Joshua Locke Jr.

Brief Life History of Joshua

When Joshua Locke Jr. was born on 22 July 1732, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joshua Locke Sr., was 22 and his mother, Hannah Reed, was 19. He married Abigail Maynard on 1 March 1754, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1810, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Locke Jr.
1732–1810
Abigail Maynard
1733–1786
Marriage: 1 March 1754
Grace Locke
1754–1834
Elizabeth Locke
1760–
Frederick Eugene Locke
1757–1834
Henry Barns Lock
1761–
Nancy Locke
1762–
Christian Locke
1764–
Christon Lock
1764–
Henry Locke
1765–
Fortunatus Locke
1765–1811

Sources (31)

  • Joshua Locke, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Joshua, Jr. Lock, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Joshua Lock in entry for Henry Barns Lock, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"

World Events (2)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

Name Meaning

English, Dutch, and German: variant of Lock .

Americanized form of Norwegian Løkke: habitational name from a farm name, from Old Norse lykkja ‘enclosure’.

Chinese: variant of Lok .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of Charlestown, NH, The Old Fort 4, by Rev. H. H. Saunderson, pub. 1876, p.470 Frederick LOCKE was the son of Lieut. Joshua and Abigail (Maynard) Locke and was born at Westborough, MA, on Jun …

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