Richard Walden (abt. 1732 - 1790)

Born about 1732 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Candace (Hubbard) Walden — married about 1750 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1790 at about age 58 in Campbell, Virginia

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Biography

. 1715 at King and Queen County, Virginia, m. Candace Hubbard, d. 1790 at Pittsylvania County, Virginia�Richard was given a Land grant in Pittsylvania County, Pa. 1781 from King GeorgeIII. He was commisioned a Captain in Pittsylvania County in 1764, and was still serving in the militia in 1768.

In "The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia" by Maud Carter Clement:

"Richard Walden, married Candace Hubbard, and his will, proven in 1790, named wife Candace, sons John, Charles, and Richard; daughters Lucy Hudson, Milly, Mourning, Fanny Bobbitt, Mary Whitworth, and Elizabeth Ballard. "The history of the Walden family is traced from John Walden, son of Lord John Walden of Ravensworth Castle, England, who settled in Leyton, Essex County, Virginia in 1715, moved later to his home Walden Towers in Caroline, site of which is about nine miles from Bowling Green,." A legal firm of Baltimore was employed by the descendants of Lord Walden in Virginia to recover their share in the English estate, but the property had been taken over by the Crown, and the castle converted into a museum (Early's "Campbell County"). Richard Walden's home was in the northern part of the county, near Staunton River, and he bequeathed the Manor Plantation to his son Charles, who married Elizabeth Wall, daughter of Col. Charles F. Wall, by whom he had issue:...In the Halifax wills there is the will of a Samuel Walden, dated 1779, naming sons Richard, Owen, William, Lewis, and Elijah." p. 140, Footnote 17.

Richard Walden is listed as a Justice of the Peace in 1769 (p. 286), also in 1774 (p.161)

He was appointed a Captain of the militia in 1767-1770 (p.99)

The story of Ravensworth Castle isn't found in any other source (for example, none of the British histories of the castle), so it may be a family legend.

Sources

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3M9R-4J6 : accessed 2015-01-04), entry for Richard /Walden/.