Jonathan Locke (1759 - 1852)

Born 1 Jan 1759 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Ryder) Locke — married 18 Dec 1780 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 16 May 1852 at age 93 in Locke's Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Jonathan Locke was born in 1758 the son of Dr. Jonathan Locke and Abigail Perry of Massachusetts, who emigrated to Nova Scotia and settled in the Ragged Islands in 1762^{[1] [2]}.

On December 18, 1780, he married Elizabeth Ryder, and their children included:

1. John Locke, b. 1782, who married m. Mary Harlow, and died 1869^[3]
2. Samuel Locke, born 28 November 1784, who married Letitia McKillop on 6 December 1806^[4], and who died February 10, 1881^[5]
3. James Locke, born 14 May 1786, who married Fanny Strickland, and who died in 1872^[6]
4. Priscilla Locke b. Sept 12, 1789^[7], who died in 1885 (See Findagrave Memorial #131245979
5. Elizabeth Locke b. September 9, 1792
6. Mary Locke b. April 19, 1795
7. Abigail Locke, b. March 19, 1802, who married Enos Churchill, the son of Enos Churchill and Mary Paine^[8]

Jonathan Locke Jr died in 1852, and is buried in the Locke Family Cemetery in Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Jim Kowald's genealogy page (contact jrkho5@sbcglobal.net0; listing for Dr. Jonathan Locke, accessed August 27, 2017
2. ↑ Familysearch shows various family trees with the same information. This information also appears in numerous family trees on Ancestry.com and other sources of secondary information
3. ↑ "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P6-7H7 : 28 November 2014), John Locke, Jul 1869; citing Cemetery, Locke Island, Shelburne, reference p25 line111; FHL microfilm 1,298,862.
4. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2G3-G5H : 5 December 2014), Samuel Locke in entry for John Henry Gregor and Letitia Locke, 18 Sep 1862; citing Locke'S Island, Shlbrn, Nova Scotia, reference 2:3LQ0LHS; FHL microfilm 1,378,309.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DW-PP9 : 2 April 2016), Saml Locke, Ragged Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 66, line 20; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10547, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,135.
6. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing James Drew Locke, died 1872 in Shelburne, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1872 - Book: 1816 - Page: 46 - Number: 87
7. ↑ ["Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6R-J5J : 30 June 2017), Precilla Locke in household of Abigas Churchill, Lockport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 12; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13171, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,807.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWLN-P5X : 10 December 2014), Abigail Locke in entry for Mary E Churchill Locke, 30 Nov 1904; citing Newton, Massachusetts, v 73 cn 252, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,069,735.
9. ↑ Findagrave Memorial #131121630 for Jonathan Locke Jr 1758-1852