Norwalk

John Thacher (Thatcher) married, second, Mehitable, daughter of Ebenezer and Jane (Moss) Uffort, and widow of Lieutenant William Thompson, who was killed at the battle ot Ridgctield, April 27, 1777, and had : Anthon\ >'', born January 27, 1779, died in infancy ; Mehitable, died July 16, 1780, aged 30 hours; Anthony!ud, born January 7, 1782; Betsey, died young ; Daniel, born May 15, 1789.1 Partridge, oldest son of Captain John Thacher, married, February 8, 1788, Mary, born November 21, 1769, daughter of Major Ebenezer Lockwood of Pound Ridge, Westchester County, N. Y., and had eleven children :2 that he covered the Lake Champlain fleet after an all day fight, and was captured liy the British, who so respected him for his bravery that they commis- sioned one of their own surgeons to attend his wounds, and returned him his sword. The hero sleeps in Stratford, but his deeds merit cenotaphic attestation in his native town. Daniel, youngest son of John and Mehitable Thacher, was the Bridgeport far and favorably known citizen of that name. He was a thorough and thrifty business man of that prc.speroos manu- facturing sent, and a safe and conservative capitalist. His family consisted of Julia and t'.eorge W. -Robert, the Fairfield County Lockwood fore- parent, came from England in lfiHo and settled in Watertown, Mass., from whence he removed sixteen years later to Fairfield. His children were Jona- than1-", Deborah, Joseph, Daniel, Ephraim (the Nor- walk foreparent), John, Abigail, Sarah, and Mary. Jonathan's", born September 10, 1634, the old- est child of Robert, the American Ancestor, married Mary Ferris of Greeuwich and had Jonathan21^, Robert, Gershom, Joseph, Still John, Sarah and Abi- gail. Joseph, son of Jonathan's!, married, first. May 19, 1698, Elizabeth Ayres, and had Joseph, Jr., born March 15, 1699, flannah, John, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Israel, Mary, and Reuben. Mr. Lockwood married, second, August 10, 1716, Margery, daughter of James and Hannah (Scofield) Webb, and had Nathan- iel, Nathan and James. Joseph, Jr., son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ayres) Lockwood, married Sarah, born 1700, daughter ot Joshua Iloyt of Stamford, and had Eliakim, Joseph, Elizabeth, Gilbert, Ebenezer, born March 31, 1737, Rachel, Mercy, Hezekiah and Prudence. Ebenezer, son of Joseph, Jr., and Sarah (Hoyt) Lockwood, became the widely known and honored Justice, Judge, Commissioner, Regent, Provincial Congress and Constitutional Convention member, Ebenezer Lockwood of Westchester County. The fine site of his home is observed as one now enters from the south the romantic village of Pound Ridge. The British during the Revolution so rated his influence that gold was offered for his head, and his home was burned on the second Friday before Norwalk was consumed. He was twice married, his children (all by first wile) being Betsey (Mrs. Alsop Hunt), Ruhama (Mrs. Samuel Read), Hannah (Mrs. David Osborn), Mary (Mrs. Partridge Thacher), Ebenezer, Clarissa (Mrs. Solomon Cox first, and Mrs. Jesse Richards second), Sally (Mrs. Ezra Weed), Ezra, and Horatio, 457 THACHER— INTERPAGE. John1-' (Capt.), son of Capt. Josiah and Mary (Greenleaf) Thacher, mar- ried first, Ann, baptized February 19, 1744, daughter of Miali or Micha and Grace (Sturges) Perry of Fairfield, and (see page 456) had: Partridge, born February 14, 1767; Stephen Greenleaf; Betsey. Miah or Micha (possibly Michael) and Grace Perry were married Dec. 8, 1742, and had : Ann, born February 19, 1744, Mrs. Capt. John Thacher: Jabez, born September 1, 1745; David, born October 4, 1747, (see page 13); Eleanor, born October 19, 1749, Mrs. Jehiel Thorpe; Jonathan, born October 6, 1751 ; Sturges, born March 17, 1754; Grace, born July 4, 1756, possibly unmarried; Mary, born April 9, 1758, Mrs. Wright Weeks; Esther, born March 15, 1761, Mrs. Samuel Smith. Grace Sturges (Mrs. Miah Perry), born March 8, 1723-4, appears to have been the daughter of Peter and Hannah (Jennings) Sturges. Hannah Jeunings was the daughter of Joshua Jennings, the settler. Miah or Micha Perry, the father-in-law of Capt. John Thacher1", was a brother of Mrs. John (Commodore) Cannon1" of Norwalk (page 13). As the Cannon and Thacher Norwalk homes were in near proximity, it is possible that Mrs. Cannon's niece, Ann, was visiting her aunt when originated the acquaintance of the neighboring young Thacher. Mrs. Thacher's grandparents were Joseph and Mary (Cluckstone) Perry, and her great-grandparents Nathaniel and Hester (.Lyon) Perry. Richard Perry, the settler (father of Nathaniel), was Mrs. Thacher's great-great-grand- father. Strong genealogy lines, Goodyear (page 13), Wakeman, Lyon, Sturges, Jennings, here meet, and the Thacher-Perry blood consequently was of New Eagland remark. The first Mrs. Capt. John Thacher died in early married life, and her husband married, second, the widow of Lieut. William Thompson (page 456). 45& N O R W A L K. NORWALK Maria, born November 3, 1789, unmarried; John, born May 29, 1791, not further known; Philo, born February 11, 1793; Samuel, born August 4, 1794, died in infancy ; Stephen, born September 6, 1796, died about 1840; George Lockwood, born October 21, 1798; Hannah, born July 28, 1800, Mrs. Captain John Gurrell ; Betsey Ann, born May 29, 1802, Mrs. Albert Lockwood; Clarissa, born July 15, 1804, Mrs. William L. Smith; Sarah Cornelia, born April 14, 1908, Mrs. Rev. William Patterson; Catherine, born February 5, 1812, Mrs. Linus Olmstead. Mrs. Partridge Thacher was a daughter of Major Ebenezer Lockwood, born March 31, 1737, son of Joseph2"3 and Sarah (Hoyt) Lockwood, and grandson of Joseph1" and Margery (Webb) Lockwood. Joseph Lockwood1" (son of Jonathan) was a grandson of Robert and Susannah, the New England Lockwood settlers, and he was a nephew of Ephraim, the Nor- walk Lockwood settler. Mrs. Partridge Thacher was a great granddaughter of Margery, born October 4, 1683, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Scofield) Webb, which Joseph Webb, born March 30, 1636 (page 399) was a son of Richard Webb, Jr., the son, presumably, of Richard Webb1" of Norwalk as per page 150. Major Ebenezer Lockwood was a prominent civilian and military man. He was a member of the Committee of Safety and of the New York Provincial Congress for Westches- ter. He was also a Regent of the University and a member of the Assembly. A price had been set upon his head and on Friday, July 2, 1779, a Colonel (Tarleton) of the British army raided his Poundridge home in the endeavor to affect his capture, and burned his house and bore off his cattle. Philo, son of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married Cynthia,1 born May 12, 1794, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Slauson) Lockwood, and had : William, born March 29, 1814, died January, 1852; John Augustus, born August 1, 1815, died May 27, 1895 ; George, born August 8, 1817, died young; Emma, born April 23, 1820, Mrs. Charles Fancher.'2 Cynthia Lockwood (Mrs. Philo Thacher) de- scended from Lieutenant Gershom Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah Lockwood, the settlers, and a brother of Ephraim Lockwood, the Norwalk settler. Mrs. Robert Lockwood (Susannah) was of Bulkley, England, blood, and the name, Gershom, has its ap- parent orgin in the Bulkley family. Lieutenant Ger- shom Lockwood (Lockwood Genealogy) married Lady Ann Millington, who came to America in quest ofa lover, an officer in the royal army. She failed to find the object of her pursuit, and married a New rather than an old England official, Lieutenant Lockwood, the groom, born September 6, 1643, was almost two years younger than his Norwalk brother Ephraim. Gershom and Ann Lockwood had a daughter, Hannah, born 1667, who married John Bnrwelli" (see pages 235 and 236). These had a daughter Hannah, who married John Betts2"d of Norwalk. John Burwell1" died in 1690 and his widow married Thomas, son of Rev. Thomas Han- fbrd of Norwalk. 2The children of Charles and Emma Fancher were Edward, born December 28. 1843, died June 5, 1860 ; Harriet A., born June 21, 1845 ; Francis, born February 18, 1846, and Theodore, bom November 22 1844, died April 15, 1845. Harriet A. married ana had one child which died the day after its birth. Francis married May 17, 1884, Susan T. Mornson. Fancher is a Westchester County name, NOEWALK. 458 ~ George L^^Wtf-, son of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married, June ig, 1848, Eliza Trappal, born February 26, 1812, of Brooklyn, L. I.f and had: George L.M, born July 25, 1853. Hannah, daughter of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married, September 16, 1826, Cap- tain John Gurrell, and had: John T., born November 1827, died June 18, 1842. Captain Gurrell died of Asiatic cholera June 6, 1831, at Cronstadt, Russia. Betsey Ann, daughter of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married Albert, born January 23, 1799, son of Judge Ezra, and grandson of Major Ebenezer Lockwood, and had : Sarah Maria, born April 1, 1831, unmarried. Clarissa, daughter of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married, November 9, 1826, Wil- liam L. Smith, and had: Mary E., born June 5, 1828, died February 8, 1829: Joseph L, born June 3, 1830, died March 8, 1831 ; George Thacher, born May 30, 1836 j1 Benjamin Keeler, born November 10, 1838, died April 20, r858. Sarah Cornelia, daughter of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married, February 16, 1836, Rev. William Patterson3 of Ireland and had : Mary Elizabeth, died June 28, 1855; Joseph,3 died February 13, 1872; Maria Thacher,4 Mrs. Rev. Dr. Henry L. Butler; Clarissa Smith ; Sarah. Catherine, daughter of Partridge and Mary Thacher, married, November 24, 1830, Linus Olmstead, born March 10, 1809, and had: Julia Thacher,5 born February 19, 1832, died November n, 1875; Chauncey J., born August 30, 1839, died April 1861 ; 1George Thacher Smith married, December 25, 1866, Margaretta Scofield, born August 18, 1848, and had Benjamin Kellogg, born August 26, 1868, Helen Margaretta, August 17,1873, George Thacher, June 25, 1876 (died May 11, 1884), and Hairy wil" liam, December 4, 1882.