Individual Details
Benjamin Walker
(6 Aug 1741 - 15 Aug 1775)
Wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Revolution and taken to prison where he died. Rank of Captain
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).
Marched 19 April 1775 in the regiment of Moses Parker
There is also information in the History of Chelmsford book
He had a leg amputated as a result of his injuries -- http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20130814/News/308149636
Source for the Revolutionary War document: https://archive.org/details/documentcertifyi00brid_0
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).
Marched 19 April 1775 in the regiment of Moses Parker
There is also information in the History of Chelmsford book
He had a leg amputated as a result of his injuries -- http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20130814/News/308149636
Source for the Revolutionary War document: https://archive.org/details/documentcertifyi00brid_0
Events
| Birth | 6 Aug 1741 | Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1763 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Abiel Abbott | |||
| Death | 15 Aug 1775 | as prisoner of war - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Probate | 1776 | Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Abiel Abbott (1745 - 1795) |
| Child | Benjamin Walker (1763 - 1793) |
| Child | Hannah Walker (1766 - 1844) |
| Child | Abiel Walker (1768 - 1838) |
| Child | Abbott Walker (1770 - 1831) |
| Child | Ephraim Walker (1772 - 1864) |
| Child | Rhoda Walker (1774 - 1822) |
| Father | Benjamin Walker (1715 - 1755) |
| Mother | Hannah Frost ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Walker (1742 - ) |
Notes
Death
of Chelmsford; wounded Bunker Hill; d. in prison at BostonBenjamin, Capt, wounded at Charlestown, carried captive to Boston, died in prison of sickness, in ye latter end of August, 1775. C.R.1.
His death is recorded as August 15 in the diary of prisoner Peter Edes
Probate
Case number 23540Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.
Widow Abiel Walker was administratrix of the estate.