Joseph Locke

- 1768

• Name	Joseph Locke
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1763	Rye, NH   [1]
  LockeID	F12
  Died	Mar 1768
  Person ID	I20	Locke Family Tree | Public
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	John Locke,   b. Abt 1627, England ,   d. 26 Aug 1696, Rye, NH  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Berry,   b. Abt 1637,   d. Aft 1708, Rye, NH  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	Abt 1652  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Salome White
  Married	Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   [4]
  Married	Abt 1710  [1, 5]
  Children	1. Salome Locke,   b. 20 Oct 1710, Hampton, NH   2. Joseph Locke,   b. 27 Apr 1716, Hampton, NH ,   d. 22 Apr 1790  (Age 73 years)   3. Elizabeth Locke,   b. 1 Dec 1718, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Bef 1776  (Age < 57 years)   4. Mary Locke,   b. 1 May 1720, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   5. Annis Locke,   b. 25 Mar 1723, Hampton, NH   6. Abigail Locke,   b. 17 Nov 1725, Hampton, NH   7. Jeremiah Locke,   b. 1 Aug 1728, Hampton, NH ,   d. 1795, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1763 - Rye, NH Married - - Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. Joseph Locke, m. in Greenland by Rev. Wm. Allen, Salome White, dau. of William. She was bapt. Sept. 30, 1711, d . Both were received into the Greenland Church in 1718. May 13, 1713, he bought "one-fourth part of the meadow and upland fenced in at Sandy Point at a place called Dry Point." July 31, 1718, he bought rights in the town commons at New Castle, also in April 1720 and June 1723. Dec. 19, 1721, he bought land in Chester. Ensign Joseph bought land at Dry Point May 15, 1728. Jan. 7, 1730, he bought land in Rye. Nov. 17, 1722, he sold rights in Chester. Capt. Joseph bought land in Portsmouth Oct. 23, 1735. In 1739 he sold land at Dry Point and Sandy Beach Pond. Joseph, "Gent.," sold land to dau. Salomie Sc Jonathan Goss, Dec. 12, 1738. In 1763 he conveyed land to son Joseph and Hannah his wife, and after their death to their two sons Richard and Joshua, 30 acres. He lived at Locke's Cove, was a selectman, 1726-39, and was called Captain and Ensign. 1730-42 was moderator, and town clerk in 1739. Wallace S. Goss now lives on the homestead. "Captain Joseph Locke, of Rye, Gent., for loooo pounds do convey to my son Jeremiah all my land 115 acres at (Locke's) Neck, one half grist Mill, tools, etc.; also Nimshi, a Molater boy until he is 30 years of age." Dated Feb. 15, 1763. In "Col. Sherburne's Regiment, 9th Co.; Capt. Joseph Locke had 90 men, Aug. 6, 1740." Nimshi (Locke), the colored boy slave of Capt. Joseph Locke, LOCKE GENEALOGY certainly deserves mention. He enlisted and served under Capt. Joseph Parsons at Fort William and Man.-, and was on Capt. Parsons' roll at Cambridge Nov. 22. 1775; mentioned as enlisted Dec. 6, 1775, at Cambridge; was paid Sept. 6, 1776, in Capt. Jona. Robins Co., and was killed in the war, where or when is unknown. Tradition says he was freed by Jeremiah before enlistment, so he fought and died as a free man. Capt. Joseph Locke, m. in Greenland by Rev. Wm. Allen, Salome White, dau. of William. She was bapt. Sept. 30, 1711, d . Both were received into the Greenland Church in 1718. May 13, 1713, he bought "one-fourth part of the meadow and upland fenced in at Sandy Point at a place called Dry Point." July 31, 1718, he bought rights in the town commons at New Castle, also in April 1720 and June 1723. Dec. 19, 1721, he bought land in Chester. Ensign Joseph bought land at Dry Point May 15, 1728. Jan. 7, 1730, he bought land in Rye. Nov. 17, 1722, he sold rights in Chester. Capt. Joseph bought land in Portsmouth Oct. 23, 1735. In 1739 he sold land at Dry Point and Sandy Beach Pond. Joseph, "Gent.," sold land to dau. Salomie Sc Jonathan Goss, Dec. 12, 1738. In 1763 he conveyed land to son Joseph and Hannah his wife, and after their death to their two sons Richard and Joshua, 30 acres. He lived at Locke's Cove, was a selectman, 1726-39, and was called Captain and Ensign. 1730-42 was moderator, and town clerk in 1739. Wallace S.Goss now lives on the homestead. "Captain Joseph Locke, of Rye, Gent., for l0000 pounds do convey to my son Jeremiah all my land 115 acres at (Locke's) Neck, one half grist Mill, tools, etc.; also Nimshi, a Molater boy until he is 30 years of age." Dated Feb. 15, 1763. In "Col. Sherburne's Regiment, 9th Co.; Capt. Joseph Locke had 90 men, Aug. 6, 1740." Nimshi (Locke), the colored boy slave of Capt. Joseph Locke, certainly deserves mention. He enlisted and served under Capt. Joseph Parsons at Fort William and Man.-, and was on Capt. Parsons' roll at Cambridge Nov. 22. 1775; mentioned as enlisted Dec. 6, 1775, at Cambridge; was paid Sept. 6, 1776, in Capt. Jona. Robins Co., and was killed in the war, where or when is unknown. Tradition says he was freed by Jeremiah before enlistment, so he fought and died as a free man. -- Locke Genealogy 1916

  
  

• Sources

  [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), F12. [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), F1. [S235] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1860), v 1 p 171. [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 F12. [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 72.