Abigail Sherwood

Family/Spouse: Daniel Lockwood. Daniel (son of Robert Lockwood and Susannah Norman) was born on 21 Mar 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1691 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Lockwood was born between 1680 and 1681; died on 23 Jan 1761 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
2. Daniel Lockwood was born between 1668 and 1669 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1698 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
3. Abigail Lockwood was born between 1673 and 1674; and died.

Other Events:

• Immigration: Apr 1634, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; from England on the Frances
• Will Probated: 1655, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Notes:

Thomas came to Boston in the Frances, April 1634, age 48, with wife Alice, age 47, and children Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), and Rebecca (9). He came to Wethersfield with the first settlers in 1635; he was a carpenter. On March 25, 1640, he sold his lands to George Wyllys. The family removed to Stamford where they lived until 1648 when he sold to John Holly and settled in Fairfield. He may have been related to Thomas Morehouse whose holdings adjoined his in Wethersfield and who accompanied him in his subsequent migrations.

If the age of the son Thomas was misstated in the ship's list, he could have been the Thomas son of Thomas and Alice baptized at St. Michael's, London, England, January, 23, 1630.

Thomas's will was dated July 21, 1655, and was proved on October 25, 1655. It mentions children by his former wife, Thomas, Jane, Tarnsen, Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, and Rebecca; his wife Mary, and children by her, Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail, and Isaac.

Fairfield Deeds mention on January 18, 1658 [1658/9] that "John Banks hath married Mary Sherwood the relict."

Thomas's widow Mary married (2) John Banks and died in 1694. Will of Mary Banks was dated January 6, 1693 [1693/4]; it mentions son Stephen Sherwood's daughter Ruth; son Matthew Sherwood's daughter Mary; Hannah "Lumis"; daughter Ruth; sons Stephen, and Isaac. The residue was to go to son Matthew. Ens. Wheeler and James Bennett, Sr., were the overseers. The inventory of the estate was dated March 13, 1693/4.

In a footnote, Jacobus adds: Statements that this Mary (Thomas's second wife) was a Fitch seem to confuse her with her son Matthew's wife who was Mary Fitch.

Note: Originally I had the names Thomas's wives' as Alice Seabrook and Mary Fitch. These names were taken from Descendants of John Page (1614ñ 1687); both surnames are wrong.
Sources:

* Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (reprinted with corrections), Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991 (1930); vol. 1, p.548.
* Brigham, Theda Page, Descendants of John Page (1614ñ 1687) for the Haverhill Historical Society in New Hampshire, 1972, page 10, which cites
o The manuscript copy of Nathan Mead descendants collected and written by Harry Bert Underhill which was placed at the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, a few years after Mr. Underhill's death in 1944.
Provided by Shiela Brooks, Apr. 2002.
* Jacobus, Donald Lines, The American Genealogist (F.A.S.G., 27:158) [via Joe Sheehan, Apr 2002]
* Pringle, Paul W., Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (F.A.S.G., 1973) [via Joe Sheehan, Apr. 2002]
* The surname of Alice Tiler was provided by Gene Chamberlain in September, 2008. He found it in The American Genealogist _____

Birth:
Between 1585 and 1586 england

1586 Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Immigration:
From Ipswitch, Suffolk, England

Thomas married M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]