" He was the son of Edmund Ward, of East Chester, for a long time a member of the Colonial Assembly, and grandson of Edmund Ward, of Fairfield, Conn., who removed to East Chester about the latter period of the seventeenth century." Hon. Stephen Ward was an ardent patriot, and was proscribed at an early period of the Revolution by the Loyalist party and a price set upon his head. " Ward's house " was the scene of several engagements between the Americans and the British, and was finally burned down by the latter in 1778.

Ebenezer Lockwood, of Poundridge, was the next

s Algerine Captive, by D. Updike Ifndi'rliill, fiuolcd by Bolton.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

" first " judge, 1791-94. Judge Lockwood was known as " Major " Lockwood through the Revolutionary War, he having been a major in the regiment of Westchester County Militia, commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas, and engaged in active service during most of the campaign of 1776. From 1776 to 1783 he filled several public offices. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, member of the Committee of Safety, member of the Provincial Convention for forming a Constitution of Government for the State, and was returned a member of the Legislature for several years after the close of the war.

Judge Lockwood was born in Stamford, Conn., and was the fourth son of Joseph Lockwood, who emigrated to Poundridge in 1743.

Jonathan G. Tompkins, of Scarsdale, father of Vice- President Daniel D. Tompkins, was first judge from 1794 to 1797. " He was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Declaration of Independence and the first Constitution of the State. He was elected to the Legislature and remained in that capacity during the whole period of the Revolution, and on the institution of the University was appointed one of the regents, which situation he held until his resignation of it, in 1808." '