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]

For other people named James Lockwood, see James Lockwood.
James Lockwood
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
In office
May 1721 – October 1721
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
James Brown
In office
May 1722 – October 1722
Serving with John Benedict
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
In office
October 1723 – May 1724
Serving with Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
In office
October 1724 – May 1725
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
Succeeded byJohn Benedict
In office
May 1726 – October 1726
Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
In office
May 1727 – October 1727
Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
In office
May 1729 – October 1729
Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
In office
May 1732 – October 1733
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
John Betts Jr.
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
In office
May 1735 – May 1736
Serving with Samuel Hanford
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Daniel Hoyt
Succeeded bySamuel Hanford,
Samuel Fitch
In office
May 1738 – October 1738
Serving with John Marvin
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Joseph Comstock
In office
October 1739 – May 1741
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
John Betts, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn Betts, Jr.,
John Belding, Jr.
In office
October 1742 – May 1743
Serving with Samuel Fitch
Preceded byJohn Betts, Jr.
Succeeded bySamuel Fitch,
John Betts, Jr.
In office
May 1746 – October 1746
Serving with Samuel Fitch
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Fitch
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Fitch
In office
October 1748 – May 1749
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded bySamuel Fitch,
Elnathan Hanford
Succeeded byJoseph Platt, Jr.,
Nehemiah Mead
In office
October 1749 – May 1750
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded byJoseph Platt, Jr.,
Nehemiah Mead
Succeeded bySamuel Fitch,
Joseph Platt, Jr.
In office
October 1751 – May 1752
Serving with David Lambert
Preceded byJoseph Platt, Jr.,
Samuel Fitch
Succeeded byJoseph Platt, Jr.,
Samuel Fitch
Personal details
Born(1683-04-21)April 21, 1683 [2][3]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[2][3]
DiedMay 5, 1769(1769-05-05) (aged 86)
Resting placePine Island Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
SpouseLydia Smith (daughter of Samuel Smith) (m. October 23, 1707) [2][3]
ChildrenLydia Lockwood (died in infancy), Hannah Lockwood Rogers, Reverend James Lockwood, Lydia Lockwood Keeler, Job Lockwood, John Lockwood, Reverend Samuel Lockwood[2][3]
Residence(s)Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Military service
RankColonel
UnitNorth 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
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