Saturday, November 3, 2012

Surname Saturday - WALKER (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 535: Ruth WALKER (1692-1752). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four American generations of this WALKER family is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66. Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67. Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)


266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susannah Wood (1724-1780)


534.  Josiah Wood, born 31 August 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 January 1753 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1068. Josiah Wood and 1069. Abigail Bacon.  He married 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

535.  Ruth Walker, born 04 December 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died March 1751/52 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Josiah Wood and Ruth Walker are:  Josiah Wood (1711-1730); John Wood (1713-1752); Joseph Wood (1715-????); Edward Wood (1718-????); Ruth Wood (1720-1744); Solomon Wood (1722-1790); Susannah Wood (1724-1780); Mary Wood (1726-1775); Phebe Wood (1729-????).

1070.  John Walker, born 02 July 1665 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 April 1699 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 09 November 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1071.  Ruth Kendall, born 17 February 1674/75 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 July 1730 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2142. Thomas Kendall and 2143. Ruth Blodgett.

Children of John Walker and Ruth Kendall are:  Ruth Walker (1692-1752); Edward Walker (1694-1787).

2140.  Samuel Walker, born 28 June 1643 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 January 1703/04 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 10 September 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2141.  Sarah Reed, born about 1638 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 November 1681 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4282. William Reed and 4283. Mabel Kendall.

Children of Samuel Walker and Sarah Reed are:  Edward Walker (1663-1690); John Walker (1665-1699); Samuel Walker (1667-1744); Sarah Walker (1670-1704); Timothy Walker (1672-1706).

4280.  Samuel Walker, born about 1617 in England; died 06 November 1684 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1643 in probably Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4281.  Anna Sheldon, born about 1620 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; died before 1677 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Samuel Walker and Anna Sheldon are:  Samuel Walker (1643-1704); Joseph Walker (1645-1729); Hannah Walker (1647-1648); Hannah Walker (1648-1686); Israel Walker (1648-1719); John Walker (1650-1724); Benjamin Walker (1651-1653.

Information about these Walker families were obtained from:

*  Arthur G. Loring and William R. Cutter, "Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass. and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 57, Number 4 (October 1903,) page 350.

*  Massachusetts Town Vital Records and Middlesex County Probate Records.

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