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- H. Anthony Walke, Sr.1692 - 1768
- W. Mary SanfordAbt 1696 - Bef 1719
m. 11 Mar 1712
Facts and Events
Records in Virginia
- Anthony Walke, born in 1692, was a son of Thomas Walke, who came from Barbadoes to Lower Norfolk county in 1662, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Lieutenant-colonel, Anthony Lawson. He lived at 'Fairfield," in Princess Anne county. He was justice for Princess Anne, and a member of the house of burgesses from 1720-1765. He married three times, (first) Mary Sanford; (second) Elizabeth Newton; (third) Anna Lee Armistead. He died November 8, 1768. Virginia Biography, Page 349.
- 22 Dec 1768: Anthony Walke, Sen., Esq., who died the 8th ultimo, in the 76th year of his age. "County Lieutenant and Judge of the Court of Princess Anne . . . From a slender education, such as a little reading and writing as the times could then afford, he made a wonderful proficiency in true and solid knowledge greatly preferable to a knowledge of words and language". [Long obituary.] - Dec. 22. "Virginia Gazette", William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1. (Jul., 1899), Page 27-31. [1]
References
- Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.
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