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5. William, b. April 17, 1677.
6. James.
7. Joseph.
2. JOHN LOCKE, son of John (1), born 1654; married Elizabeth Children :
8. John, b. about 1683; m. Sarah; d. 1774.
9. Jethro. Richard ( ?).
3. NATHANIEL LOCKE, son of Jolin (1), born 1661; mar- ried, Jan. 22, 1688-'89, Dorothy, daughter of Jasper Blake, who was born Sept. 17, 1668, and died at Hampton, N. H., Sept. 28, 1737. He died Nov. 12, 1734, aged 73. Tradition says he had 19 children. Children :
John, b. 1689; nothing further is known of him. Dorothy, b. March 20, 1690-'91; m. Jan. 7, 1720, Jethro Locke. Tryphena, m. Dec. 13, 1713, John Knowles, who was b. May 14, 1686. Eliza- beth, b. 1693-'94; m. Nov. 24, 1715, Thomas Leavitt. Rachel, b. Dec. 12, 1695; m. Jan. 6, 1715, William Moulton; she d. Jan. 20, 1774, at Hampton.
10. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 18, 1698.
11. Samuel, b. 1701-'02.
12. Jonathan, b. Dec. 22, 1705. Deborah, m. Oct. 19, 1732, William Buckinan (Bucknan). They removed to Falmouth, Me., and she with her infant and her brother Nathaniel's wife, and a Mrs. Noyes, were all lost in a vessel from Casco bay to Cape Ann or Boston, about 1735. Joseph, b. about 1700. Abijah. Timothy.
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4. EDWARD LOCKE, son of John (1), married Hannah, daughter of Frances Jenness. She was born March 26, 1673. Lived at Hampton and Rye. Children :
13. Francis, b. July 18, 1694. Samuel, b. Sept. 4, 1698; m. Feb. 11, 1725, Margaret Ward of Northampton; had Margaret, bapt. Nov. 20, 1726, at Hampton Falls.
14. Edward, b. May 28, 1701. Prudence, b. May 30, 1707; m. first, April 3, 1735, Ebenezer Weare; second, Dec. 29, 1742, Andrew Webster.
15. James, b. Oct. 4, 1709. Thomas, b. June 10, 1713.
5. DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE, son of John (1), born April 17, 1677; married Nov. 23, 1699, Hannah Knowles, who was born April 18, 1678, and died Sept. 12, 1769, in her 92d year. He died Jan. 22, 1768 in his 91st year. Children : 16. Jonathan, b. March 15, 1702.
17. William. Abigail, b. 1706; m. Jan. 4, 1726-'27, Joseph Philbrick; lived at Rye; d. Aug. 12, 1783. Hannah, d. young. Patience, b. 1710; m. Nov. 16, 1749, Noah Moulton, son of Daniel. Sarah, m. Francis Jenness ( ?) Barrington.
18. Elijah.
19. Elisha. Eliphalet, d. young. Jemima, b. Jan. 20, 1720-'21; m. May, 1740, John Blake of Greenland. Hannah, b. July 1, 1724; m. Oct. 3, 1745, Jeremiah Berry; she d. July 1, 1770, aged 46 years; had a son, Levi.
6. JAMES LOCKE, son of John (1), married Child :
20. James, m. Sarah -.
7. JOSEPH LOCKE, son of John (1), married Salome White ( ?). He died March, 1768. Lived at Locke's Neck, was a selectman. He bought land of Nathaniel Berry at Sandy Beach, May 25, 1713. Made another purchase, 1728, of four acres near "Dry Point," now Wallace S. Goss'. Children :
Salome, b. Oct. 20, 1710; m. May 22, 1735, Jonathan Goss, "weaver," of Rye.
21. Joseph, b. April 27, 1716. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1718; m. Jan. 6, 1743, Jude Allen. Mary, b. May 1, 1720; m. June 25, 1745, Solo- mon White of Newcastle; lived at Epping. Annis, or Ann, b. March 25, 1723; m. March 10, 1748, John Perkins. Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1725; m. Jan. 25, 1748, Robinson Trefethien. 22. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 4, 1728.
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8. JOHN LOCKE, son of John (2), born about 1683; mar- ried Sarah -. Resided at Rye and died 1774 or '75, aged 91 years. Children :
John, b. 1714.
23. Richard. b. July 28, 1720. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1722; d. July, 1736. Jacob, b. Nov. 12, 1727; d. Aug., 1736. John, d. July 23, 1730. Abner, d. Aug. 11, 1736. Tryphena, d. Aug. 13, 1736.
9. JETHRO LOCKE, son of John (2), married, Jan. 7, 1720, his cousin, Dorothy Locke. He resided at Rye and died in 1737. Children :
Dorothy, bapt. June 28, 1721. Simon, bapt. Dec. 29, 1723; d. young. 24. Jethro, b. June 27, 1727.
10. NATHANIEL LOCKE, son of Nathaniel (3), born Oct. 18, 1698; married, first, Jan. 6, 1726, Abigail Prescott, who was drowned in 1735, going from Casco bay to Cape Ann or Boston; second, Mary Stubbs of Yarmouth. He died at Falmouth, 1780 or '81. Children by first wife:
John, bapt. Nov. 29, 1727; d. young. Nathaniel, d. at Falmouth, 1756 or '58, aged 28 years.
Children by second wife:
Jonathan, shipmaster, m. Sarah Dunbar of Hingham: had a son, Jonathan, b. 1772; m. second, Hannah Tate of Boston, 1797; shipwrecked, 1804, in Mediterranean. John, lived at Falmouth; had a son, Ebenezer. Abijah, was a captain; 1775, helped build Fort Falmouth. Josiah, probably d. April 12, 1841, aged 84 years, at Falmouth; was in expedition to Penobscot, 1779.
11. SAMUEL LOCKE, son of Nathaniel (3), born 1701-02; married Dec. 11, 1729, Jerusha Shaw. Resided at Hamp- ton and died Dec. 5, 1789, aged about 88. She died Nov. 4, 1780, aged 71. Children :
Esther, b. 1730-'31; d. April 22, 1736.
25. Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1732; m. April 14, 1757, Hannah Fogg, Hampton. Nathaniel, b. 1735; d. May 3, 1736. Deborah, bapt. May 5, 1737; d. same day, aged 3 weeks.
26. Caleb, b. Aug. 12, 1738; m. Betsey Dyer; went to Hollis, Me.
27. Samuel. b. July 28, 1740; said to have had three wives: Brentwood. Merriam, b. June 16, 1743; m. Elisha Moulton. Joseph, bapt. Aug. 18, 1745; d. Dec. 10, 1745, aged four months. Mary, h. Dec. 14, 1746; m. first, Tristram Redmond; second, Joseph Towle.
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12. JONATHAN LOCKE, son of Nathaniel (3), born Dec. 22, 1705; married , daughter of Samuel Norton. It is said old Jonathan Locke was killed by falling down a bank while on his way home, having been to see Francis Locke's wife, and that Israel Marden, when going home from the same woman, horseback, the horse stumbled, and he was killed. Child :
28. Jonathan, b. about 1726.
13. FRANCIS LOCKE, son of Edward (4), born JJuly 18, 1694; married, first, Deliverance -; second, March 11, 1733, Sarah Moulton. He resided at Rye and died about 1754. Children by first wife :
Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1719-'20. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1722; d. Dec. 6, 1735. 29. Francis, b. June 27, 1724. Deliverance, b. Aug. 16, 1726. Eleanor, b. March 16, 1728-'29; 11. Feb. 15, 1749, William Ham of Dover.
30. Ephraim, b. Feb. 4, 1730-'31. Prudence, b. March 20, 1731-'32; m. Dec. 27, 1753, Israel Marden. Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1735. Fran- ces, b. Oct. 2, 1737.
14. EDWARD LOCKE, son of Edward (4), born May 28, 1701; married, Dec. 17, 1724, Hannah, daughter of Moses Blake. Lived at Kensington. Children :
Lydia, b. Dec. 22, 1725; d. Nov. 17, 1735. Abigail, bapt. April 12, 1730; d. Dec. 18, 1735.
31. Moses, b. July 8, 1733.
32. Timothy Blake, b. Oct. 30, 1735. Lydia, b. April 5, 1738; m. July 7, 1759, Benjamin Eastman; d. about 1816. Abigail, b. July 25, 1741; m. Onesephorus Page. Edward, b. March 6, 1744; d. Jan. 12, 1747. Hannah, b. April 26, 1747; m. Oct. 30, 1765, Jeremialı Dearborn of Kensington.
15. JAMES LOCKE, son of Edward (4), born Oct. 4, 1709; married Mercy. He was a cordwainer at Rochester in 1737.
16. JONATHAN LOCKE, son of William (5), born March 15, 1702; married March 2, 1727, Sarah, daughter of Will- iam Ilaines of Greenland. He resided at Rye, and died Jan. 2, 1774, aged 72. She died Oct., 1753. Tradition says that mother and nine children died of throat disten-
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per in Oct., 1753. He lived where Deacon Jonathan Locke resides. Children :
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1728; d. Sept. 26, 1742. Patience, b. Feb. 10, 1730.
33. Jonathan, b. Jan. 29, 1732. Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1733.
34. David, b. Aug. 24, 1735. Abigail, b. Sept. 5. 1736; m. Feb. 23, 1758, James Perkins. William, b. July 26, 1738. Margaret, b. July 20, 1740. Abner, b. July 31, 1742; d. Oct., 1753. Sarah, b. Ang. 28, 1744; unm .; d. in Rye, Dec. 31, 1796. Hannah, b. Dec. IS, 1746. John, b. Dec. 9, 1748.
17. WILLIAM LOCKE, son of William (5), married, first, Feb., 1729, Meribah Page; second, Jan. 5, 1735, Betsey Rand. Lived in Rye near Charles and Gilman Garland. A mason by trade. Children by second wife :
Meribah, b. Aug. 5, 1735. Hannah, b. Feb. 18, 1737-'38. Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1739-'40. Abigail, b. March 4, 1743; m. Sept. 18, 1764, Joshua Foss.
35. William, b. Sept. 9, 1745. Samuel, b. Aug. 14, 1748. Mary, b. April 6, 1751.
18. ELIJAH LOCKE, son of William (5), married, March 22, 1739, Huldah Perkins, who was born Sept. 23, 1718. Resided at Rye. Was a deacon. Died about 1782. Lived near Knowles' Corner, where Charles and Gilman Garland reside. Children :
Huldah, b. Oct. 2, 1739; m. Moses Seavey. Martha, bapt. Jan. 3, 1742; m. March 8, 1764, Bickford Lang. Mary, bapt. Nov. 25, 1744; m. July 7, 1765, Robert Saunders. Elijah, bapt. Sept. 29, 1746; d. young. Elizabeth, bapt. Jan. 15, 1749. Levi, bapt. Dec. 9, 1750. William, bapt. April 15, 1753; d. young.
36. Elijah, bapt. Dec. 15, 1754.
37. William, b. June 16, 1758.
19. ELISHIA LOCKE, son of William (5), married, Jan. 13, 1743, Tryphena Moulton. Resided at Haverhill, N. II. Children :
Elisha, b. 1743; d. young. Daniel, b. 1745; d. young. Mary, b. 1747; m. Ladd of Haverhill. Hannah, b. 1755; m. Ladd of Ha- verhill, brother of above. William, a peculiar man; stone-cut- ter; called "Picker Locke"; d. at Rye April 19, 1828. Elisha, b. 1760; Revolutionary soldier. David, b. 1767; m. first, 1787, Han- nah Lellingham; 2d, Nov. 6, 1809, Rachel Brainard. He d. 1832.
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20. JAMES LOCKE, son of James (6), married Sarah Lived at Rye. Children :
Sarah, b. July 27, 1825; m. March 28, 1746, John Marden. Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1726; d. Nov. 10, 1735.
38. James, b. June 30, 1729. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1730. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1732. Meribah, b. Oct. 13, 1733. Lydia, or Love, b. June 3, 1735. John, b. Oct. 3, 1737; d. in Revolutionary War. Abigail, b. March 25, 1741.
21. JOSEPH LOCKE, son of Joseph (7), born April 27, 1716 ; married, first, Dec. 4, 1739, Hannah Jenness ; second, April 20, 1768, widow Mary Odiorne. He lived at Rye and died 1790 or '91. ITis second wife died Jan. 28, 1805, aged 81 years. Lived where John Oliver Locke resides. Chil- dren by first wife :
Hannah, b. June 3, 1740. Joseph, bapt. April 4, 1742; d. young. 39. Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1744. Joseph, bapt. July 21, 1751; d. young.
40. Joshua, bapt. April 28, 1753 or '54. Mary, bapt. Nov. 21, 1756; m. Levi Towle (?).
Children by second wife:
41. Joseph, b. 1768; m. first, Nov. 16, 1794, Mary Brown; second, 1804, Olive Foss. Benjamin, b. 1770; d. young. Hannah, b. March, 1773; m. Samuel Mow; resided at Rye. Benjamin, b. 1776; d. young.
22. JEREMIAH LOCKE, son of Joseph (7), born Aug. 4, 1728; married, Feb. 5, 1753, Mary Elkins. Farmer. Re- sided at Rye. The place is now owned by Wallace Goss. He died Jan. 28, 1795. Children :
42. Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1753-'54. Mary. b. May 25, 1755; m. Samuel Jen- ness, March 21, 1775; North Hampton.
23. RICHARD LOCKE, son of John (8), born July 28, 1720; married Elizabeth Garland. Lived at Rye. He died May 15, 1804, aged 84 years. Children :
43. John, Jr., bapt. Oct. 19, 1746. Abner, b. March 13, 1748; d. young. 44. Richard, bapt. Jan. 7, 1750. Jacob, bapt. Feb. 23, 1752; d. young. Abner, bapt. May 26, 1754; d. April 15, 1825, aged 71 years.
45. Jacob, bapt. Jan., 1757. Tryphena, b. June, 1759; unm., d. Aug. 3, 1830; had William, m. first, July 31, 1825, Elizabeth Knowles; second, Marston of New Hampton, and had William Harvey, b. Aug. 9, 1830, d. Feb. 19, 1887, m. June 25, 1852, Maria L. Johnson, had Willie E., b. Oct. 7, 1855, d. Sept. 22, 1863; Parmelia Ann, b. Oct. 14, 1827, m. Joseph W. Berry.
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46. Job, bapt. Sept. 26, 1762. Sarah, bapt. Sept. 8, 1765; d. Feb. 8, 1813. Elizabeth, bapt. April 10, 1768.
47. Simon, bapt. Sept. 23, 1770.
24. JETHRO LOCKE, son of Jethro (9), born June 27, 1727 ; married, Feb. 2, 1748, Hannah Rand. Lived at Bar- rington. She died Feb. 15, 1831. He died Oct. 29, 1807. Children :
Hannah, b. 1748. Dorothy, b. 1750; m. July 19, 1771, Elijah Otis. 48. Simon, b. 1753. Merribah, b. 1756; m. Babb of Strafford. Eliza- beth, b. 1758-'59; m. twice.
49. Jethro, b. March 6, 1764.
25. JONATHAN LOCKE, son of Samuel (11), born Sept. 29, 1732 ; married, April 14, 1757, Ilannah Fogg, who died June 10, 1819, aged 83 years. He resided at Hampton and died Jan. 27, 1800, aged 67 years. Children :
Hannah, d. Feb. 14, 1789, aged 27 years. Jonathan, m. Deborah Knowles; she d. March 4, 1790, aged 25 years.
50. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 22, 1766. Miriam, m. Dudley Lamprey; she d. June 25, 1796, aged 23 years. Mary, m. Nov. 2, 1791, Stephen Locke of Hollis; d. 1852.
26. CALEB LOCKE, son of Samuel (11), born Ang. 12, 1738; married Betsy Dyer. He resided at Hollis, Me., and died April 10, 1820. She died Dec. 17, 1825, aged 82 years. Children :
Betsy, b. June 17, 1763; m. Joseph Hooper. Stephen, b. Feb. 2, 1765; m. Nov. 2, 1791, Mary Locke; resided at Hollis, Me .; he d. Dec. 21, 1812. Thomas D .. b. June 13, 1768; m. Chadbourn; re- sided at Hollis, Me. Tristram, b. Oct. 19, 1771; d. June 2, 1832. Caleb, b. Dec. 7, 1773; m. Sarah Clark; resided at Hollis, Me. Joseph, b. Jan. 1, 1779; d. Oct. 26, 1799. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1784; schoolmaster; resided at Hallowell, Me. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1787.
27. SAMUEL LOCKE, son of Samuel (11), born July 28, 1740; married, first, Aug. 15, 1768, Esther Dow; second, Jan. 25, 1771, Hannah Magoon. Children :
Benjamin. Betsey. Deborah, m. Smith. Weir. Samuel. Miriam. Lucy.
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28. JONATHAN LOCKE, son of Jonathan (12), born about 1726; married Abigail Perry. Children :
Samuel. Jacob. Mary. Abigail, living in 1850. Ann.
29. FRANCIS LOCKE, son of Francis (13), born June 27, 1724; married, first, Jan. 24, 1751, Sarah Page; second, Dec. 31, 1767, Elizabeth Bachelder. Farmer. Sold a por- tion of his farm to Col. Benjamin Garland and went to Ep- som. Children by first wife :
Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1751. Deliverance, bapt. April 11, 1754. Eliza- beth, b. May 2, 1755; m. Cass. Francis, b. Oct. 12, 1757; m. Molly Sceren. Abraham, bapt. June 28, 1760; m. April 6, 1779, Mary Sanborn. Hannah, bapt. Jan. 9, 1763; m. Bickford.
30. EPHRAIM LOCKE, son of Francis (13), born Feb. 4, 1730-31; married, May 14, 1752, Comfort Dowse. Lived at Epsom. Children :
Prudence, b. 1753. Ephraim, b. 1757. Asa, b. 1763; m. widow Mary (Nason) Shaw; removed to Vermont. Samuel, m. Mary Evans of Epsom. Francis.
31. MOSES LOCKE, son of Edward (14), born July 8, 1733 ; married, March 12, 1755, Mary Organ. Children :
Mehitable, bapt. Dec. 4, 1757. Ann, bapt. Feb. 13, 1760. Jonathan, bapt. April 19, 1762. Hannah, bapt. May 6, 1764. Mary, bapt. Sept. 6, 1766. Elijah, bapt. July 4, 1768.
32. TIMOTHY BLAKE LOCKE, son of Edward (14), born Oct. 30, 1735; married, first, June 1, 1757, Lydia Dow; sec- ond, Jan. 22, 1781, Patience Perkins. Resided at Kensing- ton and Seabrook. Children by first wife :
Josiah, b. Nov. 10, 1757; m. Bethia - -; he was drowned Sept. 23, 1816. Simon, b. Aug. 13, 1759. Edward, b. Dec. 15, 1760; m. Nov. 27, 1781, Betty Perkins of Kensington. James, b. Nov. 14, 1762; kept tavern at Andover, Mass. John, b. Feb. 29, 1764. Blake, b. Feb. 20, 1766. Lydia, bapt. April 28, 1771. Joseph, bapt. April 10, 1773. Jeremiah, bapt. May 5, 1776.
33. JONATHAN LOCKE, son of Jonathan (16), born Jan. 29, 1732; married, June 8, 1757, Abigail Towle, who died March 22, 1817, aged 81 years. Resided at Rye, where Deacon Jonathan Locke lived in 1903. He died Sept. 13, 1813, aged 82 years. Children :
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51. Jonathan. b. 1759. Abner, b. 1760; d. in Revolutionary army Aug. 16, 1778. Mary, b. July 21, 1763; d. 1763. Abigail, b. July 21, 1764; m. March 18, 1785, Jonathan Jenness of Rye; she d. May 24, 1844.
52. Jolin, b. July 15, 1767.
53. Joseph, b. 1770. Daniel, b. 1772; d. unm. Jan. 1, 1840.
54. Jethro, b. 1775.
55. Hall Jackson, b. 1777; m. Abigail Amazeen of Newcastle. Elvin.
34. DAVID LOCKE, son of Jonathan (16), born Aug. 24, 1735; married, first, Feb. 9, 1758, Hannah Lovering, who died Sept. 23, 1807 ; second, May 24, 1809, widow Olive El- kins, who died Dec. 4, 1835, aged 89 years. He resided at Rye and died June 7, 1810. His residence was in "Fern Avenue." Children by first wife :
56. Reuben, b. April 26, 1758.
57. Simeon, b. March 21 or 31. 1760. Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1761; m. Josiah Webster of Rye. Mary, b. May 7, 1763-'64; m. Joseph Sanborn.
58. David, b. Nov. 24, 1765. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9 or 19, 1768; m. Dec. 23, 1790, Lydia Hall; d. June, 1839.
59. Levi, b. Feb. 7, 1770. John, b. May 22, 1772; m. Abigail Dearborn. Annah, b. March 27, 1774; m. Jan. 2, 1794, Timothy Prescott. William, b. April 9, 1776; m. 1824, Esther Knowles; d. March 3, 1841. Abigail, b. Nov. 20, 1778; m. Jan. 2, 1797, Bickford Lang. Benjamin, b. Dec. 28, 1780; m. July 8, 1816, Parmelia Conner. Nancy, b. March 9, 1785; m. 1800, Morris Lamprey of North Hampton.
35. WILLIAM LOCKE, son of William (17), born Sept. 9, 1745; married Betsy Babb. Resided at Barrington. Chil- dren :
Samuel, m. Lucy Cate. John, b. Sept. 17, 1769; m. first, Sept. 20, 1792, Abigail Page; second, Mercy Dame; third, Margaret Pierce. William. Elisha, b. Oct. 26, 1780; m. Dec. 18, 1806, Sophia Pink- ham. Benjamin, m. Betsey Heard. Hannah, m. Winthrop Rey- nolds; Mirabah, m. 1792, Amos Main; lived in Rochester. Molly, m. Jesse Woodman. Betsy, m. Moses DeMerritt. Dolly, b. Aug. 11, 1784; m. Sept. 9, 1810, Barzilla Shurtleff; removed to Illinois. Alice, m. Samuel DeMerritt.
36. ELIJAHI LOCKE, JR., son of Elijah (18), baptized Dec. 15, 1754; married Nov. 21, 1776, Elizabeth Brown. Served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Joseph Par- sons. Children :
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60. Elijah, b. 1781. Mary, b. 1784; m. John Wallis; lived at Epsom. Levi, m. Rachel Towle; lived at Chichester. Several daughters (names not known).
37. WILLIAM LOCKE, son of Elijah (18), born June 16, 1758; married, Oct. 28, 1778, Abigail Saunders, who died Oct. 23, 1828. Removed from Rye to Epsom about 1780, and thence to Alexandria. Blacksmith. He died April 9, 1828. Children :
61. John, b. March 17, 1780. Abigail, b. Sept. 3, 1781; m. Jeremiah Page; lived at Epsom; she d. Nov. 5, 1847. Huldah, b. Aug. 4, 1783; m. John Page; lived at Epsom; she d. May 28, 1829.
62. William, b. Sept. 6, 1785; m. Dec. 25, 1808, Mary Shaw. Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1788; m. John Langley; she d. April 22, 1823. 63. Reuben, b. March 14, 1791; m. Jane McMurphy.
38. JAMES LOCKE, son of James (20), born June 30, 1729; married, June 14, 1750, Sarah Leavitt. Resided at Rye. Children :
Moses, b. 1751. Ruth, b. 1752; unm.
64. James, b. 1753. Hannah, b. 1755. John, b. 1757; was a refugee . and went to Nova Scotia. Sarah, b. 1759. Samuel. b. 1761. Elizabeth, b. 1763.
39. RICHARD LOCKE, son of Joseph (21), born Sept. 4, 1744; married Huldah Hobbs, who died Dec. 5, 1824. Re- sided at Rye. He died Oct. 20, 1823. Children :
Hannah, b. 1767; unm. Hannah Jenness, b. May 22, 1769 or '70; m. John Marston; he d. July 19, 1815; she d. Sept. 6, 1825, at Rye. Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1771-'72; m. Job Locke; she d. Aug. 29, 1852.
65. James Hobbs, b. June 3, 1773.
66. Asa, b. Aug. 14, 1775. Joshua, b. Aug. 14, 1775; d. an infant. 67. Richard, b. Oct. 5, 1779.
40. JOSHUA LOCKE, son of Joseph (21), baptized April 28, 1753 or '54; married, Jan. 18, 1776, Charity Marden. Resided at Rye. Children :
Nabby, m. Furber. Polly, m. Nov. 5, 1805, Jonathan Brown, Jr .. of Rye. Rachel, m. March 15, 1810, Joseph Brown of Deerfield.
41. JOSEPH LOCKE, son of Joseph (21), born 1768; mar- ried, first, Nov. 16, 1794, Mary Brown, who died Dec.,
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1803 ; second, July 16, 1804, Olly or Olive Foss, who died March 5, 1825. Children :
6S. John, b. 1795. Mary Brown, b. 1809; m. John W. P. Locke, who (l. April 25, 1841, aged 38 years.
42. JOSEPH LOCKE, son of Jeremiah (22), born Oct. 23, 1753-54; married, June 25, 1778, Martha Dow, who was born Oct. 6, 1758, and died Jan. 31, 1792. He resided in Rye and died April 22, 1790. Children :
69. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 9, 1778. Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1780; d. an infant. Mary, b. April 31, 1782; m. Jonathan Perkins (?). Mercy, b. Jan. 11, 1784; m. Samuel Mason, Nov. 12, 1801.
70. Joseph, b. May 4, 1787.
43. JOHN LOCKE, JR., son of Richard (23), baptized Oct. 19, 1746; married, first, Sept. 29, 1769, Sarah Jones; sec- ond, Aug. 18, 1796, Thankful Blaisdell. Children : John, bapt. 1770.
71. Jeremiah, b. 1771. Richard, b. 1773. Molly, b. 1773. George Washington, b. 1777.
44. RICHARD LOCKE, son of Richard (23), baptized Jan. 7, 1750; married, Nov. 2, 1769, Sarah Palmer. Served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Parsons. Children : Richard, b. 1773; d. young. 72. Joseph, b. 1775.
45. JACOB LOCKE, son of Richard (23), baptized Jan., 1757 ; married, June 4, 1778, Mehitable Higgins. Resided at Wakefield. Children :
John, m. (Locke) (Jurnald ) Mary Allen. Jacob, unm. Nathaniel,
m. Hannah Pitman. Mary, m. Allen. Sarah, m. Cook. Betsey, m. Joseph Pitman.
46. JOB LOCKE, son of Richard (23), baptized Sept. 26, 1762; married, first, Nov. 10, 1785, Hannah Lang ; second, Der. 6, 1806, Abigail Philbrick ; third, Nov. 25, 1810, Sally Locke. Lived where Otis Goss lives and built the house. Children by first wife :
Daniel, bapt. April 15, 1787. Sally, bapt. May 29, 1791. Polly W., b. 1793; m. 1815, James Bowley of Stratham. Elizabeth G., b. 1797; m. 1816, John Caswell.
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73. Job, bapt. May 5, 1799.
74. John W. P., b. April, 1803. Children by second wife:
Anna or Nancy, b. 1807. Hannah, bapt. July 21, 1813; m. William Randall. Sally, bapt. July 21, 1813.
47. SIMON LOCKE, son of Richard (23), baptized Sept. 23, 1770; married, first, Abigail Mace; second, Nov. 10, 1803, Elizabeth L. Allen, who died Nov. 29, 1862. Served on the Alarm List under Captain Jonathan Wedgewood during the War of 1812, and died July 31, 1863, aged 92 years, 11 months. Children by first wife :
Mehitable Berry, b. June, 1792; m. Daniel Burley; adopted Sylves- ter and Daniel Caswell. Richard, b. 1794; m. Oct. 21, 1823, Mar- garet Welch of Chichester. Sarah Frost, b. 1796; m. June 13, 1819, Edward Caswell. Simon, b. 1797; d. Aug. 1, 1819, aged 22 years. William, b. 1799; m. Nov. 6, 1825, Charlotte Wentworth of Boston. Elizabeth Garland, bapt. April 16, 1801. Rachel Berry, bapt. April 16, 1801.
Children by second wife:
Abner, b. 1804; m. first, Eunice Wallis; second, Mary A. Young. Abigail Mace, b. 1805; m. April 15, 1824, Asa Locke; second, Lemuel Locke (brothers). Thomas D., b. 1808; d.
75. John Langdon, b. Aug. 30, 1811. Elizabeth, b. 1811. Edwin, b. 1819; m. Adeline Sheppard. David, b. 1819. Alfred.
48. REV. SIMON LOCKE, son of Jethro (24), b. 1753; mar- ried, March 29, 1774, Lydia Foss; died Sept. 1, 1839. Children :,
Ephraim, b. Feb. S, 1775; d. Aug. 2, 1832, in N. Y .; m. Sally Foss. Jesse, b. Sept. 9, 1777; m. June 9, 1799, Hannah Danielson. Joshua, b. Dec. 11, 1779; d. at sea Ang. 16, 1802. Simon, b. Feb. 3, 1786; m. first, Oct., 1806, Mirian Day; second, 1833, Mary H. Staples. Lydia, b. Jan. 10, 1792; m. Dec. 17, 1807, John Dennett. Hannah, b. May 16, 1797; m. Sept. 3, 1812, Joshua Dennett.
49. JETHRO LOCKE, son of Jethro (24), born March 6, 1764; married Abigail Locke, who died April 5, 1829. Lived at Barrington. Children :
Simon, m. Olive Chadbourne. Hannah, m. Elias Varney. Isaac. Howard. Jethro. Nathaniel. Joshua. Abigail.
50. NATHANIEL LOCKE, son of Jonathan (25), born Ang. 22, 1766 ; married Lydia Page. Lived at Hampton. Chil- dren :
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HISTORY OF RYE.
Hannah, b. Aug. 3, 1792; m. John Towle of Saco. Jonathan, b. 1794; m. Mary Elkins of Hampton. Merriam, b. March 13, 1796; m. Joseph Palmer of Hampton. Samuel, m. July 3, 1825, Mary Dearborn of New Hampton. Sherburne, b. 1800; m. Louisa Lam- prey of Hampton. Mary Ann, m. Reuben Brown of New Hamp- ton. Nathaniel, b. 1803; m. Mary Lane of Hampton. Sarah, b. 1806; d. unm. Lydia, b. Aug. 3, 1814; m. John Lamprey of Hampton.
51. JONATHAN LOCKE, JR., son of Jonathan (33), born 1759; married, Nov. 23, 1785, Mary Rand. Lived at New- castle. Children :
76. Jonathan, bapt. Nov. 18, 1787. William, b. Feb. 10, 1788; seafaring man; unm .; d. Feb. 5, 1869. Nabby, b. Dec. 27, 1789; m. Nov. 1, 1807, William Neil of Newcastle.
77. Joseph L., b. March, 1792. Michael, b. 1796 (?); unm .; lived at Newcastle. Sarah Ann, b. 1799. John, b. 1800; m. Dec. 14, 1820, Martha Rand of Newcastle. Polly, b. 1804; m. Asa Watson of Portsmouth.
52. JOHN LOCKE, JR., son of Jonathan (33), born July 15, 1767; married, Sept. 30, 1787, Abigail Jenness, who died July 4, 1812. He died March 27, 1814. Children :
Eizabeth, bapt. Nov. 30, 1788.
78. Samuel Jenness, b. March 1, 1790. Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1792; m. June 2, 1816, Thomas Goss. Olle Shapley, b. May 11, 1795; m. William Berry of Greenland and Newington.
79. Jethro, b. Nov. 19, 1797. Jonathan, b. April 9, 1800; d. unm. June 14, 1826. Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1803; m. John Clark. 80. Elvin, b. March 29, 1809.
53. JOSEPH LOCKE, son of Jonathan (33), married, Dec. 4, 1794, Abigail Marden. Lived at Rye. Children :
Hannah Wallis, b. Feb. 7, 1795; m. Joseph J. Berry (second wife) ; she d. June 30, 1893. Abigail Towle, b. Feb. S, 1797; m. Aug. 31, 1815, Benjamin Berry of Moultonborough. Sarah Ann, b. April 1, 1799; m. Amos S. Jenness; she d. Dec. 17, 1889; lived at Rye. Patty, b. May 14, 1801; m. June 11. 1826; Reuel Garland of Rye. Lucretia, b. June S, 1803; m. July 18, 1822, Moses L. Garland; she d. Dec. 22, 1869; he d. 1890, at Rye.
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