Do your Virginia PERRYs go back before 1750 in the Goochland-Hanover-Henrico
area? I'm looking for a Mary Ann Perry, granddaughter of John Sorrell. Mary
Ann Perry is believed to have been married to Benjamin Sneed about 1750 in
Albemarle Co., VA.
Thanks. Trueman Farris. [log in to unmask]
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From: "DONALD LOCKE JR" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:16 PM
Subject: Lock / Locke of Va
> Since this list came alive and I got all your attention lol
>
> I am still here and still researching Lock - Locke of Virginia.
>
> Surnames of interest: Lock(e), Shirlely, Avis, Rutherford, Keys,
> Perry/Perrey?, Dixon
>
> Richard Lock b. ca 1733 of Frederick and Berkeley County Virginia
> We believe he had a brother named John Lock also of same counties.
>
> Richard Lock had ties to Walter Shirley and family and to the Avis
> family and to the Rutherford family and possibly to the Keys family.
> all of Frederick and Berkeley.
> I have been able to trace the Shirley and Avis family's back to
> Calvert and St. Marys Counties Maryland, but I am still stuck tracing
> Richard Lock. Maybe someone with some time could help me find clues as
> to who Richard Lock's parents are :)
> " Walter Shirely and the Avis men were listed on the 1733 Calvert
> County MD tax list"
>
> Richard Lock b. ca 1733 married Mary Fitgerald (Maiden name not
> proven) Richard died 1775 in Berkeley County Va.
> In the Estate Index for Richard Lock, it lists a John Lock as money
> paid to from the estate, along with many others
>
> Estate Index / Inventory dated 1777 in Berkeley County Virginia for
> Richard Lock b. 1733
> Book 1 . Page 191
> Thomas Rutherford administrator.
> pd. Daniel Beall
> pd. Francis Avis
> pd. Wm.? Robert Rutherford, for Rent
> pd. Jacob Couhlin
> pd. William Brady
> pd. Chas. Maddin
> To pd. Thos. Ashley
> To pd. Moses Tullis
> To Jacob Vantrees
> To Charles Murry
> To Edward Boitet
> To Robert Worthington
> pd. John Locke
> pd. James Lee
> pd. Ruth Keyes
> To Humphrey Keyes
> To pd. Wm. Nells freedom dues
>
> Thomas Rutherford was the Guardian of Richard Lock when he was
> younger.
> There seems to be a close friendship or possibly a kinship to
> the Shirley , Avis, Rutherford, Keys familys with my Richard Lock, but
> if they are related I have not been able to figure it out as of yet.
> I say a possible kinship because the same names seem to be around
> Richard Lock in several various records I have seen.
>
> This is the only clue I have that may tell me who Richard Lock's father
> was.
>
> Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 3
> To Mary Lock, dau. of Richd. Lock, personalty.
>
> Page 257
> Richard Lock of Calvert County Maryland
> Oct. 2, 1745
> Money to my Dau. Mary PERRY, my son Richard LOCK, executor.
> Witness: Mary Trouton, Benj. DIXON
> Probated Nov. 19, 1745
>
> This Will names a son Richard Lock, but I do not know if this is my
> Richard Lock b. ca 1733
>
> This has been a mystery to my family for a ton of years and we have
> not been able to trace our family any further back then Richard Lock.
> I should note that there were a couple of other Lock's of Frederick and
> Berkeley County that we believe to be related and they too came from
> St. Mary's County Maryland, but we have not been able to connect them
> either.
>
> Here are some various clues I have to date, they may or may not be my
> Richard Lock
>
> A List of Soldiers under the Command of Captain Robert Sollers, This
> 1st day
> of October 1748 at St. Leonard Town, (St. Mary's Co. MD)
> p. 21 Lower Hundred of the Clifts
> #12 Benjamin Dixon (witness to Richard SR. probate) also Garrot, Ellis,
> Joshua and Hugh Dixon,
> p. 21,22 Sergeant Richard Day
> #16 William Perrey ( is he husband of Mary Lock?)
> #17 Richard Lock.
> ( This clue clearly links Richard Lock who died in Calvert County
> Maryland to Richard Lock in this record in St. Marys County Maryland)
>
>
> [The] Smallwood Family of Charles County,
> by Arthur L. Keith,
> from Vol. XXII (1927), 139-186 325-372
>
> Individual # 39 on pages 359 & 360
>
> "George Smallwood (son of John who died in 1770) has unimportant
> mention in the Court Proceedings of Charles County in Aug. 1756 and
> Nov. 1757. He is undoubtedly identical with George Smallwood who
> bought land of James Loyd in Frederick County, Virginia on Sept. 3,
> 1764 (Winchester, Lib. 9, fol. 371). In this county on Aug. 2, 1769
> the court ordered Stephen Cawood (he was the son of John Cawood who
> married Elizabeth Smallwood) to pay 200 pounds of tobacco to George
> Smallwood for his service as a witness; and on Oct. 6, 1772 George
> Smallwood was a witness in the same county in the case of John Keywood
> (either father or brother of the above Stephen Cawood) vs. Ulrick
> Spoar. George Smallwood lived in that part of Frederick County which
> was set off into Berkeley County. In this later County he was one of
> the apprs [appraisers?] of the estate of Rich'd Locke, Sept. 11, 1775,
> of Robert Tabb, May 21, 1776, and of John Goddart, Nov. 1777. In the
> same county on Mch.18, 1797 George Smallwood bought land of George Hite
> and wife Deborah (which land formerly belonged to Dr. John Briscoe and
> had been willed by him to his son Hezekiah Briscoe) (Martinsburg, Lib.
> 13, fol. 333). On May 18, 1801 George Smallwood bought land of John
> Potts and Elizabeth, his wife, and of William Hall and Miriam, his wife
> (Martinsburgh, Lib. 18, fol. 195 and 198). Both deeds were delivered
> to Gabriel Smallwood (probably son of George)."
>
> Source : Frances Austin
> LDS 829879 Berkeley Co. Virginia Deeds 1772-1774
> Vol. 2 p. 287 Aug 28, `1773 Robert Rutherford & Mary his wife of
> Berkeley
> Co. & Presson Bowdoin of Borough of Norfolk Merchant.
> Witnesses to deed
> Thos Rutherford
> Wm. Little
> Richard X lock JR (his mark)
> John McCarty
> Howard Rutherford
> Reaben Rutherford
>
> p. 332 Aug 25 1773 Presson Bowdoin Borough of Norfolk & Robert
> Rutherford
> of Berkeley
> Wit.
> Richard X Lock Jun (his mark)
> Other wit same.
>
> Frederick County Va. Will Book Vol 2 p. 174 Will of Walter Shirley July
> 10,1755. Wits. was Richard Lock.
> (I have not seen this will, so I do not know what it contains)
>
> It's an interesting mystery to say the least. I know I am missing a
> piece of this puzzle but darned if I can find it!
> Thanks for any help or suggestions ;)
> Donald G. Locke Jr.
> For all your Lock(e) needs, visit my Locke Family web site. A site for
> all Lock(e)'s around the world, especially for USA connections.
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lockeroots/home.html
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