Augustine Walker

Augustine Walker

• Birth:  Feb. 22, 1564, Southam, Warwickshire, England
• Death:  Aug. 16, 1614, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
• Son of John and Kathren (Bicknill) Walker.*
• Married 1st to an unknown woman (not Elizabeth Jouatt); 4 daughters named in his will
• Married 2nd to Mary Stringer on June 27, 1597 in Great Amwell, Herts, England.

Father of Elizabeth Walker, wife of Richard Warren, the famous Mayflower passenger.

Research Note

• The article published in TAG that proved Augustine was the father of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren made no mention of his parents.

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Will: Dated 19 Apr 1613, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, no probate date [TAG 78(2):83-86 (Ap r 2003)]. Requests burial at church or churchyard of Great Amwell. Names dau. Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren, her three children Marey, Ann, and Sarey Warren. Thomas, John and Frauncis Holland, children of Thomas Holland & my daughter Ann, his wife. Unborn child "said Ann is now conceyved". Daughter Mary Johnson. Symon Adams, son of Symon Adams Citizen & draper of London. And Dorothy his daughter [a gold ring that was her mother's]. Wife Marey, executrix. Thomas Hassall, Vicar of "much Amwell" for services preaching at my funeral. Symon Adams the father, overseer of will. Mark of Augustine Walker. Sworn by Thomas Holmested, Thomas Robert & John Larke (no date of probate).

"The will of Augustine Walker of 'much' Amwell was dated 19 April 1613; there is no date of probate on the will or in the act book. It states, 'I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren Sixteene pounds of lawefull money of England, and unto her three Children Marey, Ann an Sarey Warren Fower pounds . . ' These three children have the same names and are listed in the same order as the first three children known for the immigrant Richard Warren. Since their parents were married in 1610 and they were named in their maternal grandfather's will of 1613, the dates of birth of these daughters can be stated reasonably accurately, and match very closely what is known of the dates of birth of the daughters of Richard Warren, the Mayflower passenger. (Since Richard Warren and his wife Elizabeth (Walker) had three children in three years, Elizabeth may have used wet nurses - though there are other possibilities.) It is unfortunate that the first three daughters each had a common name, unlike the rarer name Abigail, which was given to a later daughter of the immigrant."

"Richard Warren of the Mayflower was described as 'of London.' Unfortunately, Augustine Walker's will does not give Richard Warren's residence. Great Amwell, however, had clear connections with London. The parish was situated on two major routes leading from the capital city: The River Lea and the Old North Road. There re many references in the Great Amwell parish registers to people from London, including some connected with Augustine Walker himself. In 1603 Susan Addams, 'a maiden borne in Amwell dwellinge at London died heere at Augustine Wallkar's' and 'Marye surnamed Fanchurch, a child of the hopsitall in London, was buried from Augustine Wallkar's of Amwell.' Another connection is the appointment in Augustine's will of Simon Admas, citizen of London, as an overseer. Augustine Walker was buried at Great Amwell on 18 August 1614 as 'Austen Wallkar of Amwell street an owld man.' His widow Mary was buried at Great Amwell on 26 December of the same year, but she was evidently not the mother of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. Augustine Walker and Mary Stringer were married at Great Amwell on 27 June 1597. Mary's will, dated 23 December 1614 and proved on 10 January 1614/5, does not name Augustine's children, but does refer to the 'legacies of my husband Augustine Wallkar lately deceased.' And Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Walker, was baptized at Baldock, Hertfordshire, approximately fifteen miles from Gret Amwell, in September 1583. The children of Augustine Walker of Great Amwell mentioned in his will are: Elizabeth, wife of Richard Warren; Ann, wife of Thomas Holland; and Mary Johnson. No record of the baptisms of Ann or Mary was found in the Baldock parish registers. A Dorothy daughter of Augustine Walker, baptized there in 1573, could be the Dorothy Walker who married Edward Grave at Great Amwell in 1595. If the Elizabeth Walker baptized at Baldock was baptized soon after birth, then she would have been ninety years old in October 1673, which would fit with the age of 'aboue 90 yeares' given for the immigrant Richard Warren's widow. It is clear from the above that there are good reasons to identify the immigrants Richard Warren and his wife Elizabeth with Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. As far as is known, there is nothing inconsistent with the identification. it is hoped that those interested in the family of the Mayflower passenger will find further evidence about the the origin and ancestry of Richard Warren and his wife."

WILL OF AUGUSTINE WALKER:

In the name of god amen The xixth daye of Aprill in the yeere of oure lord god 1613. and in the yeeres of the raigne of our sovraigne Lord James by the grace of god of England Fraunce and Ireland the eleventh and of Sco[tla]nd the six and fortieth kinge defender of the faith. I Augustine Walker of much Amwell in the Com of Herts: yeoma[n] now beinge in good health and of p[er]­fect memorie thankes be unto the lorde therefore; doe make and ordayne this my last Will & Tes­tament, in manner and forme followinge (vizt) First I com[m]end my Soule into the hands of the Allmightie god my Creator, not doubtinge to obtayne free remission of my sines by and through the death and demeryts [sic] of my saviour Christ Jesus Alsoe I bequeath my bodie to xpian buriall, to be buried in the Church or Church yearde of much Amwell aforesaide, as to my Executrix shall be best beseemeinge And as touching the disposinge of such temporall goods wherewth the lorde hath endued mee I give and bequeath them in manner and forme as followeth (vizt) First I give & bequeath Unto my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren Sixteene pounds of lawefull money of England, and unto her three Children Marcy, Ann and Sarey Warren Fower pounds of like Englishe money equally betwixt them three to be devyded and to be payde unto the saide Richard Warren to the use of the saide child[ren] and the survivour or survivours of them Alsoe I give to Thomas, John, and Frauncis Holland children of Thomas Holland & of my daugh­ter Ann his wife, Twentie shillinges apeece, And unto that Childe, whether sone or daughter, wherewth the saide Ann is now conceyved Twenty shillinges Alsoe unto her the said Ann, wife of the saide Thomas Holland, Twenty shillinges wth severall Leagacies I will to be payed unto the saide Thomas Holland the Father to the use of his afore saide Wife & Children and the survyvor of them Alsoe I give to my daughter Mary Johnson Twenty shillinges Alsoe I give to Syrnon Ad­ams sone of Symon Adams Citizen & drap[er] of London Twentie shillinges And to Dorothie his daughter Twentie shilling[s] and a Gymmoll-Ringe of gold wch was her mothers. Which Legacyes I will shalbe payed and delyvered unto the saide Symon Adams the Father, to thuse [i.e., the use] of his saide Children The rest & reasidue of my goods and Chattels, after my debts and Leagacyes payde & my Funerall charges discharged I give and bequeath as followeth (vizt) Thone [i.e., the one] half of my saide goods & chattells unto my afore saide daughter Elizabeth and her Children, to bepayde & delyvered unto them and the survivour or survivors of them or eyther of them after the decease of Marey my wife; And the residue (vizt) the other halfe of my goods & chattells unto the saide Marey my wife Ordayninge and makeing her the the [sic] saide Marey my Wife my full sole & only Executrix of this my last Will & Testamte, Orderinge & further ordayninge, that, half of that half p[ar]t of such my goods & chattells (as after my decease) shall remayne undispoosed in the hand or possession of Mary my now Wif: shall (after her death & decease) of right be due & belonginge Unto Elizab: Warren, Wife of thafore named Rich: Warren, my daughter or to her then lawefull survyvant heire or Assigne whatsoever Alsoe I give unto Thomas Hassall Vicar of much Amwell afore saide Tenn shillinges of lawefull englishe money to preach one Sermond at my funerall in Amwell Church afore saide Alsoe unto the poore of the saide Towne of much Amwell my Will is to have given and distributed at my buriall Five shillinges And I appoynte the afore named Symon Adams thelder Cittizen and drap[er] of London to be my lawefull Overseer of this my last will and Testament, And for his paynes therein to be taken I give him Tenn shillinges In wyttnesse whereof to this my last will & Testamte contayninge Only On[e] sheete

The markes of Augustine Walker

and twoe lynes of paper I have here unto sett my usuall marke & seale, the daye and yeeres first above written

The marke of Augustine Walker.

Signed & sealed in the p[rese]nce of us whose names are hereunto

subscribed Thomas Holmested Thomas Robarts John Larke

links

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26995852
• "Register of Baptisms", in Smith, W. L. (William Lilley). Historical notices and recollections relating to the parish of Southam, in the county of Warwick: together with the parochial registers from A.D. 1539, and churchwarden's accounts A.D. 1580. (London: E. Stock, 1894), p. 4. Anno Dni 1564.Annoq : 7'o Elizabethae. “Augustine Son of John & Katheren Walker Feb. 22”. Archive.Org
• Many sources show this Augustine Walker as the father of Elizabeth Walker who married Richard Warren. But he is probably at least 3 years too young to father a daughter who was baptized in 1583, and probably about 20 years too young to be called an "owld man" when buried in 1614, so it seems highly unlikely this was that man.

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Walker, Augustine

• ID: P2844
• Occupation: This post held an important in townships and was equivalent to being the second in command of the Town Mayor. William Shakespeare's father was also an ale taster in Stratford - Upon- Avon. Ale Taster
• Birth: Kathern Bicknell died 1563 c 1563 in Southam, Warwickshire, England
• Death: Apr 1613 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
• Name: Augustine Walker
• Baptism: Warwickshire, England Baptism: 22 Feb 1564 Southam
• Will: Source: Book: "Mayflower and Her Passengers" by Caleb H. Johnson April 19, 1613 Baldock, Hertordshire, England, United Kingdom 4
• MARR: Gt. Amwell, Herts., Essex, England MARR: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
• Sex: M 5
• Title: Historical & Biographical Background
• Title: Mary Stringer Grave
• Title: Marriage of Richard Warren & Elizabeth Walker
• Title: find a grave
• Title: Augustine Walker 1614 and daughter Elizabeth - p
• Father: John Walker II * b: 1540-42 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England
• Mother: Katheren Bicknill * b: 1545 in Southam, Warwickshire, England
• Marriage 1 Mrs (Wife #1 Mother) Walker * b: 1564 in , , , England
• Married: in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
• Married: 1583 in , , , England

Children

1. Has Children Elizabeth WALKER * * b: 14 Apr 1583 in St George, Dorset, England
2. Has No Children Ann Walker b: 1585 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
3. Has No Children Dorothy Doratie Walker b: Aug 1593 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, , England
4. Has No Children Mary Walker b: 1595 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, , England

Marriage 2 Marye Stringer * b: 1579 v in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, England Married: 27 Jun 1597 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England

Married: Children were born before so not Marye's children. 27 Jun 1597 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England 6 1

Sources:

• Repository: Name: Ancestry.com Note: Title: UK, Extracted Probate Records Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records Text: Death date: 1613 Death place: Marriage date: Marriage place: Gt. Amwell, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
• Title: Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Page: Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1018; Document Reference: DRO 50 Repository:

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Augustine Walker Birth 22 Feb 1564 Southam, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England Death 16 Aug 1614 (aged 50) Great Amwell, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England Burial St John the Baptist Churchyard Great Amwell, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England Memorial ID 26995852 · View Source

Son of John and Kathren (Bicknill) Walker.*

Husband of Mary Stringer, married on June 27, 1597 in Great Amwell, Herts, England.

Father of Elizabeth Walker, wife of Richard Warren, the famous Mayflower passenger.

Research Note

• The article published in TAG that proved Augustine was the father of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren made no mention of his parents. Family Members Parents

John Walker

1540–1564 Katheren Bicknill Walker

1545–1564

Spouse

Mary Stringer Walker*

1568–1614 (m. 1597)

Children

Elizabeth Walker Warren*

1583–1673

Augustine Walker Birth 22 Feb 1564 Southam, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England Death 16 Aug 1614 (aged 50) Great Amwell, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England Burial St John the Baptist Churchyard Great Amwell, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England Memorial ID 26995852

Augustine Walker, was born before 1564.

Marriage 1 Mary STRINGER Married: 27 Jun 1597 in Great Amwell, Hertford, England

Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown

Children

Dorothy WALKER c: 1573 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, England

Elizabeth* WALKER b: ABT 1583 c: Sep 1583 in Baldock, Hertford, England

Ann WALKER

Mary WALKER

He was buried at Great Amwell on 18 Aug 1614 as "Austen Walkar of Amwell Streete an owld man". In the will of Augustine Walker, dated April 1613, he mentions "my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren", and "her three children Mary, Ann and Sarah."

In the name of god amen The xixth daye of Aprill in the yeere of oure lord god .1613. and in the yeeres of the raigne of our sovraigne Lord James by the grace of god of England Fraunce and Ireland the eleventh and of Sco[tla]nd the six and fortieth kinge defender of the faith. I Augustine Walker of much Amwell in the Com of Herts: yeoma[n] now beinge in good health and of p[er]­fect memorie thankes be unto the lorde therefore; doe make and ordayne this my last Will & Tes­tament, in manner and forme followinge (vizt) First I com[m]end my Soule into the hands of the Allmightie god my Creator, not doubtinge to obtayne free remission of my sines by and through the death and demeryts [sic] of my saviour Christ Jesus Alsoe I bequeath my bodie to xpian buriall, to be buried in the Church or Church yearde of much Amwell aforesaide, as to my Executrix shall be best beseemeinge And as touching the disposinge of such temporall goods wherewth the lorde hath endued mee I give and bequeath them in manner and forme as followeth (vizt) First I give & bequeath Unto my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren Sixteene pounds of lawefull money of England, and unto her three Children Marcy, Ann and Sarey Warren Fower pounds of like Englishe money equally betwixt them three to be devyded and to be payde unto the saide Richard Warren to the use of the saide child[ren] and the survivour or survivours of them Alsoe I give to Thomas, John, and Frauncis Holland children of Thomas Holland & of my daugh­ter Ann his wife, Twentie shillinges apeece, And unto that Childe, whether sone or daughter, wherewth the saide Ann is now conceyved Twenty shillinges Alsoe unto her the said Ann, wife of the saide Thomas Holland, Twenty shillinges wth severall Leagacies I will to be payed unto the saide Thomas Holland the Father to the use of his afore saide Wife & Children and the survyvor of them Alsoe I give to my daughter Mary Johnson Twenty shillinges Alsoe I give to Syrnon Ad­ams sone of Symon Adams Citizen & drap[er] of London Twentie shillinges And to Dorothie his daughter Twentie shilling[s] and a Gymmoll-Ringe of gold wch was her mothers. Which Legacyes I will shalbe payed and delyvered unto the saide Symon Adams the Father, to thuse [i.e., the use] of his saide Children The rest & reasidue of my goods and Chattels, after my debts and Leagacyes payde & my Funerall charges discharged I give and bequeath as followeth (vizt) Thone [i.e., the one] half of my saide goods & chattells unto my afore saide daughter Elizabeth and her Children, to bepayde & delyvered unto them and the survivour or survivors of them or eyther of them after the decease of Marey my wife; And the residue (vizt) the other halfe of my goods & chattells unto the saide Marey my wife Ordayninge and makeing her the the [sic] saide Marey my Wife my full sole & only Executrix of this my last Will & Testamte, Orderinge & further ordayninge, that, half of that half p[ar]t of such my goods & chattells (as after my decease) shall remayne undispoosed in the hand or possession of Mary my now Wif: shall (after her death & decease) of right be due & belonginge Unto Elizab: Warren, Wife of thafore named Rich: Warren, my daughter or to her then lawefull survyvant heire or Assigne whatsoever Alsoe I give unto Thomas Hassall Vicar of much Amwell afore saide Tenn shillinges of lawefull englishe money to preach one Sermond at my funerall in Amwell Church afore saide Alsoe unto the poore of the saide Towne of much Amwell my Will is to have given and distributed at my buriall Five shillinges And I appoynte the afore named Symon Adams thelder Cittizen and drap[er] of London to be my lawefull Overseer of this my last will and Testament, And for his paynes therein to be taken I give him Tenn shillinges In wyttnesse whereof to this my last will & Testamte contayninge Only On[e] sheete

The markes of Augustine Walker

and twoe lynes of paper I have here unto sett my usuall marke & seale, the daye and yeeres first above written

The marke of Augustine Walker.

Signed & sealed in the p[rese]nce of us whose names are hereunto subscribed Thomas Holmested Thomas Robarts John Larke

[no date of probate][2] Biography Notes Name Augustine Walker.[3] Also known as: Austen Walkar of Amwell Streete.[4] Austen Wallkar.[5] Birth An Augustine Walker was born before February 22, 1564. (date baptized) Some people think Augustine Walker was the son of John Walker and Katherine Bicknell because a son Augustine Walker was baptized to them in Southam, Warwick, England on 22 Feb 1564.[6] But Augustine Walker was buried in 1614 called an "owld man" and his daughter Elizabeth (who married Richard Warren as proved by Augustine's 1613 will)[7] was baptized in 1583 which suggests he was probably born before 1560. Baptized An Augustine Walker was baptized February 22, 1564 in Southam, Warwick, England.[8] Buried His will was dated April 19, 1613, and he was buried August 18, 1614 at Great Amwell, Hertsfordshire, England.[9][10] Buried at Great Amwell on 18 Aug 1614 as "Austen Walkar of Amwell Streete an owld man".[11][12] Ancestral Notes Richard Warren's English origins and ancestry have been subject to speculation, and many different ancestries have been published about him, without much evidence to support them. However, in December 2002, Edward Davies found the missing piece of the puzzle, in a personal will. Researchers had known of the marriage of Richard Warren to Elizabeth Walker on 14 April 1610 at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. Since records show the Mayflower passenger had a wife named "Elizabeth" and a first child born about 1610, this was a promising record. Yet, no children were found for this couple in the parish registers, and no further evidence beyond the names and timing, until the will of Augustine Walker was discovered. In the will of Augustine Walker, dated April 1613, he mentions "my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren," and "her three Children Marey, Ann and Sarey Warren". The record shows that the Mayflower passenger's first three children were named Mary, Ann, and Sarah (in that birth order). Also, the will of the father Augustine Walker states, "my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife..." hence, the maiden name "Walker" is confirmed for "Elizabeth (Walker) Warren" as the wife of Richard Warren. Note Bartlett Society Newsletter, January 2005. "The parish registers of Great Amwell in Hertfordshire show that a Richard Warren married an Elizabeth Walker on 14 April 1610. No baptisms of any children of this couple are recorded in the Great Amwell parish registers, but the will of Elizabeth's father, Augustine Walker, shows that Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren had a family that fits very well with what is known of the family of the Mayflower passenger. Our ancestress, Mary Warren's birth, has been calculated as being in 1610 or 1611, since at her death on 27 March 1683, she was said to be "in her 73d yeare." This is an excellent fit with the marriage date of Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. The will of Augustine Walker of "much" Amwell was dated 19 April 1613. The three Warren children named in this will have the same names are are listed in the same order as the first three children known to be by immigrant Richard Warren. Since their parents were married in 1610 and they were named in their maternal grandfather's will in 1613, the dates of birth of these daughters can be stated reasonably accurately, and match very closely what is known of the births of the daughters of Richard Warren, the Mayflower passenger. Augustine Walker was buried at Great Amwell on 18 August 1614 as "Austen Walker of Amwell Streete an owld man". His widow Mary was buried at Great Amwell on 26 December of the same year, but she was evidently not the mother of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. Augustine Walker and Mary Stringer were married in Great Amwell on 27 June 1597. Mary's will, dated 23 December 1614 and proved on 10 January 1614/15, does not name Augustine's children, but does refer to the "legacies of my husband Augustine Walker lately deceased." An Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Walker, was baptized at Baldock, Herfordshire, approximately fifteen miles from Great Amwell, in September 1583. The children of Augustine Walker of Great Amwell mentioned in his will are: Elizabeth, wife of Richard Warren; Ann, wife of Thomas Holland; and Mary Johnson. No record of the baptisms of Ann or Mary was found in the Baldock parish registers. A Dorothy, daughter of Augustine Walker, baptized there in 1573, could be the Dorothy Walker who married Edward Grave at Great Amwell in 1595. If the Elizabeth Walker baptized at Baldock, then she would have been ninety years old by October 1673, which would fit with the age of "above 90 yeares" given for the age of immigrant Richard Warren's widow at the time of her death on 2 October 1673. There is nothing inconsistent with this identification, so far as is known." Note "Richard Warren of the Mayflower was described as 'of London.' Unfortunately, Augustine Walker's will does not give Richard Warren's residence. Great Amwell, however, had clear connections with London. The parish was situated on two major routes leading from the capital city: The River Lea and the Old North Road. There re many references in the Great Amwell parish registers to people from London, including some connected with Augustine Walker himself. In 1603 Susan Addams, 'a maiden borne in Amwell dwellinge at London died heere at Augustine Wallkar's' and 'Marye surnamed Fanchurch, a child of the hopsitall in London, was buried from Augustine Wallkar's of Amwell.' Another connection is the appointment in Augustine's will of Simon Admas, citizen of London, as an overseer. Augustine Walker was buried at Great Amwell on 18 August 1614 as 'Austen Wallkar of Amwell street an owld man.' His widow Mary was buried at Great Amwell on 26 December of the same year, but she was evidently not the mother of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. Augustine Walker and Mary Stringer were married at Great Amwell on 27 June 1597. Mary's will, dated 23 December 1614 and proved on 10 January 1614/5, does not name Augustine's children, but does refer to the 'legacies of my husband Augustine Wallkar lately deceased.' And Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Walker, was baptized at Baldock, Hertfordshire, approximately fifteen miles from Gret Amwell, in September 1583. The children of Augustine Walker of Great Amwell mentioned in his will are: Elizabeth, wife of Richard Warren; Ann, wife of Thomas Holland; and Mary Johnson. No record of the baptisms of Ann or Mary was found in the Baldock parish registers. A Dorothy daughter of Augustine Walker, baptized there in 1573, could be the Dorothy Walker who married Edward Grave at Great Amwell in 1595. If the Elizabeth Walker baptized at Baldock was baptized soon after birth, then she would have been ninety years old in October 1673, which would fit with the age of 'aboue 90 yeares' given for the immigrant Richard Warren's widow. It is clear from the above that there are good reasons to identify the immigrants Richard Warren and his wife Elizabeth with Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. As far as is known, there is nothing inconsistent with the identification. it is hoped that those interested in the family of the Mayflower passenger will find further evidence about the the origin and ancestry of Richard Warren and his wife." The American Genealogist Title: The American Genealogist Page: Edward J. Davies, "The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower," Vol. 78, No. 2, April, 2003

Parish Records of Great Amwell show the marriage of Augustine Walker & Mary STRINGER on 27 Jun 1597 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England but there is no baptismal entry for Augustine and some researchers have suggested that he is the same Augustine Walker baptised 22 Feb 1564 in Southam, Warwickshire.Papers in the National Archives relating to the Southam Augustine show him to be a man of considerable wealth.

A tithing book dated 1597 and written by Thomas Hassall sheds some light on the history of the Amwell Walkers and indicates that Augustine Walker,was a man of substance who had property in London and settled in Gt Amwell.He appears to have been a good employer.There are entries regarding servants who were born in Amwell, lived in London and were brought back from London to be buried.

The burial of Austen Walker in 1613 corresponds with Augustine Walker's will of 1613, so often cited as the link between Elizabeth & Richard Warren. Indeed the marriage between the pair is also in this list. Mary, Augustine's wife died shortly after him.

The Tithing book Of Thomas Hassall, 1597

“Beinge thus at the first plunged in deep chardge both in regard of the fees of my institution and induction, these occasions meetinge me at the first encounter, fitting my self with ornaments suitable to my callinge, removing my self and my litle howshold stuff an extor composition which my predecessor ignorantly yeilded unto for glass, doores, artillery and other pretended utensiles, which came to no smale summe, my thought I was like an unskilfull man at sea put into an unrigged vessell without sayles or oares or understanding how to use her; which made me for a whyle as a stranger lodg at a common in at Stansted, afterwards to sojorne in the towne at the house of one Augustin Wallker (beinge one of the churchwardens for that yeare) untill I might take some course to be loged and dyeted in the vicaredge house. To this purpose, I enquired out for a tenent who might farme both my house and gleabe and the tythes also (of the nature and condition wherof I was all together ignorant).”

Thomas Holland and Annis Wallker wear married Junii viijth 1601. Susan Addams a maiden borne in Amwell dwellinge at London died heere at Augustine Wallkar's and was buried heere September the xxiiijth 1603. Marye surnamed Fanchurch, a child of the hospitall in London, was buried from Augustine Wallkar's of Amwell the ixth of October 1603. Thomas the sonne of Peeter Walkar of St. Margetts baptised heere Marche xvijth. 1605 Richard Warren and Elsabeth Wallker were married Aprill the xiiijth 1610. Alice Warner widdowe stranger buried from Austen Wallkar's July the xxiiijth 1610. Elsabeth the daughter of Edward Wallkar of Amwell baptized Julii j 1610. Austen Wallkar of Amwell Streete an owld man was buried August the xviijth 1614. Marye Walkar, widdowe, late wife of Augustine Walkar of Amwell was buried the xxvjth December 1614. Thomas the sonne of Mr. Walkar of London (a pritty ingenius and hopefull child) of some x yeares of age, being at Symon Addams his howse in Amwell, died and was buried the xxvjth of September 1616. Hee lyeth in the body of the church neere to the funte second seate. Frances the son of Frances Walker of St. Margetts End and of Annis his wife baptized February viijth 1623/1624. Frances the son of Frances Walker of Pye Corner was buried Marche the xiijth, 1627. Elizabeth the daughter of one Margaret Walker (as she named her self) who travelling was delivered of a child in our parrish at one Walton's of the Heath, baptized February xjth 1626/1627. A nurse child incertis parents nursed at Francis Walker's of Pye Corner by St. Margetts being named Roger was buried Julye xxixth 1631. Margarett the young daughter of one John Atkinson of London, nursed at Francis Wallker's at Pye Corner by St. Margetts, was buried the xvjth of Maye 1634. Peter Walker and Annis Smythe were married October 20th 1634. Annis the wife of Francis Walker was buried November 15 1637. William Walker, an infant of London, buried Aprill 25 1640. A man child of Francis Walker's, stillborn, buried July 8 1648. Thomas Walker, a nurse child, buried January 15. Mary wife of Francis Walker buried Aprill 23 1647. Francis Walker and Susanna Clerk married July the 5 1647. A maiden child of Francis Walker, stillborn, buried January 5 1649. Francis son of Francis Walker and of Susanna his wife baptized August 21 1651. Francis son of Francis Walker buried August 29 1651. Susanna wife of the said Francis Walker of the Pye Corner buried September 11651.

It is possible that the reason Augustine's daughter, Elizabeth was baptized in Baldock in 1583 might be attributed to a short stay in Baldock before settling in Amwell. Baldock Parish Records record that on 10th October 1580 before Thomas Revett, Court Baron and his Steward John Spurling at Baldock Manorial Court Session there was elected to the parish one, Augustine Walker of Baldock, Hertfordshire, as one of two Ale tasters to the Parish. This post held an important in townships and was equivalent to being the second in command of the Town Mayor. William Shakespeare's father was also an ale taster in Stratford - Upon- Avon.

Augustine had already served two years as a member of the Homagii a, jury of twelve to fifteen prominent men of the town who were householders in Baldock. Despite being previously fined in 1575 for defaulting on an (unstated) task from a previous manorial court in 1575 (4d) and neglecting to mend a fence between him and a neighbor (10s) he was duly sworn in and elected to post.

We do not know how many years Augustine held this important post of ale taster. Parish records show that Sir Thomas Revett (son of a London Mercer) did not regularly attend and the burden fell to his Steward. Records are very sparse.

Baldock was on one of the main coaching routes from London. The two settlements are only 21 miles away and from Great Amwell to The City of London is another 21 miles hence. It also has links with the Merchant Venturers who funded the Pilgrim Fathers on their journey to America from Portsmouth.