James Lockwood (Connecticut politician)

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]

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)
Resting place	Pine Island Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
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
Unit	North Company of the Norwalk Trainband[2]

Lockwood served in the following sessions of the House:

• 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
• October 1751

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