James Lockwood (Connecticut politician)

James Lockwood
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk [1]
In office May 1721 – October 1721 Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, James Brown
In office May 1722 – October 1722 Serving with John Benedict
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Hanford
In office October 1723 – May 1724 Serving with Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Gregory
In office October 1724 – May 1725 Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Gregory
Succeeded by	John Benedict
In office May 1726 – October 1726 Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
In office May 1727 – October 1727 Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
In office May 1729 – October 1729 Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
In office May 1732 – October 1733 Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, John Betts, Jr.
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Hanford
In office May 1735 – May 1736 Serving with Samuel Hanford
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Daniel Hoyt
Succeeded by	Samuel Hanford, Samuel Fitch
In office May 1738 – October 1738 Serving with John Marvin
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Hanford
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Joseph Comstock
In office October 1739 – May 1741 Serving with Samuel Cluckston, Thomas Benedict
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, John Betts, Jr.
Succeeded by	John Betts, Jr., John Belding, Jr.
In office October 1742 – May 1743 Serving with Samuel Fitch
Preceded by	John Betts, Jr.
Succeeded by	Samuel Fitch, John Betts, Jr.
In office May 1746 – October 1746 Serving with Samuel Fitch
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Fitch
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Fitch
In office October 1748 – May 1749 Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded by	Samuel Fitch, Elnathan Hanford
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Jr., Nehemiah Mead
In office October 1749 – May 1750 Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Jr., Nehemiah Mead
Succeeded by	Samuel Fitch, Joseph Platt, Jr.
In office October 1751 – May 1752 Serving with David Lambert
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Jr., Samuel Fitch
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt, Jr., Samuel Fitch
Personal details
Born	April 21, 1683 [2][3] Norwalk, Connecticut Colony [2][3]
Died	May 5, 1769 (aged 86)[4]
Resting place	Pine Island Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut [4]
Spouse(s)	Lydia Smith (daughter of Samuel Smith) (m. October 23, 1707) [2][3]
Children	Lydia Lockwood (died in infancy), Hannah Lockwood Rogers, Reverend James Lockwood, Lydia Lockwood Keeler, Job Lockwood, John Lockwood, Reverend Samuel Lockwood[2][3]
Residence	Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Military service
Rank	Colonel[4]
Unit	North Company of the Norwalk Trainband[2]

James Lockwood (April 21, 1683 – May 5, 1769) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the sessions of May 1721, May 1722, October 1723, October 1724, May 1726, May 1727, May 1729, May and October 1732, May 1733, May and October 1735, May 1738, October 1739, May and October 1740, October 1742, May 1746, October 1748, October 1749, and October 1751.

He was the youngest son of Ephraim Lockwood and Mercy St. John and the brother of Eliphalet Lockwood.^[2][3]

He was appointed a justice of the peace by the General Assembly from 1744 to1756.^[2]

References

1. An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
2. Colonial and revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America
3. Norwalk: v. 1
4. Colonel James Lockwood at Find a Grave