Norwalk

'Sully Jim?, daughter ui Michael Lockwood, Jr., married Stephen, son of Joseph and Catharine 1 |a 1 ■ : • 1 Fayerweath.-r. Mr-. Joseph Fayerweather w-as a niece of Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, second bishop of C onnecticut. Jos. Fayerweather bought quite large! v of land then looked upon as belonging in Noi-walk, but which was afterward set off as a part of New- York. His house still stands in Vista, on the north- eastern corner of the Vista and Bald Hill road. Mere lived his s,„, Stephen, who had several children, one of whom, Amelia C., has for many years been w ell- known in Troy, N. Y . and Xorwalk, and was a woman of signal strength of mind, an extensive reader and an intelligent and interesting conversation- alist. She was formerly associated, as a lav helper, with Rev. Dr. J. Ireland Tucker, Rector of the Church of the Holy Cross, Troy, where she rendered excellent service. She died in the summer of 1896, and is buried not far from her childhood home in Lewisboro, N. Y A store was built on the Jos. Fayerweather Salem grounds, which was kept at one time by Isaac Kelts, son of Capt. Stephen Belts of Revolutionary Militia fame. The Salem store was ;;t another time kept by Abigail C'omstoek, who owned the fine old structure, now the home in Vista of his descendants, Mrs. Samuel Comstock and her children. Josiah Thatcher, from ten miles distant Nonvalk, had dealings with Mr. Comstock, a, did John Cannon and Lemuel Rogers. 'Eleazer Lockwood was for years a Southern merchant and railroad contractor. He was South at the time that the two New Canaan St. John brothers, Isaac and David, were there engaged as brokers. After a career of prosperity in that section of the country, he made purchase of a fine property in the suburbs of the city of Troy, N. Y., where he spent NOR \V A L K Runa, born 1800; died voting and unmarried. Carmi. Clarina, married David Dickens' of Xew Canaan, Smith, died young, ASCENDANTS AND DESCENDANTS OK CARMI LOCK WOOD. Ri'sco Like. Gen. I. — John and Rebecca (Beebei Rusco. " II. — ■Thomas"1- and Abigail Rusco. " III. — Thomas JlL and Elizabeth (Campfie.ld) Rusco. (so believed.) " IV. — John and Joanna (Arnold) Rusco. " V. — Michael JlL and Joanna (Rusco) Lockwood. Carmi, son of Michael2*5, and Joanna Lockwood was a mere youth when he lost his father. He entered upon industrious life with Samuel Davenport, a woolen manufacturer of Norwalk, and anon engaged in operations on a large scale in Hackensack, N. J. He married the youngest daughter of Aaron Keeler* of Norwalk, and sister of the Rev. James Keeler. After this he was connected with the Winnipauk Mills and established, later, the Mercantile House headed, of late years, by his son, Edward Keeler Lockwood. He died in 1869, his wife surviving him for seven years. His children were : Edward; died in infancy. Charles; died young, • Edward Keeler. Joanna; George Carmi lst- died Apr. 11,1 866 ; Maria ; the remainder of his days, and died leaving a hand- some property to his children. His trips lo the south and afterward to Trov were sometimes made, over- land, by gig or carriage. The Trov drive was also indulged in In the Kelloggs and Streets of Norwalk. The following was Mr. Lockwood's "rule" for a long trip hv wheel: An early breakfast for man and beast; pace-moderation until noon with the exception of a trot-spur at the foot of hills; rest at mid-dav; during the afternoon urge the beast until supper, after which rest for the night. The Troy route was divided into some three or four stretches. Bv his first wife, Mr. Lockwood had Georgiana; Mai v Jane; Runa; Maria L. ; Eliza Augusta, died early. By his- second wife he had Augusta, Josephine and Hatlie. Georgiana, the oldest daughter, married Thaddeus Dusenhurv, and had Augusta, Jennie and Man L. Augusta died in Norwalk, Jan. 2.3, 1897. Jennie re- sides in Troy, N. V., and Mary L. with her mother s cousin, E. K. Lockwood of Norwalk. Mary Jane, sister of Georgiana Lockwood, mar- ried George Chapman of Trov, and her sister, Maria L., married Gardner Barker of Pittstield, Ma**. By -■ei-ond marriage Eleazer Lockwood had Eliza Angus ta ; Josephine (Mr-. Rev. Dr. Geo. C Baldwin of Troy); Albert Francis ; Hattie F. (Mrs. Irving John- son of Trov ) . The children of Mrs. George Chapman were : Edward II., died voting; Sarah Frances, mar. Frank 11. Knox. Gardner and Maria L. Barker's children were: Frances, died young; Charles, a Norwalk school lad; Mary and Edith. 'The children of David and Clarina Dickens were Polly, died voting ; Alva L,., married Delia Sherwood ; Anna M., who married, as his third wife. Rev. C. M. Williams. -iMrs. Carmi Lockwood, //<■<■ Laura keeler, was a daughter of Aaron and Mercy (James) Keeler, who lived in Cpper Winnipauk. Her mother was a daughter of Peter and Mercy James, and a sister of Capt. Daniel James (father of the late Wm. K. James of Wall St., Norwalk.) Capt. Daniel James wa* a ship-master. He traded with the Southern ports and " berthed " his v essel in Norwalk. He for some time lived, fronting the harbor, on a little hill that commenced its rise at the rear of the present Boston Store. ,tB NOR WALK Edward R..son of Carmi and Laura Lock-wood, married Harriet S..' daughter of Orrin and .Matilda Warner of East Haddam, Conn. George Carmi-, son of Carmi and Laura Lcckwood, married Sept. 8. 1864. Anna, daughter of L. H. and Anna Lucretia Moore of South Xonvalk, and had : George Carmi 2d\ George C. <* son of Geo. C and Anna Lockwood. married April 28, 1 892, Rafaelle, daughter of Charles and Amanda Burroughs. OF THKOHHILl'S RCSCO OBS0KS.T. Theophilus Rusco-. (son of Thomas --and grandson of John Rusco, the settler.) and wife Marv. seem to have had a son Theophilus"'-, baptized in New Canaan, Sept. 25, ,743, who married, March 30, 1763, Abigail, born 1742, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Bouton of The Oblong. These were the two worthies alluded to in Bolton's History of Westchester County, Vol I, page 437- Their children were : Sarah ; Louis, mar. Andrew Bishop; Mary; Theophilus b. Nov. 28, 1769; Nancy; Gamaliel, b. 1779, soldier of war of 1812; John; Dorcas; Hezekiah, b. July 21, r/82. Theophilus Rusco"1- married, Jan. 1, 1793, Sarah Dean of Ridgefield, who was born April 3, 1763. These had only one child, Ezra, born Oct. 17, [793, who died April 11. 1809, from the effects of a fall while skating with his father on Lake Kitchawan. Gamaliel, son of Theophilus Rusco"1-, had daughters Betsey and Abigail. Abigail married Henry, son of Peter Hoyt of Vista. Nancv. daughter of Theophilus2'1- married Simeon Rusco. The two removed to Lake Champlain, and had son John B. Hezekiah Rusco', son of Theophilus !'\ married his cousin. Sally Dean. He was the Rusco lad who shot the last panther seen in that once deer and panther frequented portion of The Oblong. His children were Mary Esther, born Sept. II, 1821, a devoted ,She was named for the first wife of the late James j home and the little fellows were probahly bewildered. Finnev, who was a schoolmate of her mother. Mrs. Night had overtaken them and they sought refuge in H. K. Lockwood was a gentle but firm and unalterably j the lumber yard of Win. K. lames. The wearied faithful woman and a leader in the auxiliary enter. wanderers fell asleep, and one, Harrison, unbeknown prises of the parish (Si. Paul's, Sot-walk,) of which j to his brother, fell into the river. Jeremiah awoke her husband has, since 1SS4. been Junior warden. : and missing his brother gave vent to his grief. The 'llt-»ki*h and Sally Rusco lived in their forest \ lonely lad was overheard by a passer-by and taken to home on the street west of the Lewisboro and South j the home of the benevolent Charles Isaacs, The Salem road. Over a half century ago they sent two . family in Salem, becoming alarmed at the children's of their young children, Harrison and Jeremiah B., | non return, went in search. The boys were traced in the Visia store t„ make purchase of family goods. over Bald Hill and through Wilton to Nonvalk. The boys mistook the road and walked some eleven Jeremiah was found in State, now Wall street, and miles to Ninrwalk. They had not before been far from little Harrison's bodv was taken from the water and 1 19 member, until recently, of St. John's Church, Stamford; Silas B., born March 21, 1X23, a vestryman of St. John's parish, Lewisboro, who died unmarried, in 1894; Abigail Ann, born July 28, 1825 ; Cyrus F., born April [1,1828; Jeremiah B.; Harrison D.; Nancy X., born 1842, died unmarried. OK RCKCO M EXT ION IN ( , EN KRAI,. David, fourth son of John and Joanna Rusco, found his w ife in the Rice Hoyt home ivhkli stood on the New Canaan and Ridgefield road about one-half mile south of "The Thatcher Hayes corner." The children by this union were: Harvey : died unmarried. Orilla; mar. David, son of Eliud and Isabel (Hoyt) DeForest. Anna; mar. William, son of Silas Brown. Harriet; mar. Alanson, son of Isaac and Anna Hoyt. Esther; died unmarried. Michael ; mar. Mary, daughter of Rev. James Brown. Matilda; mar. Mills Crissey, brother of the late Newton Crissey of Norualk. Esther, daughter of John and Joanna Rusco, who married David Weed, lived in Stamford, and had three daughters. Rachel, daughter of John and Joanna Rusco, who married Benj. Pinney, lived east of Vista, and had David. Caroline and Cordelia. James Rusco, son of Thomas resided with his wife, Jerusha. in New Canaan. Three of his daughters, Jerusha, Jemima and Rebecca are named. John Rusco, son of Thomas2'1', has New Canaan registration. Josiah Rusco, son of Thomas''1- and grandson of John Rusco. the settler, married Susannah, daughter of Matthew Seymour'"'- {See Seymour Lineage). Samuel Rusco, son of Thomas"*'-, left a widow. Alary His estate is noted in 1758. Ixmie to Westchester County for burial. Jeremiah | He is at present in the employ of the Consolidated t »-day In e« --at BranchviHe. He married, June 6, 1869, Railroad. Julia Ann Cogswell of Pound Ridge, and losing a ! Abigail A., daughter of Hezekiah Rusco, married,