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an incorporator of the Lakeview Ceme-
tery Association.
Mr. Fairty married Margaret C. Geddes,
daughter of Jeremiah Geddes, of Silver
Mine, and their children were two sons,
both of whom receive extended mention
below.
FAIRTY, Thomas J.,
Retired.
Thomas J. Fairty, son of Thomas Mon-
roe and Margaret C. (Geddes) Fairty,
was born in the town of Wilton, Connec-
ticut, March 10, 1856. He attended school
in that town and in Silver Mine. When
he was twelve years old he went to the
Center School in New Canaan. After
leaving school he entered the store of his
father, where he made himself generally
useful and at the same time learned the
business in detail. In 1880, Mr. Fairty
went to Stamford and there established
himself in the meat business, continuing
successfully for seven years. At the end
of this time he returned again to New
Canaan and was with his father until his
retirement in 1896. Mr. Fairty is a Democrat
in politics, and in his young manhood
served several years as tax collector. He
is an incorporator of Lakeview Cemetery
Association, and one of the active members
of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fairty married, October 20, 1880,
Caroline Elizabeth Lockwood, a direct
descendant of Robert Lockwood, the immigrant
ancestor. Mr. and Mrs. Fairty
are the parents of a daughter, Flora Louise,
born September 22, 1881. She mar-
ried Herbert A. Sibley, of Westfield,
Massachusetts, and has one daughter,
Juliet Lockwood, born September 26,
191 1.
(The Lockwood Line).
The name of Lockwood is one of the
most ancient surnames found on English
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records in the County Yorkshire, record
being found as early as the fourteenth
century. In the beginning the spelling
of the name differed and in many instances
it is found spelled Lokewood and
Lockewood. The derivation of the name
is from Locke or Lock, referring to a
dwelling in or by an enclosure or confine
—and wod, which is the old English form
of wood. Hence a remote ancestor dwelt
in a clearing or by the side of a large
wood, and derived his surname from the
location of his home.
(I) Robert Lockwood, the ancestor of
the family, came to New England about
1630, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts.
He was made a freeman, March
9, 1636-37, and in 1646 removed to Fair-
field, Connecticut, where he died in 1658.
On May 20, 1652, he was made a freeman
there. His wife, whose Christian name
was Susannah, died
in Greenwich.
December 23, 1660,
(II) Lieutenant Gershom Lockwood,
son of Robert and Susannah Lockwood,
was born September 6, 1643, 'n Water-
town, Massachusetts, and died March 12,
1718, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He removed
to Greenwich with his father at
the age of nine, and was one of the
twenty-seven proprietors there. A car-
penter by trade, he also held many positions
of trust. Lieutenant Lockwood
married Lady Ann Millington, daughter
of Lord Millington, of England, who had
come to America in search of her lover, a
British army officer. In 1660 her parents
sent her a large oak chest, carved and
strongly built.
(III) Gershom (2) Lockwood, son of
Gershom (1) and Ann (Millington) Lockwood,
was born in 1708. He married
Mary Ferris, born in 1708, died February
9, 1796.
(IV) Gershom (3) Lockwood, son of
Gershom (2) and Mary (Ferris) Lock-