= Joseph Watkins devised her estate at
(Daughter of | of Abingdon. Wrington to her niece Frances Watkins
Samuel or John?) | of Abingdon, widow, remainder to her
| son Joseph. Died November 27, 1717.
|
Joseph Watkins of Clapton, Middlesex, = Magdalen, daughter of... Gibbes.
Esq. /|\

I observe that in Chalmers' Dictionary the mother of Locke is called Anne,
whereas, in the Wrington register, I am informed that it appears as
Agnes,--"1630, July 15, (married) John Locke and Agnes Keene." I believe,
however, that in former days Anne and Agnes were not unfrequently
confounded, so that the apparent discrepancy may not be material.

The best evidence that is at present within my reach, in support of the
connexion here given, is a letter from Mrs. Frances Watkins, a daughter of
either Samuel or John Keene, dated "Abingdon, January, 1754," addressed to
her son "Joseph Watkins, Esq., at John's Coffee House, Cornhill, London,"
and from which I make the following extract for the information of those
who may be disposed to look into this question. She says,--

"I am allied to Mr. Lock thus: His father and my grandmother were
brother and sister, and his mother and my grandfather were also sister
and brother, consequently my father and the great Lock were doubly
first cousins. My grandfather's sister and my grandmother's brother
produced this wonder of the world. To make you more sensible of it, a
Lock married a Keen, and a Keen married a Lock. My aunt Keen was a most
beautiful woman, as was all the family; and my uncle Lock an extream
wise man. So much for genealogy. My Lord Chancellor King was allied
thus near. I forgett whether his mother was a Keen or Lock. I had this
information from my aunt Darby. Mr. Lock had no advantage in his
person, but was a very fine gentleman. From foreign Courts they used to
write, 'For John Lock, Esq., in England.'"

C. J.

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Minor Queries.

"_The Village Lawyer._"--Can you inform me who is the author of that very
popular farce, _The Village Lawyer_? It was first acted about the year
1787. It has been ascribed to Mr. Macready, the father of Mr. W. C.
Macready, the eminent tragedian. The real author, however, is said to have
been a dissenting minister in Dublin, and I would be obliged t