Lock/Locke/Taylor

[KatieJ494]

Hello cousin!
 I am not sure how Henry Lock of South Cerney, Gloucestershire 1770's is related to Richard Lock of
Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire 1690's, but DNA testing a Henry Lock male descendant and a Richard Lock male descendant, proves we are a 65/67 DNA match, meaning Richard and Henry are some how related.

 Richard Lock and wife Mary Eldridge may have also spent time in Islip, Oxfordshire 1690's.
 I find christening records for their children in both places, which according to the map, Islip isn't all that far from Ampney Crucis, and South Cerney isn't all that far from either place.

A lot of people have identified Henry & Sarah Lock (née Peters) of South Cerney as the parents of Matthew Lock (the one married to Remembrance Boswell).

This is impossible as Henry Lock of South Cerney was buried there on 20 June 1811, but Henry Lock (father of Matthew) was alive in 1815 when his daughters Sarah and Unity were married, as reported in various newspapers. (I am descended from his younger daughter Lavinia.)

A few days ago, at Doynton, Gloucester, Mr Wilson, a resident near Stroud, to Sarah Lock, a young gipsey girl belonging to a gang then hutted on the common in the vicinity of that town.  This happy event was celebrated by the ringing  of bells and other demonstrations of joy.  A handsome dinner was provided on the occasion at the Bull Inn in Hinton.  A Ball followed, at which the whole of the gipsey corps, and the inhabitants for miles round, were present.  At eleven o’clock the dingy tribe retired; but not before the father of the bride called for a pint pot, which he filled with guineas and presented to the bridegroom.
Lancaster Gazette, 3 June 1815

SINGULAR WEDDING – On the 24th ult. was married, at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, by the Rev. T. Nutt, Mr George Payne, late of the parish of Terrington, to Unity, second daughter of Henry Locke, a gypsy!  An immense concourse of spectators of all ranks were assembled from the neighbouring villages; and during the performance of the marriage ceremony  the body and galleries of the church were completely crowded.  When the sacred rite was completed, they adjourned to the gypsy encampment, about half a mile distant, the bells ringing a joyful peal.  About two o’clock a plentiful dinner was prepared, of which the party partook on the Downs!  A great quantity of provisions was distributed to the poor, and strong beer and spirits were handed about in abundance.  Dancing and singing succeeded the dinner, and the party did not break up till a substantial supper had concluded the festive day!  It is not known exactly what fortune the lady has; but the father offers 500 guineas with each of his two other unmarried daughters, provided they be united to men of good character and householders.
Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 16 November 1815.

Henry's wife Sarah died in 1802 and was buried in Chetwynd, Salop. I don't know yet where/when Henry died.

Henry Lock of South Cerney and Henry Lock the "gypsy" are two different people. 
I don't think the South Cerney Locks were travellers.  All their burials and baptisms are local and I doubt they ever travelled further than Cirencester.   

I have found a Sarah Lock that died 7th October 1823 in Gloucestershire. Could his mum still have been a Sarah, just not Peters? I noticed a lot of people had Sarah Peters on their trees too so not sure where she has come from 😊

[Sloe Gin]

I have found a Sarah Lock that died 7th October 1823 in Gloucestershire. Could his mum still have been a Sarah, just not Peters? I noticed a lot of people had Sarah Peters on their trees too so not sure where she has come from 😊

Yes, I think that is Sarah Lock née Peters, widow of Henry Lock of South Cerney who died in 1811.
This couple are not the Romani Henry & Sarah Lock.  Someone made a wrong assumption and others have copied it without checking and researching further.

Our Sarah died in 1802 in Chetwynd, Shropshire.  "Sarah, wife of Henry Lock, a traveller"
This is not far from Madeley where their daughter Lavinia was baptised in 1799.
I can't post the whole page as the file is too big, but it does say Chetwynd at the top.

[jimbo50]

Hi. Would you be able to send me a copy somehow? I've been looking everywhere for grandad Johns recording but only came across a YouTube cover. I want to hear it played by himself 😊. It had been on a music or audio library apparently but their website was hacked a few years ago and it was lost. You're the first person I've found to still have it. Maybe by email if it would fit or a link to it on Dropbox or Google drive if you have that?
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No probs. I've messaged you. I played fiddle and I think I've got a viol player in my tree, but I'd be so chuffed if I was descended from John.
Cheers. Jim