When Richard Locke was born on 4 September 1744, in Rye, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Locke II, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Jenness, was 30. He married Huldah Hobbs in March 1767, in Hampton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1744. He registered for military service in 1818. He died on 20 October 1823, in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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"First settled in 1763, Northwood was incorporated on February 6, 1773 by colonial governor John Wentworth, when a large tract of land called ""North Woods"" was separated from Nottingham. Around 1800, the Portsmouth to Concord Turnpike was built, and the town began to prosper."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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 .
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