Hepzibah (Shumway) Walker (1720 - abt. 1820)

Born 6 Apr 1720 in Oxford, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Obadiah Walker Jr — married 12 Nov 1741 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1820 at about age 99 in Croydon, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Hepzibah Shumway was born on 6 April 1720 at at Oxford, Massachusetts, daughter of Peter Shumway and Mariah Shumway of Oxford (SVR p 377).^[1]

Marriage

Hepzibah married on 12 November 1741 at Oxford, Massachusetts, to Obadiah Walker.^[2][1]

SHUMWAY: Hipzibeth of Oxford and Hodiah Walker, Nov. 12, 1741. In Oxford (SVR p 349).

Walker, Hodiah and Hipzibeth Shumway of Oxford, Nov. 12, 1741. In Oxford (SVR p 377).

Children

Children of Obadiah and Hepzibah (all born at Sutton):^[1][2]

1. Ruben Walker b May 27, 1742, d 24 Feb 1826 Royalston; mar Mary Read
2. Thomas Walker, b July 19, 1743; mar Lucy Unknown (perhaps Upton 7 Feb 1766 Lucy Rice)
3. Obediah Walker, b Jan 2, 1744/5, d Nov 1804 Royalston; mar Nancy "Agnes" McCullough, prob. d/o Joseph McCullock, "no doubt" the Rev. soldier of 19 Apr 1775 and later corporal at RI
4. Hepzibah Walker, b Oct 18, 1746 Sutton
5. Jesurun Walker, b Sept 17, 1748 Sutton; mar 1) Betty Scott, 2) Lydia Holbrook
6. Molly Walker, bpt Aug 9, 1752 Sutton, prob d by 29 June 1794; mar Erasmus Babbitt (who mar as his 2nd to Sukey Dudley)

Note: In the Sutton Vital Record, there is a baptism record for a Sarah Walker, "d. Lt. Obediah, Jr., bap Oct 26, 1746 CR" Uncertain which Obediah Walker was the father, as in the record for the death of 1st wife, Hannah, Obediah, Sr was called Lt. (p 178)^[1]

Hepsibah SHUMWAY. ^[3]

Research Notes: @N4269@.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Sutton (Mass. : Town), Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Pages 178, 377) Worcester, MA: F.P. Rice, 1907, Archive.org accessed 13 Jan 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Some Obadiah Walkers of Worcester Co., Massachusetts." NEXUS: New England Across the United States. (Vol 7, Pages 148-) Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983-1999. (Online database accessed 12 Jan 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
3. ↑ Source: #S287

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1720
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1745
• Source: S287 Book Shumway, Asahel Genealogy of the Shumway Family in the United States of America, Vol. 1 1971