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Joseph Walker (1739 - 1789)

Joseph Walker
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at about age 49 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Walker was born on January 05, 1739,[1] in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Philip and Ann (Munro) Allen WALKER.

He first married Mary Rowleson on 22 February 1761 in Swansea, Massachusetts. They had one child together:[2]

  1. Mary Walker, b. 1762.[3]

He married second Lydia Shippee on 31 May 1765 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.[4]

Together they had 4 children:

  1. Stephen Walker born May 22, 1766 in Rhode Island.[5] He was christened the same day.[6]
  2. Anne Walker, born November 21,1767.[7] Her christening was on the same day.
  3. Ruth Walker was born and baptized on June 22, 1770 in Rhode Island.[8][9]
  4. Stukley Walker born June 26, 1776. passed away November 8, 1851.

He married a third time to Hannah Carr around 1781.

Together they had 2 children:

  1. Joseph Walker, b. 1782
  2. Caleb Walker, b. 1784

He died about February of 1789 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.

His inventory was done 2 February 1789,[10] His will is dated 8 January 1789.It was proved on 2 March 1789. He mentions his wife Hannah, his sons, Stephen, Stukely, Caleb, and Joseph, his daughters, Mary Jordan, Ruth Coon, and Anne Walker. He also mentions his father-in-law Carr. Witnesses were John Weaver, Joshua Johnson, and John Rice.

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YQVN : 29 November 2018), Joseph Walker, 5 Jan 1739; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-YDXD : 10 March 2021), Joseph Walker and Mary Rowleson, 22 Feb 1761; citing Swansea, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 903,395.
  3. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F873-TYW : 17 December 2019), Joseph and Mary Walker in entry for Mary Walker, 1762.
  4. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8K2-N2N : 22 January 2020), Joseph Walker and Lydia Shippee, 31 May 1765.
  5. "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SC-KV4 : 4 November 2020), Joseph Walker in entry for Stephen Walker born 22 May 1766; citing Birth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 925,615.
  6. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H4-TDS : 17 December 2019), Joseph Walker in entry for Stephen Walker who was christened 22 May 1766, the day he was born.
  7. "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SC-KVZ : 4 November 2020), Joseph Walker in entry for Anne Walker's 21 Nov 1767 birth; citing Birth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 925,615.
  8. "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SC-KV6 : 4 November 2020), Joseph Walker in entry for Ruth Walker's 22 Jan 1770 birth; citing Birth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 925,615.
  9. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H4-RV7 : 17 December 2019), Joseph Walker in entry for Ruth Walker's christening on 22 Jan 1770.
  10. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Kent, Probate Records, 1764-1824, image 82-84. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts. (Free Ancestry.com image: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26118612?h=9a0697&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)




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The connected profile for mother Ann seems to be a conflation of two different women. I put details in a comment on her profile.

It seems to me that Ann daughter of Melatiah Martin did marry Joseph Bowen as indicated on her profile. But I think she is not the woman then who married Phillip Walker and then Jeremiah Allen. Indeed, she should have been called "Ann Bowen" in her marriage to Philip Walker if she had first married Joseph Bowen.

As indicated in the comment on her profile, I think that Ann Munro daughter of Joseph Munro of Bristol was the woman who married Philip Walker, as the widow of Thomas Martin. There are several pieces of evidence to support this, including her father's will and her naming a son "Munro Walker." Ann Munro already has a profile:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Munro-4965

So I am proposing that Philip Walker and his son Joseph Walker be disconnected from Ann, daughter of Melatiah Martin, and that they both be connected instead to the profile for Ann Munro. I am putting comments on each affected profile to see if there are any objections to this proposal.

posted by Barry Smith
There is a lot of evidence, especially the land records! I’m okay with the change.
posted by Karen St. Jean

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