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Julia Belden Lockwood
Julia Belden Lockwood (June 30, 1881 – January 3, 1976) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the Lockwood family members who donated family heirlooms to create the Norwalk Historical Society Museum. Early life and education Lockwood was from Norwalk, Connecticut, the daughter of Frederick St. John Lockwood and Caroline Ayres Lockwood. Her father, a Yale graduate, was a bank and railroad executive. Her mother attended Troy Female Seminary from 1858 to 1860. Her great-grandfather, Eliphalet Lockwood, was a state legislator. She graduated from Vassar College in 1901. Lockwood was president of the Vassar Athletic Association, and competed as a college athlete in track, basketball, and tennis. She was also an experienced horsewoman. She attended courses at Connecticut Agricultural College in 1912, and Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1914. Farming Lockwood and her partner Mayone Lewis bought a Connecticut farm, Blithefield (or Blythfield), in 1915. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliphalet Lockwood
Eliphalet Lockwood (1741 – 1814) was a nine-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May and October 1790, May and October 1791, October 1794, May and October 1795, May and October 1796. He served as a captain in the Connecticut Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Deacon Peter Lockwood and Mary Hawley. At the beginning of the war, on July 12, 1775, Lockwood enlisted in the First Company of Colonel Charles Webb's Seventh Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged December 24, 1775. In 1778, he was assistant commissary of issues of the Fifth Regiment. On July 21, 1778, he gave his bond for $5000 as security to Henry Laurens, Esq., President of the Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |