John Walker (1737 - bef. 1794)

Born 31 Aug 1737 in Weston, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Child) Lovewell — married 6 Aug 1761 in Weston, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Biography

Birth

John Walker was the son of John Walker and Mary Gove, born at Weston, Massachusetts, on 31 Aug 1737^[1] and baptized there on 11 Sep 1737 at the age of about one week.^[2]

Marriage

John Walker Jr. of Weston, Massachusetts, and Ruth Child of Waltham, Massachusetts, married at Weston 6 Aug 1761.^[3]

Death

No record has been found of the death of John Walker. He died before 10 May 1794, when his widow remarried..^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record of John Walker and Ruth Child, in Town of Weston Births, Deaths and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestones 1703-1900, Church Records 1709-1825 (Boston 1901), page 41
2. ↑ Baptismal record of John Walker and Ruth Child, in Town of Weston Births, Deaths and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestones 1703-1900, Church Records 1709-1825 (Boston 1901), page 41
3. ↑ Marriage record of John Walker Jr. and Ruth Child, in Town of Weston Births, Deaths and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestones 1703-1900, Church Records 1709-1825 (Boston 1901), page 274
4. ↑ Ezra Scollay Stearns, Early generations of the founders of old Dunstable (Boston, 1911), page 46, saying that the second wife of Joseph Lovewell was the widow of John Walker.
5. ↑ Marriage record of Joseph Lovewell and Ruth Walker, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Middlesex > Weston > Births, marriages, deaths 1729-1840 > image 73 of 153; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

• Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703-Gravestones-1900. Church records, 1709-1825 (McIndoe Bros., Boston, 1901); p. 41