Bethiah (Tisdale) Walker (1710 - 1759)

Born 1710 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elnathan Walker — married 3 Nov 1732 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 May 1759 at about age 49 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Erin Cole [send private message] and George Sutton [send private message]

Biography

Bethiah Tisdale was born about 1710 in Taunton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joseph Tisdale and Ruth Reed.^[1] She has been named in publications as Bathsheba, Bethsheba, Bethia, etc. The name inscribed on her tombstone is "Bethiah" and it states that she died in the 49th year of her life, making her birth ca 1710.^[2] Her father's will refers to her as "Bathia Walker."^{[3] [4]}

Bethia married Elnathan Walker, as his second wife; they were the parents of nine children:^[5]

1. Ebenezer b Nov 2, 1732; m Hannah Woodward
2. Hannah b Apr 4, 1734; died at age 16
3. Ruth b Aug 30, 1736; m Jeremiah Fisher
4. Edward b 1741/2
5. Bathsheba b Oct 12, 1743; William Gooding
6. Bethia b Aug 20, 1745; m Ebenezer Jones
7. Peter b Dec 19, 1747; m Deborah Gooding
8. Phebe b 1748; m Alden Sears
9. Zephaniah b Jul 14, 1754; d unmarried

Bethia (Tisdale) Walker died May 11, 1759, in Taunton.^[2][6]Note: #N23. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Walker Page 31
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #93241287
3. ↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. By Subscription. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Page 25912:5.
4. ↑ Source: #S374 SAR Membership Number: 76955
5. ↑ Walker Page 38.
6. ↑ Massachussetts State Archives 1841 - 1920 From the index, birth record is located in Volume 550, Page 69 of the archives.
7. ↑ Source: #S374 SAR Membership Number: 76955

• DAR-A121096: DAR Website, Ancestor #: A121096 Elnathan Walker, Sr. Service Source: LINCOLN, THE JOURNALS OF THE PROV CONGRESS OF MA IN 1774 & 1775, P 81
• Walker, J. B. R. Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, Northampton, Metcalf & Company Printers, 1861. On GoogleBooks
• Source: S374 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.