Friday, 1 May 2026

John Lock and Mary Nott

St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle
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John Lock (b. ~1781) married Mary Nott (b. ~1785) on 1 May 1806 at the church of St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle, Somerset.

John and Mary Lock had eight children:
  1. Elizabeth Lock bap. 7 Jun 1807 in Ashbrittle
  2. Mary Ann Lock bap. 7 May 1809 in Ashbrittle
  3. John Lock bap. 19 Jan 1812 in Ashbrittle
  4. Harriet Lock bap. 19 Jun 1814 in Ashbrittle
  5. William Lock bap. 7 Jul 1816 in Ashbrittle
  6. James Lock bap. 13 Dec 1818 in Ashbrittle
  7. Thomas Lock bap. 14 Jul 1822 in Ashbrittle
  8. Eliza Lock bap. 14 Nov 1824 in Ashbrittle
Mary Lock died in 1839 J Qtr in WELLINGTON SOMERSET AND DEVON Volume 10 Page 333 and was buried on 28 Apr 1839 at St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle, age listed as 54, suggesting she was born around 1785.

In 1841, in Ashbrittle Village, were John Lock (58) Ag Lab with Eliza Lock (18) and Elizabeth Lock (10). DNA links confirm that Elizabeth Lock was his granddaughter, the illegitimate daughter of Mary Ann Lock. Harriot Lock (25) was at Burrow [Farm], Ashbrittle, working as a Female Servant.

John Lock died, aged 65, in 1847 M Quarter in WELLINGTON Vol 10 Page 426 and was buried at St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle on 14 Feb 1847. The burial record lists John Lock of Wellington Union House, i.e. Workhouse.

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