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Gift of Marion F. Leeds, 1975.24.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecticut Histor ...
Esther Lockwood
Gift of Marion F. Leeds, 1975.24.0 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Esther Lockwood

American, born 1797
BiographyEsther Lockwood was born 13 July 1797 in Norwalk, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Sarah Betts Lockwood (b. 1757) and Stephen Lockwood. She had seven siblings: Sarah (b. 1782); Ralph (b. 1787); Stephen (b. 1789); Elizabeth (b. 1791); George (b. 1793); Henry (b. 1795); and Mary Betts (b. 1799). Her father served in the American Revolution for three years, enlisting as a private in Captain Mill's Company on 1 March 1777. Her father also represented Norwalk in the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1807. Esther Lockwood married Reverend Stephen Saunders.
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