Matthew Locke b. 1730 Northern Ireland d. 7 Sep 1801 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina: The McKenzies of Early Maryland

1730 - 1801 (71 years)

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Name	Matthew Locke [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	1730	Northern Ireland [1, 2]
Christening	Y [6]
Gender	Male
Residence	Bef 1751	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Politics	1771	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Politics	1776	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Politics	Between 1777 and 1792	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Military	1792	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Politics	Between 1793 and 1799	Rowan, North Carolina [4]
Burial	Sep 1801	Mill Bridge, Rowan, North Carolina
Death	7 Sep 1801	Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina [1]
Notes	Was appointed by the people to collect fees due the sheriff and Clerk of Court. Was elected as a member of the Provisional Congress at Halifax, and to the same body in Nov 1776, which formed the first State Constitution. He continued to be a member of the Legislature under the new Constitution until 1792. He was elected a Brigadier-General of State troops. Was elected a member of 3rd, 4th, and 5th Congresses. The Locke Family Matthew Locke, one of the first settlers of Rowan county, and the patriarchal head of a large family, was born in 1730. He was an early and devoted friend of liberty and the rights of the people. His stability of character and maturity of judgment caused him to be held in high esteem in all controversial matters among his fellow citizens. In 1771, during the "Regulation" troubles, he was selected by the people, with Herman Husbands, to receive the lawful fees of the sheriffs, and other crown officers, whose exorbitant exactions and oppressive conduct were then everywhere disturbing the peace and welfare of society. In 1775, he was a member of the Colonial Assembly, and in 1776 member of the Provincial Congress, which met on the 12th of November of that year, and formed the first Constitution. From 1793 to 1799 he was a member of Congress, and was succeeded by the Hon. Archibald Henderson. He married a daughter of Richard Brandon, an early patriot of the same county. He died in 1801, aged seventy-one years. Matthew Locke had at one time four sons in the Revolutionary war. Francis Locke, his eldest son, was appointed by the Provincial Congress which met at Halifax on the 4th of April, 1776, Colonel of the 1st Rowan Regiment, with Alexander Dobbins as Lieutenant Colonel; James Brandon, 1st Major, and James Smith, 2d Major. He was attached to General Lincoln's army when General Ashe was defeated at Brier Creek, and composed one of the members of the court-martial to inquire into that unfortunate affair. Colonel Locke commanded the forces which attacked and signally defeated a large body of Tories assembled at Ramsour's Mill, under Col. John Moore. (For particulars, see "Lincoln county"). Another son, Lieutenant George Locke, a brave young officer, was killed by the British in the skirmish near Charlotte, in September, 1780. Hon. Francis Locke, son of Francis Locke, the "hero of Ramsour's Mill," was born on the 31st of October, 1766. He was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1803, and resigned in 1814, at which time he was elected a Senator in Congress in 1814-'15. He never married, and died in January, 1823, in the forty-fourth year of his age. His mortal remains, with those of his father, Colonel Francis Locke, repose in the graveyard of Thyatira Church, Rowan county, N.C. Rowan County btab Parents tab John Locke tab1700-1743 tab Elizabeth tab1705-1760 iName:/bMatthew Locke b Date of Birth:/b1730 b Date of Death:/b7 Sep 1801 b Elected Office(s):/bRepresentative, Delegateb Elected Date(s):/b8 Aug 1774 b State:/bNorth Carolina b Country:/bIreland, Northern Ireland, b /b(Lockeb Biography:/b(uncle of Francis Locke, and great-great-great-grandfather of Effiegene (Locke) Wingo), a Representative from North Carolina; born in the north of Ireland in 1730; immigrated to the United States and located in Rowan County, N.C.; engaged in transportation by wagon; treasury commissioner of the colony of North Carolina in 1771; elected a member of the safety committee of Rowan County on August 8, 1774, and of the committee of secrecy, intelligence, and observation of Rowan County on September 23, 1774; member of the Provincial Congress at Hillsboro, N.C., and Johnston Court House in 1775; served as paymaster of troops in the Salisbury District in 1775; member of the Colonial Congress at Halifax in 1776; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1776; member of the State house of commons 1777-1781; brigadier general of North Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War; served in the State senate in 1781 and 1782; again a member of the State house of commons 1783-1792; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1789 called to ratify the Federal Constitution and voted against ratification; elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1799); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1798 to the Sixth Congress; engaged as a planter and was an extensive landowner; died in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., September 7, 1801; interment in the Thyatira Churchyard, near Salisbury, N.C.tab
Person ID	I19145	McKenzie Genealogy
Last Modified	28 Jan 2012

Father	John Locke, b. 1700, London, England d. Abt 1743, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 43 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Elizabeth Patton, b. 1705, England d. 10 Aug 1760, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 55 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	16 Feb 1719	London, England [2]
Family ID	F08918	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Elizabeth Brandon, b. Sep 1735, Pennsylvania d. 31 Jul 1790, Rowan, North Carolina (Age ~ 54 years)

Marriage 7 Sep 1749 Pennsylvania [2]

Children

	1. Ann Locke d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Jane Locke d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. John Locke, b. 12 Aug 1750, Rowan, North Carolina d. 21 Apr 1833, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. George Locke, b. 12 Sep 1752, Rowan, North Carolina d. 26 Sep 1780, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Francis Locke, b. 29 Dec 1754, Rowan, North Carolina d. 23 Dec 1808, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. William Locke, b. 17 Nov 1756, Rowan, North Carolina d. 10 Jan 1785, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Elizabeth Locke, b. 22 Dec 1758, Rowan, North Carolina d. 1 Jun 1791, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Mary Locke, b. 17 Dec 1765, Grants Creek, Rowan, North Carolina d. 8 Oct 1841, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F08927 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 14 May 2011

Sources

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