Epsom History Genealogy



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Joseph Palmer and Miriam Lamprey Locke




Husband Joseph Palmer

           Born: Oct 11, 1792 - Hampton, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 24, 1862 - Hampton, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph P. Palmer
         Mother: Deborah Tuck


       Marriage: May 3, 1816




Wife Miriam Lamprey Locke

           Born: Mar 13, 1796 - Hampton, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 14, 1886
         Buried: 


         Father: Nathaniel Locke
         Mother: Lydia Page





Children
1 M Alfred Sherburne Palmer

           Born: Sep 14, 1816
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 F Catherine Brown Palmer

           Born: Jul 3, 1819
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           Died: 
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3 M John Moore Palmer

           Born: Nov 3, 1821 - Hampton, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 18, 1898 - Epsom, NH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary H. Ladd
           Marr: Nov 1851



4 F Sarah Sherburne Palmer

           Born: Sep 19, 1824
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           Died: 
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5 F Lydia Ann Palmer

           Born: Abt 1830
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           Died: 
         Buried:  - Palmer-Giles Cemetery #14, Northwood, NH



6 F Miriam Locke Palmer

           Born: Feb 11, 1832
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Mary Knapp Palmer

           Born: Apr 22, 1834
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           Died: 
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8 F Mary Knapp Palmer

           Born: Mar 15, 1836
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           Died: 
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9 M Joseph Eldridge Palmer

           Born: Jan 16, 1839
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           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Miribah Locke




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Wife Miribah Locke

           Born: Aug 6, 1735
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         Father: William Locke
         Mother: Elizabeth Rand





Children

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Morrill Locke




Husband Morrill Locke

           Born: 1850 - Lyman, Grafton Co., NH
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         Father: Joseph Locke
         Mother: Arvilla Carr






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Children

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Morris Lamprey Locke




Husband Morris Lamprey Locke

           Born: Aug 18, 1841
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         Father: Josiah Knowles Locke
         Mother: Lydia Philbrick






Wife

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Children

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Moses Locke




Husband Moses Locke

           Born: Mar 13, 1773 - Epsom, NH
     Christened: 
           Died:  - West Indies
         Buried: 


         Father: Moses Locke
         Mother: Mary Organ



Noted events in his life were:

• He was baptized by Rev. John Tuck in Epsom, NH on Apr 25, 1773.




Wife

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Moses Locke

Died unmarried of yellow fever in the West Indies.
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Moses Locke and Unknown




Husband Moses Locke

           Born: Abt 1792 - Epsom, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 27, 1861 - Epsom, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Deacon Abraham Locke
         Mother: Molly Sanborn


       Marriage: 




Wife Unknown

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Moses Locke

He was married and had, judging from 1820 census 1 son and three daughters. He did not live with his wife. The death date in the records of J. Dolbeer gives Apr. 28, 1861 the death of Mr. Moses Locke. There is a Moses Locke listed as being on the Town Poor Farm in Epsom, NH in 1852.

NH Patriot 9-24-1832
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby forbid harbouring or trusting MOSES LOCKE, an idle person, bound by the selectmen of Epsom to the subscriber until the 26th day of March next – an all persons are also forbid hiring or employing him as I shall claim his services and earnings till that time.
SAMUEL W. BICKFORD
Epsom, Sept. 12, 1832
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Moses Locke and Mary Organ




Husband Moses Locke

           Born: Jul 8, 1733 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1804 - Epsom, NH 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Edward Locke
         Mother: Hannah Blake


       Marriage: Mar 12, 1755 - Kensington, NH




Wife Mary Organ

           Born: 1737 - York, ME
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1810
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Mehitable Locke

           Born: Oct 8, 1757 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: 1834 - Stanstead, Canada
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Blake
           Marr: Nov 30, 1775 - Deerfield, NH



2 F Anna Locke

           Born: Mar 9, 1760 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 18, 1838 - Epsom, NH
         Buried:  - McClary-Epsom, NH Center Cemetery, Epsom, NH
         Spouse: Josiah Sanborn
           Marr: Mar 5, 1789 - Epsom, NH



3 M Jonathan Locke

           Born: Apr 6, 1762 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: May 27, 1803 - Epsom, NH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alice Pearson
           Marr: Feb 6, 1785 - Epsom, NH



4 F Hannah Locke

            AKA: Sally Locke
           Born: Mar 4, 1764 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 10, 1837 - Northwood, NH 3
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Northwood, NH
         Spouse: John Godfrey
           Marr: Nov 24, 1785



5 F Mary Locke

           Born: Jul 9, 1766 - Kensington, NH 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 20, 1820 - Epsom, NH
         Buried:  - McClary-Epsom, NH Center Cemetery, Epsom, NH
         Spouse: Caleb Pearson
           Marr: Feb 7, 1786 - Epsom, NH



6 M Elijah Locke

           Born: May 4, 1768 - Kensington, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 9, 1869 - Loudon, NH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lydia Osgood
           Marr: Oct 28, 1792 - Epsom, NH
         Spouse: Dolly Bachelder
           Marr: Aug 12, 1816



7 M Richard Locke

           Born: Sep 20, 1770 - Epsom, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Moses
           Marr: Dec 28, 1797 - Epsom, NH



8 M Moses Locke

           Born: Mar 13, 1773 - Epsom, NH
     Christened: 
           Died:  - West Indies
         Buried: 



9 M James Munroe Locke

           Born: Mar 4, 1776 - Epsom, NH
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 29, 1845 - Stanstead, Canada
         Buried:  - Cassville Cemetery, Stanstead, Canada
         Spouse: Abigail Sherburne
           Marr: Nov 28, 1799 - Epsom, NH




General Notes: Husband - Moses Locke

A cordwainer from Kensington bought 50 acres of land in Epsom, NH in 1769, and was in Epsom, NH about that time, having been taxed there as late as 1797.
First six children born Kensington (Parish records) though appear in Epsom records as wel.
He served 7 years in the Revolution and had been given up for dead, and was nor recognized by his family upon his return. He was at Bunker Hill at served primarily with Co. McClary's Regiment.

IGI file gives his death as aft. 1797
DAR vol. 35, page 89 gives year of death as 1799.

Willey's Book of Nutfield "Moses removed to Epsom, from which place he enlisted under Gen. Stark and took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill and other engagements in one of which a bullet pierced his hat; in another battle his coat was struck by a ball and his gunstock was shot off. For his services in the Revolutionary War he received a sum of money which he paid out for a pair of yearling heifers after he returned home.

Entered 1st NH Regt Jan 19, 1777, discharged December 1781

BLWt 736=100

PENSION of Moses Locke


21.062

Know all men by these presents that I Elijah Locke of Loudon in the County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire, husbandman, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appointed Richard ______ of Concord in said County and State my true and lawful attorney to ask and receive of the Government of the United States the bounty land due my father Moses Locke, late deceased and formerly a soldier during the Revolutionary War \endash and the said ___ had full power and lawful authority to procure any evidence necessary respecting said land in my name, and to appoint any agent or agents as attorney to transact and business relative to said bounty land \endash and also to obtain all legal and necessary titles to said land from the Government aforesaid, witness my hand and seal this third day of December 1818. \endash Elijah Locke

State of New Hampshire, Rockingham SS, Concord, Dec. 3, 1818
Personally appearing the above named Elijah Locke acknowledged the forgoing instrument by him subscribed to be his voluntary act and deed before me.
Charles Walker, Jr., Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
To whom these presents shall concern \endash
Greetings
Know ye that Elijah Locke is one of the heirs at law to the estate of Moses Locke, deceased, the said Elijah being the respected son of said ___ as appears by satisfactory evidence now before me.
In testimony where of I have unto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court this first day of January 1819.
Judge of Probate

To the Honorable Secretary of War
Sir \endash Please to deliver to Enoch Lincoln, Esq. member of Congress, the land warrant granted in favor of the heirs at law of Moses Locke, late a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Loudon, January 12, 1819
Elijah Locke
Witness Isaac Virgin

I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire on oath declare that I was personally acquainted with Moses Locke, late of Epsom in said County, deceased and I know that he was a private soldier in the New Hampshire line in the Continental Revolutionary Army and faithfully served during the war and was honorably discharged for I repeatedly saw his discharge and am positive that Moses Locke late of Epsom aforesaid, deceased, is the very same person who rendered the services above stated.
And I further declare that I was a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire line aforesaid from the 19th of April 1781 until the Revolutionary Army was disbanded in the year 1783 and knew said Locke as well as I did any other soldier of said line, and was intimate with him after he was discharged and returned home.
Robert B. Wilkins


General Notes: Wife - Mary Organ

Widow Mary paid taxes in Epsom, NH 1804-1810, which would indicate that Moses probably died before that time and she after, and/or left the area. IGI files give her birth as 1737 in Kensington, NH


Notes: Marriage

Marriage in Kensington NH parish records.
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Moses Locke




Husband Moses Locke

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         Father: Richard Locke
         Mother: Sarah Moses






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Children

General Notes: Husband - Moses Locke

Was educated in Montreal, married and went to New York to educate his children. He was a sea captain out of New York and later came back to Epsom, NH.
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N. Locke and Sarah Locke




Husband N. Locke

           Born:  - Epsom, NH 5
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       Marriage: 




Wife Sarah Locke

           Born:  - Deerfield, NH 5
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Children
1 F Addie B. Lock

           Born: Abt 1886 - Pittsfield, NH
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Cyrus G. Welch
           Marr: Jan 13, 1901 - Pittsfield, NH 5




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Nabby Locke




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Wife Nabby Locke

           Born: Aug 28, 1810 - Epsom, NH
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           Died: Apr 29, 1817 - Epsom, NH 6
         Buried: 


         Father: John Locke
         Mother: Mehitable Bickford





Children

General Notes: Wife - Nabby Locke

Also a twin which died age 1 day.

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Sources


1 Death Records of Jonathan Dolbeer.

2 DAR, National Society of, Volume 24, page 250.

3 Prentice Death Records, Northwood, NH.

4 Vital Records of Epsom, NH.

5 Chichester NH Town Records.

6 Locke Family Genealogy of Capt. John Locke.


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