Samuel Locke (educator)

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Refimprove Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Samuel Locke (November 23, 1732 – January 15, 1778) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.

Biography

Samuel Locke was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on November 23, 1732.<ref name=Cyclopaedia>Template:Cite book</ref> He was the son of Samuel Locke and Rebecca (Richardson) Locke Wilder.<ref>Vital Records of Woburn. Births. p.154</ref>

He graduated from Harvard College in 1755, where he was a classmate of future American President and founding father John Adams.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was ordained at Sherburne 7 Nov 1759.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

He married Mary Porter on 2 January 1760.<ref>Vital Records of Natick, Marriages. p.175</ref> Mary was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Porter. Rev. Porter was a predecessor to Rev Locke at Sherburne. They had 3 children (2 sons and a daughter): Dr. Samuel Locke (1761-1788), Mary Locke (1763-1796), and John Locke (1765-1800).

After serving as pastor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, he was appointed president of Harvard University. He held that post from 1770 to 1773, when he resigned after his housemaid became pregnant.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He then returned to Sherborn, where he died of apoplexy.<ref name=Cyclopaedia/>

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