James Locke

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• LockeID: W233

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James, b, Ap, 7, 1752 ; m. Sally Symmes, [294.]JAMES LOCKE, m. SALLY SYMMES, [294] the dau. of Zachariah Symmes, (Par. 46) who md. Elizabeth Locke, [291] for his 2d wf. Mrs. Locke was b. Dec. 29, 1757, and d. Feb. 22. 1839, a. 81. Mr. Locke was a soldier of the Revolution. He resided at Wob. Lex. and West Camb. and d. at the last place, July 6, 1831, a. 80. His house at West Camb. was near the " Foot of the Rocks " on the Wob. road, where the railroad now crosses it.

James — Sarah Symmes. Sarah (daughter of Zechariah Symmes and Elizabeth Locke) was born 29 Dec 1757; died 22 Feb 1839. [Group Sheet]

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• LockeID: W54

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He resided on the farm of his father, which was decreed to him by the Court, on the settlement of his father's estate Oct. 6, 1747 ; and is the same property now owned and occupied by his gr. son Jonathan, and is situated in the West end of Winchester, formerly a part of Wob. He is probably the Jonathan who was " impressed " into the army with Ebenezer before 1746,
JONATHAN LOCKE m. PHEBE PIERCE, Feb. 1, 1746, the dau. of James and Hannah Pierce, of Wob. She was b. Sep. 28, 1713, and d. Mh. 2, 1793, a. 80. He d. Jany. 10, 1799, a. 82. He resided on the farm of his father, which was decreed to him by the Court, on the settlement of his father's estate Oct. 6, 1747 ; and is the same property now owned and occupied by his gr. son Jonathan, and is situated in the West end of Winchester, formerly a part of Wob. He is probably the Jonathan who was " impressed " into the army with Ebenezer before 1746,

Jonathan married Phebe Pierce 1 Feb 1746. [Group Sheet]

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• LockeID: W9

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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]

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• Residence: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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• Residence: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• LockeID: W1
• 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]