THE TOWN OF POUNDRIDGE. I i i 



A considerable eminence rises a little to the east of the Presbyterian 

 church, from the summit of which is an extensive prospect of the beauti- 

 ful country bordering the Sound and the distant shores of Long Island, 

 &c. 



Prior to 1775, Poundridge constituted one of the precincts of Rye 

 parish. In 181 6 Episcopal services were performed here by the Rev. 

 George Weller, and subsequently by the Rev. Alfred H. Partridge. 



The Methodist Episcopal church of this place was first incorporated 

 in 1S22 ; James Brown, John Haws and Samuel K. Olmstead, trustees.* 

 The present church edifice was erected in 1833. Parsonage on Bedford 

 road, $1,500. 



The village grave-yard is pleasantly situated about a quarter of a mile 

 south of Poundridge upon a gentle aclivity. The head stones record 

 the names of Thaddeus H. Lockwood who died in 1774; Ebenezer 

 Lockwood, Esq., who died July 29th, 1821, set. 84; John Ferris who died 

 A.D. 178 >; and Captain John Grinnell, born in Nantucket, Mass., De- 

 cember 7th, 1795, an d died in Cronstad, Russia, June 3d, 183 1, set. 34, 

 &c,, &c. Others are simply inscribed with the initials of the deceased, 

 A. B., 1771 ; I. M. L., 1787, &c. 



On the south side of the village, and near the Methodist church, for- 

 merly stood the old mansion house of the Lockwood family. The Lock- 

 woods are originally derived from a place of that name in Staffordshire, 

 England. 



This place was settled by Joseph Lockwood, son of Jonathan and 

 grand-son of Robert Lockwood, who came from England in 1630 and 

 settled in Watertown, Mass. 



About the year 1646 he removed from Watertown to Fairfield. Conn., 

 where he died, and his will was probated. FL_. son Jonathan, born in 

 Watertown, Sept. 10, 1634, settled in Stamford, Ccnn., and afterwards 

 removed to Greenwich, where he became a prominent citizen. Jona- 

 than's son, Joseph, was born in Stamford in 1666. He married Eliza- 

 beth Ayres and a second wife, Margery Webb. The removal of the 

 family to Poundridge occurred in the Spring of 1743, and consisted of 

 three generations, namely : Joseph Lockwood, first, seventy-seven years 

 of age, a widower, (having buried his second wife, Margery Webb;) 

 his son, Joseph Lockwood, second, with his wife, Sarah Hoyt Lock- 

 wood ; and their two sons, Joseph third, aged twelve years, and Eben- 

 ezer, aged six years. It was Joseph, third, who was afterwards known as 



a Co. Rec. Religions Soc. Lib. A. 170 A second incorporation occurs on the 21st of Decem- 

 ber. 1832 The M'-tli idist Protestant Church and Society in Poundridge. were incorporated 

 od i!i" 1 6th of March, 1833. Selby Fancher, William Brown and Joseph Waterbury, trustees 

 Co. Rec. Religious 80c Lib. B, 12. 



