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  • A history and genealogy of Captain John Locke (1627-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and his descendants; also of Nathaniel Locke of Portsmouth, and a short account of the history of the Lockes in England (1916?])
  • http://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00lock
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  • F1 Captain John Locke was probably baptized in London, England, Sept. 16, 1627, married about 1652, Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Jane Berry, and was killed by the Indians Aug. 26, 1696, in Rye, N. H. Elizabeth the widow was living in 1708 when the estate was settled and the children given below shared in its distribution. Several old papers prepared by descendants born about 1735, give the entire family, and in the following order. As first names only were given it is impossible to determine whether the girls were married, or to whom married at that time (1708) but we know nearly all were.
  • Children of 2nd Gen.
    • F2 John, b. 1654 (?), m. Elizabeth Bolles (Bowles). .... etc.
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  • 'F2 John Locke, b. 1654 (?), m. Elizabeth Bolles (now spelled Bowles) of Wells, Me., about 1677. York deeds say: "Joseph Bolles of Wells by deed Oct. 25, 1678, gives Elizabeth Locke ten acres of land at 3 mile brook, Wells," and by will dated Sept. 18, 1678, he gives dau. Elizabeth, ten pounds. A correspondent writes that he thinks this Elizabeth m. 2nd, William Pitman of Portsmouth. The Rye records say an Elizabeth Locke d. Nov. 12, 1734; and I think this is she. Were it Capt. John's widow, she would have been over 100 years old, and his dau. Elizabeth must have died before 1708. This accounts for all of that name now known.
  • He was on jury duty in 1704, and scouts were posted June 5, 1705, as far as his house. About 1677 his father gave him half his right of land on Josling's Neck, and Feb. 3, 1707-8 this John, Jr., now Senior, gave his son John, Jr., half of all his rights at Josling's Neck in consideration that he pay a debt to Robert Eliot, and the other half on condition that he maintain his mother and pay his brother Jethro 5 pounds. He bought land in Rye in 1728 at Locke's Neck, and sold all his lands to his son John Dec. 18, 1733. He lived in Rye.
  • Children as far as known of 3rd Gen. .... etc.
    • F15 Jethro, b. __, m. 1720, his cousin Dorothv Locke, #18.
  • F4 Nathaniel Locke, b. 1661 (?), m. in Hampton, Jan. 22, 1688-9, Dorothy Blake, dau. of Jasper and Deborah (Dawlton), who was b. Sept. 17, 1668, d. Hampton, Sept. 28, 1737. He was called a planter of Hampton in 1727, when he made a deposition about land. He d. Nov. 12, 1734, in Hampton. Tradition says he had 19 children and lived where Mrs. Sarah F. Willcut now lives.
  • Children b. in Hampton, 3rd Gen.
    • 17 John, b. 1689, m. Sarah __. Probably the first of that name in Rhode Island and of whom nothing more is known.
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    • 18 Dorothy, b. March 20, 1690, m. 1720, her cousin Jethro Locke, (See F15).
    • 19 Nathaniel, b. 1691, died young.
    • F20 Tryphena, b. 1692, m. John Knowles, in 1713.
    • F21 Elizabeth, b. 1694, m. Thomas Leavitt, in 1714.
    • F22 Rachel, b. Dec. 12, 1695, m. William Moulton, in 1715.
    • F23 Joseph, b. 1697 (?), m. Mercy Nixon, in 1722.
    • F24 Nathaniel, b. Oct. 20, 1699, m. 1st, Abigail Prescott, 1726; m. 2nd, Mary Stubbs.
    • F25 Timothy, b. 1700 (?), m. Miriam Brooke, in 1722.
    • F26 Samuel, b. 1701-2, m. Jerusha Shaw, in 1729.
    • 27 Deborah, b. 1704 (?), m. William Buckingham, Oct. 19, 1732. She, her infant child, brother Nathaniel's wife, and a Mrs. Noyes, were all lost in a vessel going from Falmouth, Me., to Cape Ann, in 1735.
    • F28 Jonathan, b. Dec. 22, 1705, m. Sarah or Mary Norton, 1729-30.
    • 29 Abijah, b. __, went to Rhode Island, and nothing further is known of him.
    • 30 Alice, b. __, m. Thomas Edmonds, Feb. 22, 1721-22, in Greenland.
    • 31 Mary, of Dover, b. __, m. George Banfield, of Portsmouth, May 25, 1727, by Rev. Wm. Allen.
    • 32 Mehitable, b. __, m. Sept. 13, 1726, in Greenland by Rev. Wm. Allen to Moses Blake, b. Apl. 22, 1707, son of Moses and Abigail (Smith); children: 33 Daniel, b. 1727; 34 Moses, b. 1730.
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  • F15 Jethro Locke, b. __, m. Jan. 14, 1720, his cousin Dorothy Locke #18. She b. Mar. 20, 1690, d. __. He bought land in Hampton, May 30, 1717, also some near Breakfast Hill, March 10, 1729-30; bought land between Breakfast Hill and Sandy Beach, in 1735, and sold land in 1735.
  • "Will of Jethro Locke in the parish of Rye to my well beloved son Jethro, all my whole estate of land and salt marsh lying and being in the parish of Rye aforesaid or in any other town parish or precinct whatsoever together with one Dwellng house and Barn chains and axes, one loom and tackling for weaving, one bed & bedclothes, one Gun, one Iron Kettle, one Pott together with all my wearing clothes.
  • I do give to my well beloved dau. Deority Locke 5 pounds currant Money of N. E., to be paid by my son Jethro when he comes of age & is entered in possession of my estate, 1 grt Pott, one little iron Kettle, 1 bed & bedclothes, one Chist, one Trunk & all other of my household furniture together with all Her mothers wearing clothes.
  • I do give and bequeth unto my well beloved brother John Locke 2 cows 1 year old 2 stears coming in four years old, one heifer coming in three years in Dea. Jennins pasture, 6 sheep
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  • one mair, 3 hoggs, 3 piggs, which he is to dispose of to the best advantage in order to pay the Doctors Funeral charges & all other nessary charges and if there is any money left over & above mentioned it is my will that it be equally divided and given to my children etc." Dated June 18, 1737.
  • Children of 4th Gen. b. in Rye.
    • 74 Dorothy, bapt. June 28, 1721, nothing further known.
    • 75 Simon, bapt. Dec. 29, 1723, died young.
    • F76 Jethro, b. June 27, 1727, m. Hannah Rand, Feb. 2, 1748.
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Dorothy Locke's Timeline

1690
March 20, 1690
Hampton, New Hampshire
1727
June 27, 1727
Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1737
June 1737
Age 47
Rye, New Hampshire
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