Ancestry of
John Locke

(c1644–1696)

John Locke

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Thomas Lock 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Christian -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1644 
  • Birth Location:
  •  
  • Christening Date:
  • 16 Sep 1627 
  • Christening Location:
  • St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jun 1696 
  • Death Location:
  • Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Rye Central Cemetery, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
  • Notes: 

  • Capt. John Locke was killed by Indians while reaping grain in his field. After being shot and wounded, Capt. Locke is said to have struck one of his attackers with a sickle, partly cutting off his assailant's nose. Two sons with him hid and escaped.

    John Locke was killed by Indians on Dover Plains in 1696.

    John Locke was killed by Indians.

• Marriages for John Locke

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Berry
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1652

• Sources for John Locke

  • ¹ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for John Lock.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/19/2022).
  • ³ Cutter, William Richard and William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 2461.
  • ⁴ Locke, Arthur H., A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke (1627-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N. H., and His Descendants . . ., Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press (n.d.), 11.
  • ⁵ Noyes, Sybil, et. al., Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1979), 90.
  • ⁶ Parsons, Langdon B., History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire: From Its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company (1905), 419-420.