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Jonathan, b. Dec. 7, 1737; 1. m. Wid. Mary Nichols, Oct. 2, 1761. 97 2. m. Wid. Betsv Field, 1807.JONATHAN LOCKE, Esq., m. 1. wid. MARY (HAVEN) NICHOLS, Oct. 2, 1761, the dau. of Joseph Haven, Esq. of Framingham, who m. his cousin Mehitable, dau. of Moses Haven, Nov. 30, 1721. Joseph, Esq. d. Feb. 27, 1776, a. 78, and his wife d. Jany. 25, 1780, a. 78. He was son of John, who m. Hannah Hitchens, Oct. 3, 1682, at Lynn, and gr. son of Richard, of Lynn, who was the ancestor of all the Havens in America. (a) History of New Ipswich. [Mrs. Nichols was b. Ap. 14, 1730, and m. John Nichols, ofUpton, July 17, 1751, by whom, she had, 1. Abigail, bap. June 7, 1752, m. John Chamberlain ; 2. Joseph, bap. Aug. 4, 1754, d. yg. ; 3. Mary, bap. 1757, m. Silas Eaton, of Framingham, Feb. 1, 1782, and d. Oct. 30, 1818, a. 61 ; 4. John, bap. Dec. 31, 1758, d. yg. Mr. Nichols d. in the army in 1759 ] Mrs. Nichols, afterwards Mrs. Locke, was a woman of great intellectual powers, uncommonly amiable in her deportment, and a Christian by profession and practice. She was one of the best of mothers, and the evidence of her patriotism in the Revolution is perpetuated in a number of short poems which she wrote, and which were published at the time. She d. Jany. 15, 1804, a. 73. Mr. Locke for a 2d wf. m. wid. BETSY (FRLNK) FIELD, Feb. 1807, the dau. of Dr. John Frink, of Rutland, and the wid. of Dr. John Field, of the same town. She for a 3d hus. m. Mr. Gray, and died at Salem, N. Y. She was a sister to Alice, who md. Prof. E. Adams, (622.) Capt. Locke, or as he was more commonly called " Squire Locke," after his first marriage remained in Hopkinton, (where he was an Assessor in 1765 and '66,) until 1769, when he removed to Framingham, where he lived till June, 1770, when he moved to Fitzwilliam, N.H. then called Monadnock, No. 2, where he had purchased an uncleared lot of land, on which he built a log hut, in which he lived until he built a more commodious house, which he did the next year, and which house is now standing and owned by James Reed. During the time he lived at F. and afterwards, he purchased several lots of the proprietors' land. In May or June, 1772, at the request of his father, he moved to Ashby to take charge of his father's farm, and of which he received a deed, Mb. 1773, living in the old house with his father till 1782, when he built the large house now (1852) standing at the intersection of the old road leading north to Mason, N. H. with the old road leading westerly to New Ipswich, N. H. and which was sold by his heirs to Joshua Willard and David Lawrence. He purchased other land adjoining of his brother James, and also several large tracts of land in Grafton and Andover, Vt. and in the State of New York. He built a saw-mill on what is now called " Locke's Brook, or Squanecook River," and was engaged extensively in the lumber business, and kept a Public House about ten years. Very soon after moving to Ashby he became one of the leading men in town and church affairs. In M;iy, 1774, he was one of a committee to whom was referred the communication of the town of Boston " relating to our privileges," and in June following he made a very lengthy and well written report, which was unanimously accepted, and a committee of correspondence was appointed, of which he was one, and to which he was often re-appointed. In 1774 and 1775, he was chosen constable, an office then of more consequence than now ; in 1777, '82, '83, and '84, a selectman ; from 1778 to '85 and 1794 to '96, assessor ; and town clerk from 1779 to '85, and moderator nearly every year. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress, held at Salem, Oct. 7, 1774 ; member of the Middlesex Convention, held at Concord, Aug, 30, 1774 ; also of that held at the same place Oct. 1779 ; and member of the Mass. Convention to frame a Constitution, held at Cambridge, Oct. 1779. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in 1783, which office he held until his death, and was an active magistrate during the whole period. In the old French war he was a Sergeant. and was in several campaigns, at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1758 and '59, and was Capt. of the Militia some years during the Revolution. He was a stout built man of middling height, dignified in his appearance, wore a large wig, was uncommonly industrious and energetic, and in all the stations to which he was called, he performed their duties to the general satisfaction of his townsmen. Having no advantages of an early education, he yet acquired information sufficient for the times, but aware of the benefits of good schools, he was one of thirty who pledged their property to found and maintain an Academy in the adjoining town of New Ipswich, N. H. and his three sons had a collegiate education. " Ashby, from its first settlement for more than half a century, was somewhat famed for church and ministerial troubles, and during the whole of Mr. Locke's residence there he -was more or less connected with them. He appears to have been the leader of a party who were Calvinistic, and the other party having more faith in Flopkins, were headed by the minister. Rev. Samuel Whitman. At times the war waxed warm, till at last, March, 1779, by a small majority, "brother Locke" was suspended from church privileges. Several attempts were made to call a mutual council without success, and several ex parte councils were held without any good result. Oct. 7, 1763, a mutual council however was held, and the result appears in the following extract from the Church Records, under date of Oct. 9, 1783 : " A private settlement of the unhappy controversy in Ashby being strongly recommended by a mutual council, convened Oct. 7, 17S3, and accordingly effected by the parties, upon brother Jonathan Locke voluntarily making the subsequent declaration, ' That in the course of the long dispute he had been engaged in with the Church, he had been sometimes transported into feelings and conduct unbecoming the Christian spirit ; hut was not, however, conscious of any behavior which deserved Church censure ; ' upon this, the Church passed the following votes : " 1st. That the suspension of brother Jonathan Locke from the Communion of this Church was done without proper delibez-ation. " 2d. That he be now restored to fellowship and communion of this Church." At the same meeting, Mr. Whitman, by the advice of the Council, was dismissed from his pastoral relations, but continued for some time to preach at his own house to his followers, but finally left town.

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JAMES LOCKE, m. ELIZABETH BURNAP, Jany. 11, 1727, at Hopkinton, who was b. at Reading May 1, 1708, the dau. of Dea. Benjamin Burnap, who m. Elizabeth Newhall, of Maiden, June 19, 1700. Dea. Burnap was b. June 8, 1677, and was the son of Robert Burnap, Jr., by wf. Ann, who was the son of Robert Burnap, Sen'r, who was the first of the name in New England, and whose wife's name was also Ann. . [Burnap was the original orthography of this name in this country, at Reading, where the family first settled, and has so remained until the present time with most of the descendants of Robert ; but in 1771 Dea. Benjamin, the brother of Elizabeth, changed his name to Burnet, and his descendants, some of whom resided at Southboro', are now known by that name. Previous to that time there were Burnets in Boston and other places, but I think they were not connected with the Reading family. I am inclined to think that Burnet is the true name, as the name of Burnap I have not been able to find in England.] James Locke was a farmer and settled in Hopkinton about 1725. He was appointed Administrator on his father's estate in Wob. in June 1745. On the division of the estate, his share was <£146. 6. 8. He remained at Hopkinton, where all his chil. were b, till 1749, when he removed to Ashby, then Town send, where he purchased a farm (of Amos Whitney ?) it being the first farm surveyed in that part of Townsend which is now in the bounds of Ashby. I have the original plan, which is before me, and is dated April, 1736, and is recorded in the Proprietors' books, Dec. 4, 1736. It was situated in the NorthEasterly part of Ashby, on what, for many years, was the principal road from Townsend, through New Ipswich, N. H. to Keene, N. H. This road was laid out Jany. 15, 1750, by Townsend, and is described as " Beginning at Pearl Hill Brook, near the Bridge, near John Conant's fence ; thence Northerly to John Stevens' ; thence towards the bridge across Willard's stream ; thence up to James Locke's ; thence to the Brook running out of Locke's meadow to the Beaver Dam, and across said Dam, so on to the Westerly side of Pine Hill, near Ebenezer Taylor's House, to the Province Line." At the same time the Town voted to pay James Locke <£10, for building a Bridge across the stream that runs out of his meadow, and he to maintain the same for ten years. The original house stood in the orchard North of where the present house stands ; the cellar and well are both now to be seen. Large additions were made to the farm, by him or his son Jonathan. In 1767, Ashby, taken from Townsend, Ashburnham and Fitchburg, was incorporated. Mr. Locke became one of the influential men in the town, and for many years was nearly always Moderator of the Town meetings ; and when the church was organized in 1776, June 17, his name stands first on the list of members. In 1773 he sold all his real estate to his son Jonathan, (who resided with and took care of his parents,) and d. Sep. 1, 1782, a. 79 yrs. and 2 mos. ; and his wid. d. Nov. 25, 1785, a. 77, at the house of her dau. Rebecca, who m. Dea. Ephraim Adams, of New Ipswich, N. H., where she was buried, and on whose tomb-stone is the following Epitaph : " Sleep virtuous dust within your peaceful urn, There rest in hope, till thy blest Lord's return.'' The following Epitaph is inscribed on his tomb-stone at Ashby : " Death is the lot, the tomb the place, For all the sons of Adam's race." IV. ChiL b. at Hopkinton. • . .179 Elizabeth, b. Ap. 19, 1728, was admitted to the church in Hop. 1742, resided some years at Southboro', afterwards with her parents at Ashby ; was a distmguished school teacher for forty years, and d. unmd. She was uncommonly large, weighing 250 pounds, and was found in her bed, dead, June 26,1799, a. 71.

James married Elizabeth Burnap 11 Jan 1727, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Burnap and Elizabeth Newhall) was born 1 May 1708, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died 25 Nov 1785, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; was buried , New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of America. [Group Sheet]

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JAMES LOCKE, m. SARAH CUTTER, Dec. 5, 1700, the dau. of Richard Cutter of Cambridge, who emigrated to America with his wf. Elizabeth, and who m. wid. Frances Amsden, for a 2. wife, whose maiden name was Ferryman.

Mrs. LOCKE was b. Aug. 31, 1673. He d. Dec. 11, 1745, a. 68. His father, in his will, says, " with reference to my son James Locke I lett him go to work for himself to gett something to begin the world with, and also gave him about thirty pounds in money, to help him purchase his land and build upon it, so that I have given him his full portion already, and now I give him ten shillings more as a token of my love." In 1699, Sep. 9, he purchased of James Converse, 46 acres in Wob. " near a place called the Pine Mountain ; " " bounded. South East by ye Woodland of Henry Gardner and Josiah Johnson, North East by ye Woodland of Josiah Johnson, North West by ye Woodland of John Carter, and South West partly by Cambridge line and partly by Woodland of John Carter." Also " twenty acres of swamp bottom, so called, with the liberty to take it up for himself, where the top is his own, according to an order of the Town of Woburn." In 1715 he purchased of Josiah Johnson, ten acres of Woodland, bounded South Westerly on Cambridge and Lexington lines, North Westerly on said James Locke, North Easterly on land in possession of Widow Garner [Gardner .?] and South Easterly on Charlestown line. The following is from the Woburn Town Records, May 17, 1700. " Then layed out to James Locke of Woburn, 23 acres and a half where the top is his own already, at a place called Pine Mountain, on the South side thereof, near Cambridge line ; bounded by the Woodland of Josiah Johnson East ; South by ye Woodland that was Matthew Johnson's and Sam. Blodgett's, and the said James Locke's Woodland elsewhere, twenty acres thereof upon Samuel Converse's account, and three acres and a half given him by the proprietors of this town of Woburn, at their meeting, April 22, 1700." These tracts of land constituted the beginning of his homestead, and here he built his first house, a short distance from the house of his gr. gr. son Jonathan Locke, who resides near the West line of Winchester, formerly Woburn. Mh. 7. 1708-9, James Locke was chosen " haward," and again, Mh. 3, 1711-12 ; and Mh. 3, 1717-18, Surveyor of Highways, and Mh. 2, 1718-19, Constable, "Feb. 12, 1719-20, reconed with Constable James Locke and he having paid into the Selectmen and their orders, with an order to Mr. Cotton . when paid L 10.1.0, the full of the list of the Town Rates committed to him to collect. Discharged in full thereof." (Wob. Rec.) Jany. 1745-6, his son James of Hopkinton was appointed Administrator on his estate - Inventory .£1370. Oct. 1747, the Commissioners appointed by the Court to make a distribution of his estate, made a Report which was sanctioned by the judge. One third of the Real Estate was set off to the widow, and the other two thirds to his son Jonathan ; he giving bonds to pay the other heirs their share, viz, to James - £146.6.8, to heirs of dau. Hannah Pierce, deceased, £60.3.4, to daus. Sarah, wife of William Jones, Ruhamah Bond, [formerly Whittemore,] Phebe, wife of Daniel Brewer, Rebecca, wife of William Munroe, and Mary, wife of John Wright, each £55.3.4. The Pro. Rec. also show, that, James had previously rec'd £24, Hannah £25, Jonathan £8, and Sarah, Phebe, Ruhamah, Rebecca and Mary, each £30. At the settlement Jonathan was allowed £280, for services rendered after he was twenty-one.

James married Sarah Cutter 5 Dec 1700, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Richard Cutter and Frances Penniman) was born 31 Aug 1673, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died 11 Dec 1745, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Benjamin married Elizabeth Newhall Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Newhall, LT and Rebecca Greene) was born 12 May 1678, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died 11 Dec 1743, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1655, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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William LockeDeacon WILLIAM LOCKE was b. at Stepney Parish, London, England, Dec. 13, 1628; m. MARY CLARKE in Woburn, Dec. 27, 1655, the dau. of William and Margery Clarke of Woburn. She was b. at Watertown, 10, 10, 1640, (Dec. 20, 1640) and d. at Woburn, July 18, 1715, a. 74 yrs. 7 mos. ; Dea. Locke d. at Woburn, June 16, 1720, a. 91 yrs. 6 mos. Their children all b. at Woburn.

William Locke came to New England in 1634 on the ship The Planter when he was only 6 years old. He was probably raised by an Uncle in or near present-day Woburn, Mass. His circumstances in the new world are unknown, but he was able to purchase land in Woburn in 1650.

William married Mary Clark 27 Nov 1655, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of William Clark and Margery) was born 20 Dec 1640, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died 18 Jul 1715, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried , Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: 10 Dec 1640, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Richard married Frances Penniman Frances was born 1624, Greater London, England; died 10 Jul 1728, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Rebecca Greene Rebecca was born 1654, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died 25 May 1726, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]