Eliphalet Lockwood

This article is about the American Revolutionary War captain. For his father, the early 18th-century deacon, see Eliphalet Lockwood (deacon).

Eliphalet Lockwood

Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
In office May 1790 – May 1792^[1] Serving with Job Bartram, Samuel Cook Silliman
Preceded by	Samuel Cook Silliman, Thomas Belden
Succeeded by	Samuel Cook Silliman
In office October 1794 – May 1797^[1] Serving with Taylor Sherman, Samuel Cook Silliman, Samuel Comstock, Matthew Marvin
Preceded by	Thomas Belden, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Matthew Marvin John Cannon
Personal details
Born	1741 Norwalk, Connecticut
Died	1814 Norwalk, Connecticut
Spouse(s)	Susannah St. John
Children	Joseph
Residence	Norwalk, Connecticut
Military service
Rank	Captain
Unit	First Company of Connecticut's Seventh Regiment Commissary of Connecticut's Fifth Regiment Coast Guard
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War

Eliphalet Lockwood (1741 – 1814) was a nine-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May and October 1790, May and October 1791, October 1794, May and October 1795, May and October 1796. He served as a Captain in the Connecticut Militia during the American Revolutionary War.

He was the son of Deacon Eliphalet Lockwood and Mary Gold.

At the beginning of the war, on July 12, 1775, Lockwood enlisted in the First Company of Colonel Charles Webb's Seventh Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged December 24, 1775.

In 1778, he was assistant commissary of issues of the Fifth Regiment.

On July 21, 1778, he gave his bond for $5000 as security to Henry Laurens, Esq., President of the Continental Congress or his successor in office, for faithfully executing the office and trust of an Assistant Commissary of Issues in the American Army.

Lockwood organized the first voluntary fire department in Norwalk.^[2] His home was one of those lost when the British burned Norwalk.^[2]

In 1780 captain of the coast guards.

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External links

The Hour - Eliphalet Lockwood

Preceded by Samuel Cook Silliman Thomas Belden	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1790 – May 1792 With: Job Bartram, Samuel Cook Silliman	Succeeded by Samuel Cook Silliman
Preceded by Thomas Belden Samuel Comstock	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk October 1794 – May 1797 With: Taylor Sherman, Samuel Cook Silliman, Samuel Comstock, Matthew Marvin	Succeeded by Matthew Marvin John Cannon

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