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About Walter Wall, II
Walter Wall (1619-1702) was a son of Walter Wall and Anne Longe of Wiltshire, England.
Walter came to America from Wiltshire, England between 1635-1640. At age 16, he was transferred to St. Christopher's Island [Hotten's list of Emigrants, p 126]. From there, he migrated with an association arranged by Lady Deborah Moody (widow of a Wiltshire Baronet) to Lynn, Massachusetts.
He was a resident of New Amsterdam for some time and in 1643, he joined in the settlement of Gravesend, Long Island. The Town Record showed the following entries for Walter Wall:
- August 10, 1645, he received a plantation.
- September 22, 1654, he purchased Lot #14.
- 1657, he had seven and one half morgens of land in tillage in Gravesend.
- November 9, 1658, he purchased Lot #1.
- 1659, Walter Wall was named at Hempstead [L.L.Onderdonck's Hempstead, pg. 104] was more than likely the same person.
- 1665 Walter Wall was one of the Associate Patentees of the Monmouth Patent, and as such paid L4.
- 1665-1667, Walter moved to Middletown, NJ and settled on a farm, 2 miles west of the center of the village. [In the early part of the 1800's it was vested to John Stout & Daniel D Hendrickson.]
- December 30, 1667, Walter Wall of Middletown, NJ was awarded Lot #4; also Lot #32 - out in the Poplarfield.
- 1670, Walter Wall was stated to have paid for shares of land in Middletown, NJ.
- January 10, 1676, he paid quit-rent of LO-10-2, on two hundred and forty four acres in Middletown, NJ.
- 1677, He paid quit-rent on two hundred and forty acres in Shrewsbury, NJ.
- 1679, He also paid quit-rents.
- 1686, He also paid quit-rents with no mention of quantity.
- May 10, 1688, He paid quit-rent on LO-6-0 on one hundred acres in Middletown, NJ.
- 1702, Walter died on/about this date; as his cattle mark was then transferred to another; which he originally recorded in 1668 in the Town Book of Middletown, NJ as follows, "a half moone cutt out of the under side of both eares."
Walter Wall (1619-1702) was the husband of Annetje "Anne" Wall(1621-1660). They were the parents of 6 children.
Walter and Annetje are buried in the Old Wall Graveyard, on their farm - 2 miles west of Middletown, NJ.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45033816/walter-wall
"Walter Wall of Middletown" First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey" by Orra E Monnette, Los Angeles, CA., vol 5, 1933, page 873.
"Wall, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties" by Edwin Salter, E Gardner & Son, Bayone, NJ, 1890, pages lxii-lxiii.
"Wall of Monmouth County". Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, vol. 5, 1932, by John E Stillwell, pages 223-226.
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Walter Wall, II's Timeline
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October 15, 1617
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Baverstock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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October 15, 1617
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Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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1645
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Middletown, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
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1647
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New Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, USA
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1650
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Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
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1652
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Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
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1656
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New York City, New York, United States
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1663
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Middletown, East Jersey
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1665
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Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
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