Individual Details
Abbott Walker
(24 Jul 1770 - 2 Aug 1831)
He was Major Abbott Walker
Gravestone inscription: "He was, but words are wanting/to say what. Ask what a man should be and he was that"
findagrave ID: 119837513
Sons Benjamin and Samuel were graduates of Phillips Academy. Benjamin was a hotel keeper and lived in Salem, Boston, Newburgh New York, and Plainfield, Connecticut. Samuel was a mariner and later U.S.Gauger in the Boston Custom House.
Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy: Andover, 1778-1830
Charles Carroll Carpenter Andover Press, 1903
p 74
Charlotte Abbot says two daughters in this family -- she does not mention the sons -- and the only information about the second daughter is that she was Mrs. Church. But there is no evidence for that.
Gravestone inscription: "He was, but words are wanting/to say what. Ask what a man should be and he was that"
findagrave ID: 119837513
Sons Benjamin and Samuel were graduates of Phillips Academy. Benjamin was a hotel keeper and lived in Salem, Boston, Newburgh New York, and Plainfield, Connecticut. Samuel was a mariner and later U.S.Gauger in the Boston Custom House.
Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy: Andover, 1778-1830
Charles Carroll Carpenter Andover Press, 1903
p 74
Charlotte Abbot says two daughters in this family -- she does not mention the sons -- and the only information about the second daughter is that she was Mrs. Church. But there is no evidence for that.
Events
| Birth | 24 Jul 1770 | Chelmsford, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 21 Jul 1796 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Lydia Ames | |||
| Death | 2 Aug 1831 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia Ames (1770 - 1843) |
| Child | Abbot Walker (1797 - 1873) |
| Child | Lydia Walker (1799 - 1884) |
| Child | Benjamin Walker (1801 - 1871) |
| Child | Samuel Walker (1803 - 1864) |
| Father | Benjamin Walker (1741 - 1775) |
| Mother | Abiel Abbott (1745 - 1795) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Walker (1763 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Hannah Walker (1766 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Abiel Walker (1768 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Walker (1772 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Rhoda Walker (1774 - 1822) |