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The search for Abraham Lockwood,
and Maria Lounsbury parents of
Charlotte F. Lousbery Hays
Register of Death
in the Village of Peekskill, NY
Charlotte F. Hayes' death record identified her parents as Abraham Lockwood and Maria Lounsbury. The book St. Peter's Yard, Peekskill NY lists a :
Lockwood, Maria, wife of Abram H.; died Oct 10, 1850; aged 41 yrs.
Couch File
Brickwalls
Both the Couch Files and the Lockwood book identified John Lockwood's wife as Bethsheba Mabie or Maibee, daughter of Abraham Maibee, of Yorktown, NY, who served in the American Revolution. Mrs. Lockwood's first name has been spelled as Bethsheba, Bathsheba, and Bashuba and her maiden name spelled as either Maibee or Mabie. We believe she is the same person listed as Barsheba Mabee in a 1798 Chancery Court petition.
Although several possible clues have been found, proving the parents of her father Abraham Mabie is another brick wall.
View the Circumstantial Case for identifying the father of
Mrs. Bathsheba Mabie Lockwood.
mY leading contender is Abraham4 Mabie (Jeremias3, Caspar Pieterszen2, Pieter Gaspard (aka Pieter Caspar ) Mabie1 Van Naerden#&40; baptised 10/17/1732. He married Mercy ? and resided in Cortlandt Manor. A Barsheba Mabee born ca 1782 may be one of his three daughters and wife of John Lockwood.
View Mary Friedlander's excellent article about
Bethsheba Mabie and the Lockwood Family.
5. The different sources listed above identified John Lockwood's father as either Henry Lockwood or Sylvenius/Sylvenus Lockwood. Page 429 of the book Southern New York claims "Sylvenius, son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Smith) Lockwood was born January 30, 1763 and baptized at Stamford, CT November 17, 1765. He married Deborah, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Sellick, of Darien, CT, who were members of the Congretional Church at that place when it was organized." This book furthers identifies the same children as mentioned in both the Couch files and the Robert Lockwood genealogy book. The unverified date of Sylvenius birth would make him about 10 years old at the time of his son John's birth. Clearly there is an error in labeling dates.
The Couch Files, page 288 of the Lockwood book, and the book Southern NY all identified John Lockwood's mother as Deborah Sellick or Selleck. Two of the sources differed on the first name of her Lockwood spouse. The Couch file named him Sylvenus Lockwood, while the Southern NY spelled his name Sylvenius. The Lockwood book named him #651 Henry Lockwood. Oral history of Elijah Lee Lockwood's descendants claimed Deborah married her late husband's brother. I have found no record of Henry and Sylvenus Lockwood as brothers. Henry Lockwood's date of birth as given in the Lockwood book was 1/30/1763. John's birth was about 1771 or 11/1773, was about 9 years after Henry was baptised.
Here is the problem. 1.) Are Henry and Sylvenus/Sylvenius two names for the same man?
2.) Are the birthdates of either father Henry or Sylvenus/Sylvenius wrong? Perhaps the father's baptism date (as a boy or a young man) was confused with his birthdate.
3.) Did the secondary sources incorrectly identify the father of John?
Although the first name of the father of John Lockwood remains undocumented, he is identified by all secondary sources as the grandson of Jeremiah and Abigail (Smith)Lockwood.
6. The parents of Deborah, listed in the Robert Lockwood genealogy book as Nathan & Sarah Selleck of Stamford, CT, had all their children baptized at the Congregational Church. There was no record of a daughter named Deborah. Nathaniel (1725-1777) & Sarah Selleck (1723-aft 1803), who were founding members of the DCC, would have been in their 40's when Deborah was born. We have not found a marriage or death record for Deborah Sellick/Selleck Lockwood. Nathaniel Selleck's younger brother Ezra Selleck and his second wife, Mary Whiting, had a daughter, Deborah (b 12/13/1765), of whom no other information has been found. It is possible this niece of Nathaniel is the mother of John Lockwood and ancestress of Charlotte. Deborah Sellick Lockwood's ancestry remains a brick wall.
Property Deeds
Will of Zabud Lounsberry
8. The Property deeds of Zabud Lounsberry and Abraham Lockwood suggested a connection between Abraham and Zabud Lounsberry. The John A. Lockwood deed showed that Abraham Lockwood and Maria Lounsbury named a son, Zabud, possibly named after his maternal grandfather. A series of joint property sales by Zabud Lounsberry, Abraham Lockwood, and their wives from 1836 to 1858 confirmed the first name of Abraham's wife as Maria.
9. The book, Some Descendants of Richard Lounsberry of Rye, NY by John M Freund, identified the only Zabud F. Lounsberry (1786-1859) in the Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County NY. A search for the 1859 will of Zabud Lounsberry turned up several documents from the Westchester Surrogate's court naming the heirs of Zabud Lounsberry (no living wife or child) as the children of Abraham Lockwood, Charlotte F. Hays, wife of Abraham Hayes, Stephen Lockwood, Rachel Gardner wife of Cornelius Gardner. Amanda Jane Hays wife of Jacob Hayes, and Zabud F. Lockwood. Unfortunately, the actual will was not located. These documents connected our family to the family tree of Richard Lounsberry of Rye, NY
In tracing the ancestry of Zabud Lounsberry, I discovered that his daughter, Maria Lounsbury, was a both a sixth cousin and a half-fifth cousin to her husband Abraham Lockwood. That made Charlotte seventh cousin and half sixth-cousin to herself. Maria and Abraham are both descended from Abraham Bell and Jeffrey Ferris.
Transcription of
Census Data
Abraham Lockwood's 5 children by his 1st wife Maria Lounsbury were Stephen , Zabud, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, and Rachel. This was confirmed by the records of the Surrogate Court regarding the estate of their maternal grandfather Zabud Lounsberry. In the 1860 Census Records Abraham Lockwood (b. ca 1810 d. before 1866) is living with his youngest son Zabud (20 yrs), Anna Elizabeth (8 yrs), Lavinia (5 yrs), Asila (1 yr) and Phoebe Lockwood (24 yrs). Pheobe is the mother of Ada Lockwood b. 6/04/1859 Since Ada and Asila are both born in 1859, I believe they are two names for the same girl. This census implies that Phoebe is also the mother of Anna Elizabeth, and Lavinia. Phoebe is seven years older than Zabud Lockwood who was 12 when Anna Elizabeth was born. Stephen, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, and Rachel are not living with their father. It appears Abraham married Phoebe as his second wife and had three more daughters. This was confirmed in the 1866 deed of heirs of the property of their grandfather John Lockwood when Stephen , Zabud, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, Rachel, Anna Elizabeth, Lavinia, and Ada Lockwood were named as children of the late Abraham Lockwood. After the death of her first husband, Phoebe remarried. Her daughter Ada (AKA Asila) Lockwood married Samuel Gaudinier. Obituaries of Ada and Samuel Gaudinier are available upon request.
The 1870 Census Records identified Charlotte and Abraham Hays children.
Abraham
Hays
Charlotte
Hays
Zabud
Lounsberry
12. The Obituaries of Zabud Lounsberry, Charlotte and Abraham Hays were found in the Highland Democrat weekly newspaper of Peekskill, NY.
Microfilm copies of this and other newspapers were made available by the Field Library, Peekskill, NY.
Date of death of Margaret Lounsbury, (Mrs. Zabud Lounsbury ) is recorded in Lives Well Spent, Westchester Obituaries and Death Notices in the Eastern State Journal May 1845 - Apil 1875 by Elizabeth Green Fuller:
"Margaret Lounsbury, (Mrs. Zabud Lounsbury) d. Peekskill, June 20, 1857 age 75 yrs. (7/08/1859)."
Information about their family trees is on-line at:
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