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

Birth1600England
Marriage1620England - Husband Walker
Widow1630
Civil1634Land - Rehoboth, British America
Civil1644Land - Rehoboth, British America
Civil1645Land - Rehoboth, British America
Civil1646Land - Rehoboth, British America
Death1658Rehoboth, British America
Burial

Families

SpouseHusband Walker (1600 - 1630)
ChildSarah Walker (1618 - 1676)
ChildJames Walker (1619 - 1691)
ChildPhilip Walker (1628 - 1679)
FatherFather Unknown Browne ( - )
MotherMother Unknown Brown ( - )
SiblingJohn Browne (1604 - 1654)

Notes

Birth

There is no birth source, an estimate

Marriage

No marriage source, an estimate

Widow

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 Walker

Civil

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 disappears

Death

No death record, an estimate. Philip Walker started appearing on land deeds in 1658.

Endnotes

1. Bicknell, Thomas Williams. The History of the State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations. New York: The American Historical Society, 1920, Volume 4 page 20.

2. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 38.

3. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 38.

4. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett historical publishing company, 1897, Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.

5. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett historical publishing company, 1897, Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.

6. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 38.

7. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 38.

8. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett historical publishing company, 1897, Page 911 land lots June 4 1644 No. 52 Widow Walker.