This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WARD, LOCKE, NEAL, RICE, McFETRIDGE, WARREN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AB.2ACI/6511.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thomas Marsee Locke who married Mary Ward is a son of Abraham Locke and Sarah Margaret Page. Abraham Locke originally came to Straight Creek from Montgomery Co, VA and was married four times; he had children by all four wives. The area in which he settled was called Locke, and Lockes still live in the area. It is close to Kettle Island and Peach Blossom where John Murphy Ward lived. Thomas Marsee Ward and Mary Ward eventually moved to Fariston, Laurel Co, KY where they died. Thos Marsee Locke's half-brother, Alexander Locke is a son of Abraham Locke and Annie Neal. He married Benjamin Ajax Wilson Rice's ex-wife, Zelphia McFetridge Rice after the death of his wife, Mahala Warren. They had no children.