John Locke Jr (1654 - aft. 1733)

Born 1654 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bolles) Locke — married 1677 in Hampton, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died after 1733 after age 79 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

John Locke, son of John Locke and Elizabeth Berry, was born in 1654,^[1] possibly at Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. John married Elizabeth Bolles (now spelled Bowles) of Wells, Maine, about 1677. York deeds say: "Joseph Bolles of Wells by deed Oct. 25, 1678, gives Elizabeth Locke ten acres of land at 3 mile brook, Wells," and by will dated Sept. 18, 1678, he gives daughter Elizabeth, ten pounds. Rye records say an Elizabeth Locke d. Nov. 12, 1734. Had it been Capt. John's widow, she would have been over 100 years old, and his daughter Elizabeth must have died before 1708.^[2]

John Locke was on jury duty in 1704, and scouts were posted June 5, 1705, as far as his house. About 1677 his father gave him half his right of land on Josling's Neck, and Feb. 3, 1707-8 this John, Jr., now Senior, gave his son John, Jr., half of all his rights at Josling's Neck in consideration that he pay a debt to Robert Eliot, and the other half on condition that he maintain his mother and pay his brother Jethro 5 pounds. He bought land in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire in 1728 at Locke's Neck, and sold all his lands to his son John Dec. 18, 1733. He lived in Rye.^[2]

Marriage

John Locke married Elizabeth Bolles/Bowles in 1683 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire^[3]

Children of John Locke and Elizabeth Bolles

John and Elizabeth had the following children:^[2]

1. John, b. 1683, married Sarah
2. Richard
3. Jethro, m. 1720 his cousin Dorothy Locke
4. Elizabeth (?), m. Feb 28, 1710-11 Samuel Neal

Sources

1. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, A.M. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Clearfield Company. New York. 1908. pg. 756
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Locke, Arthur M., A.M. A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke [1627-1696] of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H. and his Descendants also of Nathaniel Locke of Portsmouth.... Publication: reprint 1979. Page 1ff, Estate: Page 7ff Third. Generation : John Locke, pg. 12
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Onlin e database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/957/426894716

• Author: Edward Norris Wentworth, Jr Title: The Genalogy of Edward Norris Wentworth Junior Publication: Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Date: June 1928; NOTE Special Project Submitted in Courses in Community Life and Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicago

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher
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