James Lock 'the Elder' of Hastings
(1727-1814)
Mary Tabret
(1728-1764)
John Star
(-)
Mary Grayling
(-)
James Lock 'the Younger' of Hastings
(1759-1832)
Benedicta Star
(1750-1832)
Sophia Lock
(1789-1832)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
John Laver

Sophia Lock

  • Born: 11 Apr 1789, Hastings, Sussex, England 4
  • Christened: 17 Apr 1789, St. Clement, Hastings, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 15 May 1820, St. Clement, Hastings, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 27 May 1832, Hastings, Sussex, England 4
  • Buried: 2 Jun 1832, All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

Family name also spelled LOCKE.

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In Feb 1811 Sophia Lock was present at the marriage of her sister Benedicta Lock to Charles Bound in Hastings St. Clement.

In Dec 1812 Sophia Lock was present at the marriage of her sister Martha Lock to William Morris in Hastings St. Clement.

In Jun 1824 Sophia Laver and her husband John Laver were present at the marriage of Sophia's sister Mary Ann Lock to Robert Thomas Noakes in Hastings St. Clement.

Writing his Will in May 1827 James Lock of Hastings, tailor, bequeathed to his daughter Sophia the wife of John Laver his two tenements and premises in the Winding Street in the parish of St. Clement in Hastings. Sophia died four months after her father and three months prior to his Will being proved.

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Sophia Laver of St. Clement's died aged 43 years (burial record).

"HERE RESTS THE BODY OF SOPHIA DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND BENEDICTA LOCK OF HASTINGS AND WIFE OF JOHN LAVER FORMERLY OF HASTINGS LATE OF 19 YORK PLACE, BRIGHTON BORN 11th APRIL 1789 DIED 27th MAY 1832. THIS STONE IS PLACED BY HER DAUGHTER SOPHIA IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE." 4

  Marriage Information:

Sophia married John Laver on 15 May 1820 in St. Clement, Hastings, Sussex, England. (John Laver was born about 1781 in London, England and died on 16 Jan 1867 at 8 York Place, Brighton, Sussex, England, aged 86 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Laver, bachelor, of this parish, and Sophia Locke, spinster, of the parish of All Saints

Married by Banns

Witnesses: Charles Lock, Mary Ann Lock, S. May, M. Morris

Sources


1 Hastings St. Clement Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms.

2 Ibid., Marriages, p. 62, no. 185.

3 Hastings All Saints Parish Registers, Burials, p. 189, no. 1508.

4 Sussex Archaeological Collections - Relating to the History and Antiquity of the County, presented by the Sussex Archaeological Society, Vol. 43: Inscriptions in the Churchyard of All Saints, Hastings, p. 256, no. 449.


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