Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Locke, Benjamin (1738-1791) |
Other names |
Capt. |
Born |
6 Aug 1738 |
Deceased |
7 Dec 1791 |
Father |
Locke, Samuel |
Mother |
Butterfield, Deborah |
Notes |
Cutter "Helived where his son William afterward did " "Was captain of th ecompany of Menotomy minute-men in April 1775, afterward in Col Thomas Gardner's regiment, and engaged in Bunker Hill Battle. This regiment was stationed, after the battle, in the lines of the Continental Army, on Prospect Hill. |
Occupation |
Baptist Society, 1787 pct. committeeman and assessor in 1775 |
Spouse |
Peirce, Mary 1757 |
Children |
Mary 1760-90 William 1762 Benjamin 1765 Deborah 1768-1768 son, stillborn, 1770 a child, lived one day 1771 daughter, stillborn 1775 daughter 1776 lived 4 days a child, stillborn 1778 |
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