Snyder family tree » Eleazer Lockwood Sr (1774-1859)

Personal data Eleazer Lockwood Sr 

• Alternative names: Eleazir Lockwood, Eleizur Lockwood
• He was born on October 16, 1774 in New York, United States.Sources 4, 5, 12, 13
• Alternative: He was born on October 16, 1774 in Susquehanna Trails, York, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Immigrated in the year 1813 vanuit Ohio, United States.
• Resident:
• in the year 1803: .Source 10
• on July 3, 1855: Byron, Ogle, Illinois, USA.Source 7
• in the year 1820: Perkins, Huron, Ohio, United States.Source 8
• in the year 1830: Perkins, Huron, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 9
• in the year 1840: Perkins, Erie, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 14
• on December 16, 1850: Perkins, Erie, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
• (Eleazer Sr married Betsy Cannady) on March 25, 1826 in Sandusky, Ohio.Source 15
• (Eleazer Sr or Jr land dispute) on June 30, 1835 in Norwalk, Ohio.Source 16
• (Eleazer Sr) on September 8, 1846 in Sandusky, Ohio.Source 17
• (Eleazer Sr's daughter Nancy?) on October 31, 1849 in Sandusky, Ohio.Source 18
• He died July 1859 in Byron, Ogle, Illinois, USA, he was 84 years old.Source 2
• Alternative: He died July 1859 in Buffalo, Ogle, Illinois, USA, he was 84 years old.Source 4
• Alternative: He died July 1860 in Ogle, Illinois, United States, he was 85 years old.
• Alternative: He died July 1860 in Ogle, Illinois, United States, he was 85 years old.
• Probate on August 15, 1859 naar Ogle, Illinois, USA.Source 2
• A child of Elizabeth

Household of Eleazer Lockwood Sr

(1) He is married to Jerusha "Rusha" (Sarah) Willson.

They got married in the year 1795 at Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada, he was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Amanda Lockwood  ± 1798-± 1813
2. Samantha Lockwood  ± 1803-± 1813
3. Eleazer Lockwood  1809-1881 
4. Nancy Lockwood  1813-1846 
5. Elizabeth Lockwood  1814-1874 
6. Samuel Lockwood  ± 1815-???? 
7. James Lockwood  
8. William Lockwood   

(2) He is married to Lucy Clark Wood.

They got married on January 7, 1816 at Huron, Ohio, USA, he was 41 years old.Sources 1, 19

Child(ren):

1. Morgan A Lockwood  1825-1876 

(3) He is married to Elizabeth Birch Cannady.

They got married Jan 23 1826 at Perkins, Erie, Ohio, United States, he was 51 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Polly Ann Lockwood  1824-1877 
2. Jerusha Lockwood  1825-1899 
3. Robert Lockwood  1828-1898 
4. Lucretia "Lucy" Lockwood  1834-1860
5. Russell Bigelow Lockwood  1836-1915 
6. Ora M Bigelow Lockwood  1839-1916
7. Amelia Lockwood  ± 1841-????

Notes about Eleazer Lockwood Sr

Eleazer Lockwood and Lot #7
December 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM

We know from the land registry documents that Eleazer Lockwood received 200 acres of Lot Number 7 through a Crown Grant in 1812. This lot is the land on which Henry House sits.
Land petitions found in the holdings of Library and Archives Canada, show how difficult it could be to obtain a Crown Grant.
In fact, Lockwood put forth his first petition for a land grant on July 11, 1796. This petition was denied.
Petitions were refused for various reasons. The most common reason was that the gentlemen on the land boards intended to keep the choicest locations for themselves or their friends.
Lockwood was not dissuaded by the initial refusal of his request, as he submitted another petition for a land grant Lot 7 on June 26, 1797. This time he included in his petition the fact that he was recommended for the lot by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe himself. Lockwood also made it known in his petition that he was a member of the earliest community of lake front settlers. He arrived here as a part of Benjamin Wilson’s party and was neighbours with Roger Conant, John Trull and John and James Burk of Barber’s Creek (Bowmanville).
Interestingly, this still was not enough for Lockwood to be granted the lot.
On January 31, 1798, Lockwood submitted another petition stating that he was “A settler in the Township of Whitby, having drawn the Broken Front of number seven containing 170 acres which he has improved”. The petition also notes that Lockwood’s father was a Loyalist who had never received any land. The petition concludes with Lockwood asking the he be considered for additional land to that which he has already cleared and fenced. This application was once again rejected.
By 1812 Lockwood finally received his patent for lot number seven, broken front. It would appear that this patent was awarded based on the fact that made the lot habitable. According to the law, if one constructed a dwelling at least 16 feet by 20 feet, cleared and fenced at least 5 acres for every year spent on the lot, as well as cleared half of the road allowance, the property was officially theirs. Failure to do this could mean the loss of the property.
Finally, after 16 years, Lockwood owns the land he has worked so hard on. Interestingly enough, just 3 years later he sells the south 200 acres to John Henry and the north 50 to David Annis.

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