents 1 WikiTree Pages of Interest 2 Bibliographic Notes 3 Research Notes 4 Sources

WikiTree Pages of Interest

• Gershom Lockwood (1643-1718)
• Ann (Millington) Lockwood (abt.1647-bef.1716)

• Millington Research

Bibliographic Notes

2005. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 308-315 (Robert Lockwood), especially at 313 (Gershom Lockwood); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, Gershom Lockwood who m1 "____ ____" and m2 "Oyster Bay 3 August 1697, Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright ...."; for the two marriages, Anderson cites "Connecticut Ancestry 47:130," "Oyster Bay TR 1:515," and "FOOF 1:384-5."

2004. Robert Charles Anderson, “Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English ancestry, New England Connections and children’s marriages,” Connecticut Ancestry 47 (2004):119-[130]. Identifies Gershom’s probate as “Fairfield Probate Records Case #3836,” in which provisions are made for the wife/widow.

1955. Donald Lines Jacobus, "An Atrocious Lockwood Blunder," The American Genealogist 31 (1955):222-224; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).

1889. Frederick A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America, from A.D. 1630 (Philadelphia, Pa. : printed privately by the family, 1889), 15-18 (Lieut. Gershom Lockwood); digital images, InternetArchive, in part,

Lieut. Gershom Lockwood married Lady Ann Millington, from England, daughter of Lord Millington. This lady came to this country in pursuit of her lover, a British army officer. Failing to find him, she taught school, and subsequently married Gershom Lockwood of Greenwich, Conn.
In 1660 her parents sent her a large oak chest, ingeniously carved on the outside, and strongly built; tradition says “it contained half a bushel of Guineas, and many fine silk dresses," etc., etc. This identical chest is now (1888) at Mr. Samuel Ferris's house in Greenwich, Connecticut. Lady Millington's granddaughter, Ann Lockwood, born 1713, married Samuel Ferris.

And, as a note to that page,

NOTE. - With reference to the statement as to Lady Millington, the compilers would say, the only information they have is from the memorandum on the cover of the chest, and the statements of elderly persons, now living, to whom the tradition has been handed down, as it undoubtedly has been through a number of generations. There was a Sir Thomas Millington, Knight, M.D., President of the College of Physicians, &c., in England, born in 1630 and died in 1703-4, who left a son, Thomas, and two daughters, named Anne and Mary. (Morant's History of Essex, England, vol. 2, p. 382.)

And also,

MILLINGTON. It is said that Lord Millington had but two children, both daughters. The title may have become extinct in him, or gone to another male branch of the family. A memorandum taken from the New York Observer in the year 1866, of a meeting held at the Society Library of New York city, says the foundation of the Library was in a great measure owing to a gift of books left by the will of the Rev. Dr. Milling- ton, Rector of Stoke, Newington, London, England, to the “Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts,” and by this society it was presented to the Public Library of New York, now known as the Society Library. Dr. Millington died about 1720, and his Library came over in 1729. He left no heirs, and his will gave other property or funds to this “Society” for missionary purposes.
NOTE.-Lieut. Gershom Lockwood and Rev. Dr. Millington died within about one year of each other; there has been a tradition in the Ferris family that the doctor was a near relative of Lady Ann Millington, and as he died about the time of her husband, who was 77 years old, he may have been her brother. (Editor.)

Research Notes

• Name. In 2005, Robert Charles Anderson considered the first wife of Gershom Lockwood (1643-1718) to be _____ (_____) Lockwood. See Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 308-315 (Robert Lockwood) at 313; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

• Not Ann Millington, daughter of Sir Thomas Millington (abt.1628-1704). From Wikipedia, "Parliamentary probate records successfully demonstrate Anne Millington, daughter of Sir Thomas Millington as having died intestate, unmarried and childless."^[1] Profile of this Ann (Millington) Lockwood was severed as the daughter of Thomas Millington (abt.1628-1704) in 2022.

Conflicts (from old profile, Millington-12)

• In 2005, Robert Charles Anderson considered the first wife of Gershom Lockwood (1643-1718) to be _____ (_____) Lockwood. See Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 308-315 (Robert Lockwood) at 313; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

• Gershom's first wife was NOT Ann, the daughter of Sir Thomas Millington.

Well over a century ago, authors called Gershom Lockwood's first wife "Lady Ann Millington"^[2] She was loosely associated as the daughter of "Sir Thomas Millington, Knight, M.D., President of the College of Physicians ..." who died in 1703/4, leaving "a son, Thomas, and two daughters, Ann and Mary."^{[3] [4]}

Sir Thomas' daughter, Ann Millington, died England, 11 March 1743/4, intestate and without issue. English court records concerning the settlement of her estate report that she, and her sister, Mary, both died unmarried. See "Dr. Bouchier against Horngold and Others," in Joseph Phillmore, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, and in the High Court of Delegates ..., 2 vols. (1832-33), 1:515-525. Sir Thomas' son, Thomas, also died without issue. For more details about Sir Thomas Millington and his family, see the related G2G post, "Seek help confirming family of Sir Thomas Millington, d. 1704 Essex, England."

Profile of Ann (Millington) Lockwood was severed as the daughter of Thomas Millington (abt.1628-1704) in 2022.

In his 2005 report about Robert^1 Lockwood, Robert Charles Anderson reported son Gershom^2 married first _____ _____,^[5]

Not the daughter of Sir Thomas Millington (from Millington-554). A prior version of this profile linked Ann as the daughter of Thomas Millington M.D. (1620-abt.1703) and a profile then associated as his wife, Anne (Russell) Millington of Bristol (1613-1697). This Ann (Millington) Lockwood (Millington-554) could not have been the daughter of Sir Thomas--he didn't marry until 1680, and his three children were born after that date.

Not shown the daughter of Countess Anne Millington of Bristol formerly Russell (from Millington-554). A prior version of this profile linked her as the daughter of Anne (Russell) Millington of Bristol (1613-1697), who was reported the wife of Sir Thomas Millington. This Russell-11451 was reported born in 1613 and could not have been the wife of Sir Thomas, and she (Russell-11451) is not otherwise shown to have been a Millington--she would not have the mother of Ann (Millington) Lockwood. This parental association was severed in 2022.

Daughter Hannah. See Hannah Harford 1744/5 will, [Fairfield District, Connecticut], Probate records, 1648-1916; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 4289 [9-10 1741-1755], digital collection (DGS) 007627281, image 168 of 584.

• Lockwood-Burwell 1686 marriage, New England Marriages prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 1:258; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, he is Hannah Lockwood, m/2 1692, Thomas Hanford; he is John Buewell, (____-1690, 1698?), marriage is ca 1686. Greenwich; works consulted as below. See Sources-Torrey.

• Fairfield Fam. 257, 385
• Fairfield Prob. 90--Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of probate records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1648-1750 ([no place]: [no publisher], 1929), 90 (John Burwell, citing "Volume 4, 1690-1702"); digital images, FamilySearch Books, will dated 30 April 1690, he died 1 May 1690; probated 10 March 1691; estate to wife and child (not named), wife to be executrix, names overseers as "father" Gersham Lockwood and "cousen" John Browne of New York. Inventory dated 5 March 1691, filed 10 March 1691; page 37a.
• Lockwood 54
• Marvin 31
• Noyes-Gilman 99
• Seeley-Vail 110, 131
• Hanford 3
• Parke Anc. 67
• Greenwich VR 17, 41.

• [Lockwood] Burwell-Hanford 1692 marriage, New England Marriages prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:695; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, she is Hannah (Lockwood) [Burwell], w John; he is Thomas Hanfod (1668-1743); marriage is 1692, location reference is Norwalk, Connecticut, ?Greenwich, Connecticut; works consulted as below. See Sources-Torrey.

• Fairfield Fam. 1:257
• Seeley-Vail 110, 131
• Lockwood 54
• Noyes-Gilman 99
• Hanford 3
• Stevens-Miller 485
• Bartlett-Jenkins 51
• Parke Anc. 67

Daughter Sarah. WikiTree has her birth as 1669, and died in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1765. She reportedly married (3) in Fairfield, 9 March 1756, Samuel Kellogg. We report he was born at Norwalk, 19 February 1673, died there, about 1757.

If she was born in 1669, then she would have been 87 at the time of that third marriage.

The will of Sarah Kellogg of Norwalk, widow, dated 10 January 1765 was proved 23 February 1765.^[6] The will mentions family members,

• John Selleck, son
• Silas Hecox, son
• Bethel Hicox, son
• Abigail Bennet, daughter
• Mercy Selleck, grand daughter
• Ezra Hecox, son

Sources

1. ↑ Citing Joseph Phillmore (1833) Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, and in the High Court of Delegates: Cases from Hilary term, 1752, to Trinity term, 1754, inclusive, "Thomas Millington (physician)"; web content, Wikipedia.
2. ↑ Frederick A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America, from A.D. 1630 (1889), 15-16 for Gershom Lockwood; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013). Note: Corrections and additions to some of the information therein have been published by other authors including Clarence Almon Torrey, Donald Lines Jacobus, Harriett Woodbury Hodge, Leslie Mahler and Robert Charles Anderson. Jacobus' work includes early articles, "An Atrocious Lockwood Blunder," TAG 31 (1955):222-224; "The Gershom Lockwoods of Greenwich, Conn.," TAG 31 (1955):224-228.
3. ↑ "Morants History of Essex, England, vol. 2, p. 282"
4. ↑ Frederick A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America, from A.D. 1630 (1889), 15-16 for Gershom Lockwood; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
5. ↑ "Connecticut Ancestry 47:130" in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 Volume IV I-L (2005), 312 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).
6. ↑ Sarah Kellogg of Norwalk 1765 will, [Fairfield District, Connecticut] Probate records, 1648-1916; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 4277, digital collection (DGS) 7627304, images 63-64 of 495.