Other Walker Lines

Early Walkers in the New World 

 The first Walker's to the new world, based upon our current understanding of demonstrable facts, are listed chronologically below.  Previous claims that Robert Walker and Sarah (Leager) Walker were first, are no longer substantiated. This growing list is limited to those arriving before 1700 and focuses on the Great Puritan Migration.
Note: The year listed is when the individual migrated to America, not the year born.

  • William Walker - 1623

    William Walker is listed as living in Virginia "Att ye Colledg Land" on February 16, 1623.  This is the earliest evidence of an individual bearing the Walker surname  at this time.

    Source: The Original Lists of Persons of Quality John Camden Hotten: London 1874

    Reprinted: Empire State Book Co. New York

    Family Search ID: MHVH-GS1

  • Elizabeth Walker (Warren) - 1623

    Elizabeth Walker was born in 1583 at Baldock, Hertfordshire, England. She married Richard Warren who was born before 1590 in England. They were married on April 14, 1610 at Great Amwell, Hertforshire, England.

    Elizabeth arrived in Plymouth with 5 daughters on the ship Anne, on July 10, 1623 (Mayflower Group). Her husband Richard was in the original Mayflower group of 1620.

    Source: The American Genealogist, April 2003 v. 78 no.2 p.81-86

    Walker, J. (2014). Donald Keith Keene Jr. United Kingdom: Lulu.com. Page: 101

    FamilySearch ID:  M9MF-PND

  • Richard Walker III - 1630

    Richard Walker Came to this country in 1630 and settled in Lynn. He was a Captain and prominent man, served as Representative in 1650. 

    Family Search ID: MVCN-X3C

  • Robert Walker - 1630

    Robert Walker was born in 1601 at Manchester, Lancashire, England. He was listed as a passenger of the Winthrop Fleet, likely aboard the ship Lyon which sailed from Bristol in March of 1630. Robert married Sarah Leager, also found on the ships passenger manifest (date unknown). Sarah Leager was born in 1607 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England.

    Source: Ancestors and Descendants of John Walker published 1985 Noel C. Stevenson & Rodney Walker

     FamilySearch ID: LTLD-KHG


  • Capt James Walker - 1635

    Captain  James Walker: was born November 15, 1588 in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Hemay have married Elizabeth Browne on June 6, 1614. Elizabeth was born March 22, 1587 in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Although James died in 1625, Elizabeth arrived via ship Elizabeth, which left London April 15, 1635

    Source: Passenger and Immigration List 

    https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/1445196 

    Source:  Walker, J. B. R. (1861). Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony: Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of James, of Taunton; Philip, of Rehoboth; William of Eastham; John, of Marshfield; Thomas, of Bristol; and of Their Descendants from 1620 to 1860. United States: Metcalf & Company

    Page: 26

    FamilySearch ID: L51W-CQ5

  • Richard Walker - 1633

    One of two Richard Walker's in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arrival date has no good source.

    Detailed Information here: https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/6e75f85d-3267-43af-84d7-31751ed836f4

  • William Walker - 1636

    William  Walker is listed as an early settler in the year of 1636 in Hingham, MA. Nothing else is known about him at this time. 

    History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. ... v.1:pt.1.Lincoln, S. (1827).

    Page: 202

    FamilySearch ID: 2Z32-Y9Y

  • Samuel Walker - 1640

    Samuel Walker was born about 1615 in England. He married Anne Sheldon about 1640 in Wobern, MA. He was later listed as residing in Lynn, MA in 1644

    Source: The Walker Family by James G. Walker (published about 1990)

    Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 90-83305

    FamilySearch ID: L2WL-2BL

     


  • Lewis Walker - 1687

    Lewis Walker left  Wales  in  1686,  arriving  in  Pennsylvania  in  1687, after  "a  tedious  passage  of  thirteen  months,"  it  is  said.  A 

    mother  and  sisters  were  left  behind  him,  but,  though  a  desultory correspondence  was  kept  up  between  them,  they  never  saw  each  other  again.  We  have  no  knowledge  of  the  name  of  the  ship which  brought  him  to  these  shores,  and  were  it  not  for  two  old letters  that  have  come  down  to  us,  would  we  know  anything  of  his  family  in  Great  Britain. 

    Family Search ID: LTMQ-NY8

Were these Walker's related?

Another great question, but the answer is still unfolding. 
Because the Walker surname was one of the more common surnames in England, and given the fact that each of these individuals came from different locations in the country, it is not likely. More collaboration and research needs to be done to make that determination.
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