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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html