When Thomas Lock was christened on 20 November 1720, in Longparish, Hampshire, England, his father, John Lock, was 33 and his mother, Mary, was 35. He married Susannah Smith on 18 October 1746, in Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in February 1785, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Longparish, Hampshire, England.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca. Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.
English, Dutch, and German: nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair), curl’. Compare Lok .
Americanized form of German Loch .
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