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Susanna Ferris (Norman)

Also Known As: "Susanna Lockwood-Ferris"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dorchester, Dorchestershire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 23, 1660
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain Richard Norman Sr., (fisherman, shipwright) and Florence Norman
Wife of Sgt. Robert Lockwood and Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich
Mother of Lt. Jonathan Lockwood; Deborah Ward; Joshua Lockwood; Sgt. Joseph Lockwood, of Watertown & Fairfield; Daniel Lockwood, Sr. and 7 others
Sister of John Norman, Sr.; Elizabeth Norman; Margaret Fowler; Florence Whittredge; Lt. Richard Norman, Jr. and 6 others

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About Susanna Ferris

Susanna (Norman) Lockwood Ferris (1617 - 1660), daughter of Captain Richard Norman and Margaret Alford, was born 31 July 1617 at Dorchester, Dorchestershire, England. She died at the age of 43 on 23 December 1660 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. She married (1) by 1635 Robert Lockwood, son of Edmund Lockwood. Robert was baptized at Combs, Suffolk on 18 January 1600/1, and died by 11 September 1658 at Massachusetts Bay. They had 11 children. Following the death of Lockwood, Susanna married (2) about 1659 Jeffrey Ferris (born 1634 Watertown).

Marriages and Children

Robert Lockwood (1600 - 1658), married by 1635; eleven known children:

  • Jonathan Lockwood (1634 - 1688)
  • Deborah Lockwood (1636 - 1660)
  • Joseph Lockwood (1638 - 1717)
  • Daniel Lockwood (1640 - 1691)
  • Ephraim Lockwood (1641 - 1685)
  • Gershom Lockwood (1643 - 1718)
  • John Lockwood (1645 - 1677)
  • Abigail Lockwood (1646 - 1690)
  • Sarah Lockwood (1650 - c1651)
  • Sarah Lockwood (1651 - 1688)
  • Mary Lockwood (1654 - 1749)

Jeffrey Ferris (1604 - 1666), married about 1659; no issue

Sources

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36935165

SUSANNA NORMAN was born say 1615 to RICHARD & ____ NORMAN {1626, Salem}. She married by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's." (Robert was baptized in Combs, Suffolk, 18 January 1600/1, son of Edmund Lockwood & died by 11 September 1658 in Massachusetts Bay. They had 11 children: Jonathan, Deborah Ward Topping, Joseph, Daniel, Ephriam, Gershom, John, Abigail Barlow, Sarah, Sarah (perhaps Adams), & Mary Huestis. She married (2) about 1659 JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} and died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660 (recorded at Stamford) There were no recorded children of her 2nd marriage.



From "Descendants of Robert Lockwood: Colonial and Revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America from A.D. 1630" by Frederick A. Holden, 1889, 984 pgs.

"At a court held at Fairfield, 1658, 20th October, the Widdow Lockwood takes oath the inventory of her husband's Estate taken by Anthony Wilson and John Banks, hath all of her husbands estate included in it to the best of her knowledge." It then lists her as administratrix and that she would have one third of the estate and rest to be divided between her named children.

1654. Susan, wife of Robert Lockwood, and her daughter, Deborah, testify on the trial of goodwife Knapp for a witch. Susan Lockwood, wife of Robert Lockwood, May 13th, 1654, gave evidense in a witch case, at a court held at New Haven, Connecticut, and stated that she was present when goodwife Knapp was hanged for a witch. (New Haven Colonial Records.)


GEDCOM Note

!of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

!Sealing to Parents:Stamped archive sheet

!Sealing to Spouse:Stamped archive sheet

!Also AFN MZDJ-NJ

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Susanna Ferris's Timeline

1617
June 17, 1617
Dorchester, Dorchestershire, England (United Kingdom)
June 17, 1617
Charminster, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
1634
September 10, 1634
Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1636
October 12, 1636
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1637
June 6, 1637
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, Americas, Kingdom of England.
1638
August 6, 1638
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1640
March 21, 1640
Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA
1641
December 11, 1641
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1643
September 6, 1643
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts