This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANDON, CATHEY, LOCKE, HOWELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/541.3 Message Board Post: I have just begun to research this part of my family, and I have not proven the following yet. I found this information on the web. Descendants of John LOCKE First Generation 1. John LOCKE (1) was born ? Cir 1700 in England and died in 1743. John married Elizabeth LOCKE in England. Elizabeth was born in 1705 in England, died on 10 Aug 1760 in PA., and was buried in Aug 1760 in Rowan, NC. Children from this marriage were: M i. Matthew LOCKE (1) was born in 1721 in England, died on 7 Sep 1801 in Rowan, NC., and was buried in Rowan, NC. M ii. John LOCKE (1) was born in 1728 in England and died on 15 Apr 1764 in Rowan, NC. M iii. Gen. Mathew Sr. LOCKE (1) was born in 1730 in PA. and died on 7 Sep 1801 in Rowan, NC. F iv. Margaret LOCKE (1) was born ? Abt 1730 in England, died on 1 Feb 1789 in Rowan, NC., and was buried in Rowan, NC. M v. Francis LOCKE (1) was born ? Abt 1730 in England and died ? Aft 1741 in Rowan, NC. F vi. Margaret LOCKE (1) was born in 1731 in England and died on 21 Feb 1786. M vii. Col Francis LOCKE (1) was born in 1732 in England, died in 1796 in Rowan, NC., and was buried in Rowan, NC. Col married Anne BRANDON.(b. 1722) daughter of John BRANDON and Elizabeth CATHEY. Anne was born in 1722 in PA., died in Rowan, NC., and was buried in Rowan, NC. M viii. George LOCKE (1) was born ? Abt 1735 in England and died ? Abt 1805 in Iredell Co., NC. F ix. Elizabeth LOCKE (1) was born about 1736 in England and died in 1742. F x. Elizabeth LOCKE (1) was born in 1744 in PA. and died on 15 Jun 1815 in Davidson Co, Tenn. M xi. George LOCKE (1) was born about 1756 in England. Children from the marriage of Col Francis Locke and Anne Brandon were: F i. Rebecca LOCKE (1) was born in 1754 in Rowan, NC. and died in 1800. Rebecca married Thomas HOWELL (b. Abt 1750) in 1775 in Rowan, NC.