General Notes

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"Book of Locke" (1853) by John Goodwin Locke, James Munroe & Co. Cambridge & Boston, pg.  16:
1   I.Deacon William Locke was b. at Stepney Parish, London, England, Dec. 13, 1628,m. Mary Clarke in Woburn, Dec. 27, 1655, the dau. of William and Margery Clarke of Woburn. She was b. at Watertown, 10,10, 1640,(Dec.20,1640) and d. at Woburn, July 18,1715, a. 74 yrs. 7 mos.; Dea. Locke d. at Woburn, June 16, 1720, a. 91 yrs. 6 mos.
Came to America in 1634 on the Planter, Nic. Trarice, master

Immigrated in 1635 as a 6 year old orphan on the ship "Planter" with his aunt Sarah and uncle Nicholas Davie. He became Deacon of the Woburn church and his papers show him to be a born again Christian.

"Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Henry Pope
Lock, Locke
    William, came in the Planter, May 22, 1634, age 6 years, in care of kinsman Nicholas Davie. Res. at Woburn. Bought land of goodman Persons of Boston about 1651. Deacon. Deposed 29(10)1658, age about 30 years. He m. at Woburn Nov. or Dec. 27,1665, Mary dau. of Wm. and Margery Clarke; she d. July 18,1715. Ch. William b. Dec. 27,1657, d. Jan. 9, 1658, William b. Jan. 18,1658. John b. Aug. 1, 1661, Joseph n. March 8,1663-4, Mary b. Oct. 16,1666, Samuel b. Oct. 14,1669, Ebenezer b. Jan. 4,1680, William b. June 28,1684.
   He d. June 16,1700.

{In looking at the birth dates of the children, we must presume that he had a wife#1 & that Mary was #2. Also, we can see that William #2 must have died some point before William #3 was born}

"Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700", Frank R. Holmes, Genealogical Publishing  County, BAltimore, 1923, pg. cli
LOCKE, William, b. Stepney Parish, London, England, 1628; came to N.E. when six years old with Nicholas Davis; married at Charlestown, Massachusetts 1655; removed to Woburn, Massachusetts.

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Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)[Dagget~1.fbk.FTW]

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Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)[Ray-Piper99.FTW]

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Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)[josben~whitbenshin.FTW]

Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)[josben~whitbenshin.FTW]

Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)[josben~whitbenshin.FTW]

Note from Richardson Memorial:
      DEACON WILLIAM LOCKE,1 who came to New England in 1634, when only six years old, in the care of his uncle Nicholas Davies, and came to live in Woburn about 1650, then aged 22.  (p. 539)
      Nicholas Davis, who came from England in the Planter, in 1635, aged 40, with his wife Sarah, aged 48, and his nephew, William Locke, then a boy of six years old. Mr. Nicholas Davis was a man of property, and was active in the settlement of Woburn. After 1646, he removed to York, where he died about 1670. But William Locke continued in Woburn; married Mary Clark in 1655, and became the ancestor of the Locke family. See "Book of the Lockes," by John Goodwin Locke.  (p. 190)