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Samuel Locke

Male 1731 - 1777  (45 years)

  • Samuel Locke was the twelfth president of Harvard College, serving from 1770 to 1773.

    Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1731, Locke received an A.B. degree in 1755 from Harvard, where he held a Hollis scholarship.

    Locke continued his studies at Harvard with a Hopkins fellowship, receiving his A.M. in 1758. That same year, while still enrolled at Harvard, he began preaching part time at the First Church of Plymouth. He was ordained as a minister at Sherborn, Massachusetts, in 1759. In 1760, Locke married Mary Porter, with whom he had three children.

    When appointed to the Harvard presidency in 1770, Locke was the youngest man to hold the office. During his administration, the College was preoccupied by the political turmoil and threat of war, and Locke had little influence on College life. He resigned in 1773, after it was discovered that he had fathered a child by one of his housemaids.

    After leaving Harvard, Locke returned to Sherborn and opened a classical school for boys. During the American Revolution, he joined the patriot cause and became chairman of the Committee of Correspondence. Samuel Locke died in 1778. -- Harvard Biography

 
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  • Name Samuel Locke 
    Gender Male 
    Born 23 Nov 1731  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Death 15 Jan 1777  Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    LockeID W155 
    Died 15 Jan 1777  Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Buried Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I29494  Locke Family Tree | Public
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 

    Father Samuel Locke,   b. 24 Aug 1702, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1775, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Elizabeth Richardson,   b. 1710,   d. 10 Sep 1789, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1730  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Family ID F11120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Porter,   b. 22 Aug 1738, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Oct 1755  [1] 
    Married 2 Jan 1760  Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Children 
    1. Private -- please log in to traverse further
     
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F11127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1731 - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jan 1760 - Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 1777 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Jan 1777 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Samuel Locke was the twelfth president of Harvard College, serving from 1770 to 1773.

      Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1731, Locke received an A.B. degree in 1755 from Harvard, where he held a Hollis scholarship.

      Locke continued his studies at Harvard with a Hopkins fellowship, receiving his A.M. in 1758. That same year, while still enrolled at Harvard, he began preaching part time at the First Church of Plymouth. He was ordained as a minister at Sherborn, Massachusetts, in 1759. In 1760, Locke married Mary Porter, with whom he had three children.

      When appointed to the Harvard presidency in 1770, Locke was the youngest man to hold the office. During his administration, the College was preoccupied by the political turmoil and threat of war, and Locke had little influence on College life. He resigned in 1773, after it was discovered that he had fathered a child by one of his housemaids.

      After leaving Harvard, Locke returned to Sherborn and opened a classical school for boys. During the American Revolution, he joined the patriot cause and became chairman of the Committee of Correspondence. Samuel Locke died in 1778. -- Harvard Biography

  • Sources 
    1. [S366] Book of the Lockes: A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of Woburn, John Goodwin Locke 1803-1869, (James Munroe and Company, Boston, MA, 1853;), #155.

    2. [S14] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2016), Book Title: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three bro http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=3938768&indiv=try.

    3. [S364] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Ancestry.com), Source number: 1464.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=749868&indiv=try.

    4. [S376] Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, (Ancestry.com), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. III http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61360&h=9371&indiv=try.

    5. [S18] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2011), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2495&h=81223198&indiv=try.

    6. [S23] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 1999), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3599&h=376929&indiv=try.

    7. [S377] History of Sherburne, Mass, William Bigelow 1773-1844, (Ballou & Stacy, Milford, MA, 1830), p 68.

    8. [S80] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2012), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=110633079&indiv=try.

    9. [S366] Book of the Lockes: A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of Woburn, John Goodwin Locke 1803-1869, (James Munroe and Company, Boston, MA, 1853;), #42.

    10. [S187] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2005), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7853&h=452865&indiv=try.

    11. [S14] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2016), Book Title: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three bro http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=3938360&indiv=try.

    12. [S364] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Ancestry.com), Source number: 1524.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=749867&indiv=try.

    13. [S187] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2005), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7853&h=577740&indiv=try.

    14. [S18] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2011), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2495&h=80441214&indiv=try.

    15. [S18] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2011), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2495&h=17579529&indiv=try.

    16. [S14] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2016), Book Title: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three bro http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=3938769&indiv=try.

    17. [S364] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Ancestry.com), Source number: 1464.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=970127&indiv=try.


 

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