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Subject: [NEW-HAMPSHIRE-L] WALKER (see also Roster 1777 Fort Ticonderoga)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:10:49 EST

Surname: WALKER
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4 by Rev.
Henry H. Saunderson pub l876
p.582
Seth Walker the earliest of this name in Charlestown,NH
son of Joseph Walker, first of Billerica, MA, born at
Groton, MA abt l692 m. Eleanor Chandler abt l695.

Seth Walker was one of the proprietors under the NH
Charter. He was at No 4 as early as l750. His name is
on the roll of Capt. Phineas Stevens' Company, enlisting
in l750. He d. July 7, l772 age 80. Eleanor (Chandler)
Walker, his wife d. Nov 6, l769 age 74. Both died at
Charlestown, NH and their tombstones are in the Charles-
town village cemetery. Their children:
l. Abel Walker b. at Groton, MA Apr 20, l734 m. l767
Elizabeth, the widow of Phineas Graves. She was the
dau. of Isaac Parker, Jr. and his wife, Mary Parker,
She was b. at Groton, MA Feb 3, l744.
See p.586 below for the list of men Abel Walker
commanded in the spring of l777 in the march to
Fort Ticonderoga. He d. Mar ll, l8l5 - 8l yrs.
She d. Oct 8, l806 age 62 yrs. Their children:
l. Eunice Walker b. l767 d. l773.
2. Sarah Walker b. l769 d. l788.
3. Phineas Walker b.l77l d. l772
4. Phyle Walker b. l773 m. Aaron Dean of
Charlestown, NH on Nov 4, l790. d. at
Boston, MA l849.
5. Phineas Walker b. l774 d. l777.
6. Abel Walker b. l776 d. l777.
7. Elizabeth b. l778 m. l797 Thomas Melville.
8. Phineas Walker 2d b. l780 drowned in the
Connecticut River June 29, l792.
9. Abel Walker, Jr. b. Sep ll, l783 m. l8l3
Sally Doolittle dau of John and Lucy Doo-
little b. at Westmoreland, NH Feb ll, l789
Their children:
l. Mary Doolittle Walker b. l8l3 d. at
Hydepark, VT l845.
2. Phineas Walker b. l820 d.l852 in CA
3. Samuel Walker b. l823 a Selectman
l857 to l858 and Rep. l859.
Abel Walker Jr. was a useful and esteemed
citizen and d. at Charlestown l827.
l0. Eleuthera Walker b. July 2l, l786 m. John
Willard, Jr.
2. Sybil Walker dau of Seth Walker and wife, Eleanor
(Chandler) Walker was b. at Groton, MA Mar 23, l735
p.59l
Seth Walker m. (1) Jan l4, l74l/2 Abigail Holden dau of
Nathaniel Holden and Abigail (Stone) Holden of Groton,
MA. She b. Sep l5, l7l9. Their children:
l. Sybil Walker b. Mar l3,l745
2. Seth Walker, Jr. b. Apr 5, l747
3. Abigail Walker b.June l0, l750 (all 3 born at Groton)
4. Asa Walker b. l753.
5. Nathaniel Walker twin to Isaac Walker b. Mar 30, l756
6. Isaac Walker twin to Nathaniel Walker b. Mar 30, l756
7. Jabez Walker b. June 2, l758 pub. to Anna Watkins
of Charlestown l790.

Seth Walker had issue by his 2d wife, Jemima Walker:

8. Mary Walker b. Aug 9, l766
9. Jemima Walker b. Apr 27, l768
Seth Walker Jr. was a sergeant in Capt. Abel Walker's
company. This family came to Charlestown in the spring
of l770. The Seth Walker at No. 4 at an earlier date,
was the father of Col. Abel Walker
10. Emma Walker b. Mar 26, l770. These born at Shirley,
MA


p.592
Mathew Walker came to Charlestown, NH from Thompson, CT.
at an early date. His children were:
l. Dyer Walker
2. John Walker
3. Benjamin Walker
4. Dorcas Walker
5. Mary Walker

Dyer Walker son of Mathew Walker was b. Dec 30, l776
d. Jan 27, l85l m. Jan 30, l799 Mary Spencer dau of
Taylor Spencer and wife, Mary (Davis) Spencer b. l780 d.
l872. Their children:
l. Stephen Walker b. l799 m. l824 Keziah Converse
Their children:
l. Mary Ellen Walker
2. Clark S. Walker
3. Annette Walker
4. Alice Walker.
He moved from Connecticut in l85l, d. l865.
2. Angeline Walker b. l80l m. l824 Sherburne
Merrill of Unity in l80l. Their children:
l. Rosette Merrill m. Erastus Perkins
Res: Iowa
2. Wilson Merrill m. Marion Bluff of
Charlestown, NH d. and buried at
Charlestown.
3. Helen Merrill m. Alvah Spaulding
Res: Iowa
4. Jenette m. David Hubbard son of
Jonathan B. Hubbard. Res: KS.
5. Ransom Merrill m. ___Putnam of
Charlestown, NH.
6. Julia Merrill
3. Oracy Walker b. l804 m. Lorenzo Willard son
of Moses Willard and his wife, Lydia (Farwell)
Willard Res: Montpelia, VT.
4. John S. Walker b. Jan ll, l807 d. l859 m.
(l) Sarah Merrill in l822 b. l808 d.l840 Their
children:
l. Arnold Walker m. Oracy Walker Res:
WI.
Sarah (Merrill) Walker d. and John S. Walker
m. (2) Sarah Campbell of Charlestown b.l804
d. l875.
5. Abigail Walker b. l809 m. Wilson Merrill l83l
Res: Claremont, NH
6. Lydia Walker b. l8ll d.l820.
7. Amelia B. Walker b. l8l6 d. l846.
8. Erastus Otis Walker b.l8l9 m. l843 Lucy A.
Towner dau of John Towner and wife, Lucretia
(Adkins) Towner b. l8l9.

p.592
John Walker, son of Matthew Walker m. Philey Spencer.

Benjamin Walker, son of Matthew Walker m. Sarah Whipple
dau of Edward Whipple.

Dorcas Walker, dau of Matthew Walker m. Jacob Wright.

Mary Walker, dau of Matthew Walker m. _____ May.

p.592
Deacon Cephas Walker, son of Elijah and Polly (Howe)
Walker m. l836 the widow, Priscilla E. (West) Burnham.
She d. of smallpox l873. Deacon Walker came to
Charlestown l843.

p.592
Benjam Walker son of Benjamin Walker and his wife,
Sarah (Whipple) Walker b. l809 m. l835 Mahala Garfield
dau of John and Susan (Rogers) Garfield b. at Charles-
town July l9, l8l4. Their children:
l. Lucetta Walker b.l838 d. l840
2. Susan Walker b. l838
3. an infant d. l839.
4. Susan Walker b.l84l
5. Floretta Walker b. l843 d. l849
6. Watson J. Walker b. l845
7. George Milon Walker b. l849 d. l863
8. Etta Lavonn Walker b. l855.
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WALKER SURNAME

Source: The Farnsworth Memorial by Moses Farnsworth pub
1897
p.45
Ebenezer Farnsworth b. l726 m. l762 Sarah WALKER, prob.
dau. of Seth Walker and his wife, Eleanor (Chandler)
Walker. Ebenezer d. l794. She d. l807 age 82. They
settled at Fort No. 4., Charlestown, N.H. He born at
Groton, MA. He was taken prisoner by Indians with the
Johnson family of Charlestown and carried to Canada.

p.46
Jemima Farnsworth, sister to Ebenezer (above) b. l729
at Groton, MA m. l764 Seth WALKER, Jr. as his 2d wife
Seth Walker was b. l7l7 at Groton. He m. (1) Abigail
HOLDEN, dau of Nathaniel Holden and his wife, Abigail
(Stone) Holden who d. l762.

p.63
Phineas Reed HUTCHINS b. l8l3 at Alstead N.H. son of
John Sullivan Hutchins and wife, Catherine Cutter of
Alstead NH and LaChute, Canada. Phineas Hutchins m.
in l838 at LaChute, Jessie Walker. He d. CA l875.

p.84
Sarah Farnsworth b. l8l9 at Westford, Vt. m. William
WALKER. Res: Illinois. They both d. at Chicago.
l. Elizabeth Walker b. l843 d. young.
2. Harlow Walker b. l844
3. Arthur S. Walker, b. l874 m. Emma Jones.
He d. Chicago l892
4. Judson Farnsworth Walker b. l848 m. Sarah
Crinker.
5. A. Eugene Walker b. l852 m. Telva Dunlavy.
6. S. Emma Walker b. l855 m. Newell Hotchkiss.
7. Ella Walker b. l858 d. unm.
p.292
John Merrill Farnsworth b. l84l at Peterboro, N.H. m.
in l865 (1) Mary E. Sumner (one child: Harry Ernest b.
l870 at Nashua N.H.) John m. (2) l887 Ella M. WALKER
(one child: a dau. b. in Imley, MI).

p.355
Abigail Holden b. l7l9 dau of Abigail (Stone) Holden and
Nathaniel Holden of Groton, MA. Abigail Holden m. in
l742 SETH WALKER, Jr. b. l7l7 He d. l794 She d. l762
Seth Walker m. (2) Jemima Farnsworth dau of Josiah.
She b. l729 at Groton MA.

p.374
George Farnsworth b. l835 at Galena Illinois m. l879 at
Indianapolis, IN Mary Agnes Walker, dau of Henry and
Isabel Walker of N.Y.
_________________________________________________
Surname: WALKER
Source: Prescott Memorial

John Prescott Line, Lancaster, MA

p.50
Sarah Prescott b. ca l724 dau of Ebenezer Prescott and
his wife, Ruth Hobart of Clocksett.
Sarah Prescott m. l747 Hezekiah Walker of Shrewsbury.

p.l04
Elijah Prescott b. l767 son of Timothy Prescott and wife,
Lydia Prescott.
Elijah Prescott m. l797 Eunice Walker of Ashby, MA (two
children: Orra Prescott d. and Eunice Prescott d. unm.

___________________________________________________
Surname: WALKER
Source: Hist. of Charlestown, NH
p.586
Once again, in the spring of l777 there was an alarm
that Fort Ticonderoga was in danger and Capt. Abel
Walker hastened (with his company) to its defense.
He was the commander of company No. l, Col. Benjamin
Bellow's regiment. The roll call was not found in the
military hist. of NH so I (Rev. Saunderson) give it here.

Officers:
Abel Walker, Capt.
Bradford Spafford, Lieut
John Beckwith, Ensign
Seth Walker, Sergeant
Joseph Hobart, Sergeant
Lazedell Silsby, Sergeant
John Sprague, Sergeant
Joseph Lear, Corporal
Julius Silsby, Corporal
Nathaniel Powers, Corporal
Oliver Cook, Corporal
Eliab Gleason, Fifer.
PRIVATES
Levi Simonds
John Cross
Ebenezer Terry
Timothy Putnam
Benjamin Powers
Whitcomb Powers
Amasa Grout
Eleazer Heywood
Thomas Putnam
Eli Smith
Eliphas Silsby
Timothy Cross
Reuben Bingham
Jesse Scovel
Joseph Wood
Samuel Atkins
Thomas Nott
Ephraim French
William Osgood
Comfort Towner
Samuel Gunnison
Moses Spafford
John Atkins
John Hart
Asa Walker
Josiah Reed
Lemuel Royce
Richard Holden
Joseph Spencer
Oliver Hastings
Christopher Ayres
Samuel Lewis
Joseph Powers
Joseph Clark
Samuel Remington
Oliver Farnsworth
Daniel Elmore
Thomas Rose
Nathaniel Walker
Roswell Stevens
Samuel Carey.
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Janice Farnsworth

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