Eunice (Nichols) Walker (abt. 1747 - 1784)

Born about 1747 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Eliakim Walker — married 4 Sep 1766 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1784 at about age 37 in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Eunice (Nichols) Walker, wife of Eliakim Walker.

No: Orcutt on p 1323 claims her to be daughter of Jonathan.^[1]

Would this be Eunice Walker on p. 1253, b. 25 Aug 1736; m. Gilbert?

No: Ephraim Nichols and Wife Rebecca Gold had a Eunice b. 4 April 1748, which is a pretty good fit with died 28 Oct 1784 at age 37.

Yes: Nathan Nichols named his grandchildren David Walker, Nathan Nichols Walker, Patience Walker & Ann Walker in his will dated 1787^[2]

Eunice Nichols, daughter of Nathan Walker and Prudence (Hubbard) was born about 1747. She was age 37 when she died 28 Oct 1784.

Children:

1. David Walker b. 27 Aug 1767^[1]
2. Nathan Nichols b. 28 Oct 1769^[1]
3. Patience b. 30 Nov 1771^[1]
4. Ann b. 11 July 1774; m. Abraham Booth^[1]
5. Eunice b. Oct 1784^[1] Not named in her grandfather's will. Did her mother die giving birth to her? There is no record of her birth or death. Did Orcutt make a mistake?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Orcutt, Samuel, 1824-1893. A History of the Old Town of Stratford And the City Bridgeport, Connecticut. [New Haven, Conn.: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor], 1886. p. 1323 #45
2. ↑ Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Records, 1782-1917; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Stratford District); Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut. Probate Records, Vol 1-2, 1782-1795. Accessed at Ancestry ($)

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From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, 1766 (Barbour collection), 1766
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1784
• Connecticut Town Birth Records (Barbour Collection),