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Author: Donald R. Inman
The first American Locke was William who was born near Germantown, Pa 2nd of February 1756. He was a member of the colonial forces in the Revolutionary War serving as a Private of Captain Hovtley’s Regiment, Pennsylvania Line from February 1776 to April 1781. He was at Valley Forge, Brandywine, Brunswick, Germantown and Paoli. At the close of the war William made his home near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, then near the present town of McKee’s Rocks. Then in 1792 after his marriage, he moved again into what was at that time the lower part of Mercer County now the northern part of Lawrence County, Pa where he purchased land that was part of the Mowry Tract. The actual expense to him was a small part of what the land was worth, as the government assumed the major part of the cost because of his voluntary service in the War of Independence. He was a weaver by trade so the only buildings he erected were a cabin for himself and his family and a weaving house to pursue his business. William died 29th of November 1823 in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
William married Isabel Hamilton and together they had five sons: William, James, John, David and Chauncey. David’s son David was a long time Beaver County Superintendent of Schools and his son James and his son James are members of the General Anthony Chapter, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
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