There's a fairly elaborate narrative constructed around the origins of Sarah (Walker) Tisdale and James Walker who emigrated to New England in 1635, aged 17 and 15 respectively, as servants and likely niece and nephew of emigrant John Brown(e).
The "widow Walker" family speculation, discussed in detail on her profile, is at least based on a few sketchy facts.
Their alleged father "Sir James Walker, Elector of Suffolk", on the other hand, appears to have been pure fiction. Of him, it is claimed that:
Altogether, although there were undoubtedly plenty of men named James Walker in England during this time period, there's no evidence connecting any of them to the Walkers who migrated to New England, and the story told about this "Sir James Walker" is almost certainly fiction.
England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 VIEW RECORD Name James Walker Gender Male Spouse Elizabeth Child Sarah Walker Household Members Name Age Elizabeth James Walker Sarah Walker
https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/1168427
Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 67 https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/1445196 Citation
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-TCY8 : 15 December 2020), James Walker, ; Burial, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Walker-Blake Graveyard; citing record ID 131045783, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"England Marriages, 1538â1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKSV-LQM : 12 March 2020), James Walker, 1694.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQBL-8MG : 19 September 2020), James Walker in entry for Richard Walker, 1627.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDQ-HML : 19 September 2020), James Walker in entry for James Walker, 1620.
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Categories: Uncertain Existence
No idea where middle name Philip comes from. Middle names bot used then.