David Walker (1678 - 1765)

Born 1678 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Walker — married Oct 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1765 at about age 87 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Biography

David Walker was born in about 1678 in Taunton, Massachusetts. ^[1] He was a son of James Walker and Bathsheba (Brooks) Walker.^[2]

David joined with others from the South Taunton area in petitioning for a division of the land of the Southern Purchase into a new town on October 11, 1708. The town of Dighton was officially organized in 1712.^[3]

He was a farmer and resided in Dighton, Massachusetts. He represented Dighton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1721 and also in 1745. He was a selectman in Dighton in 1732. He held the rank of captain (probably in the local militia).^[1][2]

He married Mary, whose last name is not recorded, in Scituate, Massachusetts, in October 1703. David was "of Taunton" at the time of the marriage.^[4][5] Nine children were born to their marriage. Some time after Mary's death in 1750, he married Esther (Paul) Dillingham. ^[1]

Births recorded in Dighton for David Walker and his wife Mary include:^[6]

• "--- Walker, the daughter of david walker by Mary ---- wife born the fifteenth day of August seventeen hundred and four"
• "Elezabeth walker, the daughter of david walker by mary his wife born aprel the first day seventeen -undred and twelve"
• "---anah walker the daughter of david walker by mary his wife born September twenty sixth day seventeen hundred and seven"
• "-athsheba walker the daughter of david walker and mary his wife born March the Eight day seven--- hundred and fourteen"
• "david walker the son of david walker by mary his wife born may the twenty-fourth day seven--- ---dred and seventeen"

David Walker wrote his will on August 9, 1759. Inventory of his estate was taken on 27 September 1765 and the will was proved in October 1765.^[7] Heirs named in the will were: "Esther, my beloved wife"; son David Walker junior of Dighton; son Jonathan Walker; grandson Nathaniel Walker, "son of my son Nathaniel Walker deceased"; daughter Mary, wife of Ebenezer Richmond; daughter Hannah wife of Daniel Gansher(?); daughter Elisabeth wife of William Asten; daughter Bathsheba, wife of Mr. Robert Luscomber; daughter Marcy Latham(?), wife of Silas Latham(?); and daughter Esther, wife of Seth Richmond. Son David Walker was designated to be guardian to the grandson Nathaniel until he reached age 21. Nathaniel was directed to make annual payments to his mother during her widowhood. ^[8] Heirs receiving portions in the distribution of his estate in October 1765 were daughter Mary, wife of Ebenezer Richmond; heirs of daughter Hannah Girsho, deceased, wife of Daniel Girsho; heirs of daughter Elizabeth Austin, deceased, wife of William Austin; daughter Mercy Linkon, wife of Silas Linkon; daughter Esther Richmond, wife of Seth Richmond; sons David Walker and Jonathan Walker; and heirs of son Nathaniel Walker. The latter group were to receive "his Proportion of his Sister Luscombes right Leaving no heris."^[9]

A source is needed for the specific death date of 11 September 1765.

Research Notes

One version of this profile said David was born in 1681. No source.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Schutz, entry for David Walker, page 369 (link to Google Books preview); citing "1861 Walker" and "1920 Dillingham g 2."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Walker, page 25
3. ↑ Emery, Samuel Hopkins. "History of Taunton Massachusetts", Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893.
4. ↑ Taunton Vital Records: "David Walker of Taunton and Mary his wife were married Oct 16, 1703."
5. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, Scituate Marriages, p. 318: "WALKER, David of Taunton and Mary ____, Oct. 18, 1703."
6. ↑ Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1714-1750, Town of Dighton, Mass., page 1, citing Book 1, page 2, published online at AmericanAncestors.org by New England Historic Genealogical Society.
7. ↑ Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, Will of David Walker.
8. ↑ Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, Will of David Walker.
9. ↑ Bristol County Probate Abstracts, The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). Vol. 48, No. 2, July 1998, page 130.

• Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records. Probate Records, David Walker, Dighton, 1765. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
• Schutz, John. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780, A Biographical Dictionary. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997. Published in online database at AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.
• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909.
• Taunton Vital Records. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Published online by Ancestry.com.
• Walker, J. B. R. Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony: Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of James, of Taunton; Philip, of Rehoboth; William of Eastham; John, of Marshfield; Thomas, of Bristol; and of Their Descendants from 1620 to 1860, Northampton, Metcalf & Company Printers, 1861.
• New England Historical Genealogical Society Boston Massachusetts 1700-1850

Acknowledgments

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