Individual Details
Thankful Lockwood
(24 Mar 1745 - 6 Jan 1826)
See "The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America" by Henry Marvin Benedict dated 1870, page 72.
Bapt., marriage and death dates from page 147 of "New Canaan History Soc Annual 4:(2)1956" at the Sons of the Revolution library in Glendale, CA (F104.n53). She was a member of the Congregational Church of New Canaan, Conn.
Marriage to William Shuit per the book by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, compilers, "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630" page 217 may be in error.
That same book shown above also has a error on page 180 showing a Thankful Lockwood #295, 1747-1826 as wife of James Benedict 1743-1838 with his correct children on page 181.
1826 death date is from all the sources shown.
1763 marriage date and location is per the "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, MA and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford, CT" by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G. page 29 from the library of the Sons of the Revolution, Glendale, CA. Also shown in "Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800" fourth Book by Frederic W. Bailey page 23. Also in IGI.
1746 christening is per Ancestral File at the FHC and Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com and the material shown above.
1745 birth date and location is per Ancestral File at the FHC.
Events
Families
| Spouse | James Benedict ( - 1838) |
| Child | Nehemiah Benedict (1764 - 1765) |
| Child | Nehemiah Benedict (1765 - 1819) |
| Child | James Benedict (1767 - 1850) |
| Child | Ruth Benedict (1769 - 1770) |
| Child | Matthew Benedict (1770 - 1846) |
| Child | David Benedict (1772 - ) |
| Child | David Benedict (1774 - ) |
| Child | William "Billy" Benedict (1777 - ) |
| Child | Thankful Benedict (1781 - 1844) |
| Child | Caleb Benedict (1783 - 1857) |
| Child | Ruth Benedict ( - ) |
| Father | Ephraim Lockwood (1708 - 1786) |
| Mother | Thankful Grummon (1713 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lockwood (1735 - ) |
| Sibling | Nehemiah Lockwood (1740 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Lockwood (1742 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Samuel Lockwood ( - 1825) |
Endnotes
1. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1870), page 72; digital images, Heritage Quest On Line and Google Books, ( : accessed .
2. Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., Some descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, MA and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, CT, library of congress catalog card #78-61099 (8 West 13th St., New York, NY 10011: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978), page 29.
3. Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, compilers, Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630 (Philadelphia: printed privately by the family, 1889), pages 89 & 217; digital images, Heritage Quest Online & my e-books, ( : accessed .
4. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1870), page 72; digital images, Heritage Quest On Line and Google Books, ( : accessed .
5. , , ; Membership approved 5 July 1923 The Society of the Sons of the Revolution, California Chapter, Glendale library, phone 818/240-1775, 600 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, CA 91204.
6. , Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection) (n.d.), Vol. Norwalk, page 82; connecticut vital records to 1870 (online database: americanancestors.org, new england historic genealogical society, 2011.) from original typescripts, lucius barnes barbour collection, 1928, AmericanAncestors.org ( : accessed .
