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He married 11 July 1849 HELEN C. CLARKE, daughter of Dr. Peter Clarke of Montezuma, N. Y.
HENRY WOOD3 LEWIS (Calvin,2 Calvin1) was born at East Bos- ton 13 Aug. 1862, youngest son of Calvin, born at Marshfield 12 Mar. 1819, and grandson of Calvin and Abigail (Barstow). His mother was Sarah Melinda Wood, born at Norton 30 Apr. 1830, daughter of Eli and Fanny (White), a descendant of Peregrine White.
He became a resident of Lexington in 1894. He is a Free Mason.
He married at East Boston, 15 Apr. 1885, CAROLINE AUGUSTA PARKER, born at Cohasset 31 May 1863, daughter of George Odiorne and Susan Elizabeth (Snow).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE PARKER,4 b. 10 Jan. 1895.
LINCOLN
EDWIN W.1 LINCOLN was born at Princeton.
He married MARTHA W. ( ), born at Rutland.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. GEORGE E.,2 b. 10 Nov. 1887.
LIND
JOHN LIND1; wife ANN ( ). Both born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARGARET,2 b. 6 Dec. 1875.
LITTENBERG
VENDEL1 LITTENBERG; wife MERI (KOVACS). Both born in Hun- gary.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. JOHN CHARLES.2 b. 23 Mar. 1911.
LITTLE
LYMAN CUSHING3 LITTLE (Stephen W.,2 Stephen W.1) was born at Newbury 16 Nov. 1866, son of Stephen William, born at New- bury 17 July 1831, and grandson of Stephen William and Hannah Morgan (Russell). His mother was Mary Little, born at Newbury
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7 July 1831, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Moody). He is descended from George Little who came from London, England, in 1640 and settled at Newbury.
He married at Newburyport, 5 Nov. 1890, HELEN BREWSTER MOODY, born at Augusta, Me., 25 July 1867, daughter of Samuel and Belinda Knight (Graves). They became residents of Lexington 7 June 1906.
Children, the third born at Lexington, the others at Somerville:
i. RUSSELL MOODY,4 b. 27 Sept. 1891.
ii. ASHTON GRAVES, b. 20 Apr. 1901.
iii. MARION CUSHING, b. 13 Mar. 1908.
LITTLEHALL
WILLIAM H.1 LITTLEHALL married 23 Dec. 1849 MARY L. CROW- LEY.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. LOUISA M.,2 b. 16 Dec. 1850.
LIVERMORE
GEORGE C.1 LIVERMORE was born at Newton.
He married KATHERINE A. LA CROSS, born at Bangor, Me.
Children, the first born at Somerville, the others at Lexington:
i. MARION DEXTER,2 d. 28 Jan. 1904, aged 6.
ii. FRANCIS COURTNEY, b. 27 Nov. 1904.
iii. RUTH MABEL, b. 18 June 1908.
JOHN M.1 LIVERMORE; wife LUCY E. (BENNETT). Both born in Cambridge.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. MARSHALL BENNETT,2 b. 11 Feb. 1877; d. 11 Feb. 1877.
ii. EVELYN MUNROE, b. 16 May 1878.
LEONARD JARVIS7 LIVERMORE (Solomon K., 6 Jonathan,5 Jona- than, 4 Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born at Milford, N. H., 8 Dec. 1822, died at Cambridge 30 May 1886, eldest child of Solomon Kidder, born at Wilton, N. H., 2 Mar. 1779, and grandson of Rev. Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kidder). His mother, Abigail Adkins Jarvis, was born at Cambridge 15 Oct. 1783, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Taintor). He was descended from John Livermore who came from Little Thurloa, Suffolk, England, and settled at Watertown in 1634.
He graduated from Harvard, 1842, and from the Cambridge Divinity School, 1846. He settled first at East Boston, then at Clinton, and at Lexington 4 Oct. 1857. He left Lexington in Nov. 1866, and was later at Danvers. He was a member of the school committee 1858-66, and editor of the first edition of the Hymn and Tune Book of the American Unitarian Association; also editor of the Clinton Courant.
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He married at Groton, Mar. 1847, MARY ANNE CATHERINE PERKINS, born at Boston Mar. 1823, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Gilbert).
Children :
i. ALLINA MARY, 8 b. at East Boston Apr. 1848; m. REV. PITT DILLINGIIAM; d. 25 Mar. 1881.
ii. CLARA PERKINS, b. at Groton 27 May 1851; m. FREDERICK P. FISH.
iii. JOSEPH PERKINS, b. at Clinton Feb. 1855; m. AGNES A. ROBERTS.
iv. HENRY JARVIS, b. at Lexington 27 May 1865; m. MARY ELIZABETH HILL.
LOCKE
1. WILLIAM1 LOCKE was born at Stepney Parish, London, Eng- land, 13 Dec. 1628, died at Woburn 16 June 1720.
He came to this country in 1634 with his relative Nicholas Davis, in the ship Planter, Nicholas Trarice or Travice, master. He was a large landowner in Woburn including several lots which were bounded on the Cambridge, or Lexington, line. He was a deacon in the Woburn church.
He married at Woburn, 27 Dec. 1655, MARY CLARKE, of Woburn, born at Watertown 10 Dec. 1640, died at Woburn 18 July 1715, daughter of William and Margery ( ).
Children:
i. WILLIAM,2 b. 27 Dec. 1657; d. 9 Jan. 1658.
2. ii. WILLIAM, b. 18 Jan. 1659.
iii. JOHN, b. 1 Aug. 1661; m. (1) 31 May 1683 ELIZABETH PLYMPTON of Sud- bury, died 23 Feb. 1720, dau. of Thomas and Abigail ( ); m. (2) 30 Nov. 1720 MRS. MARY (WINN) WYMAN, b. 1 May 1670, dau. of In- crease and Hannah (Sawtelle) Winn of Woburn and widow of Nathaniel Wyman. Lived at Woburn and probably d. at Lancaster. They had seven children.
3. iv. JOSEPH, b. 8 Mar. 1664.
v. MARY, b. 16 Oct. 1666; m. 30 Mar. 1692, as his second wife, SAMUEL KENDALL, b. at Woburn 8 Mar. 1659, s. of Francis1 and Mary (Tidd). They had six children.
4. vi. SAMUEL, b. 14 Oct. 1669.
5. vii. EBENEZER, b. 8 Jan. 1674.
viii. JAMES, b. 14 Nov. 1677; m. 5 Dec. 1700 SARAH CUTTER, b. 31 Aug. 1673, dau. of Richard? and Frances (Perriman-Amsden); d. 11 Dec. 1745. They had eight children.
ix. ELIZABETH, b. 4 Jan. 1681; m. 14 Oct. 1700 JAMES MARKHAM, b. 16 Mar. 1674-75, d. 8 June 1731, s. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitmore); d. 25 Sept. 1753. Moved to Middletown, Conn. They had eight children.
2. WILLIAM2 LOCKE (William1), born 18 Jan. 1659, died 8 July 1738. He was a |deacon, chosen in 1709, and a selectman 1704, 1732. He resided in that part of Woburn which was afterward Burlington, and on petition of Thomas Locke, his grandson, after his deccase, a part of this estate, including the house, was set off to Lexington. This house was located on present Lowell St., and was known in later years as the Hammond Locke place.
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He married first 29 May 1683 SARAH WHITMORE, bapt. 30 Mar. 1662, daughter of Francis1 and Isabel (Parke) of Cambridge; secondly at Woburn, 8 June 1698, ABIGAIL HAYWARD, died in 1748 or '49.
Children by the first wife, born at Woburn, now Lexington, except iv .:
6. i. WILLIAM,3 b. 28 June 1684.
ii. FRANCIS, b. 25 July 1690; m. (1) 25 Feb. 1713 ELIZABETH WINSHIP of Medford, d. 1758, aged 67; m. (2) 15 Mar. 1759 MRS. MARTHA3 (RUS- SELL) DUNSTER, d. 27 June 1771; d. at Woburn 3 Sept. 1770. Six child- ren by the first wife.
iii. DANIEL, b. 9 July 1693; m. (1) ABIGAIL ( ); m. (2) MRS. DORCAS BRABROOK. Probably d. at Acton. One son.
7. iv. EBENEZER.
Child by the second wife, born at Woburn, now Lexington:
v. ABIGAIL,* b. 22 June 1710; m. 3 Oct. 1728 JONAS4 MERRIAM.
3. JOSEPH2 LOCKE (William1), born 8 Mar. 1664, died 1754.
He resided in that part of Cambridge which is now included in Lexington, and his farm probably joined that of his brother William. In 1695 his father gave him 20 acres of land at a place called "Cam- bridge farms," upon which there was at that time a mansion-house, barn, and "out-housing," also an orchard and fields, bounded S. E. by Capt. Cooke's farm, W. by Joseph Simonds'; also included in the gift were 4 acres at Bull Meadow, so called, bounded S. W. by the Cambridge line. He subscribed in 1691 towards the building of a meeting-house, in 1711 for the Common, and his name was on the tax list for the payment of the minister's salary for the year begin- ning 1 May 1692 and ending 1 May 1693.
He married first MARY ( ), died 17 Apr. 1708; secondly MAR- GARET MEAD, born at Cambridge 20 Jan. 1676, died 25 May 1732, daughter of Israel3 and Mary (Hall); thirdly (intention dated 5 November 1743) HANNAH PEIRCE of Weston, died 10 Apr. 1747.
Children by the first wife, births of all but first three on Lexing- ton records :
i. MARY,3 bapt. 26 Oct. 1712;t m. at Boston, 15 July 1727, GEORGE TRA- LUDDIA. They had one child.
ii. ABIGAIL, bapt. 26 Oct. 1712;t m. 8 Jan. 1720 THOMAS? FESSENDEN; d. 12 June 1736.
iii. LYDIA, bapt. 26 Oct. 1712.t
iv. SARAH, b. 14 July 1696; m. at Woburn, 10 June 1718, SAMUEL SNOW, b. at Woburn 24 Aug. 1692, d. at Ashford, Conn., 24 Dec. 1756; d. at Ashford, Conn., 16 Nov. 1790. They had nine children.
8. v. JOSEPH, b. 19 Mar. 1699.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 15 Mar. 1702-03; m. 13 Aug. 1725 JOHN SCOTTOW .;
vii. HULDAH, b. 28 June 1705; m. (intention dated 28 May 1743) TIMOTHY4 REED of Woburn.
* Middlesex Co. Probate records. 10 Mar. 1744 Huldah Heywood bequeaths something to "my beloved sister Abigail Lock & her Daughter Abigail Miriam."
t Baptized and "personally covenanted for themselves."
# See Book of the Lockes, p. 19.
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Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
viii. MARGARET, b. 6 May 1710; m. 5 Nov. 1730 JOHN RUSSELL.
ix. JOANNA, b. 2 Feb. 1711-12; m. 3 Jan. 1734 JONASª MUNROE.
x. RUTH, b. 9 Mar. 1713-14.
9. xi. STEPHEN, b. 26 Jan. 1718.
Child, d. 1695. Child, d. 31 Mar. 1707.
Child, d. 7 Apr. 1708.
4. SAMUEL2 LOCKE (William1), born 14 Oct. 1669.
He subscribed in 1711 towards the purchase of the Common, held the office of selectman 1720 and 1729, assessor in 1714, and possessed a large landed property. His residence was about one half mile from Lexington Common on the county road to Bedford.
He married RUTH ( ), a member of the church before 1698, died 17 Dec. 1714, in the 37th year of her age, g. s .; secondly (inten- tion dated 8 May 1717) MARY DAY of Ipswich.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. SAMUEL,3 b. 5 July 1718; d. about 1800. He lived on his father's place and died there unmarried.
5. EBENEZER2 LOCKE (William1), born 8 Jan. 1674, died 24 Dec. 1723. He resided on his father's homestead.
He married first 18 Oct. 1697 SUSANNAH WALKER of Woburn, born 1 Mar. 1674, died 13 June 1699, daughter of Israel and Susannah (Baldwin); secondly 14 Oct. 1701 HANNAH MEAD, born 17 Sept. 1676, died 24 July 1739, daughter of David2 and Hannah (Warren). Child by the first wife:
i. EBENEZER,3 b. 28 Apr. 1699; m. MARY4 MERRIAM; d. at Charlton. He owned land at Townsend and Ashby, moved first to Hopkinton, where three of his children were baptized, thence about 1738, went to Oxford.
Children by the second wife:
ii. SAMUEL, b. 24 Aug. 1702; m. 1730 REBECCA RICHARDSON of Woburn, b. 4 July 1710, dau. of Capt. James and Elizabeth (Arnull), who m. (2) 27 Dec. 1775 Col. Joseph Wilder; d. at Lancaster 13 Apr. 1775. He had six children.
iii. JOSIAH, b. 15 Mar. 1705; d. before 6 Nov. 1730. Resided at Woburn.
iv. JOSHUA, b. 21 Aug. 1709; d. at Southboro, 1767; m. (1) Mar. 1732-33 HANNAH REED, b. 2 Jan. 1712, d. at Southboro 23 Aug. 1737, dau. of Thomas and Sarah ( ); m. (2) (intention dated at Boston) 27 Apr. 1744 TABITHA BELLOWS. Resided at Woburn, Boston, Westboro and Southboro. He had three children.
v. NATHAN, b. 30 Mar. 1713; d. 1723.
vi. HANNAH, b. 11 Apr. 1716; m. (intention dated Nov. 1739) ASA RICHARD- SON of Woburn, b. 12 Dec. 1713, d. 17 Mar. 1752, s. of Dea. Stephen and Bridget ( ); d. Mar. 1799.
6. WILLIAM3 LOCKE (William,2 William1), born 28 June 1684, died 26 Jan. 1767.
He resided in the second precinct of Woburn which was incor- porated as the town of Burlington in 1799; but it happened that
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that portion of his farm on which his house stood was in the same year annexed to Lexington. This was the Hammond Locke place situated on Lowell St., already spoken of. He owned the covenant at Lexington 9 Sept. 1716.
He married first MARY ( ), born 5 Jan. 1689, died 21 Feb. 1710; secondly JEMIMA RUSSELL, died 16 Nov. 1782, in her 90th year, g. s., daughter of Philip2 and Joanna (Cutler).
Children by the first wife, buried at Lexington:
i. Son,4 b. 7 Mar. 1709-10, g. s.
ii. Daughter, d. 21 Feb. 1710-11.
Children by the second wife, all baptized at Lexington:
iii. MARY, b. 7 Sept. 1716; m. Apr. 1746 JOSEPH?3 PERRY.
iv. JEMIMA, b. 4 July 1718; m. 28 Oct. 1736 EBENEZER BROOKS; d. at Woburn 5 Nov. 1774. She had thirteen children.
10. v. WILLIAM, bapt. 7 Feb. 1720.
11. vi. THOMAS, b. 27 Oct. 1722.
vii. JONAS, b. 13 Jan. 1727; m. MARY DWIGHT of Brookfield, who d. 7 Feb. 1812, aged 76; d. at Deerfield 5 Mar. 1812. He was a soldier in the Revolution. One child.
viii. JOSEPH, b. 23 Apr. 1729; m. MARY AYRES of Brookfield, who m. (2) 5 Mar. 1795 Ebenezer Allis of Shelburne. She d. at Shelburne 29 Mar. 1806. He had ten children.
ix. EBENEZER,* b. 3 Nov. 1732; m. (1) HANNAH RANDALL, who d. 4 Mar. 1795; m. (2) 10 Mar. 1802 MRS. ABIGAIL ( ) FISKE of Petersham, who d. 28 Apr. 1823, widow of Jonathan; d. at Wendall, 1816.
x. JOANNA, b. 27 Feb. 1735; m. at Woburn, 10 Oct. 1753, PHINEAS5 BLOD- GETT.
xi. ABIGAIL, b. 5 Feb. 1737-38; m. at Woburn, 4 Sept. 1755, JONATHAN5 FISKE.
7. EBENEZER3 LOCKE (William,2 William1), married ELIZABETH POULTER, born 13 Feb. 1694-95, daughter of Jonathan3 and Eliza- beth ( ). They owned the covenant in Lexington 28 Apr. 1717. They resided at Woburn and attended meeting at Lexington, and here their children were baptized.
Children:
i. EBENEZER, 4 bapt. 28 Apr. 1717; d. 22 Mar. 1720.
ii. ELIZABETH, bapt. 19 June 1720; m. 17 Sept. 1747 EBENEZER4 MERRIAM of Oxford, d. 20 Aug. 1761, in his 56th y .; d. 1 May 1797.
iii. SARAH, bapt. 11 Aug. 1723; m. 11 Oct. 1744 TIMOTHY WYMAN. They had five children.
iv. HANNAH, bapt. 13 June 1725; m. (intention dated 2 Feb. 1746) THOMAS NEWMAN, and settled at Deering, N. H. Names of four children known.
v. ABIGAIL, bapt. 28 Apr. 1728.
vi. PHEBE, bapt. 7 Mar. 1731; m. 1752 EBENEZER5 MERRIAM, JR., of Oxford, d. 16 July 1795; d. 27 Oct. 1802, aged 71 y. 6 m.
vii. EBENEZER, t bapt. 2 Mar. 1735; m. 27 Feb. 1759 LUCY WOOD of Woburn; d. at Deering, N. H., 12 Sept. 1816. He had three children. viii. JOANNA, bapt. 2 Mar. 1735.
* He was present with Sylvanus Wood at the Battle of Lexington. For his Revolutionary service, see State List 9: 896-897.
+ See State List 9: 897, 906.
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8. JOSEPH3 LOCKE (Joseph,2 William1), born 19 Mar. 1699, died 13 Jan. 1785. He served in the French War in 1754, 1755 and 1756, and resided at Lexington on his father's homestead, and in the west half of the house.
He married SARAH ( ), who died 28 May 1777.
Children, all born at Lexington:
12. i. JOSEPII,4 b. 28 Mar. 1734.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. 10 Oct. 1735; d. 12 Nov. 1755, of disease contracted in the French War.
iii. NATHAN, b. 2 Dec. 1737; d. 19 May 1761.
13. iv. AMOS, b. 24 Dec. 1742.
v. SARAH, b. 23 Aug. 1746; m. JEREMIAH® HARRINGTON; d. 12 Jan. 1818.
vi. MARY, b. 31 May 1749; m. 20 Apr. 1769 ISAAC5 BLODGETT.
9. STEPHEN3 LOCKE (Joseph,2 William1), born 26 Jan. 1718, died 6 Apr. 1772.
He married MEHITABEL RAYMOND, born 12 Oct. 1721, died 29 Oct. 1815, daughter of Jonathan and Charity (Gale). They resided at Lexington.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MEHITABEL,4 b. 17 Aug. 1747; was living in Lexington in 1773.
14. ii. REUBEN, b. 16 Mar. 1748-49.
iii. STEPHEN, b. 29 Mar. 1750; m. 2 July 1780 SARAH HOPKINS, who d. 14 May 1839, aged 83; d. 4 Nov. 1822. Went to Deering, N. H. It was he probably who served in the 14th campaign at Cambridge for three months, in 1778. He had seven children.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. 14 June 1753; d. unm. 1816.
15. v. BENJAMIN, b. 7 May 1756.
10. WILLIAM4 LOCKE* (William,& William,2 William1), bapt. 7 Feb. 1720, died 1776.
· He resided at Lexington, Woburn and Waltham. He was present with Walker's Woburn company on the 19th of April 1775. He is said to have been in the battles of Ticonderoga and White Plains, dying at Ticonderoga.
He married, intention dated 12 May 1747, GRACE NEWELL of Cambridge, who died 31 Dec. 1790, and was buried at East Lexing- ton.
Children :
i. MARY,5 bapt. 12 June 1748; d. young.
ii. WILLIAM, d. young.
iii. WILLIAM, b. 5 Fcb. 1751; d. unm. in the army after 1779.
iv. EDMUND, b. 23 Mar. 1755; served nearly through the war of the Revolu- tion in the Continental line; d. of disease contracted in the army 16 May 1786.
16. v. JONAS, b. 22 Feb. 1757.
vi. MARY, b. 16 Aug. 1759; d. unm. 1848.
vii. NATHAN, b. 6 Mar. 1761; m. 21 June 1785 ANNA BOND, b. 30 June 1768, dau. of William, Jr., and Mary (Stratton); d. at Waltham 18 Dec. 1851. They had three children.
viii. JEMIMA, b. 25 Jan. 1765; d. unm. 6 Sept. 1781.
* See State List 9: 905, 906.
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ix. JOSHUA, b. 29 Aug. 1769; living unm. at Waltham 1852.
THOMAS (adopted son), b. 11 June 1754.
11. THOMAS4 LOCKE (William,3 William, William1), born 27 Oct. 1722, died 21 Feb. 1792.
He was a carpenter by trade and resided on the old family home- stead which was set off to Lexington. He served in the Revolution- ary army, belonging to Walker's company.
He married 27 June 1751 REBECCA LAWRENCE, born 1728, died 14 Mar. 1814, daughter of John4 and Elizabeth (Stone) of Woburn. She married secondly 15 Jan. 1795 Noah Eaton of Woburn.
Child, born at Lexington, then Woburn:
17. i. THOMAS,5 b. 29 Aug. 1756.
12. JOSEPH4 LOCKE (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), born 28 Mar. 1734, died 27 Apr. 1791.
He was in the French War in 1756 and sergeant in 1760. Joseph Locke, Jr., presumably he, was one of the detachment from Capt. Parker's company which marched to Cambridge 17 June 1775.
He married SARAH BALDWIN, born at Billerica 4 Feb. 1739-40, died 19 Feb. 1824, daughter of David and Sarah (Hill).
Children, first two on Lexington records:
i. NATHAN,5 b. 7 Dec. 1761; m. (intention dated at Boston 19 May 1787) MARY HOWARD, who d. at Boston 7 Mar. 1797; d. at Albany, N. Y., 31 Jan. 1800. They had two children.
18. ii. ASA BALDWIN, b. 3 Mar. 1764.
iii. SARAH, b. 27 May 1766; m. 12 May 1789 JOSIAH5 MEAD.
iv. JOSEPH, d. at Boston 17 Apr. 1838, aged 72; m. (1) at Gloucester, July 1795, MARTHA INGERSOLL; m. (2) Dec. 1800 MRS. MARY (INGERSOLL) FOSTER, b. 22 Feb. 1770, d. at Lawrence 22 July 1849. He had seven children by the second wife.
v. EDWIN, b. 13 Sept. 1771; m. 10 Sept. 1794 MATILDA TRASK,* b. 9 May 1778, dau. of James of Boston; d. 30 Nov. 1819. Resided at Boston. They had eight children.
13. AMOS4 LOCKET (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), born 24 Dec. 1742, died 27 July 1828.
He resided in the north part of Lexington on the farm owned later by William Locke on North St. He was in the French War in 1762 and served in the three months' campaign in the Jerseys. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company on the Common 19 April 1775.
He married 1769 SARAH LOCKE, died 4 Aug. 1835,# an orphan, adopted and brought up by Thomas Locke. Her true name is lost. Children, iv. not on Lexington records :
19. i. BENJAMIN AMOS,5 b. 31 Dec. 1769.
20. ii. STEPHEN, b. 23 Mar. 1778.
21. iii. JAMES, b. 22 Dec. 1784.
iv. AMos, m. 27 Mar. 1805 JOANNA7 GREENLEAF of Medford who d. 7 Aug. 1841; d. at Springfield 7 July 1841. They had two children.
* "Mrs. Lock late wife of E. Lock of Boston July 18th. at A. Harrington 1833." Jonathan Harrington's list.
t See State List 9: 895.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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14. REUBEN4 LOCKE (Stephen,& Joseph,2 William1), born 16 Mar. 1748-49, died 28 Jan. 1823, g. s.
He was one of thedetachment from Capt. Parker's company which marched to Cambridge 6 May 1775, served in John Bridge's com- pany at Roxbury from 4 to 8 Mar. 1776, was taken prisoner at sea and confined in the seaman's prison at Forton, England .* He was collector of taxes at Lexington in 1798. His farm was on a part of that owned by William Locke, on North St.
He married, intention dated 23 Dec. 1772, JERUSHA RICHARDSON, born 2 June 1745, died 15 Nov. 1833, g. s., daughter of Reuben and Esther (Wyman) of Stoneham.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JERUSHA,5 b. 16 Jan. 1774; m. DAVID5 SIMONDS; d. 16 Mar. 1867.
ji. MEHITABLE, b. 27 Mar. 1775; d. unm. 3 Oct. 1841, g. s.
iii. LYDIA, b. 23 Mar. 1777; d. unm. at Stoneham 15 Sept. 1854. 1 Apr. 1790 she went to Jonathan Bridge's to live.
iv. BETSEY, b. 1 Sept. 1780; m. JAMES5 WYMAN, JR.
v. REUBEN, b. 15 Jan. 1782; m. 2 Feb. 1804 POLLY WILEY of Stoneham, b. 24 Feb. 1785. They had six children.
22. vi. LoA, b. 5 June 1783.
23. vii. CHARLES, b. 16 June 1786.
viii. STEPHEN, b. 27 Sept. 1791; m. 6 Apr. 1813 SUKEY WILEY of Stone- ham.
15. BENJAMIN4 LOCKE (Stephen,3 Joseph,2 William1), born 7 May 1756, died at Boston 4 June 1842 .;
He resided at Burlington and Lexington for the greater part of his life, and afterward at Boston. He was one of Capt. Parker's com- pany on the morning of April 19, 1775; also in the detachment which marched to Cambridge 6 May 1775, and again 17 June of that year; and he was besides in the five months' campaign to Ticonderoga in July, 1775.
He married at Boston BETSEY WYMAN, died 1 Oct. 1830, aged 70, daughter of Reuben of Woburn.
Children, all born at Lexington :
i. BETSEY,5 b. 10 Feb. 1784; m. (intention dated 18 Apr. 1805) TIMOTHY TILESTON, JR. They had eleven children.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. and d. 19 Mar. 1787.
iii. RUTH, b. 6 June 1790; m. 6 June 1811 HARVEY TILESTON, b. at Boston, 30 Oct. 1787, d. 11 Oct. 1832; d. 11 Sept. 1847. She had one son.
iv. LUCY, b. 17 Sept. 1792; d. 4 Oct. 1793.
v. BENJAMIN, b. 17 May 1795; m. 9 Oct. 1832 SUSAN TILESTON.
vi. LUCY, b. 8 Aug. 1797; m. JAMES WALLIS of Cambridge.
vii. LEVI, b. I Dec. 1798; m. 1 Dec. 1829 SUSAN SIMONDS, b. 7 Aug. 1808, d. 11 Nov. 1846, dau. of Caleb; d. at Charlestown 1 June 1846. They had eight children.
viii. EUSEBIA, b. 26 June 1802; m. 5 Aug. 1824 LAMBERT MAYNARD of Boston; d. 9 Jan. 1852.
* See W. R. Cutter, Journal of a Forton Prisoner, 1777-1779.
t "Died Decm. 3015 Æ. 85 a Pentioner" (1841). Jonathan Harrington's list.
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16. JONAS5 LOCKE (William, 4 William,3 William, 2 William1), born 22 Feb. 1757, died 23 Aug. 1833.
He served about four years in the army of the Revolution.
He married first 21 Dec. 1780 SARAH RUSSELL, born 24 Mar. 1761, died 1799, daughter of Philip4 and Lydia (Dodge); secondly 2 Nov. 1800 EUNICE WINSHIP, baptized 12 Feb. 1758, died 29 Sept. 1825, daughter of Isaac and Hannah ( ); thirdly 25 Feb. 1828 MRS. DEBORAH (ROBBINS) BLODGETT, baptized 30 June 1765, died 12 Oct. 1849, daughter of Stephen5 and Sarah (Wooton), and widow of Nathan6 Blodgett.
Children by the first wife, all baptized at Lexington:
24. i. JONAS,6 bapt. 28 Apr. 1782.
ii. WILLIAM, bapt. 25 May 1783; m. MARY WELCH of Boston. Resided at Newton in 1868.
iii. SALLY, bapt. 9 Apr. 1786; m. 8 Mar. 1808 ELI WHITNEY of Lexington; d. 29 Sept. 1848.
iv. EDMUND, bapt. 29 Mar. 1789; d. unm. aged about 21.
v. LYDIA, bapt. 3 June 1792; m. 29 May 1817 EMORY WHITNEY. They resided at Watertown and Le Roy, N. Y.
vi. MARTIN, d. Oct. 1798 .*
vii. MARTIN, bapt. Aug. 1799. Jonas's son died 17 Apr. 1824, aged 33.
17. THOMAS5 LOCKE (Thomas, 4 William,3 William,2 William1), born 29 Aug. 1756, died 20 Apr. 1819.
He was a member of Capt. Walker's company 19 April 1775, chosen sergeant 1782. He resided on the old Locke place which was set off to Lexington from Burlington. He was selectman at Lexing- ton 1804.
He married LYDIA REED, born 14 July 1760, died 7 Sept. 1825, daughter of Hammond5 and Betty (Simonds).
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. LYDIA, 6 b. 8 Mar. 1779; m. 15 June 1800 TIMOTHY TEMPLE of Providence, R. I., and resided there.
ii. LUCY, b. 4 Mar. 1781; m. 27 Dec. 1807 AMOS HILLS of Nottingham, now Hudson, N. H .; d. 23 May 1819.
iii. REBECCA, b. 25 Mar. 1784; m. 1 Oct. 1820 THADDEUS5 MUNROE; d. 25 July 1846.
iv. THOMAS, b. 5 Nov. 1786; m. 27 Apr. 1813 LUCY RHODES, d. 23 Oct. 1869, aged 88; d. 2 Nov. 1829. They had three children.
25. v. HAMMOND, b. 13 July 1790.
vi. SALLY, b. 26 May 1792; m. 25 Aug. 1820 ABEL FITZ of Charlestown, b. at Sandown, N. H., 26 Oct. 1794, s. of Richard. They had six children. vii. NANCY, b. 20 Aug. 1794, bapt. 23 Aug. 1795; m. 8 Apr. 1827 JOHN WIN- NING, b. 1793, d. at Woburn 19 Oct. 1869; d. at Woburn 14 Nov. 1862. They had five children.
viii. HARRIET, b. 10 May 1800; d. 6 Apr. 1809.
18. ASA BALDWIN" LOCKE (Joseph, 4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), born 3 Mar. 1764, died 25 Nov. 1821.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
He married MARY WELLINGTON, born 22 Sept. 1767, died 26 Jan. 1856, daughter of Benjamin5 and Martha (Ball). She married sec- ondly 14 Dec. 1823 Abijah5 Harrington.
Children, all born at Lexington:
26. i. OLIVER,6 b. 25 Apr. 1790.
ii. NATHAN, b. 9 Aug. 1792; d. 1806.
iii. DARIUS, b. 1 Dec. 1793; d. 22 Mar. 1808.
iv. MARY, b. 1 July 1802; m. 21 Feb. 1822 WILLIAM2 BURGESS of Lexington.
27. v. BALDWIN, b. 10 Jan. 1805.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. 15 Nov. 1806; m. 30 July 1837 JAMES M. HACKETT of Lex- ington. Resided at Phoenix, R. I. Child, d. June 1799 .*
19. BENJAMIN AMOS5 LOCKE (Amos, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph,2 William1), born 31 Dec. 1769, died 19 Oct. 1829, g. s.
He married 1808 BETSEY LAWRENCE, died 16 Mar. 1823, aged 48, g. s .; secondly 15 June 1823 SALLY MARRETT, born 1 Oct. 1789, died 4 Sept. 1863, g. s., daughter of Amos6 and Patty (Reed).
Children by the second wife:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH,6 b. 3 Feb. 1824; m. 1 Jan. 1849, as his second wife, JEDUTHUN RICHARDSON of Woburn, s. of Thomas and Rebecca ( ). They had three children.
ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 3 July 1825; m. ANNE ELIZA HILL. Child: Theodora Louisa,7 b. 19 Feb. 1850.
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