Lockey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Lockey family

The surname Lockey 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 Lockey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lockey 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 Lockey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lockey Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Lockey 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 mak...
Thomas Lockey (c. 1602-1679), was an English librarian and Anglican priest, he was Bodley's Librarian at the University of Oxford (1660 to 1665). He was made a canon of Christ Church Cathedral in 1663...

Lockey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lockey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Lockey, who landed in Virginia in 1663 2
Edward Lockey, who arrived in Virginia in 1667
Christopher Lockey, who landed in Maryland in 1668 2
Timothy Lockey, who arrived in Maryland in 1668 2

Lockey Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Fraser Lockey, who landed in North Carolina in 1702 2
George Lockey, who landed in North Carolina in 1702 2
Henry Lockey, who landed in North Carolina in 1702 2
Fraser, George, Henry, Thomas and Anne Lockey, who all, who settled in North Carolina in 1702
Ann Lockey, who arrived in North Carolina in 1702 2
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Lockey migration to Australia +

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

Lockey Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Thomas Lockey, British Convict who was convicted in Wiltshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Earl Spencer" in May 1813, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Lockey (post 1700) +

N. L. Lockey, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1888 4
Charles Lockey (1820-1901), English singer, a tenor born in Thatcham, Berkshire, he is known particularly as a soloist in the first performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah
Justin Lockey (b. 1980), British musician, composer, record producer, recording engineer, and record label owner from the north of England, best known as the lead guitarist in multi platinum selling band Editors as well as Minor Victories
Tilly Lockey (b. 2005), British amputee known for her bionic arms developed by Open Bionics which she has used since 2016

Citations +

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 8th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-spencer
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html