When Richard William Locke Sr was born before 1708, in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Locke, was 57 and his mother, Sarah Pierson, was 37. He married Winifred West in 1730, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He died in 1783, in Amelia, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Amelia, Virginia, United States.