6th March 2024 - 48th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  25 Lockwood descendants of Thaddeus Lockwood 1799 - 1888 of New York state added
• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 1 more Lockwood DNA test added - FTUS-34. This now makes a total of 79 YDNA results - 56 from FamilyTreeDNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.

31st August 2023 - 47th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 5 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-22,  FTUS-30, FTUS-31, FTUS-32 and FTUS-33 This now makes a total of 78 DNA results - 55 from FamilyTreeDNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.
• Towns and Places  Lockwood Creek in Washington State, USA added.
• Lockwood Family Trees  Correction to the birth date of Ichabod Lockwood. Also added his son Henry J. Lockwood and grandson Ralph Hurlbert Lockwood

22nd April 2022 - 46th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 2 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-21 and FTUS-29. This now makes a total of 73 DNA results - 50 from FamilyTreeDNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors. Also the price of the YDNA37 test when ordered via the Guild of One Name Studies has been reduced from £82 to £72 pounds.
• USA Lockwoods  Millington Lockwood correction. Previously he was listed as the son of Gershom Lockwood and Mary Sackett when he was actually the son of Gershom Lockwood and Eunice Close. Millington Lockwood married Sybil Wood and they had two sons, Millington Lockwood (1776 - 1860) and John Lockwood (1784 - 1865).
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - L027. Descendants of James Lockwood and Sarah Carter of Croxton, Norfolk who married in 1791.

5th October 2021 - 45th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

  - L035. Descendants of Thomas  Lockwood and Sarah Reace of Earl Stonham, Suffolk married in 1772.

  - L059. Descendants of William Lockwood (1800 - 1878) and Mary Ann Barnard (1810 - 1877) of Earl Stonham, Suffolk

5th August 2021 - 44th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been updated:

  - L001. Descendants of Henry Lockwood and Elizabeth Layce of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Several new lines added and number of Lockwoods increased from 169 to 357.

1st August 2021 - 43rd Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been updated:

  - L016. Descendants of Richard Lockwood and Mary Arnett of Dalton, Yorkshire. This tree has the author Rudyard Kipling as one of the descendants. The main change is that the tree has been updated to correct the parents of William Lockwood (1763 - 1829) as John Lockwood and Jane Harrison and not Joshua Lockwood and Dorothy West. Also number of Lockwoods has increased from 55 to 100.

12th May 2021 - 42nd Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - USL008. Descendants of Abraham Lockwood (1707 - 1762) and Mary of Rhode Island.

5th May 2021 - 41st Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - USL018. Descendants of Jabez Lockwood (1732 - ?) and Sarah Bennett of Fairfield, Connecticut.

11th Febuary 2021 - 40th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - L057. Descendants of Thomas Lockwood and Judith Tricker (1767 - 1853) of  Creeting All Saints, Suffolk.

22nd January 2021 - 39th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 7 more Lockwood DNA tests added -  FTGB-18, FTGB-19, FTGB-20, FTUS-25, FTUS-26, FTUS-27 and FTUS-28. This now makes a total of 71 DNA results - 48 from FamilyTreeDNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.

13th January 2021 - 38th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - L058. Descendants of George Lockwood (1771 - 1821) and Susanna Crosby (1772 - 1811) of Leeds, Yorkshire. This tree has been done in a different style to the trees done previously. It uses the Pedigree style rather than the Descendant style from Legacy 9.0.

3rd June 2018 - 37th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 5 more Lockwood DNA tests added -  FTGB-17, FTUS-21, FTUS-22, FTUS-23 and FTUS-24. This now makes a total of 64 DNA results - 41 from Family Tree DNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

  - L036. Descendants of Joseph Lockwood (1751 - 1835) and Mary Skelton (1751 - 1841) of Halifax, Yorkshire.

27th July 2017 - 36th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 3 more Lockwood DNA tests added -  FTUS-18, FTUS-19 and FTUS-20. This now makes a total of 59 DNA results - 36 from Family Tree DNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

  - USL016. Descendants of Samuel Dustin Lockwood (1817 - 1904) and Mary Snider (1827 - 1900).

  - L038. Lockwoods of Buckinhamshire. Descendants of William Lockwood and Mary Clark.

10th January 2017 - 35th Release

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been updated:

 - L024. Lockwoods of Kirkheaton, Yorkshire. Descendants of Abraham Lockwood and Hannah Pighels. Added details of  the South African descendants of Samuel Arundel Lockwood (1816 - 1894).

21st June 2016 - 34th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 4 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-16, FTUS-14, FTUS-15 and FTUS-16. This now makes a total of 56 DNA results - 33 from Family Tree DNA and 23 from Oxford Ancestors.

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

  - USL013. Lockwoods of St. Lawrence, New York. Descendants of William Lockwood (1769 - 1850) and Parcy Powers (1775 - 1854).

  - USL015. Lockwoods of Tazewell, Illinois. Descendants of William Lockwood (1819 - 1903) and Ann Eliza Lansing (1829 - 1875). Includes details of Lockwood Dairy in Plainfield, Illinois and Lockwood Furnace Company in Joliet, Illinois.

  - L052. Lockwoods of Horbury, Yorkshire. Descendants of Thomas Lockwood (1776 – 1821) and Mary Drake (1779 – 1862).

  - L053. Lockwoods of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Descendants of William Lockwood and Sarah Brockmer.

  Famous Lockwoods - Guy H Lockwood who set up the first art correspondence course in the USA in 1892.

10th July 2015 - 33rd Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 7 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-12, FTGB-13, FTGB-14, FTGB-15, FTUS-11, FTUS-12 and FTUS-13. Revised haplogroups.

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been amended:

  - L047. Lockwoods of Golcar. Yorkshire. Descendants of John Lockwood (1794 - 1862) and William Lockwood (1797 - 1861). Contains details of John Lockwood and Sons, Woollen Manufacturers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

  - L048. Lockwoods of Berry Brow. Yorkshire. Includes "Little Abe" Lockwood also called the Bishop of Berry Brow.

20th April 2014 - 32nd Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 1 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-11.
• Lockwood Records from the General Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1887 to 1891 inclusive added (2,380 new entries). Searchable index now has 22,108 entries.
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

  - L047. Lockwoods of Golcar. Yorkshire. Descendants of John Lockwood (1794 - 1862) and William Lockwood (1797 - 1861). Contains details of John Lockwood and Sons, Woollen Manufacturers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

  - L048. Lockwoods of Berry Brow. Yorkshire. Includes "Little Abe" Lockwood also called the Bishop of Berry Brow.

  - L049. Lockwoods of Skipton, Yorkshire. Descendants of William Lockwood (1780 – 1843) and Margaret Davy (1788 - 1855).  Contains Lockwoods from Bolton Abbey, Burley, Preston, Bolton, Germany Australia and Canada.

  - L050. Lockwoods of Tadcaster, Yorkshire . Descendants of Thomas Lockwood (1784 – 1861) and Elizabeth Thompson (1781 – 1856). Contains Lockwoods from Otley, Burley and Australia.

22nd January 2014 - 31st Release

• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 3 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-8, FTGB-9 and FTGB-10.

5th January 2014 - 30th Release

• Lockwood/Barnett Collection  New page added showing details of the Lockwood/Barnett Collection.

10th July 2013 - 29th Release

• Lockwood Mountains and Peaks  New page added showing details of Mount Lockwoods, Lockwood Peaks and Lockwood Hills.
• Special offer on 37 Y-Marker test Details of the £80 37 Y-Marker test offer from the Guild of One Name Studies. Also 12 Y-marker test now reduced from $99 to $49.
• Lockwood DNA Study Results  Results of 2 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTGB-6 and FTGB-7.
• Lockwood DNA Study  details of Family Tree DNA seasonal offer

29th January 2013 - 28th Release

• Lockwood Records from the General Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1885 to 1886 inclusive added (931 new entries). Searchable index now has 19,728 entries.
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Tree has been added:

- USL006. Lockwoods of Hamburg and Buffalo, New York. Descendants of Ebenezer Lockwood (1775 1856)  and Betsey Seymour (1777 - 1847).  Links into the main US Lockwood tree of Robert Lockwood (1599 - 1658)

23rd November 2012 - 27th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study  Results of 1 more Lockwood DNA test added - FTUS10
• Lockwood DNA Study  details of Family Tree DNA seasonal offer
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

  - L044. Lockwoods of Woodbridge, Suffolk. Descendants of Robert Lockwood (1704 – 1794) and Alice Read (Unknown – 1777).  Contains Lockwoods from Redlingfield, Woodbridge, Ipswich and Westgate-on-Sea.

  - L045. Lockwoods of Stowmarket, Suffolk. Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (Unknown – 1696) and Frances Unknown (Unknown  – 1708). Contains Lockwoods from Stowmarket and Holton.

  - L046. The film actor Preston Lockwood's tree (1912 - 1996). He was born Reginald Herbert Lockwood, his mother's maiden name was Preston. Lockwoods from Spanby in Lincolnshire and London

  - USL011. The Norwegian Lockwoods from Bergen and Tromso in Norway. Descendents of Justus Bush Lockwood (1784 - 1839) and Marem Moller Reimers (1798 - 1832). Also has descendents from Massachusetts.

23rd July 2012 - 26th Release

• UK 1841 - 1911 County Census Totals  1911 County totals now added for England, Wales and Scotland - 8,820 Lockwoods. Also added are totals for Scotland for the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
•  Lockwood DNA Study  updated results
• Special DNA pricing details

22nd November 2011 - 25th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1882 to 1884 inclusive added (1,447 new entries). Searchable index now has 18,799 entries.
•  Lockwood DNA Study  details of Family Tree DNA seasonal offer
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:

- L042. Lockwoods of Leicester (a). Descendants of Thomas Lockwood (1734 – 1799) and Elizabeth Stephens (1736 – 1784).  Contains 35 Lockwoods from Leicester, Cheltenham, Wiltshire,  Indianna, Illinois & Massachusetts.

- L043. Lockwoods of Leicester (b) Descendants of Thomas Lockwood (1765 – 1832) and Hannah Salte (1774 – 1843). Contains 90 Lockwoods from Leicester, Manchester, South Australia & Texas. This Thomas Lockwood is a nephew to the Thomas Lockwood in tree L042.

• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been updated:

 - L024. Samuel Lockwood (1718 – 1775) of Kirkheaton, Yorkshire & Whitby. Contains 338 Lockwoods from UK, USA, and Australia.

29th August 2011 - 24th Release - MAJOR RELEASE!

• Welcome  - Added S&N Subscription offer banner
• Web Sites - Added details of the findagrave and fultonhistory sites
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1880 to 1881 inclusive added (978 new entries). Searchable index now has 17,352 entries.
• Lockwood DNA Study  Results of 2 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTUS8 and FTUS9
• Lockwood Family Trees - Details of the 6 new Lockwood trees (L036 - L041) being researched have been added
• Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been added:-

  - L008. Lockwoods of Thorndon, Suffolk. Contains 71 Lockwoods.

  - L016. Lockwoods of Topcliffe and Skelton. This tree has the link with Rudyard Kipling. Contains 53 Lockwoods.

  - L024. Samuel Lockwood (1718 – 1775) of Kirkheaton, Yorkshire & Whitby. Contains 222 Lockwoods from UK, USA, and Australia.

  - L034. Lockwoods of Streatham & Rotherhithe, Surrey. Contains 65 Lockwoods.

  - L037. Lockwoods of Mendlesham. James Lockwood (1735 – 1823) and Martha Gooding (1742 – 1801). Contains 58 Lockwoods.

  - L039. Lockwoods of Austonley, Yorkshire. Contains 125 Lockwoods.

  - L041. Lockwoods of Brighouse, Trenton, New Jersey and Wilton, Connecticut. Contains 51 Lockwoods.

  Lockwood Family Trees  The following Family Trees have been updated:-

  - L001. Lockwoods of Bury St. Edmunds. 67 Lockwoods added.

  - L002. Lockwood of Bury St. Edmunds-2. 8 Lockwoods added.

  - L018. Lockwoods of Sowerby. Pages reformatted.

  - L019. Lockwoods of Wilby, Suffolk. 21 Lockwoods added.

  Lockwood Locomotives - Added details and picture of the Colonel Lockwood.

28th February 2010 - 23rdRelease

• Susans's Genealogy - I have agreed to host over 50 pages of Lockwood related genealogy written by Susan Godlewski as her current provider will no longer be hosting web sites from mid-March. Around 1500 Lockwoods are listed in 7 Lockwood trees which cover the early Lockwood settlers to the USA.
• Lockwood Family Trees - Details of the 7 new US Lockwood trees have been added

30th January 2010 - 22nd Release

• Welcome  - Removal of Family Tree DNA seasonal offer details
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1878 to 1879 inclusive added (922 new entries). Searchable index now has 16,373 entries.

2nd December 2009 - 21st Release

• Welcome  - New web address for site. Now have 200Mb available instead of 10Mb!
• Contact me - New email address

16th November 2009 - 20th Release

• Welcome  - details of Family Tree DNA seasonal offer
• Lockwood Family Trees - Details of the 3 new Lockwood trees currently under development - L033 (Kimberworth and Rotherham), L034 (Streatham and Rotherhithe) and L035 (Earl Stonham and Leeds).
• Increased web space from early next year should enable more information to be displayed.

3rd August 2009 - 19th Release

• Welcome  - Removal of details of Family Tree DNA offer
• DNA Study Participation -  Update of Family Tree DNA prices
• Updated DNA result - member L-1 upgraded from a 12 marker test to a 37 marker test

14th June 2009 - 18th Release

• Welcome  - details of Family Tree DNA offer
• Related websites - two Lockwood family websites added. (a) Descendents of Rufus Allen (Jessup) Lockwood (1811 - 1857) a famous lawyer in San Francisco and (b) Descendants of John Lockwood (1814 - ) of Pennsylvania.
• Lockwood Family Trees - Details of the 32 Lockwood trees that I am currently researching

13th January 2009 - 17th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1876 to 1877 inclusive added (955 new entries). Searchable index now has 15,450 entries.

27th November 2008 - 16th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study  Details of seasonal offer from FamilytreeDNA
• Roy Lockwood - Film writer and director biography added

31st August 2008 - 15th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study  Results of 3 more Lockwood DNA tests added - FTUS5, FTUS6 & FTUS7. Now a total of 34 results. Also added links to describe haplogroups.
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1872 to 1875 inclusive added (1,930 new entries). Searchable index now has 14,495 entries.

15th July 2007 - 14th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1869 to 1871 inclusive added (1,311 new entries). Searchable index now has 12,565 entries.
• Added link on home page to LostCousins.com for their August 2007 promotion
• Lockwood DNA Study  Results of 1 more Lockwood DNA test added - FTUS4
• Related Web Sites Added links to LostCousins and Genes Reunited web sites

26th September 2006 - 13th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study  Results of 4 more Lockwood DNA tests added.
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1864 to 1868 inclusive added (2,063 new entries). Searchable index now has 11,254 entries.
• UK 1841 - 1901 County Census Totals  1841 County totals now added for England and Wales.
• Lockwood Authors - A.  Six more authors added whose forenames begin with the letter "A".
• Lockwood Authors - B.  Five authors added whose forenames begin with the letter "B".
• Towns and Places. Added 2 internet links for Lockwood Valley, California

2nd March 2006 - 12th Release

• Lockwood DNA Study now has 26 results. This is work in progress and very much incomplete as this stage.
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1862 to 1863 added (819 new entries). Searchable index now has 9,194 entries
• Lockwood Family Trees  Family Tree L0019 Lockwoods from Wilby, Suffolk added. Over 200 Lockwoods in this tree starting with Thomas Lockwood and Ann and their daughter Anne born in 1735. Family Tree L0002 (Edward Lockwood 1767 - 1847 Bury St. Edmunds) now working properly

6th December 2005 - 11th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1858 to 1861 added (1,555 new entries). Searchable index now has 8,375 entries
• Famous Lockwoods  following biographies added:-

Belva Ann Lockwood teacher, suffragette, lawyer, and peace activist who became the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court and a candidate for US president in 1884 and 1888.

John Lockwood Yorkshire priest and Martyr who was hung drawn and quartered in 1642

Margaret Lockwood  British actress who starred in films, television and plays in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

• Lockwood Places  Details of Frank Lockwood's Island, Isle of Mull, Scotland added
• Lockwood Distribution has the following updates:-

          USA 1790 - 1930 State Census Totals  replaces the old USA 1880 Census Page.

          USA 1790 - 1930 Census Distribution Maps New

28th August 2005 - 10th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1856 to 1857 added (771 entries). Searchable index now has over 6,800 entries
• Lockwood Distribution now has the following added:-

               UK 1861 - 1901 County by County Census Totals

               Canada 1881 Census

               USA 1880 Census

• Lockwood Family Trees  Family Trees L0001 Henry Lockwood 1733 - 1794 of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk (my tree)  added. Trees will now only show people that were born in 1901 or earlier. This has been a reluctant decision to make but one that I feel has to be made in the light of the increasing threat of identity theft.
• Lockwood in Nevada and Lockwood in Montana now have photographs added from my visit in May 2005.
• Lockwood Homes a company from New Zealand specialising in timber built huts and houses
• Minor updates to list of variants, DNA study update

21st April 2005 - 9th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1848 to 1855 added (2866 entries). Searchable index now has over 6,000 entries
• Lockwood Family Trees  Family trees will now only show people that were born in 1901 or earlier. This has been a reluctant decision to make but one that I feel has to be made in the light of the increasing use of identity theft.
• Lockwood Places Further details of Lockwood in New York , Lockwood in Nevada and Lockwood in Montana added.

18th November 2004 - 8th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1845 to 1847 added. Searchable index with over 3,000 entries
• Lockwood DNA Study launched

9th November 2004 - 7th Release

• Redesign of website to use frames and make navigation easier
• Details Lockwood Ships and Trains added
• Lockwood authors with first names starting with the letter A

25th October 2004 - 6th Release

• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1843 to 1844 added. Searchable index.

19th September 2004 - 5th Release

• UK IGI Distribution totals for Yorkshire completed
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1841 to 1842 added. Searchable index.
• British Chancery Records 1386 - 1558

30th August 2004 - 4th Release

• 42 wills added to the Wills Index which now totals 171
• Lockwood Records from the Public Record Office - Births, Marriages and Deaths 1837 to 1840. Searchable index.

19th May 2004 - 3rd Release

Another long delay to the updates. As I am now semi-retired, I am hoping that the updates will now occur more frequently!

• Coat of Arms completed. There are several pictures, so the page may take a few minutes to download
• Wills Index now totals 129

28th August 2002 - 2nd Release

Rather belated, but I had my laptop stolen last year which had many of the updates ready.

• UK IGI Distribution totals for Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and Lancashire completed
• Lockwood, Florida, USA details
• UK Lockwood PRO Records for 1837
• Picture of James Booth Lockwood added
• Biographies of Harold Lockwood, silent film star and William Henry Lockwood, England Cricket Player

16th July 2000 - 1st Release

This is the initial release of the website. The main items of note for this first issue are:

• Origin and Early History
• Famous Lockwoods - Charles Andrews Lockwood, Henry Hayes Lockwood, James Booth Lockwood, LeGrand Lockwood
• Lockwood Buildings - Lockwood Mathews Mansion, Lockwood Arms Public House
• Family Trees - Mine!
• Lockwood Places - Lockwood (UK), Lockwood (CA,USA)
• Lockwood Ships - USS Lockwood
• Wills
• UK and World Distribution of Lockwoods