James Lockwood (Connecticut politician) explained

James Lockwood
Office:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:May 1721
Term End:October 1721
Predecessor:Joseph Platt,
James Brown
Alongside:Joseph Platt
Term Start2:May 1722
Term End2:October 1722
Alongside2:John Benedict
Successor2:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Term Start3:October 1723
Term End3:May 1724
Alongside3:Samuel Comstock
Successor3:Eliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
Term Start4:October 1724
Term End4:May 1725
Predecessor4:Eliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
Alongside4:Joseph Platt
Successor4:John Benedict
Term Start5:May 1726
Term End5:October 1726
Predecessor5:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Alongside5:Thomas Fitch
Successor5:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Term Start6:May 1727
Term End6:October 1727
Predecessor6:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Alongside6:Thomas Fitch
Successor6:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Term Start7:May 1729
Term End7:October 1729
Predecessor7:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Alongside7:Thomas Fitch
Successor7:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Term Start8:May 1732
Term End8:October 1733
Predecessor8:Joseph Platt,
John Betts Jr.
Alongside8:Joseph Platt
Successor8:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Term Start9:May 1735
Term End9:May 1736
Predecessor9:Joseph Platt,
Daniel Hoyt
Alongside9:Samuel Hanford
Successor9:Samuel Hanford,
Samuel Fitch
Term Start10:May 1738
Term End10:October 1738
Predecessor10:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Alongside10:John Marvin
Successor10:Joseph Platt,
Joseph Comstock
Term Start11:October 1739
Term End11:May 1741
Predecessor11:Joseph Platt,
John Betts, Jr.
Alongside11:Samuel Cluckston,
Thomas Benedict
Successor11:John Betts, Jr.,
John Belding, Jr.
Term Start12:October 1742
Term End12:May 1743
Predecessor12:John Betts, Jr.
Alongside12:Samuel Fitch
Successor12:Samuel Fitch,
John Betts, Jr.
Term Start13:May 1746
Term End13:October 1746
Predecessor13:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Fitch
Alongside13:Samuel Fitch
Successor13:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Fitch
Term Start14:October 1748
Term End14:May 1749
Predecessor14:Samuel Fitch,
Elnathan Hanford
Alongside14:Joseph Platt, Jr.
Successor14:Joseph Platt, Jr.,
Nehemiah Mead
Term Start15:October 1749
Term End15:May 1750
Predecessor15:Joseph Platt, Jr.,
Nehemiah Mead
Alongside15:Joseph Platt, Jr.
Successor15:Samuel Fitch,
Joseph Platt, Jr.
Term Start16:October 1751
Term End16:May 1752
Predecessor16:Joseph Platt, Jr.,
Samuel Fitch
Alongside16:David Lambert
Successor16:Joseph Platt, Jr.,
Samuel Fitch
Birth Date:21 April 1683 [2] [3]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Spouse:Lydia Smith (daughter of Samuel Smith) (m. October 23, 1707)
Children:Lydia Lockwood (died in infancy), Hannah Lockwood Rogers, Reverend James Lockwood, Lydia Lockwood Keeler, Job Lockwood, John Lockwood, Reverend Samuel Lockwood
Rank:Colonel
Unit:North Company of the Norwalk Trainband

James Lockwood (April 21, 1683 – May 5, 1769) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony. He was the youngest son of Ephraim Lockwood and Mercy St. John and the brother of Eliphalet Lockwood.[2] [3]

Lockwood served in the following sessions of the House:

He was appointed a justice of the peace by the General Assembly from 1744 to 1756.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22James+Lockwood&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=6cwGAwAAQBAJ&dq=norwalk+trainband&pg=PA48 Colonial and revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FulEAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22James+Lockwood%22&pg=PA291 Norwalk: v. 1