The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Susanna Smyth was born about 1770. She was the daughter of the Reverend Edmund Smyth, the rector of Great Linford in Buckinghamshire, and Dorothea Shan.
Susanna married Henry Locock , a physician and surgeon from Northampton, around 1787 and their children included:
...to my daughters Frances Lambert and Susanna Locock to whom on their respective marriages I gave their fortunes...
and her brother, the Reverend William Smyth, who was also the rector of Great Linford after his fathers death, is mentioned in her husband's will:[3]
...my Brother in Law the Reverend William Smythe of Great Linford in the county of Buckingham Clerk...
Research Notes
Place of Birth: Great Linford has been assumed, but around 1770, the approximate date of Susanna's birth, her father held several positions in the Church of England:[4]
Rector of Tyringham with Filgrave (07/04/1756 - 05/11/1789)
domestic chaplain to John Dalrymple, 5th earl of Stair (26/03/1770)
Rector of Great Linford (09/04/1770 - 14/07/1786)
Sources
↑Dictionary of National Biography of child Charles Locock:
"Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22"
London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 12; Page: 55 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1981 #10033314 (accessed 18 January 2024)
Name: Henry Locock; Gender: Male; Child: Charles Locock.
↑Will of Rev. Edmund Smyth:
"England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1183 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #343287 (accessed 18 January 2024)
Will of The Reverend Edmund Smyth, granted probate on 25 Aug 1789. Died about 1789 in Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, England.
↑Will of Henry Locock:
"England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1979 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #65041 (accessed 18 January 2024)
Will of Henry Locock, granted probate on 5 May 1843. Died about 1843 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.
↑CCEd: ‘Edmund Smyth (CCEd Person ID 76700)’, The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 <http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk>, (accessed 18 Jan 2024)
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