James Locke (1709 - 1805): Locke Genealogy

Locke Genealogy

1709 - 1805 (95 years)

F39 James Locke, b. Oct. 4, 1709, m. March 2, 1731-2, Mercy Foss of Barnstead. He bought 50 acres of land in Rochester 1732, and sold the same in 1733. "James, cordwainer and Mercy," sold land in Rochester 1737, also in 1763.

One Adams is called the first settler of Barnstead, the reason being that he settled in the southern part, while James Locke settled in the remote northeast part a few years before. James served under Genl. Wolf at Quebec in 1759, and returning to his home in Rochester, again took up his routine of farming and hunting. On one of these trips he fell in with a hunter named Libbey, who lived on what is now New Durham Ridge. Libbey wanted a neighbor, even though he be five miles away, and showed Locke a clearing where Indians had apparently camped. This seemed a desirable location, as it was within a mile of a large tract of marsh land, and its hay would winter several cattle. Here he built his cabin and to it moved his family from Rochester about 1762. George L. Hall of Barnstead near the Strafford line lives on the site of this cabin. Locke and Libbey worked the marsh together, cutting and stacking the grass to be drawn in the winter on sleds by the elders or their sons. Moose fed on these stacks, and one winter three were shot; Indians also slept there but did no damage. James died on the home place about 1805, and was buried there. His wife was a large powerful woman.

Name	James Locke
Gender	Male
Born	4 Oct 1709	Rye, NH [1, 2]
Residence	Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA [1]
LockeID	F39
Died	1805 [1]
Person ID	I61	Locke Family Tree \| Public
Last Modified	9 Jun 2018

Father	Edward Locke, d. Abt 1739
Mother	Hannah Jenness, b. 26 Mar 1673, d. Abt 1739 (Age 65 years)
Married	1692 [3, 4]
Family ID	F7	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mercy Foss

Married 2 Mar 1731/32 [1]

Children

	1. Susannah Locke, d. Abt 1740
	2. Susannah Locke
	3. Edward Locke, b. 1752
	4. Mary Locke
	5. James Locke, b. 1752, d. Nov 1833 (Age 81 years)
	6. Prudence Locke, b. Abt 1756
	7. Sarah Locke, b. 1 Jan 1758, Rochester, NH , d. 19 May 1850 (Age 92 years)
	8. Mehitable Locke, b. Abt 1760
	9. Mercy Locke, b. Abt 1733
	10. Hannah Locke, b. Abt 1735

Last Modified 9 Jun 2018

Family ID F49 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

F39 James Locke, b. Oct. 4, 1709, m. March 2, 1731-2, Mercy Foss of Barnstead. He bought 50 acres of land in Rochester 1732, and sold the same in 1733. "James, cordwainer and Mercy," sold land in Rochester 1737, also in 1763.

One Adams is called the first settler of Barnstead, the reason being that he settled in the southern part, while James Locke settled in the remote northeast part a few years before. James served under Genl. Wolf at Quebec in 1759, and returning to his home in Rochester, again took up his routine of farming and hunting. On one of these trips he fell in with a hunter named Libbey, who lived on what is now New Durham Ridge. Libbey wanted a neighbor, even though he be five miles away, and showed Locke a clearing where Indians had apparently camped. This seemed a desirable location, as it was within a mile of a large tract of marsh land, and its hay would winter several cattle. Here he built his cabin and to it moved his family from Rochester about 1762. George L. Hall of Barnstead near the Strafford line lives on the site of this cabin. Locke and Libbey worked the marsh together, cutting and stacking the grass to be drawn in the winter on sleds by the elders or their sons. Moose fed on these stacks, and one winter three were shot; Indians also slept there but did no damage. James died on the home place about 1805, and was buried there. His wife was a large powerful woman.

[S8] A History and Genealogy of Capt. John Locke [1627-1696] of Portsmouth and Rye, N. H, Arthur H. Locke, (Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1916), Descendant F39.
[S11] New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900, (Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., Provo, Utah, 2013), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4582&h=81035&indiv=try.
Record for James Lock
[S8] A History and Genealogy of Capt. John Locke [1627-1696] of Portsmouth and Rye, N. H, Arthur H. Locke, (Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1916), Descendant F6.
[S8] A History and Genealogy of Capt. John Locke [1627-1696] of Portsmouth and Rye, N. H, Arthur H. Locke, (Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1916), F6.