Benjamin Walker (1751 - 1823)

Born 14 Aug 1751 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Rawson) Walker — married 15 Nov 1773 in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 May 1823 at age 71 in Barre, Washington County, Vermont

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Biography

Benjamin was born on 14 August 1751 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts to parents Enos Walker and Patience Peck.^[1]

Benjamin Walker of Uxbridge and Margaret Rawson of Mendon were married in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on 15 November 1773. Their marriage is recorded in Mendon, Massachusetts, town records.^[2]

During the American Revolutionary War he had service in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army. He was a Lieutenant, served at the battle of Long Island, New York, commanded a Company of the Massachusetts line (his Captain being ill), and was at the surrender of General Burgoyne at Stillwater, on 17 October 1777.^[3] He is called Colonel because of his later service in a state militia.

He removed to Barre in 1793. In 1796 the first Methodist sermon preached in Barre was given at his house, by Rev. Jesse Lee, described as "the great apostle of Methodism in New England."^[4]

He died on 14 May 1823 in Barre, Vermont, reported as age 72, and is buried in Wilson Cemetery in Barre.^[5][6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Rehoboth, Vol. 1, page 763.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Mendon, Vol. 1, page 418: WALKER, Benjamin of Uxbridge, and Margaret Rawson, in Uxbridge, Nov. 15, 1773.
3. ↑ Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. Published by the compiler, Boston, Mass., 1906. Page 503.
4. ↑ Tenney, Key L. "Churches of Barre, Vermont." The History of Washington County, Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Collated and published by, Abby Maria Hemenway, Montpelier, Vermont, 1882. Electronic text published online at https://vtahgp.genealogyvillage.com/churches-of-barre-vermont.html
5. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Deaths W to 1871, page 1027.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2020), memorial page for Col Benjamin Walker (14 Aug 1751–11 May 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #90449548, citing Wilson Cemetery, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Vermont Grave Walker (contributor 47341543).
7. ↑ Note: The death date of 14 May 1823 is inscribed on his gravestone and is logged on the town death card, but the DAR database shows his death date as 14 May 1822.

• DAR database, Benjamin Walker, Ancestor #: A121009. Accessed 28 August 2021.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-M3M2 : 29 November 2018), Benjamin Walker, 14 Aug 1751; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZS-XJW : 24 January 2020), Benjamin Walker, 1773.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8N-XZ8 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Nancy Walker, 1775.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8N-XZ2 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Benjamin Walker, 1777.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXZ-1HH : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Patience Walker, 1779.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX8-S88 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Enos Walker, 1781.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46R-F8J : 15 January 2020), Benj. Walker in entry for Betsey Walker, 1783.
• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7V-4H7 : 17 January 2020), Benja. Walker in entry for Betsey Walker, 1786.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46Y-CYN : 15 January 2020), Benja. Walker in entry for Daniel Walker, 1786.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46Y-CYK : 15 January 2020), Benja. Walker in entry for John Walker, 1788.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46Y-CLP : 15 January 2020), Benja. Walker in entry for Nathl. Rawson Walker, 1792.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-TST : 14 April 2020), Benjamin in entry for Margaret Walker, 1793.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JB-7P1 : 6 April 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Nancy Cole, 12 Dec 1858; citing Seekonk, Massachusetts, v 120 p 93, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,174.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJB-N5T : 14 April 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for Patience Farwell, 1861.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-RGY : 14 April 2020), Benjamin Walker in entry for John Walker, 1862.