Eliakim Walker (abt. 1705 - 1785)

Born about 1705 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 21 Feb 1785 at about age 80 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Eliakim Walker was born about 1705 in Taunton, Massachusetts Bay. He is the son of James Walker and Sarah Richmond.^[1]

Eliakim married Mary Briggs, who died in December 1785. They resided in Taunton and had 6 children.^[1][2]

The family had a farm of 300 acres bounded on the west by Rehoboth and on the south by Dighton.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Walker Page 30
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. By Subscription. Page 449.

• 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. On GoogleBooks

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128049526/eliakim-walker: accessed 07 April 2023), memorial page for Eliakim Walker (1705–21 Feb 1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128049526; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).

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• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L67X-8YY