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Colonel John Walker 1728–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 January 1728

Birth Location: New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America

Death Date: 25 Jan 1796

Death Location: Rutherford, North Carolina

Father: John Walker

Mother: Katherine Rutherford

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Watson

Children(s): John (Captain)

Colonel John Walker was born in 1728 in New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America, the child of John Alexander Mcknight Gunmaker Walker And Katherine Jane Rutherford. Colonel John Walker married Elizabeth Watson, Ursley Covington, and had children including John Henry Walker Sr Captain. Colonel John Walker passed away in 1796 in Rutherford, North Carolina.

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Biography

  • Colonel John Walker was born in 1728 in New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America, the child of John Alexander Mcknight Gunmaker Walker And Katherine Jane Rutherford.
  • Colonel John Walker married Elizabeth Watson, Ursley Covington, and had children including John Henry Walker Sr Captain.
  • Colonel John Walker passed away in 1796 in Rutherford, North Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Walker
1680–1734
Birth Location: Wigton, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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Katherine Rutherford
1682–1730
Birth Location: River Tweed, County Down, Ireland, ( or, Wigton, Scotland ?)
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Watson
1735–1808
Birth Location: Hampshire, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

John (Captain)
1748–1829
Birth Location: Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
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Colonel Walker's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Walker
1728–1796
Birth Place: New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Parents
John Alexander McKnight "Gunmaker" Walker
1680–1734
Wigton, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Katherine (Jane) Rutherford
1682–1730
River Tweed, County Down, Ireland, ( or, Wigton, Scotland ?)
Grandparents
John (Alexander) Walker
1650–1732
Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Collector of Customs(Inland Reserve) at Cavon, then Armagh, then Dundolly, Northern Ireland
Jane ((Sarah, Caroline)) McKnight
1650–1744
Wigton, Scotland, Jane McKnight may have familial ties to William Wallace (Braveheart) of Scotland: for more research, reference Beyond Braveheart
Rev. (John Rutherfurde) Rutherford
1656–1740
Morebattle, Roxburgshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabella (Alleine Katherine Isabel) Allein,
1655–1740
Ditcheat, Mendip District, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Dr. Mary,
1600–1677
Lady Howley-Stanhope\Stanhoppe
1617–1654
John 1627
1627–1708
Elizabeth Wallace
1632–1708
Rev. Author)
1633–1668
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gervase Abell,
1566–1642
MARY Walker
1570–1642
John I
1605–1659
Matthew (Wallis)
1612–1672
Sarah Alexander
1610–1670

Colonel Walker's Descendants

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Colonel (John) Walker (15 January 1728–25 Jan 1796) m. Elizabeth Watson (abt 1735–17 April 1808)
  1. 1. John (Henry Walker Sr.) (Captain) 1748–1829 m. Elizabeth McCAMPBELL 1765–1840
    1. 1. Osborn ((Osbirn) William Henry) Walker 1799–1867 m. Christina (Clara) Hinkle 1803–1876 m. Susannah Seitz 1790–1829
      1. 1. John (Henry) Walker 1824–1877 m. Sarah (Ann) Gibbons 1834–1925 m. Emily (Elizabeth) Delapp 1826–1880
        1. 1. James (Andrew) Walker 1857–1941 m. Matilda (Jane "Mattie") Shearer 1866–1924

Colonel Walker's Timeline

3 Records

1728
15 January 1728
Birth of Colonel John Walker in New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
1751
1751
Age 23
Colonel John Walker was married in Hampshire
Hampshire
1796
25 Jan 1796
Age 68
Death of Colonel John Walker in Rutherford, North Carolina
Rutherford, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 January 1728
    Event Place: New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1751
    Event Place: Hampshire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Jan 1796
    Event Place: Rutherford, North Carolina
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