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Josiah Walker 1691–1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1691

Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1748

Death Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Capt. Jr.

Mother: Bathsheba Brooks

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In 1691, Josiah Walker entered the world in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, born to Capt James Walker Jr And Bathsheba Brooks. Josiah Walker passed away in 1748 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1691, Josiah Walker entered the world in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, born to Capt James Walker Jr And Bathsheba Brooks.
  • Josiah Walker passed away in 1748 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Josiah Walker's Ancestors

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Josiah Walker
1691–1748
Birth Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Capt. James Walker Jr.
1645–1718
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Bathsheba Brooks
1653–1738
Scituate, Plym, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
James (Walker) Sr
1619–1692
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Elizabeth Phillips
1619–1678
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
GILBERT BRUKES
1621–1695
England
ELIZABETH SYMMONS
1628–1687
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Brooke
1591–1633
Dorothie Prestons
1595–
Thomas Simmons
1602–1682
Elizabeth Nash
1609–1680
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William I
1570–1603
Lydia Holland
1574–1604
Thomas 12GG
1585–1658
Margery Baker
1596–1655

Josiah Walker's Timeline

2 Records

1691
1691
Birth of Josiah Walker in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1748
1748
Age 57
Death of Josiah Walker in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1691
    Event Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1748
    Event Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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