Samuel Walker (1643 - 1704)

Born 28 Jun 1643 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Reed) Walker — married 10 Sep 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Carter) Stone — married 18 Apr 1692 (to 18 Jan 1703) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1704 at age 60 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Walker, Deacon^[1]

Origin

Samuel was born June 28, 1643^[2] at Reading, Middlesex County,Massachusetts.^[1] He was a son of Samuel Walker and Anne Sheldon.^[1]

Family

Samuel married twice.

• He married 10 September 1662 at Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as his 1st, to Sarah Reed.^[1] All of his children were with Sarah Reed. She died November 1, 1681.^[1]
• He married 18 April 1692 at Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as his 2nd, and as her 2nd, to Abigail (Carter) Fowle.^[1] Samuel and Abigail had no children. After Samuel's death, she married, as her 3rd, to Deacon Samuel Stone in 1706.^[1]

Children of Samuel and Sarah Reed:^[1]

1. Edward Walker
2. John Walker
3. Samuel Walker
4. Sarah (Walker) Johnson
5. Timothy Walker

Province of Massachusetts-Bay House of Representatives

Samuel served in the House of Representatives for the town of Woburn, sworn in May 27, 1719 in Boston. 1694.^[1] He may also have served in the House in earlier years.^[3]

Deacon, Selectman

Samuel was a Deacon from 1692-1704.^[3] He was chosen as a Selectman for Woburn in the years 1690, 91, 1703.^[3]

Death and Legacy

Samuel's will was dated July 5, 1699 and was probated February 15, 1703.^[1]

Deacon Samuel Walker died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on January 18, 1703-4, "Aged 61 Years" (gravestone). Widow Abigail remarried and died May 11, 1718. Samuel is buried in the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where his gravestone reads:^{[1][4][5][6][7][8]}

💀

HERE LYES Yͤ BODY

OF DEACON SAMUEL

WALKER AGED

61. YEARS DIED

JANUARY Yͤ 18.

1703.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Loring, Arthur G., and William R. Cutter, Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass., and Some of his Descendants (Vol 57, Pages 350-56) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database accessed November 20, 2014: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1912)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 241
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (Page 195) (Online database accessed November 21, 2014: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.)
4. ↑ Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919). Part II. Deaths. Page 201. Citing: "Walker, Dea Samuel, s. of ___, Jan 18, 1704; 61 y."
5. ↑ Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages: Part II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 13*. Citing: "(25.) Deacon Samuel Walker."
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXN-BQH : 10 November 2020), Sam'll, Deacon Walker, 18 Jan 1703; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
   Transcript of Image: "Walker, Deacon Sam'll [aged 61 years] [died] ye 18th day of January 1703 1703-4 Jan? [Grave Stone]."
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/7849515/samuel-walker : accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for Samuel Walker Jr. (28 Jun 1643–18 Jan 1704), Find A Grave: Memorial #7849515, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-32B : 10 November 2020), Samuel, Ens Walker, 18 Apr 1692; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.

See also:

• Roots Web http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkerdesc/b229.htm#P260
• Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees, Capt Samuel Walker, Pioneer, New Hampshire, Deacon Samuel Walker 1642-1703, Woburn, MA history, Deacon Samuel Walker 1642-1703
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-HYZC?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DC-6TY%3A353350601%2C353784901%2C353785601 : 22 October 2020), Middlesex > Woburn > Births, marriages, deaths 1641-1843 > image 130 of 272; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-HQ93?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-K6D%3A353350601%2C353362601%2C353362602 : 21 October 2020), Middlesex > County records > Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1793 > image 19 of 652; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.