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Josiah Walton 1641–1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1641

Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 23 June 1673

Death Location: At sea -- hit by lightning

Father: Rev. Walton

Mother: Elizabeth Cooke

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Josiah Walton was born in 1641 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Rev William Walton And Elizabeth Cooke. Josiah Walton passed away in 1673 in At sea -- hit by lightning.

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Biography

  • Josiah Walton was born in 1641 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Rev William Walton And Elizabeth Cooke.
  • Josiah Walton passed away in 1673 in At sea -- hit by lightning.

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Josiah Walton's Ancestors

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Josiah Walton
1641–1673
Birth Place: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Rev. William Walton
1605–1668
Seaton, Devon, England
Elizabeth Cooke
1602–1674
Seaton, Devon, , England
Grandparents
Willimus (William Franklin) Walton
1570–1606
Oxhill, Warwickshire, England
Elizabeth Dalby
1578–1659
Avon Dassett,Warwickshire,England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Walton
1522–1570
Elizabetha Banbury
1540–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Walton
1500–1570
Lady Barbelle
1522–1576

Josiah Walton's Timeline

2 Records

1641
20 January 1641
Birth of Josiah Walton in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1673
23 June 1673
Age 32
Death of Josiah Walton in At sea -- hit by lightning
At sea -- hit by lightning

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1641
    Event Place: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 June 1673
    Event Place: At sea -- hit by lightning

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