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Documentation
- Source:Egle's Notes and Queries
- Analysis:Robert Walker 1630-1690 Descendancy
- William J. Walker Website, accessed 23 June 2010
- Analysis. Is the William Walker who died at McCormicks Fort William 186?
Discussion
| According to Egle's history of Central Pennsylvania, sometime before 1734 five brothers, sons of James Walker and his wife Elizabeth, and grandsons of Robert Walker, immigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to Pennsylvania with their parents Source:Egle's Notes and Queries. The earliest records for these Letterkenny Walkers date from 1734. Some authors give an immigration date of before 1715, others indicate that they landed in Baltimore Maryland in 1725. Supporting original source documentation has not been found for any of these views. Recent research reveals that Egle made multiple errors in his research, conflating at least 5 unrelated Walker families together. YDNA evidence shows that these "brothers" were actually distinct Walker lines and were not related at all. It is unknown if Robert or James were ancestors of any of these brothers. There exist documents that a Robert and James Walker were present in Londonderry, Ireland, but as of 2020 no supporting documents have been found connecting these two men to any of the Walker families of Path Valley. See also Flaws in Egle's Walker Descendancy.
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"Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689: The Story of Some Famous Battle-Fields in Ulster" by Thomas Witherow, D.D
- Derry Address to King William 29th Day of July, 1689 p 364
- Robert Walker
"Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America"
by Charles Bolton
- The Petition to Governor Shute in 1718 (Many petitioners came from Londonderry)
- James Walker
- Robert Walker
- Robert Walker
- William Walker
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Some writers believe that the Letterkenney Walkers came to America in two waves, with William son of James (160) coming first before 1715, and the others coming in 1732. This seems to be based on a belief that William married Elizabeth Curry in Philadelphia in 1715. That basis for that marriage is unknown, and Source:Egle's Notes and Queries the primary source for information on the early history of the Letterkenney Walkers makes no mention of this. There may indeed have been a marriage between a William Walker and an Elizabeth Curry in 1715 in Philadelphia, but records supporting this have not been located as yet. It is possible that this is an entirely different William Walker, and William son of James may not have married an Elizabeth Curry at all.
At this time the earliest confirmed record for the Letterkenney Walkers in America is Williams land warrant in Cumberland County, dated 1734.
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