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Some Special Interests => Travelling People => Topic started by: Vetsy on Monday 09 April 07 12:20 BST (UK)
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I am a direct descendant of Matthew Lock(e) and Membranci Boswell and would love to hear from anyone who has a Lock(e) or 2 in their tree.
I have been provided with 42 pages of info on the Lock(e)s however it is a very slow process going through and trying to confirm each entry against the records I have access to.
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I have only just joined rootschat and I found your message last night. It seems from my family research that I may well have Shropshire/Staffordshire Lock(e)'s in my family tree. I believe that my grt. grt. grandfather, John Croydon, married Unity/Unetta Lock (in 1856) the daughter of Margeria Smith (nee Lock) and Elijah Smith. Margeria is the daugher of Matthew and Membrance Lock.
I know what you mean it does seem to take for ever to find the Lock family members in Census Records etc. etc.!!
Good luck with your research.
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contact lockeroots on here.he has some very full lock/locke trees and a very good paper trail of tem aswell as a strong interest in the dna of locks.he also has some web sites where they are all listed.strongly reccomend you contact him.cathayb
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Many thanks for the information cathayb, I am most grateful.
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My name is Ryan Wood. (Telford Shropshire)
My Mother - Deborah Lock (Telford)
My Uncle - Nicholas Lock (Telford)
My Cousin - Mitchell Lock (Albrighton cusp of shropshire/wolverhampton)
My Grandad - Fraizer Lock.... Born in Angelsey brought up as a Lock, but found out that he was actually born as Fraizer Boswell.
Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you also Vendall.
My four times great uncle, Noah Locke, lived some of his life in Angelsey and he died on the 12th March 1907 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. Noah was the father of the famous Esmeralda Lock.
Noah also used the surname Boswell and many of his children did the same. One of Noah's sons Zachariah Lock was also known as Harry Boswell and he married Maria Wood.
There is a story that Zachariah and his brother Joseph Somerset Lock, also known as Somerset Joe, were challenged for the right to travel through Wales by Oliver Lee and Seth Lovell. After a fight which the Lock brothers won Seth Lovell moved his family down south.
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hi elijah and margyann were my 4 x great grandparents there son eisiah lock had a son called enock lockk who married matilda pearson. they had george lock who was my moms dad they lived in cookley,worcestershire does anyone have any photos :) kind regards jayne x
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I too am a descendent of Matthew Lock(e) and Membranci Boswell. My gr gr grandfather was Noah (Boswell) 1824-1907 and is buried at Llanddaniel Fab on Anglesey. My gr grandfather was Zebulen James (Newport Shropshire) and his sister was Esmeralda, and brother of Somerset Joe. Zebulen lost 2 sons at Ypres in 1916 and 1917 when they both served with the Shropshire Royal Field Artillery.
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Somerset Joe is my Great Great Grandfather and his eldest son, Joseph, is my Great Grandfather. My grandad was brought up by his Aunt Cissie (Ada) though, as his own mother, Amelia Dunne, died soon after his birth, and his father obviously didn't feel up to fatherhood.
It's all so fascinating but quite confusing to piece it all together, as there are so many children and name-changes. Thankfully, I have Ada's bible, which she was given by her mother, Maria (wife of Somerset Joe) on her 12th birthday. She's listed her siblings and their dates of birth. It's the only bit I'm absolutely sure of! Feeling a bit mind-blown :-)
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I am interested in Lavinia LOCK who married (probably unofficially) William DAVIS.
They had several children baptised in Warwickshire parishes while travelling a circuit in the 1830s/40s. Some are baptised as Davis and some as Lock, no doubt depending on whether the vicar recognised them as a married couple.
Some time after that they settled in Birmingham. William died in the 1860s, and Lavinia died in 1888, her age given as 68 although she may have been older.
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Hi I know this I'd a old post margarita and elijah were my 3 x grandparents do you know where elijah was born and who his parent were I'm struggling with that side and also do you have any info on margarita.margery kind regards jayne x
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I am interested in Lavinia LOCK who married (probably unofficially) William DAVIS.
They had several children baptised in Warwickshire parishes while travelling a circuit in the 1830s/40s. Some are baptised as Davis and some as Lock, no doubt depending on whether the vicar recognised them as a married couple.
Some time after that they settled in Birmingham. William died in the 1860s, and Lavinia died in 1888, her age given as 68 although she may have been older.
Since I posted the above, we've established that Lavinia was one of the younger sisters of Matthew Lock. She was baptised in 1799 in Madeley, Shropshire "daughter of Henery and Sarah Lock (A Gipsey)".
Lavinia was my 3x great grandmother. Happy to share what I have about her and her descendants if it helps anyone to join some dots.
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I am interested in Lavinia LOCK who married (probably unofficially) William DAVIS.
They had several children baptised in Warwickshire parishes while travelling a circuit in the 1830s/40s. Some are baptised as Davis and some as Lock, no doubt depending on whether the vicar recognised them as a married couple.
Some time after that they settled in Birmingham. William died in the 1860s, and Lavinia died in 1888, her age given as 68 although she may have been older.
Do you have any info on margaria and elijah and who his parents were x
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Do you have any info on margaria and elijah and who his parents were x
No, sorry. Margery would have been Lavinia's niece. There is a page showing her descendants in Eric Trudgill's Lock Family Tree book, but you probably already have that. It doesn't have anything on Elijah's baptism or parents.
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I am interested in Lavinia LOCK who married (probably unofficially) William DAVIS.
They had several children baptised in Warwickshire parishes while travelling a circuit in the 1830s/40s. Some are baptised as Davis and some as Lock, no doubt depending on whether the vicar recognised them as a married couple.
Some time after that they settled in Birmingham. William died in the 1860s, and Lavinia died in 1888, her age given as 68 although she may have been older.
Since I posted the above, we've established that Lavinia was one of the younger sisters of Matthew Lock. She was baptised in 1799 in Madeley, Shropshire "daughter of Henery and Sarah Lock (A Gipsey)".
Lavinia was my 3x great grandmother. Happy to share what I have about her and her descendants if it helps anyone to join some dots.
Hi Sloe Gin, long time no speak - did you ever find William Davis?
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Hi Jonny! Good to see you're still alive and kicking. No, I haven't anything new to report, but I haven't been looking lately. May be time to shake the tree again and see if anything falls out. ;)
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Yes, just about still in one piece, thanks. Looking forward to retiring in July so I can give more time to finding William and others! Are you still on the same email address? I'll drop you a line.
Jonny
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Yes I am, look forward to chatting.
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Me too 😊
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Hi, I've just been given some print outs of my family tree that you might be interested in 😊
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Thank you!
Does anyone know when Merrick's daughter Rebecca died?
She was married to a William Davis, and I have wondered if he is the same William Davis who got together with my 3x great grandmother, Lavinia Lock (sister of Matthew).
The first child of William and Lavinia that we have found was born in 1832 when Lavinia would already have been 32 or 33. If Rebecca died before this it's possible that it's the same William. No idea when he was born. No record of a marriage between William and Lavinia has been found so far.
William & Lavinia's eldest child Sarah married a Henry Davis who may have been a cousin. His father's name according to their marriage registration was George.
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I don't know if there are any direct male descendants of George Lock of the Lock / Locke surname alive today, but if there are any direct male Lock / Locke descendants, I would love to see one of the Lock / Locke men get himself Y DNA tested some day.
There are 2 direct male descendants of Matthew Lock Y DNA tested, one of which is in the Locke Y DNA project, the second was Y DNA tested with the Leicester University Romany DNA study.
There are 4 direct male descendants of George Lock whom married Sarah Hiatt, both of Colonial Virginia ( USA ) Y DNA tested.
There are 12 direct male descendants of Richard Lock & Mary ( maiden name unknown ), both of Colonial Virginia ( USA ) Y DNA tested, a 13th descendant of Richard Lock has been Y DNA tested, waiting on his Y DNA test results to be completed.
So 3 of the 4 Lock branches that are known to me, Matthew Lock, Richard Lock and George Lock have participated in Y DNA testing, but the 4th branch, George Lock who was married to Elizabeth has not participated in Y DNA testing as of yet.
The descendants of Matthew Lock, Richard Lock and George Lock & Sarah Hiatt, are known as Group 2 in the Locke DNA project.
We are using both the paper records in combination with the Y DNA test in hopes better answers can be found as to how Matthew, Richard & George are related. So far, I am the only Locke to have been Big Y 700 DNA tested which is a combination Y DNA ( STR ) and SNP ( Y Haplogroup ) test which is a very expensive DNA test.
I was placed in Y Haplogroup H-BY67262 which is downstream of H-M82.
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Hi I'm Terri Locke and a descent of Matthew Locke and remembrance boswell.
I was wondering if any one could help me
I'm looking for my grandad William henry locke his parents and the connections
William was born in 1926 maybe around the oct/Nov
Maybe my grandad might be connected to a noah locke, any help would be appericated
Terri Locke