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Benjamin Loxley
Benjamin Loxley, also known as Benjamin Lockley (December 20, 1720 – October 10, 1801) was a prominent Philadelphia master-builder and carpenter-architect in the American Colonial Period. He was also a well known American patriot army leader. He collaborated with Benjamin Franklin on some of Franklin's electrical experiments, including the kite experiment when Franklin used his house key.
== Early life ==
Loxley was born in Wakefield, England, on December 20, 1720.〔
〕 He was the son of Benjamin Loxley and his wife Elizabeth (Pullen). Loxley immigrated to America when he was fourteen years old and settled in Pennsylvania. He lived with his maternal uncle on a farm near Darby, Pennsylvania, as a farm hand for two years. His uncle then indentured him to W. Joseph Watkins to learn the carpenter's and cabinet making trades.〔 〕
Loxley was free of his commitments to Watkins in 1742 when he was 22 years old. He married Watkins' sister Jane at that time. He had a set of carpenter's tools and some books on architecture and went about to find work. He soon found several well paid jobs.〔 After Loxley's first wife Jane died on September 22, 1760, he remarried—on September 1, 1761—to Catherine Cox, the eldest daughter of John and Mary (Potts) Cox of Upper Freehold, New Jersey.〔 Loxley then became a partner with carpenter William Henderson.〔 He was successful in his investments and that—with an inheritance—made him a wealthy man.〔
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