Lockley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lockley family

The surname Lockley was first found in Peeblesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), former county in South-central Scotland, in the present day Scottish Borders Council Area, where they held a family seat from early times.

"William Lokky was chaplain in Glasgow, 1503, and John Loky is recorded in Strafrank in 1531. David Lokky was "ane of the maris generall of the sheriffdome" of Forfar in 1535, Quhintene Loke was burgess of Edinburgh in 1583 and John Lockie was retoured heir in the three mark lands of Martoune in the bailliary of Lauderdaill in 1670." 1

Early History of the Lockley family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lockley research. Another 186 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1527, 1565, 1588, 1600, 1602, 1609, 1616, 1623, 1660, 1663, 1665, 1679, 1720 and 1741 are included under the topic Early Lockley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lockley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lockie, Lockey, Locky and others.

Early Notables of the Lockley family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Rowland Lockey (c. 1565-1616), an English Baroque era painter and goldsmith, best known for his near life-size painting "Family of Sir Thomas More" (1527). As the son of Leonard Lockey, a crossbow maker of the parish of St Bride's, Fleet Street, London, Lockey was apprenticed to Queen Elizabeth's miniaturist and goldsmith Nicholas Hilliard for eight years and was made a...
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Lockley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lockley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Ricd Lockley, aged 51, who landed in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Assurance" 2
Charles Lockley, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 2
Ann Lockley, who landed in Virginia in 1648 2

Lockley Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Lockley, who arrived in Virginia in 1745 2

Lockley migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Lockley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. David Lockley, English convict who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for 8 years, transported aboard the "Belgravia" on 4th April 1866, arriving in Western Australia 3

Lockley migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Lockley Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

W Lockley, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1838
Henry Lockley, aged 24, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Oliver Lang" in 1856
Elizabeth Lockley, aged 22, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Oliver Lang" in 1856
Alice Lockley, aged under 1, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Oliver Lang" in 1856
Miss Mary H. Lockley, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Shun Lee" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 26th August1871 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lockley (post 1700) +

Fred Lockley (1871-1958), American journalist best known for his editorial column for the Oregon Journal, "Impressions and Observations of a Journal Man"
Michael "Mike" Lockley (b. 1988), American football linebacker who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2011) and Montreal Alouettes (2012-2013)
Sidney L. Lockley, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1956 5
George Lockley, American Republican politician, Postmaster at East Saginaw, Michigan, 1871 5
Addison Lockley (b. 1991), English rugby union playerfrom Taunton, England
John Keith Kelly Lockley (b. 1971), South African igqirha, a traditional healer or sangoma of the Xhosa people
Albert Lockley (1873-1939), Welsh international footballer, member of the Wales national football team, playing one match on 19 February 1898 against Ireland
Thomas Lockley (b. 1978), English educator in Japan, associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University
Ven. Harold Lockley (1916-2004), English eminent Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Loughborough (1963-1986)
Andrew Lockley (b. 1971), British three-time Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor, best known for working on most of Christopher Nolan's films
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Historic Events for the Lockley family +

HMS Prince of Wales

Mr. Reginald Orlando Lockley (b. 1941), British Lieutenant Commander, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales and survived the sinking, was wounded in action 1941 6

Sources +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 30th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/belgravia
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html