Charlotte F. Lousbery Hays

Couch File

age 429 of the book Southern New York identifies "Sylvenius, son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Smith)Lockwood was born January 30, 1763 and baptized at Stamford, CT November 17, 1765. He married Deborah, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Sellick, of Darien, CT, who were members of the Congretional Church at that place when it was organized." This book furthers identifies the same children as mentioned in both the Couch files and the Robert Lockwood genealogy book. The unverified date of Sylvenius birth would make him about 10 years old at the time of his son John's birth. 

The Couch Files, page 288 of the Lockwood book, and the book Southern NY all identified John Lockwood's mother as Deborah Sellick or Selleck. Two of the sources differed on the first name of her Lockwood spouse. The Couch file named him Sylvenus Lockwood, while the Southern NY spelled his name Sylvenius.  The Lockwood book named him #651 Henry Lockwood. Oral history of Elijah Lee Lockwood's descendants claimed Deborah married her late husband's brother. I have found no record of Henry and Sylvenus Lockwood as brothers. Henry Lockwood's date of birth as given in the Lockwood book was 1/30/1763.  John's birth was about 1771 or 11/1773, when Henry was about 9 years old.  If Henry was John's father, the birthdate of either father Henry  or son John must be wrong, or Henry may not be father of John. 
Although the first name of the father of John Lockwood remains undocumented, he is identified by all secondary sources as the grandson of Jeremiah and Abigail (Smith)Lockwood. 

The parents of Deborah, listed in the Robert Lockwood genealogy book as Nathan & Sarah Selleck of Stamford, CT, had all their children baptized at the Congregational Church. There was no record of a daughter named Deborah. Nathaniel (1725-1777) & Sarah Selleck (1723-aft 1803), who were founding members of the DCC, would have been in their 40's  when Deborah was born.  We have not found a marriage or death record for Deborah Sellick/Selleck Lockwood.  Nathaniel Selleck's younger brother Ezra Selleck and his second wife, Mary Whiting, had a daughter, Deborah (b 12/13/1765), of whom no other information has been found.  It is possible this niece of Nathaniel is the mother of John Lockwood and ancestress of Charlotte. Deborah Sellick Lockwood's ancestry  remains abrick wall. 

Both the Couch Files and the Lockwood book identified John Lockwood's wife as Bethsheba Mabie or Maibee, daughter of Abraham Maibee, of Yorktown, NY, who served in the American Revolution.  Mrs. Lockwood's first name has been spelled as  Bethsheba, Bathsheba, and Bashuba and her maiden name spelled as either Maibee or Mabie. We believe she is the same person listed as Barsheba Mabee in a 1798 Chancery Court petition. 
Although several  possible clues have been found, proving the parents of her father  Abraham Mabie is another brick wall. 

Property Deeds

Will of Zabud Lounsberry

6. The Property deeds of Zabud Lounsberry and Abraham Lockwood suggested a connection between Abraham and Zabud Lounsberry. The John A. Lockwood deed showed that Abraham Lockwood and Maria Lounsbury named a son, Zabud, possibly named after his maternal grandfather. A series of joint property sales by Zabud Lounsberry, Abraham Lockwood, and their wives from 1836 to 1858 confirmed the first name of Abraham's wife as Maria. 

7. The book, Some Descendants of Richard Lounsberry of Rye, NY by John M Freund, identified the only Zabud F. Lounsberry (1786-1859) in the Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County NY.  A search for the 1859 will of Zabud Lounsberry turned up several documents from the Westchester Surrogate's court naming the heirs of Zabud Lounsberry (no living wife or child) as the children of Abraham Lockwood, Charlotte F. Hays, wife of Abraham Hayes, Stephen Lockwood, Rachel Gardner wife of Cornelius Gardner. Amanda Jane Hays wife of Jacob Hayes, and Zabud F. Lockwood.   Unfortunately, the actual will was not located.  These documents connected our family to the family tree of Richard Lounsberry of Rye, NY 

In tracing the ancestry of Zabud Lounsberry, I discovered that his daughter, Maria Lounsbury, was a both a sixth cousin and a half-fifth cousin to her husband Abraham Lockwood. That made Charlotte seventh cousin and half sixth-cousin to herself. Maria and Abraham are both descended from Abraham Bell and Jeffrey Ferris.
 

Census Data

Abraham Lockwood's 5 children by his 1st wife Maria Lounsbury were  Stephen , Zabud, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, and Rachel. This was confirmed by the records of the Surrogate Court regarding the estate of their maternal grandfather Zabud Lounsberry.  In the 1860 Census Records  Abraham Lockwood  (b. ca 1810 d. before 1866) is living with his youngest son Zabud (20 yrs), Anna Elizabeth (8 yrs), Lavinia (5 yrs), Asila (1 yr) and Phoebe Lockwood (24 yrs).    Pheobe is the mother of Ada Lockwood b.  6/04/1859  Since Ada and Asila are both born in 1859, I believe they are two names for the same girl.  This census implies that Phoebe is also the mother of Anna Elizabeth, and Lavinia. Phoebe is seven years older than Zabud Lockwood who was 12 when Anna  Elizabeth was born.  Stephen, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, and Rachel are not living with their father.  It appears Abraham married Phoebe as his second wife and had three more daughters.   This was confirmed in the 1866 deed of the property of their grandfather John Lockwood when Stephen , Zabud, Charlotte, Amanda Jane, Rachel, Anna Elizabeth, Lavinia, and Ada Lockwood  were named as children of the late Abraham Lockwood.  After the death of her first husband, Phoebe remarried.  Her daughter Ada Lockwood married Samuel Gaudinier. Obituaries of Ada and Samuel Gaudinier are available upon request. 

The 1870 Census Records identified Charlotte and Abraham Hays children. 
 

10. The Obituaries of Zabud Lounsberry, Charlotte and Abraham Hays were found in the Highland Democrat weekly newspaper of Peekskill, NY.
Microfilm copies of this and other newspapers were made available by the Field Library, Peekskill, NY. 

Date of death of Margaret Lounsbury, (Mrs. Zabud Lounsbury )  is recorded in Lives Well Spent, Westchester Obituaries and Death Notices in the Eastern State Journal May 1845 - Apil 1875 by Elizabeth Green Fuller: 
"Margaret Lounsbury, (Mrs. Zabud Lounsbury)   d. Peekskill, June 20, 1857 age 75 yrs. (7/08/1859)."
 

Westchester
Directory Listing

By learning of the other children of my ancestors, I have expanded by my family tree enormously. In tracing the ancestral branches, I have also learned that my earliest ancestor, Richard Norman was in America in 1627. His daughter married Robert Lockwood, who came to Massachusetts with Gov. Winthrop's fleet in 1630, 10 years after the Mayflower. Robert's son Jonathan married Mary, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris who came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634, Zabud Lounsbury is descended from Richard Lounsberry, a proprietor of Peninga Neck (Rye), NY (formerly part of Fairfield Co. CT); residing there 1673-1682.  Zabud's great-grandmother, Hannah Bell , is descended from both Jeffrey Ferris and from Abraham Bell. and The Selleck family traces its roots to David Selleck of England, who arrived from Weymouth, Eng. in 1633. The Mabie family is descended from Pieter Casparsen Mabie Van Naerden and Aechte Jans who lived in New Amsterdam in 1647.