Born about in Somerset, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Paul Stoakes Lockyer
— married
5 Jan 1804 in Paulton, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 54
[location unknown]
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Biography
Keziah was born about 1785. There are a few Kezia Lockyers born in different counties around that time but as the family was in Somerset I think this is the most logical place of birth.[1]. -
She was married To Paul Stoakes Lockyer in Paulton, Somerset in 1804 [2]
She was forced to leave Swan River with "The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, Saturday 13 April 1839" reporting : " Keziah Lockyer, the female who was found guilty of perjury at the last quarter sessions of the peace, has been allowed the same indulgence as that extended to a Mr Turner, namely, that she should leave the colony in the first vessel, never again to be allowed to visit these shores. " She arrived in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, on the "Socrates", May 6 1839.[3]
She was notorious as a "high class whore to the Army Officers". Paul disowned her debts in 1838.[4]
As with her birth, her death is found in various trees in varying counties. I have found no record of her leaving Tasmania and as she was reportedly destitute I question her going back to England. I have hit a brick wall with this one.
Sources
- ↑ A possible Baptism? Her sex is given here as male but is this a transcript error? The name Keziah is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin meaning “cassia tree”. - County Somerset - Place Paulton - Church name Holy Trinity - Register type Parish Register - Register entry number 67 - Birth date - Baptism date 02 Jan 1786 - Person forename Kezsiha - Person sex m (????????) - Father forename James - Mother forename Bettey - Father surname BROOKS
- ↑ Parish registers
- ↑ The Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 14 May 1839
- ↑ The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Keziah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Keziah:
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~3.12%
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~0.78%
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