John
Walton
Sr.
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Harris) Walton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at about age 46
in Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk, Virginia
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Disputed Origins
There is no evidence that the John Walton who married and lived in Virginia was the son of William Walton (abt.1602-abt.1668) and Elizabeth (Cooke) Walton (abt.1602-1682). They did have a son John baptized April 16, 1628, but Anderson reports that there was no further record of him.[1][2] Aside from having the same name and likely simiar birth year, there is no connection between this John and William's son John; he has been detached from these incorrect parents.
Biography
John Walton Sr.'s birth information is unknown. He married Mary Harris about 1648 in Virginia. Children: Edward Sr., George, John Jr. He died about 1669 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. Reference page 221 via $American Ancestors
- ↑ Essex County Courts. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, vol. 1. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911): page 107.
- England and Wales Christening Index
- England Select Births and Christenings
- US and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
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Also, the dates for "Mary Harris" here seem confused with the Mary Harris (Harris-1880) who married Thomas Ligon/Lygon (Ligon-76), *unless* she was somehow married twice. (?) There could have been two Mary Harris? We might want to at least scrub her dates (if not detach her).
I suspect the children listed here for John Walton go with some John, but not the son of William and Elizabeth? John Walton with parents unknown?
Has the wrong son John been inadvertently reattached or merged here? Is there another John who stayed in Massachusetts? Just asking, have no light to shed on the matter.
I recommend we detach John as a son of these parents, and set the birthdate for this John to be different than John son of William.