Benjamin married Elizabeth ANDREWS on 30 Dec 1818 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born in 1766 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died in Dec 1836 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Female1 LOCK was born before 1790.
2. Female2 LOCK was born before 1790.
3. Female3 LOCK was born before 1790.

David married Mary SALTER. Mary (daughter of William SALTER and Mary LOCK) was born on 23 Feb 1734 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 06 Oct 1793 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE1./ NORTH CAROLINA STATE WIDE - BIBLES - Bible Records held by the North Carolina State Archives: Lock Family, 1747-1801 found at <<>>
list of Bible Records held by the North Carolina State Archives. Fuller descriptions of the contents of each file are available through the State Archives' MARS data access system. The MARS I.D. number is listed beneath each Bible Record entry Lock Family, 1747-1801(400.1.1.1309)

NOTE 2./ North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790 <>

Name Location Will Date Probate Date
Thomas Lock Bladen County 29 Aug 1739 19 Dec 1739
Will: Wife and Executrix: Susannah. Sons: Benjamin, David and Leonard. Joseph (land on Northwest River). Daughters: Elizabeth Bartram, Mary Lock. Witnesses: Thomas Wier, Peter Wallson, Willis Hughes. Proven before Gab. Johnston at Brompton. Original missing. Recorded in Book 1738-1753, page 123.

NOTE 3./ Bladen County Boundaries
A section of New Hanover County was broken off in 1734 and named Bladen. Bladen covered a very large area at this time. Listed here are the dates that other counties were formed from Bladen.
1750 Anson
1752 Orange
1754 Cumberland
1764 Brunswick
1787 Robeson
1808 Columbus

NOTE 4./ ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL AND RECORDED WILLS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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LOCK, THOMAS.

Bladen County.

August 29, 1739. December 19, 1739. Wife and Executrix: SUSANNAH. Sons: BENJAMIN, DAVID and LEONARD. JOSEPH (land on Northwest River). Daughters: ELIZABETH BARTRAM, MARY LOCK. Witnesses: THOMAS WIER, PETER WALLSON, WILLIS HUGHES. Proven before GAB. JOHNSTON at Brompton. Original missing. Recorded in Book 1738-1753, page 123

ThomasSr married Susanah UNKNOWN about 1717 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Susanah was born about 1697 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1739 in Bladen County, North Carolina; was buried in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary LOCK. Mary (daughter of ThomasSr LOCK and Susanah UNKNOWN) was born about 1720 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1741 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Lock / Locke Family Lineages DNA Testing any Lock / Locke anywhere in the world
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Family # DNA Test #
# 2 33597 Leonard Lock 1658-1711 Somerset England to Bladen County North Carolina

NOTE 2./ <>
For those of you who have Lockes "lost" in NC, perhaps you might want to consider this book: LEONARD LOCK, ca 1658-1711, AND DESCENDANTS. By James R. Peacock. Published in 1998, publisher unknown. This is a 392 page book. Dr Peacock's work is very thorough & well documented. This volume has an all-name index. The back of the book includes some history on LOCK/LOCKEs in England. Dr. Peacock's address is: 1330 11th St., Clermont FL 34711.

NOTE 3./ Historical Note:

In Colonial South Carolina, land was granted under various laws and statutes as decreed by the King of England and/or the Lords Proprietors. Any free person could appear before the Council and petition for a survey to be granted land. The amount of land awarded depended upon a head of family status which at one time was valued at 100 acres for the head of household and 50 acres for all others of the household including slaves. This amount changed periodically depending upon the desire of the government to attract settlers to the colony. After the petition for a survey was submitted, the person appeared before the Council and petitioned for a grant to pass which authorized the surveyor to measure out the land.

The Lord's Proprietors were British nobles who were loyal to King Charles, II. of England and assisted him to return from exile and regain his throne. To reward them for their contributions, on March 24, 1663, the King gave them ownership of a large tract of land in the colonies. This was a very large segment of North America running from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lying between 36 degrees north latitude on the north and 31 degrees on the south. In 1665, the charter was amended to raise the north line 30 minutes and extend the south line by two degrees. Their claim, which was called Carolina, then included the part of North America that now includes the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, a small part of Missouri, most of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, the southern half of California, the southern tip of Nevada, the northern part of Florida, and a part of northern Mexico.

This huge section of continent was granted entirely to eight men, to be financed by them for their profit, and to rule with the help or interference of any local government as they might permit. The Lords Proprietors were: the Duke of Albemarle, Lord Ashley, Lord Berkeley, Sir William Berkeley, Sir George Carteret, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir John Colleton, and Lord Craven. It was their names which were given to the early counties, districts, and which continue even now as names of counties and places. The most important of these was Lord Ashley (Anthony Ashley Cooper), who laid out the street plan for the new city of Charles Town, South Carolina. His secretary was the philosopher John Locke who wrote the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina.

In 1719, the Lords Proprietors gave up their claims to property in the Colony. This probably occurred because they failed to understand the value of their possessions which they found could not be managed well from so great a distance. Arrangements were finally made to return the Colony to the King of England in 1731. The land records were left in great confusion as a result of their withdrawal and lack of control of changes made during the interim. To determine ownership, an act was passed in 1731 called "The Memorials". This required land owners to file a brief statement of their ownership, known as a memorial.

Leonard married Dorothy PETTY on 23 Jul 1678 in Ilminister Parish, Somerset County, England. Dorothy was born about 1660 in Illminster Parish, Somerset, England; died in 1732 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE1./ NORTH CAROLINA STATE WIDE - BIBLES - Bible Records held by the North Carolina State Archives: Lock Family, 1747-1801 found at <<>>
list of Bible Records held by the North Carolina State Archives. Fuller descriptions of the contents of each file are available through the State Archives' MARS data access system. The MARS I.D. number is listed beneath each Bible Record entry Lock Family, 1747-1801(400.1.1.1309)

NOTE 2./ North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790 <>

Name Location Will Date Probate Date
Thomas Lock Bladen County 29 Aug 1739 19 Dec 1739
Will: Wife and Executrix: Susannah. Sons: Benjamin, David and Leonard. Joseph (land on Northwest River). Daughters: Elizabeth Bartram, Mary Lock. Witnesses: Thomas Wier, Peter Wallson, Willis Hughes. Proven before Gab. Johnston at Brompton. Original missing. Recorded in Book 1738-1753, page 123.

NOTE 3./ Bladen County Boundaries
A section of New Hanover County was broken off in 1734 and named Bladen. Bladen covered a very large area at this time. Listed here are the dates that other counties were formed from Bladen.
1750 Anson
1752 Orange
1754 Cumberland
1764 Brunswick
1787 Robeson
1808 Columbus

NOTE 4./ ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL AND RECORDED WILLS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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LOCK, THOMAS.

Bladen County.

August 29, 1739. December 19, 1739. Wife and Executrix: SUSANNAH. Sons: BENJAMIN, DAVID and LEONARD. JOSEPH (land on Northwest River). Daughters: ELIZABETH BARTRAM, MARY LOCK. Witnesses: THOMAS WIER, PETER WALLSON, WILLIS HUGHES. Proven before GAB. JOHNSTON at Brompton. Original missing. Recorded in Book 1738-1753, page 123

ThomasSr married Susanah UNKNOWN about 1717 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Susanah was born about 1697 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1739 in Bladen County, North Carolina; was buried in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]