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Lewis Walker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Redstone, Pembrokeshire, or, Merionethshire, Wales
Death: December 14, 1728 (71-72)
Tredyffrin, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
Place of Burial: Wayne, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Walker, of Hadley and Cecily Walker
Husband of Mary Walker
Father of Daniel Walker; Elizabeth Hamer; Hannah Evans; Joseph Walker; Enoch Walker and 3 others
Brother of John Walker; Heneage Walker and Jane Morris

Occupation: farmer, Quaker
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About Lewis Walker

Lewis was a follower of George Fox, the Quaker, and was disowned by his relatives and deprived of government honors; or as said by some one at the time, "he laid down these honors conferred by the government" Source Biographic Annals of Lancaster County Volume I

a note on Redstone: Redstone is the name of Quaker Meeting in Wales: see: Parish of Llanvihangel Helygen, Radnorshire, Wales ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/20085640?seq=2 )

Came Originally from the Border of Scotland. Bet. 1684 - 1687, Came to PA from Merioneth in Wales. Settled in Phila, then Valley Forge. Donated ground for a Quaker meeting-house & cemetery. Erected first stone residence at Valley Forge. Purchased 1,000 acres from William Penn. Residence later used by George Washington during Revolutionary War. Residence:"Rehobeth" Chester Valley Tredyffrin Twp. Religion: Society of Friends. Buried in Valley Friends Cemetery, Wayne, PA.

https://tehistory.org/hqda/html/v22/v22n1p017.html mentioned and on map

towards the end of his life: Visited by the Quaker luminary Thomas Chalkley (page 247, Diary of Thomas Chalkley)

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Lewis Walker's Timeline

1656
1656
Redstone, Pembrokeshire, or, Merionethshire, Wales
1694
April 26, 1694
Radnor, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

quaker style 2nd mo. is April (not Febriary)

1696
August 7, 1696
Radnor, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
1699
November 15, 1699
Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania
1701
April 3, 1701
1701
Radnor, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
1703
September 17, 1703
Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania
1705
March 7, 1705
Dating via Quaker Calendar, ..................., .................., Radnor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
1707
1707