Hezekiah Walker (1750 - 1837)

Born 23 Feb 1750 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Raymond) Walker — married 16 May 1775 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1837 at age 87 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hezekiah Walker was born in February 23, 1750, in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1]

He married Lucy Raymond on May 16, 1775, in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts.^[2]

Private Hezekiah Walker served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Hezekiah Walker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A119378.

He served in the Revolutionary War.^[3][4][5]

He died on December 13, 1837, at Holden, Massachusetts.^[6][7]He is buried at Park Avenue Cemetery, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts.^[8]

"Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts," edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1907, page 271-272. [formatting added to enhance readability]

WALKER FAMILY.

(V) Hezekiah Walker, born February 24, 1718, married Hannah Putnam, in Sudbury, April 4, 1738, and had one child born in Sudbury, January 15, 1742-43. He purchased forty-one acres and forty rods of land in Shrewsbury of Daniel How, and removed to that place. His first wife died, and he married in Shrewsbury, Sarah Prescott, of Lancaster, September 29 [actually 4], 1747. He bought and sold various pieces of land in Worcester county, in the towns of Holden and Lancaster. The home of the family was chiefly in Shrewsbury. Children were,

• Ruben, born February 11, 1739, in Sudbury;
• Rachel, July 8, 1748;
• Hezekiah, February 14, 1750, baptized in Lancaster May 5, 1751;
• Sarah, baptized there May 29, 1754.

Sources

1. ↑ U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
3. ↑ U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970
4. ↑ Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
5. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9HD-L?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9V%3A1597372311 : 29 August 2019), Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors, Tracey, Andrew Hodges-Wheylon, Philip > image 449 of 1042; citing various published state rosters, United States.
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1938
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850
8. ↑ findagrave.com

• U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970
• Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records 1620-1938
• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
• Massachusetts, Town Death records, 1620-1850
• findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118699500&ref=acom