John, the first child of John & Betty Locock, was baptised at Axminster on 2 July 1766.
His parents John Locock & Betty Bryant married the previous year, on 26 Aug 1765 at Axminster, where Betty,the daughter of Samuel Bryant, had been baptised on 2 Feb 1738.
John & Betty had 3 more children baptised at Axminster: Thomas bap 25 Dec 1768, William bap 10 Mar 1771, Jane bap 9 Apr 1779.
On 15 Nov 1791 at Crewkerne: John Lowcock married Elizabeth Stagg, in the presence of Jos Palmer & Millie Merry.
Elizabeth Stagg was baptised at Crewkerne on 17 May 1769, the 7th of 8 children of Robert & Mary Stagg.
The first 4 children of John & Elizabeth Locock were baptised at Crewkerne:
John bap 11 Nov 1793
Thomas bap 21 Jul 1794 (Thomas Bryant Locock on Probate 1877)
Mary bap 28 May 1797
By 1802 the family were at Bridport, where John & Elizabeth remained for the rest of their lives.
Baptisms at Bridport Parish Church:
Robert Stag, son John & Elizabeth Locock, bap 25 Dec 1802
Elizabeth, dau John & Eliza Locock, bap 7 Apr 1805
Eliza, dau John & Elizabeth Lowcock, bap 24 Jun 1807, buried 21 Sep 1808.
John William, son John & Elizabeth Lowcock, bap 18 Aug 1809
Jane, dau John & Elizabeth Lowcock, bap 15 Jan 1812.
William James Stag, son of John & Elizabeth Locock, Chaisedriver, bap 8 Oct 1815
Marriages at Bridport of children of John & Elizabeth:
25 Dec 1816 Thomas Locock m Edith Hounsell.
29 Nov 1818 Thomas Locock (widower) m Susanna Saunders.
2 Aug 1820 Mary Locock m William Peckham of Amesbury.
17 Oct 1826 Elizabeth Locock m William Liscombe.
Those who married elsewhere were Robert in 1832 and William in 1851.
1841 Census at East Street, Bridport: John Locock 77 Labourer N, Elizabeth 71 N, Mary Peckham 44 Female Servant N, Jane Locock 8 Y, John Peckham 17 Male Servant, Jane Peckham 6m Y.
In the 1851 Census, Elizabeth was at the home of her son Thomas in East Street, Bridport:
Elizabeth Locock, lodger, 81, Pauper, born Somerset Crewkerne. She died 4 years later and was buried on 29 May 1855.
Their burials are shown in the Burial Register of Bridport Parish Church:
24 Sep 1848 John Locock 82.
29 May 1855 Elizabeth Locock 89.