Born in Taunton, Somerset, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and Elizabeth (Parker) Phillips
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Walker
— married
about 1645 in Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
James Walker, Hester (Walker) Wood, Peter Walker, Deborah (Walker) Gooding, Eleazer Walker and Hannah (Walker) Jones
Died
at about age 60
in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Disputed Origins
The origins of Elizabeth Walker, wife of James Walker, are not determined. Savage and Pope identified Elizabeth Walker as a daughter of William Phillips, whose will identified her husband as "son-in-law," but that same will calls Elizabeth "daughter-in-law," which could be interpreted as indicating that she was his not his daughter but his step-daughter, specifically his wife's daughter by a previous marriage. From references in a court record to Samuel Crum, a deceased kinsman of his wife, and James Waker; a reference to Samuel Bitfield in the will of Samuel Cromes; and a reference to "sister Crowne" in the will of Samuel Bitfield's widow Elizabeth; Anderson inferred that one of Elizabeth Walker's parents probably was closely related to Samuel Cromes and Samuel Bitfield's widow Elizabeth.[1] Anderson did not, however, identify their relationship.
See James Walker's profile for an excellent write up about Elizabeth's disputed origins.
Biography
Elizabeth Phillips was born about 1619 in Somerset, England, and died at age 59 in 1678 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. There are three dates given for her death: July 8 by Proprietors's records; July 30 by Plymouth records and Aug 14 by her gravestone.[2]
She was the first wife of James Walker. They married about 1643 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[3]
In his History of Taunton, Massachusetts, Emery said that Elizabeth's gravestone in the Walker burying ground was the oldest known gravestone in Taunton.[4] Her gravestone inscription reads: "Here lies the body of Elisabeth Walker the wife of James Walker aged 59 died the year 1678 August the 14."[5]
Sources
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. Accessed in Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) page 203.
- ↑ Walker: Page 8
- ↑ Torrey, Vol. III, p. 1584. WALKER, James (1618-1691/[/2?]) & 1/wf Elizabeth [PHILLIPS]?(1619-1678); by 1646, ca 1643?; Taunton
- ↑ Emery, page 66.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Phillips Walker (1619–14 Aug 1678), Find A Grave: Memorial #17375602, citing Walker-Blake Graveyard, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Eric (contributor 46871197).
See also:
- Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011)
- Walker, J. B. R. Walkers of Old Plymouth colony (Metcalf & Co., 1861) See pages 4-17
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Added: The will of William Parker reportedly mentions Elizabeth, wife of James Walker, suggesting that she was his niece. If so, she could have been the daughter of his brother or his sister.
edited by Ellen Smith