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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
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  • Mrs. Esther Saunders
  • Esther Lockwood Saunders
  • Mrs. Stephen Saunders
  • Esther Lockwood
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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