Samuel Walker

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Samuel, son of Captain Richard Walker, was born in England. His age is given as sixty-nine years when he died, November 6, 1684; he deposed April 2, 1666, that he was forty-four years old.

He moved from Lynn to Reading, then to Woburn. He was a proprietor of Reading in 1643 with his father and brother Richard. He was admitted to the church at Woburn about 1650 with his wife. He was highway surveyor there in 1662. He was a malster by trade, and was the third man to keep a tavern at Woburn, being licensed for that purpose, April, 1662. His sons, Samuel and Joseph, were administrators of his estate.

Children:
Samuel, born September 23, 1643;
Joseph, born March 10, 1645;
Hannah, April 11, 1647. died April 28, 1648;
Israel, June 28, 1648;
Hannah, twin of Israel;
John, February 14, 1650;
Benjamin, June 4, 1652, died April 26, 1653;
Isaac;
Ezekiel.

Samuel married Anne Sheldon Abt 1642, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. Anne (daughter of Godfrey Sheldon and Alice Frost) was born Abt 1630, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 21 Mar 1716. [Group Sheet]

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Deacon Samuel Walker, son of Samuel Walker, Sr., born May 7, 1643 (alternate birth date might be 23 Sept), styled corporal, sergeant, ensign, deacon, often a selectman; member of Boston Convention, 1689; representative, 1694, etc.; married Sarah Reed and Abigail (Carter), widow of Lieutenant James Fowle; had many distinguished descendants, and is repeatedly mentioned in Woburn annuals.

Children, born at Woburn:
Edward, October 12, 1663;
John, July 2, 1665;
Samuel, January 25 1668;
Sarah, March 6, 1670;
Timothy, June 16, 1672;
Isaac, November 1, 1677;
Ezekiel, March 5, 1679.

Samuel married Sarah Reed 10 Sep 1662, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. Sarah was born , Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 1 Nov 1681, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Abigail Carter 18 Apr 1692, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. Abigail (daughter of John Carter and Elizabeth Kendall) was born 24 Apr 1648, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 11 May 1718, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Samuel resided in that part of Woburn which was incorporated in 1730 as the town of Wilminington. He was a deacon from 1709 through 1730 of the original church in Woburn, and afterwards (1735) a deacon of the church in the second precince of Woburn which became Burlington.

Samuel’s will, dated 2 Sep 1744, mentions his wife Mary (his second wife); sons Samuel and Timothy; daughters Sarah Buck, deceased, Judith Johnson, deceased, Hannah Wyman, Mary Johnson, and Phebe Richardson; the children of Sarah Buck; the children Judith had by her husband Kendall; grandchild, daughter of Judith Johnson by her husband Johnson; and Rev. John Fox and Rev. Supply Clap

Samuel married Judith Howard 1 Jun 1689, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. Judith (daughter of John Howard and Sarah Simons) was born 13 Jun 1667, Concord, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 14 Nov 1724, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; was buried Nov 1724, First Burial Ground: Woburn, Middlesex, MA. USA. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Mary Richardson Aft 1714. Mary (daughter of Joseph Richardson and Hannah Green) was born 22 Mar 1669, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 23 Oct 1748, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA; was buried Oct 1748, First Burial Ground: Woburn, Middlesex, MA. USA. [Group Sheet]

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Captain Samuel Walker, son of Deacon Samuel Walker, was born at Woburn, September 3, 1694. He settled in Wilmington, formerly part of Woburn.

Children, born at Woburn and Wilmington:
Hannah, September 22, 1718;
Samuel, May 3, 1720, died May 16, 1738;
James, April 17, 1722, died May 31, 1738;
Abigail, August 31, 1724, died June 27, 1738;
Jonathan, April 15, 1726, died May 17, 1738;
Nathan, March 17, 1728, died May 18, 1738.
Born at Wilmington:
Richard, July 1, 1730, died June 21, 1738;
Timothy;
Judith, February 22, 1734, died May 16, 1738;
Edward, September 14, 1737, died June 10, 1738;
Abigail, May 27, 1741.

Of nine children Timothy alone survived the pestilence which swept away eight children in this one family within six weeks.

Samuel married Hannah Fowle 23 Oct 1748, , Middlesex, MA, USA. Hannah (daughter of Capt James Fowle and Mary Richardson) was born 13 Sep 1697, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 13 May 1788, , Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]