Isabella Maxwell (Barclay) Walker (abt. 1634 - 1705)

Born about 1634 in Tyrone, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of George Walker II — married 1669 in Tyrone, Ireland

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1705 at about age 71 in Tyrone, Ireland

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Biography

On Tuesday the 16th of October, the Church of Donaghmore, at Castlecaulfield, being in the process of repair by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it was found necessary to lower and level the floor of it.

In that part of the Chancel immediately under the monument of Governor Walker, the workmen discovered a full-sized oak coffin containing the remains of his widow [Isabella Barclay Walker], who in 1703, caused his bones to be brought there from the banks of the Boyne, where his body had been interred and had lain for thirteen years. They were this day found in a small oak box, in which this "widow indeed," full of endearing recollections of happier days, had deposited them.

This worthy Lady was the mother of four sons of the renowned Walker, who, at his death, were serving in King William's army and each of whom, in justice to their immortal father's service and their own, ought to have inherited one of the forfeited estates. John Walker, the eldest son, on a petition to the House of Commons, obtained a pension of £200 a year, which he enjoyed until the beginning of the reign of George I. when he was deprived of it by the parsimony of the triumphant Whigs. Of the other sons there is no record, save that the daughter of one of them was the mother of the late Mrs. Caldbeck, of Lisburn. In the case with Governer Walker's remains was placed a flint glass bottle, hermetically sealed, containing the following writing on parchment:- "Be it recorded, that whilst this Church was undergoing repair in the year 1838, search was made beneath the Monument of the Rev. Geo. Walker, immediately opposite to the Communion Table, at the Eastern end of the Church, and South side of the Aisle, to ascertain whether his bones were deposited there, agreeable to the inscription on the Monument, erected by his widow (illegible)

"We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having assembled in said Church, on Tuesday, 16th October 1838, and having made search immediately beneath said Monument fixed in the wall, have found, in a full-sized oak coffin, the remains of his widow; and in a small oaken case adjoining, were deposited bones which had not the appearance of regular interment in a coffin, but corresponding with the words on the monument, 'Ossa reconduntur,' &c. &c.

"Now to testify our veneration and respect for the memory of the illustrious Walker, we herein carefully replace the bones, and restore them to their former position, together with this Record.

Changed YOB from 1645 certain to about 1634 to accomodate son Robert Walker born in 1650.

Name

Name: Isabella /BARCLAY/^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1644

Place: Tyrone, Ireland^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 18 FEB 1705^[4][5]

Marriage

Husband: George Walker

Wife: Isabella Barclay

Child: Robert Walker

Child: William Walker

Child: George Walker

Child: John Walker

Child: Gervase Walker

Child: Thomas Walker

Child: Mary Walker

Child: Charity Walker

Child: Elizabeth Walker

Marriage:

Date: 1669

Place: Tyrone, Ireland^[6]

Isabella was born about 1644. She passed away about 1705.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Robert Walker
2. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Walker
3. ↑ Source: #S36
4. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Robert Walker
5. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Walker
6. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Walker

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