Individual Details
Widow Walker
(1600 - 1658)
Widow Walker probably came to Massachusetts with her son Philip. She definitely was an early land owner. She married Mr. Walker and was the brother of John Browne who brought her older children James and Sarah Walker to America before she and Philip arrived.
Events
| Birth | 1600 | England |  | ||
| Marriage | 1620 | England - Husband Walker | | ||
| Widow | 1630 | | |||
| Civil | 1634 | Land - Rehoboth, British America | |  | |
| Civil | 1644 | Land - Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Civil | 1645 | Land - Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Civil | 1646 | Land - Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Death | 1658 | Rehoboth, British America | | ||
| Burial |
Families
| Spouse | Husband Walker (1600 - 1630) |
| Child | Sarah Walker (1618 - 1676) |
| Child | James Walker (1619 - 1691) |
| Child | Philip Walker (1628 - 1679) |
| Father | Father Unknown Browne ( - ) |
| Mother | Mother Unknown Brown ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Browne (1604 - 1654) |
Notes
Birth
There is no birth source, an estimateMarriage
No marriage source, an estimateWidow
No sources on husband's name, or life events, this dateis an estimate.Civil
Her name is on the list of those who in 1643 gave in the value of their estates for a pro rata division of lands. Hers was fifty pounds.Civil
“At a Town Meeting, the 31st day of the 4th month 1644, lots were drawn for a division of the woodland, between the plain and the town. Shares were drawn to the number of 58 as follows”: Widow Walker is the only female on the list of 58 which included The Schoolmaster, The Governor and The Pastor.Civil
Land lots, Widow Walker, Zachariah Rhodes and others, lots drawn for the great plain, beginning on the west side, and he that is first on the west side shall be the last on the east. No. 2 Widow WalkerCivil
She had lots assigned to her in the drawing for the Great Plain, and on the eighteenth of twelfth month, 1646, she took part in the drawing for land in the Great Meadow. Her name then disappearsDeath
No death record, an estimate. Philip Walker started appearing on land deeds in 1658.Endnotes
3. (1836). || Page 38.
4. (1897). || Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.
5. (1897). || Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.
6. (1836). || Page 38.
7. (1836). || Page 38.
8. (1897). || Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.