Ebenezer Locke (1699 - ): Locke Genealogy

Locke Genealogy

1699 -

EBENEZER LOCKE, m. MARY MERIAM, the dau. of Thomas and Mary, of Lexington. In 1715, when he was 16 years of age, "he putt' himself and of his own freewill and accord, put himself apprentice to Joseph Loring of Lex., House Carpenter and joyner to learn his art, trade or mystery. After the manner of an Apprentice." At the close of the Indentures, which are now before me, is this " Memorandum." " It is to be understood yt ye sd. Apprentice is bound to Lydia Loring, ye now wife of ye above sd. Joseph Loring, and she to him, in all things to [be] performed what is above written." His father d. Dec. 1723, and bequeathed "him the sum often shillings in money, and one hundred and' fifty acres of Land lying in ye North Township above Groton, (now Townsend and Ashby,) the which with what I formerly gave him, I count to be his full part and double portion out of my estate." One hundred acres of this land he sold to his brother Josiah the same year, and soon after moved to Hopkinton ; where in 1733 he bought land of John Howe ; and in 1736, of Benj. Beduna, land and a grist-mill. The same year he sold land to Josiah Rice, and in 1751, then of "Country Gore," near Oxford, he sold lands in Hopkinton to Joseph Wood, of Hopkinton. He and his wife were " admitted to full communion" in the Church at Hopkinton, Ap. 4, 1725, and were dismissed to the Church in Oxford, Sep. 3, 1738. He, perhaps, was the same Ebenezer Locke who contracted with the " Proprietors of Gardner's Canada Township," to build them a Mill in 1753. The place is now the Town of Warwick. The Mill was not completed for several years, as he was frequently driven from his work by his fear of the Indians, who were " doing much mischief in the vicinity." [I am not certain, whether the Ebenezer, who built the Mill, was the one above or not. It may have been Ebenezer, the son of his brother Joshua that built the Mill, who then, or soon after resided at " Ervingshire,'' part of which place is now iacluded in Shutesbury and Orange. In his old age he resided with his son-in-law, Nehemiah Stone, at Charlton, where he d. Jany. 12, 1775, a. 74. I find records of births of two daughters only. He may have been the father of an Ebenezer Locke, who was with Gen. Winslow al Nova Scotia in 1755, and who, it appears, by the army rolls was "b. at Oxford,'' and was aged 19 in 1755 ; but I am inclined to think that this Ebenezer was the son of Joshua, (See Par. 29,) but I doubt of his being b. at Oxford.] The house and farm formerly owned by Ebenezer of " Country Gore," is now in possession of Rufus Eddy, and by the house stands a noble elm, planted by Mr. Locke. [In 1756 Mr. Locke gave as an excuse, for not having completed the mill according to agreement, sickness in his family, and the death of a daughter. This must have been a child of whom nothing more is known.]

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Name	Ebenezer Locke
Gender	Male
Born	28 Apr 1699 [1]
LockeID	W41
Person ID	I31495	Locke Family Tree \| Public
Last Modified	9 Jun 2018

Father	Ebenezer Locke, b. 8 Jan 1674, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 24 Dec 1723, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)
Mother	Susannah Walker, b. 1 Mar 1674, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. Abt 1700, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 25 years)
Married	18 Oct 1697	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Family ID	F11115	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Meriam

Children

	1. Lydia Locke
	2. Hannah Locke, b. 10 Dec 1725

Last Modified 9 Jun 2018

Family ID F11839 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

EBENEZER LOCKE, m. MARY MERIAM, the dau. of Thomas and Mary, of Lexington. In 1715, when he was 16 years of age, "he putt' himself and of his own freewill and accord, put himself apprentice to Joseph Loring of Lex., House Carpenter and joyner to learn his art, trade or mystery. After the manner of an Apprentice." At the close of the Indentures, which are now before me, is this " Memorandum." " It is to be understood yt ye sd. Apprentice is bound to Lydia Loring, ye now wife of ye above sd. Joseph Loring, and she to him, in all things to [be] performed what is above written." His father d. Dec. 1723, and bequeathed "him the sum often shillings in money, and one hundred and' fifty acres of Land lying in ye North Township above Groton, (now Townsend and Ashby,) the which with what I formerly gave him, I count to be his full part and double portion out of my estate." One hundred acres of this land he sold to his brother Josiah the same year, and soon after moved to Hopkinton ; where in 1733 he bought land of John Howe ; and in 1736, of Benj. Beduna, land and a grist-mill. The same year he sold land to Josiah Rice, and in 1751, then of "Country Gore," near Oxford, he sold lands in Hopkinton to Joseph Wood, of Hopkinton. He and his wife were " admitted to full communion" in the Church at Hopkinton, Ap. 4, 1725, and were dismissed to the Church in Oxford, Sep. 3, 1738. He, perhaps, was the same Ebenezer Locke who contracted with the " Proprietors of Gardner's Canada Township," to build them a Mill in 1753. The place is now the Town of Warwick. The Mill was not completed for several years, as he was frequently driven from his work by his fear of the Indians, who were " doing much mischief in the vicinity." [I am not certain, whether the Ebenezer, who built the Mill, was the one above or not. It may have been Ebenezer, the son of his brother Joshua that built the Mill, who then, or soon after resided at " Ervingshire,'' part of which place is now iacluded in Shutesbury and Orange. In his old age he resided with his son-in-law, Nehemiah Stone, at Charlton, where he d. Jany. 12, 1775, a. 74. I find records of births of two daughters only. He may have been the father of an Ebenezer Locke, who was with Gen. Winslow al Nova Scotia in 1755, and who, it appears, by the army rolls was "b. at Oxford,'' and was aged 19 in 1755 ; but I am inclined to think that this Ebenezer was the son of Joshua, (See Par. 29,) but I doubt of his being b. at Oxford.] The house and farm formerly owned by Ebenezer of " Country Gore," is now in possession of Rufus Eddy, and by the house stands a noble elm, planted by Mr. Locke. [In 1756 Mr. Locke gave as an excuse, for not having completed the mill according to agreement, sickness in his family, and the death of a daughter. This must have been a child of whom nothing more is known.]

Sources

[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;), #41.
[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;), #8.
[S167] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3824&h=58042&indiv=try.
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