James
Walker
Born about in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of James Walker
and Sarah (Richmond) Walker
Husband of
Mary (Pitts) Walker
— married
21 Jul 1761 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 59
in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2011
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Biography
James Walker died 7 Aug 1761 in his 59th year, in Taunton. "Stifled in his well" He was buried in the Walker-Blake cemetery. He married July 21, 1761, Mary Pitts, who married secondly Abner Thayer. At the time he owned the Mansion house and he was a man of influence for the time and prominent in the affairs of the town. He was killed while digging a well. He had a son born after his death and they named him James to honor his father.
(GR33)[1]
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Volume III—Deaths. Boston, Mass.: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1929. p. 207
- Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Edition: Ann T. Reeves, by Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) p. 59,60, 446
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Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith
Last name different from his father? Mother born several years after he was born? These look like errors.
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Rejected matches › James Walker (abt.1704-)
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