Prior to coming to America with other Puritans, the Lockwood Family was residing in Combs, Suffolk, England.

The roots go back to Staffordshire, England

The Lockwood Roots in England

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book., It is a place name, and the family has several branches in England, in Staffordshire, Yorkshire, county Essex and Northampton.

An ancient locational name which derives from the village of Lockwood, now a suburb of Huddersfield in the (former) West Riding of Yorkshire. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century “loc wudu”, translating as “one resident at the wood enclosed by fencing”. Like most locational names it was given either to the lord of the manor, or to a former inhabitant who moved to another area. In the case of Lockwood it may be a case of “both”, as the original nameholder was granted a Coat of Arms in Staffordshire!

Located north-east of Cheadle, Staffordshire are Lockwood Hall Farm, Lockwood Road, Lock Wood and Lockwood Waste. Ellastone, a village 5 miles to the east of Cheadle, has Lockwood records of 1305 and 1327 (see below). Ellastone is about 45 miles south of Lockwood.

The Lockwood Ancestors in England

  • Henry de Locwode in the Assize Rolls for Staffordshire in 1294

  • Richard de Locwode Prestwood, (Ellastone?), Staffordshire in 1305

  • Alice de Locwode in subsidy roll of Ellastone, Staffordshire in 1327

  • John de Locwode (1274- )

  • Henry de Locwode (1294 – )

  • Adam de Locwode (1342 -)

  • Roger De Lockwood (1370 – 1450), (17th GGF)

    • Born in Staffordshire, England

    • Married to Margery Dulverne (1370-1406)

  • Rogerus De Lockwood (1390 – 1450), son of Roger De Lockwood (16th GGF)

    • Born in Lockwood, Staffordshire, England

    • Married to Margeria de Dulverni

  • Ranulph de Lockwood (1420 – ), son of Rogerus De Lockwood  (15th GGF)

    • Born in Lockwood, Staffordshire, England

    • Married to Margeria De Dulverni (1419- )

  • Henricus de Lockwood (1450 – ), son of Ranulph de Lockwood  (14th GGF)

    • Born in Lockwood, Staffordshire, England

    • Married to Agnes de la Shawe (1450- )

  • Robertus Lockwood (1486 – 1558), son of Henricus de Lockwood  (13 GGF)

    • Born in Eye, Suffolk, England

    • Married to Margery Sherman (1488- )

  • Thomas de Lockwood (1520 – ), son of Robertus Lockwood  (12th GGF)

    • Born in Suffolk, England

    • Married to Agnes De Bacheton (1520- )

  • Richardus Lockwood (1555 – 1598) , son of Thomas de Lockwood  (11th GGF)

    • Born in Stoke Ash, Suffolk, England

    • Married to Ann Grome

  • Edmund Lockwood Sr. (1573 – 1628), son of Richardus Lockwood  (10th GGF)

    • Born in Combs, Suffolk, England

    • Married to Ales (Alice) Cowper

  • Robert Lockwood (1600 – 1658), son of Edmund Lockwood Sr.  (9th GGF)

    • Born in Combs, Suffolk, England

    • Went to New England in 1830 as part of the Great Puritan Migration on the Winthrope Fleet

    • Married to Susannah Norman in 1834

    • His son, Jonathon Lockwood (1634 – 1688)

St. Marys Combs Church

Robert Lockwood was baptized here.

Visited by Harry & Elaine Dunn, and by Kelly, Loretta & Elaine Dunn