Alexander Walker (1682 - bef. 1782)

Born 1682 in Wigtown, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 1782 before age 100 in Scotland or Ireland

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This Alexander is supposed to Represent the
Brother of John The Emigrant (Wigton) and
Probable Father of Alexander of Augusta County Virginia
Research Notes - Summary

Marriage minus 20 = estimated birth

Date Discrepancy

No original source records have been located to confirm birth, marriage or death records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure

DISCREPANCIES - SOURCE

Wigton (England) versus Wigtown Scotland

1. The records for births deaths and marriages for Wigtown do not start until 1702; so, if Jane Mcknight and John Walker were born or married there, it probably will not be on record
2. It appears as if some people have been using any birth records for a John Walker or a Jane McKnight - this submitted to Ancestral files by at least 10 different people - with differing dates

John (The Father) married McKnight)

• Also styled as John Alexander Walker
• born 1677 Wigton (Scotland) --

vs probable 1680-35 = 1645

• married in 1702 to Jane McKnight (born in Wigtown 1645)

vs probable 1665-1670

Children

Dates should be adjusted per children identified/sourced
Only 2 Sons Identified - John and Alexander - May be Others (Richard?)

John Walker (The Emigrant)

Came to America -- (1726 MD/ PA/ 1734 VA / 1738 PA)

(born 1680 (Est 1702-20 - 1680-1682); married Rutherford Jan. 7, 1702 (Scotland); died September 1734. (Chester Co PA; interred Nottinghan Meeting House).

Sometime after 1702 they went to Newry, Ireland ; Left Northern Ireland (Strangford Bay) for America 1726. (11 children) ^[1]

Alexander Walker born 1682 (m Est ) Did not come to America

Wife Unknown - 3 Children Identified (p.566)- all Married and left children:

• John (aka Jack) m. Mary Culton. 11 children
• Alexander m. (p.625 Info mixed w/rockbridge - 8th child Katherine-Rutherford)
• Eleanor m. No Info
  

Anyone who has traced their Walker line back to these two people, supposedly from Wigtown (Scotland), may have trouble getting any further back because the only official records (not LDS / Ancestry file ones) that seem to exist for a Jane Mcknight are:

Janet Mcknight born 15 apr 1668 father Thomas Walker mother Not Named; or a Jeane Mcknaught born in Inveresk Musselborough Midlothian on 2 April 1645; Father John Mcknaught; Mother Jeills Andersone. This Jeane Mcnaught married a John Symsone in 1662 Dalmellington Ayr not a John Walker.

Are the Walkers from Wigtown (Scotland) or actually Northern Ireland? The Commissariot Record of Wigton: Testaments, 1700-1800, Volume 23; By Wigtown, Scot. (Commissariot) does not show any Walkers listed.

The first data reference of John Walker II is the statement by White, 1902:3 that he married Katherine Rutherford In Wigton, Scotland, in March of 1702. (This is the Son of McKnight). Sometime after their marriage John and Katherine moved to Newry, Ireland (children born); According to White, John Walker left Strangford Bay (a small village at the mouth of Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland) in May, 1726. . . .on board a vessel commanded by Richard Walker, and landed in Maryland August 2. . . . settled in Chester Co., PA, where he died in September 1734. His wife died in 1738. Both are buried at Nottingham Meeting House in Chester Co, PA.

The family came to America in 1726 (VA 1734) settling in (now Cecil County Maryland / Chester County Pennsylvania ( At different locations White indicates different arrival dates; boundary dispute PA and MD). White based her early family history on a document referred to as the "Joel Walker Record". ^[2]Virginia Valley Records updates the summary (p.225-6) and shows 11 descendents of John..

The first settlers on the Wappatomaka VA (South Branch) were Coburn, Howard, Walker and Rutledge. This settlement commenced about the year 1734 or 1735^[3]

The Story of John and Alexander -- the Walker Brothers

The lineage of Mary's father, Alexander of Augusta VA, is uncertain. He is probably descended from the family of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland. John of Wigton is probably the progenitor of most of the Walker families who lived in Western Virginia. This family and the descendants are described in White's book^[4]

John Walker married Jane McKnight lived in Wigtown (in southwestern Scotland in the late 1600s) where he married Jane McKnight. They had at least two children:

• John. and Alexander.
• John., emigrated to America 1726, married (about 1702) Katherine Rutherford. ^[5]
• Alexander remained in Scotland, (wife Unknown); But, three of his children,
  

(1) John, (m. Mary Culton)

(2) Alexander (m. Elizabeth (probable - Patterson)

(3) Eleanor (m. Unknown)

Emigrated to America with their Uncle John and Aunt Katherine. It is thought that Mary's father came to Augusta VA (with family); that he is probably the Nephew of John and Katherine Rutherford; and the Alexander who married Elizabeth (Patterson) and died in Augusta Co. (1778 Will Probate).

Children of Alexander and Unk Wife

• John m. Mary Culton. (11 children)
  

- - both (John & Mary) buried at Walker's Creek;

(p.153 Mary aka Margaret) John p.567 - Rockbridge VA Will Probate Oct 3 1797. (Wife Margaret)^[6]

• Eleanor (no other reference)
  
• Alexander (Augusta Co) with cousin Alexander (of Rockbridge) and brother John all first came to Augusta about 1734-1735

1775 Alexander's will in Augusta proved March 21 1775 1775- Indenture of Alexander & cousin Joseph 1778 Alexander (cousin) will in Rockbridge p.626); 1778 - Joseph (cousin of Alex) executor of 1778 will (Rockbridge) 1797 - John (brother) Oct 3 1797 Will Proved

Sources

1. ↑ Children John and Katherine Rutherford
   Elizabeth Walker, m. John Campbell +p.3.
   John Walker, m. Ann Houston (or Hudson) +p.6.
   James Walker, m. Mary Guffy +p.31.
   Thomas Walker (d. young). p.3
   William Walker (d. young). p.3
   Jane Walker, m. James Moore +. p.32
   Samuel Walker, m. Jane Patterson +. p.176
   Alexander Walker, m. Jane Hammer (or Hummer) +. p.263 (Rockbridge Will)
   Esther Walker (d. young).
   Joseph Walker, m. 1st Nancy McClung, m. 2nd Grizelda McCrosky +. p.493
   Mary Walker, (p.3) no account of her, but one record states that she d. young. (She may have been the Mary Walker who m. John Montgomery of the Revolution, and after his d. she m. a William Patterson ; she lived to be 104 years old. )
2. ↑ White 1902(2) states: "Joel Walker, of Ohio...kept a record of the Walker family, and from this Andrew Walker of McDonough Co, Ill, made a copy in 1856. This record covered a period of one hundred and fifty years, and furnished the foundation for the present work. The Joel Walker record states that "in the Walker ancestry the name extends back only three generations, when it looses itself in the Rutherford family then farther back than we have any authentic information of the Rutherfords in the line of ancestry are the Alleines."
3. ↑ A history of the valley of Virginia; Author: Kercheval, Samuel, 1786-1845?; Doddridge, Joseph, 1769-1826; Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884; Jacob, John J. (John Jeremiah), 1758?-1839 Publisher: Winchester : S.H. Davis
4. ↑ the Descendants of John Walker of Wigon, Scotland 1600-1902. (p.566)
   
5. ↑ According to White 1902: John Walker "left Strangford Bay in May, 1726. . . .on board a vessel commanded by Richard Walker, and landed in Maryland August 2. . . . settled in Chester Co., PA, where he died in September 1734. His wife died in 1738. Both are buried at Nottingham Meeting House in Chester Co, PA.
   
6. ↑ John and Margaret (Mary) Culton children,
   Joseph Culton Walker; m. Jane Moore, 9 children +.
   Mary' Walker ; m. Abraham Graham. 9 children +. Mary Graham
   Alexander Walker; m. Jane Stuart (sister of Judge Stuart). 11 children +.
   James Walker; m. Mary Ann Walker. 7 children +.
   Jane Walker; m. *John Ray. 2 children +. (dead by will) Jean Raugh, deceased)
   John Walker; m. Betsey McCampbell. 3 children, (dead by will)
   Willliam Walker; m. Mary Stuart. 8 children +.
   Samuel Walker; m. Rebecca Grados. 7 children +.
   Margaret Walker; m. James Carr Frazier. 13 children +.(Margaret Phresher)
   Andrew Walker ; m. Betsey McKinney. 6 children +.
   Eleanor Walker; m. Andrew Martin. 1 child +.(Not in Will Doc)
   

Digital Copy Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few allied families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902 (1902); Author: White, Emma Siggins, 1857- Subject: Walker family; Walker, John, d. 1734 Publisher: [Kansas City, Mo.] : Tiernan-Dart Printing Co. NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT

Digital Copy Virginia Valley Records Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and Related Regions by John W. Wayland (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0806303727 ISBN-10: 0806303727

John Walker Familypedia

Walker Family Tree DNA Results

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1. Alexander Walker JR (son of Alexander (Augusta)

2. Alexander Walker Stone Meeting House (m. Patterson)

3. Alexander Walker - The Cousin (Rockbridge)

4. Alexander Walker (same as #2)

5. Alexander Walker (same as 3)

6. Alexander Walker m. Mary (sons Robert James & Samuel) (Unsure - this may be 2 while at Chester Co PA)

7. Walker One Name Study Notes

Acknowledgement

The Walker Line by Becky Higgins
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