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1660, leav. wid. Mary, ch. Jeremiah, Thomas, and two ds. Mary wh. m.
John Thomas,and Martha, wh. prob. m. a Westbrook. JEREMIAH,
Portsmouth, s. prob. of the preced. was liv. it is said, in 1688, and prob.
many yrs. later. JOHN, Portsmouth, not perhaps of this fam. unless he
were s. of the sec. Thomas, was one of the royal counc. 1692. THOMAS,
Charlestwon 1628, found there by the first comers of the Mass. comp. in
1629, and call. a smith, but rem. a. 1631, to Portsmouth, where he was
better treat. than in Mass. serv. on the gr. jury 1654, and d. 1660. In
Gen. Reg. IX, 220, one says his will was made 15 and pro. 21 Nov. of
that yr. His w. Jane was b. perhaps 1597, at least was old eno. to be
call. a witch in 1657, but we may rejoice that the epithet was not deadly.
He left s. Thomas and Jeremiah, beside ds. of wh. one m. successiv.
Thomas Hinckson and John Westbrook; one m. a Jones; Jane m. a
Peverly, perhaps Thomas; Hannah m. a Pease; Mary, b. 1635, m.
William Brookin, and next William Walker; and Elizabeth m. Henry
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    WALKELY. See Wakeley.

    WALKER, ARCHIBALD, Providence, m. 18 July 1690, Mary Gardner,
had Charles, b. 6 May 1691; Susanna, 28 Sept. 1695; Abigail, 13 Jan.
1699; Hezekiah, 14 Mar. 1701; Nathaaniel, 26 June 1704; and Ann,
14 Feb. 1709. AUGUSTINE, or AUSTIN, Charlestown 1638, a sea capt.
and merch. join. the ch. 20 Sept. 1640, and was adm. freem. 2 June foll.
by w. Hannah, had Hannah, b. 12, bapt. 27 Sept. 1640; Samuel, 1 Oct.
1642; Augustine, 14 Dec. 1646; James, 25 July 1648; and perhaps
more, but the blank in bapt. occurs early in the rec. He d. 1 Jan. 1653
at Bilboa in Spain, and his descend, were early at Woburn. By fam.
tradit. he came from the vicinity of Berwick on Tweed. BENJAMIN,
Boston, one of the found. of Brattle st. ch. DANIEL, Sudbery, s. of
Thomas of the same, by w. Dorothy had Daniel, b. 27 Oct. 1710;
Eliphalet, 11 Feb. 1712; Jabez, 18 July 1714; Dorothy, 12 Mar.
1717; Mary, 11 Oct. 1718; Josiah, 13 Sept. 1721; and Bezaleel, 7
May 1724; and d. 1755. EBENEZER, Rehoboth, youngest s. of Philip
of the same
, sm. 19 Nov. 1700, had two ch. wh. d. soon, and his w. d.
1702. He next m. Oct. 1703, Dorothy Abell, and had nine ch. of wh.
five surv. him, and d. 13 Mar. 1718. EDWARD, Charlestown, amy
have been s. of Augustine, was a soldier in Philip's war, freem. 1684,
then liv. at Woburn, and d. 6 July 1690. ELEAZER, Taunton, s. of
James, d. 15 Dec. 1724, aged 62. FRANCIS, Middleborough 1668, rem.
to Duxbury 1672, and m. Elizabeth d. of George Soule, bef. the former date.
GEORGE, Reading, by Eaton call. one of the early sett. but was, I think, s.
of an earlier one, and may be mistake for Walkup, or if Walker possib.
that man of Portsmouth 1689, wh. d. 7 Dec. 1748, aged 86. Farmer