Blogging Memories From The Past Hiram Lockwood Revisited

Repeat of a previous post of one of my great great great grandfather 

Monday Madness ~ Wading Through the Census Looking for Hiram Lockwood

Wandering through the census reports on www.ancestry.com can be maddening but also very interesting.
Tonight I am searching and printing the census reports on my great great great grandfather Hiram Lockwood. He would be on my mother's side of the family.
I have that he was born about 1804 and that he married Emma Moiser.
They had four children... Ferdinand , Theodore ( John my great great grandfather) Isabelle and Frederic.
The later census reports tell me that he was born in New York and that both of his parents are from Connecuit.
Others believe his parents are John and Anna ( Polly ) Sturgis. I have not found this information as of yet so unproven to me.
I have found the 1820 census of Hillsdale, Columbia, New York a John Lockwood. Listed is 3 males under 10 ,3 males 10 to 16, 1 male 16 to 18, and 1 male 26 to 45.
Females are listed 2 females under 10, 1 females 10 to 16,1 female 16 to 26
and 1 female 26 to 45.That adds up to 11 children.
1840 census has Hiram Lockwood listed Hillsdale, Columbia , New York with 2 males under 5 and 1 male 30 to 40 and 1 male 50 to 60. Females are 1 between 20 and 30.
In the 1840 census 4 names away is a Polly Lockwood listed. Is this the Polly some believe is his mother? Listed under her name is 1 male 10 to 15, a male 15 to 20, and a male 30 to 40. Females listed are 1 at 15 to 20, 1 at 20 to 30, 1 listed 30 to 40 and 1 50 to 60 this would be Polly. This would make her husband having passed away between 1820 and 1840 census?
One interesting point is there is a male in Hiram 's house between 50 to 60 who is this?
So far the 1830 census has no John or Polly. I find 2 females with last name of Lockwood so need to do more searching for these family members. One is a Mary Lockwood and the other is Nancy Lockwood. Maybe Mary is Polly . She is listed between 40 and 50 years old and 8 people in her home.
Tonight is the beginning of my search for Hiram. It is a start and has been an interesting search. Time will tell what else I can find out about him and his parents.

Amanuensis Monday Post 01 1856 Letter to Hiram Lockwood

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday.
What does "amanuensis" mean?
John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
Today's posting is of a letter from 1856. It is written to my great great great grandfather Hiram Lockwood from his brother George. George is staking Hiram to land in Wisconsin.
The copy of this letter was sent to me from a distant cousin and once again if not for this blog I would not of heard from him or received this.
The original letter is in the hands of distant relative who was a descendant of George.
Transcript of the 1856 Letter
New York August 29,1856
Dear Brother
Herewith I send you a land warrant for One Hundred and Sixty acres of land - with this I want you to enter and pay for the preemption you have adjoining you, which I want you to take the papers in my name, But ultimately for the use of your family. When you have paid the amt that Ambrose and Sturges have advanced to pay for this scrip and the $75 before make $228.60 which you can pay anytime within five years with interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. When this is paid by you I will deed the land to your family in trust. I hope you will begin with a full determination to get your family a large and good farm. I want you to answer this letter at once that I may know that you have Re'd it and as soon as you get the papers send them to me by mail. Of the amount advanced I have contacted one half - Amborse and Sturges each one quarter. Should there be another desirable lot joining you that you would deem desirable to make your farm complete it might be worthwhile to prempt it, and then pay for it next year.
We are all well. Hope this will find you so.
In haste your brother
Geo Lockwood

This letter tells us that George and Sturges must have been brothers to Ambrose and my great great great grandfather. Hiram must of named his son George Frederick after his brother George and as to Sturges it was custom at this time to sometimes name a son's first name the same as his mother's last name in her maiden state. Sturges' mother's name was Mary Sturges.

It is wonderful to find distant relatives through www.ancestry.com or blogs. Having a copy of this letter is a treasure.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace

Finding Distant Cousins Because Of Blogging

How how I love my blog. I started it as away to work on my writing, to express my thoughts and share my treasures. I have several blogs and sometimes I am over whelmed and to not post enough on any of them. But then I get a comment on my family blog that thrills me to no end.

My Lockwood line has been at a brick wall. My fault really since I do not work on it enough. Then comes this comment from a Lockwood family member that we are related.
It happens his descendant George is my John's brother and he is willing to share his information with me.
Here is his email to me with his permission of course.

Grace
A short answer is that John and my great grandfather George Frederick were brothers. George Frederick is buried in Mound Cemetery in Ortonville, Minnesota, about 12 miles south of Clinton where John is buried(we drove up to Clinton and found John's stone). My dad, now deceased, spent 3 years documenting the genealogy of the Lockwood's in America starting with Robert in 1630(Puritans). He and brother, Edmund, came from Suffolk county in England. Another ancestor, John Howland, was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620. A descendant of Howland's, Mary(Polly) Sturges married John Lockwood III(6th generation in America) and Hiram(7th generation) was one of their children. My Dad applied for membership in the "Mayflower Society" and was accepted.

Hiram and Emma are buried in Maple Cemetery in Otrey township. The cemetery was never maintained, a mess of weeds and volunteer trees. Recently, a farmer who owns land next to the cemetery, decided to clean it up as he had good equipment. Hiram's stone is tall and visible, but Emma's stone is probably buried( a lot of dirt blew around in the 30's). I have the deed for Emma's plot( my Dad had in his papers). It appears from information available at the Big stone county museum that very few of the 95 plots(probably 8 to 10) were ever used. With this new interest in Hiram and Emma, my wife put "Hiram Lockwood" in google and found your wonderful blogs. So here we are. I have a lot of documentation that my Dad compiled and would be happy to share it with you.
Fred

So you can imagine how excited I am. I will get more information on the Lockwood's. I know that Hiram has a gravestone I can visit some day. My ancestors came from off the Mayflower.. How cool is that. I have a distant cousin to meet and hug some day.
I am so excited I can hardly stand it.
His great grandfather George and my great great grandfather John were brothers.
So keep blogging away Gracie more good thinks are to come


thanks for visiting my family blog, and Hey to Fred and his wife Nola. Thanks for finding me. Grace

Monday Madness ~ Wading Through the Census Looking for Hiram Lockwood

Wandering through the census reports on www.ancestry.com can be maddening but also very interesting.
Tonight I am searching and printing the census reports on my great great great grandfather Hiram Lockwood. He would be on my mother's side of the family.
I have that he was born about 1804 and that he married Emma Moiser.
They had four children... Ferdinand , Theodore ( John my great great grandfather) Isabelle and Frederic.
The later census reports tell me that he was born in New York and that both of his parents are from Connecuit.
Others believe his parents are John and Anna ( Polly ) Sturgis. I have not found this information as of yet so unproven to me.
I have found the 1820 census of Hillsdale, Columbia, New York a John Lockwood. Listed is 3 males under 10 ,3 males 10 to 16, 1 male 16 to 18, and 1 male 26 to 45.
Females are listed 2 females under 10, 1 females 10 to 16,1 female 16 to 26
and 1 female 26 to 45.That adds up to 11 children.
1840 census has Hiram Lockwood listed Hillsdale, Columbia , New York with 2 males under 5 and 1 male 30 to 40 and 1 male 50 to 60. Females are 1 between 20 and 30.
In the 1840 census 4 names away is a Polly Lockwood listed. Is this the Polly some believe is his mother? Listed under her name is 1 male 10 to 15, a male 15 to 20, and a male 30 to 40. Females listed are 1 at 15 to 20, 1 at 20 to 30, 1 listed 30 to 40 and 1 50 to 60 this would be Polly. This would make her husband having passed away between 1820 and 1840 census?
One interesting point is there is a male in Hiram 's house between 50 to 60 who is this?
So far the 1830 census has no John or Polly. I find 2 females with last name of Lockwood so need to do more searching for these family members. One is a Mary Lockwood and the other is Nancy Lockwood. Maybe Mary is Polly . She is listed between 40 and 50 years old and 8 people in her home.
Tonight is the beginning of my search for Hiram. It is a start and has been an interesting search. Time will tell what else I can find out about him and his parents.