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Ebenezer, b. Aug. 5, 1737 (at Oxford .?) ; m. Phebe Moijer
EBENEZER LOCKE m. PHEBE MORES, about 1759, at Oxford. [I have been unable to ascertain where he was b. He was out three years in the French War, and may have been the Ebenezer Locke who was with Gen. Winslow, at Nova Scotia in 1755, and who was there enrolled as a native of Oxford, and then aged 19. But of this I have some doubt, as there is no evidence that his father, Joshua, ever resided at Oxford The Ebenezer last mentioned may have been the son of Ebenezer (see par. 27) who lived at Oxford, although I have no reliable information that he had any sons.] Ebenezer, whose name stands at the head of this paragraph, resided after marriage at Oxford. In 1762, he was at Ervingshire, as it appears by the Church Records of New Salem. Ervingshire was an unincorporated township, and which is now included in the towns of Erving, Shutesbury and Orange. The Church Rec. at New Salem contain the baps, of Mary the dau. of Ebenezer Locke and his wife Phehe, of Ervingshire, Feb. 7, 1762 ; and then the baptisms of Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Locke, June 17, 1765 ; Sampson, son of same. May 3, 1767 ; Allis, dau. of same, July 2, 1769. I have no doubt that the name Mary should have been Phehe, as being the mother of the four last named. I am satisfied that he had but one wife, Phebe Moijj who was b. Sep. 14, 1738, and d. at Rockingham, Vt. May 12, 1820, a. 82. About 1770, Mr. Locke removed to Rindge, N. H. where the rest of his chil. were b. After that he resided at Rockingham, Vt. and Peterboro', N. H. and finally removed to Schuyler, N. Y., where he d. Sep. 24, 1812, a. 75. Phebe Mo^l'lj^as the dau. of Collins Mosesm of Oxford, who m. Bathsheba Wood, of Groton, May 2, 1722, who was b. Ap. 5, 1702, the dau. of Nathaniel and Alice Woods, of Groton.

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Name	Ebenezer Locke
Gender	Male
Born	5 Aug 1737 [1]
LockeID	W163
Person ID	I31621	Locke Family Tree \| Public
Last Modified	9 Jun 2018

Father	Joshua Locke, b. 21 Aug 1709, d. 1767 (Age 57 years)
Mother	Hannah Reed, b. 2 Jan 1713, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 23 Aug 1737, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 24 years)
Married	1732	Massachusetts, USA [2]
Married	Mar 1732/33	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [3]
Family ID	F11118	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Phebe Mores, b. 14 Sep 1738

Married Abt 1759 [4]

Children

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Last Modified 9 Jun 2018

Family ID F11904 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Ebenezer, b. Aug. 5, 1737 (at Oxford .?) ; m. Phebe Moijer
EBENEZER LOCKE m. PHEBE MORES, about 1759, at Oxford. [I have been unable to ascertain where he was b. He was out three years in the French War, and may have been the Ebenezer Locke who was with Gen. Winslow, at Nova Scotia in 1755, and who was there enrolled as a native of Oxford, and then aged 19. But of this I have some doubt, as there is no evidence that his father, Joshua, ever resided at Oxford The Ebenezer last mentioned may have been the son of Ebenezer (see par. 27) who lived at Oxford, although I have no reliable information that he had any sons.] Ebenezer, whose name stands at the head of this paragraph, resided after marriage at Oxford. In 1762, he was at Ervingshire, as it appears by the Church Records of New Salem. Ervingshire was an unincorporated township, and which is now included in the towns of Erving, Shutesbury and Orange. The Church Rec. at New Salem contain the baps, of Mary the dau. of Ebenezer Locke and his wife Phehe, of Ervingshire, Feb. 7, 1762 ; and then the baptisms of Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Locke, June 17, 1765 ; Sampson, son of same. May 3, 1767 ; Allis, dau. of same, July 2, 1769. I have no doubt that the name Mary should have been Phehe, as being the mother of the four last named. I am satisfied that he had but one wife, Phebe Moijj who was b. Sep. 14, 1738, and d. at Rockingham, Vt. May 12, 1820, a. 82. About 1770, Mr. Locke removed to Rindge, N. H. where the rest of his chil. were b. After that he resided at Rockingham, Vt. and Peterboro', N. H. and finally removed to Schuyler, N. Y., where he d. Sep. 24, 1812, a. 75. Phebe Mo^l'lj^as the dau. of Collins Mosesm of Oxford, who m. Bathsheba Wood, of Groton, May 2, 1722, who was b. Ap. 5, 1702, the dau. of Nathaniel and Alice Woods, of Groton.

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;), #163.
[S364] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Ancestry.com), Source number: 734.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BCK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=749724&indiv=try.
[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;), #44.
[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;), #555.