Seth Walker

Seth Walker, Sr Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: Oct. 12, 1691 Billerica Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Jul. 7, 1772 Charlestown Sullivan County New Hampshire, USA

He married Eleanor Chandler at Concord,MA on Apr 4,1716.

Children: Seth Walker Jr, Eleanor Walker Parker, Samuel Walker, Mary Walker Longley, Lucy Walker Holden, Abel Walker, and Sybil Walker.

(bio by: Kevin Avery) 

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Parents:

 Joseph Walker (1645 - 1729)

 Sarah Wyman Walker (1650 - 1729)

Spouse:

 Eleanor Chandler Walker (1695 - 1769)

Children:

 Seth Walker (1717 - 1794)*

 Eleanor Walker Parker (1719 - ____)*

 Samuel Walker (1721 - 1817)*

 Mary Walker Longley (1723 - 1776)*

 Lucy Walker Holden (1729 - 1800)*

 Abel Walker (1734 - 1815)*

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Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Charlestown Sullivan County New Hampshire, USA Plot: Sec. 26 Lot Middle

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Seth Walker the earliest of this name in Charlestown,NH son of Joseph Walker, first of Billerica, MA, born at Groton, MA abt l692 m. Eleanor Chandler abt l695.

Seth Walker was one of the proprietors under the NH Charter. He was at No 4 as early as 1750. His name is on the roll of Capt. Phineas Stevens' Company, enlisting in 1750. He d. July 7, 1772 age 80. Eleanor (Chandler) Walker, his wife d. Nov 6, 1769 age 74. Both died at Charlestown, NH and their tombstones are in the Charlestown village cemetery. Their children:

l. Abel Walker b. at Groton, MA Apr 20, 1734 m. 1767 Elizabeth, the widow of Phineas Graves. She was the dau. of Isaac Parker, Jr. and his wife, Mary Parker, She was b. at Groton, MA Feb 3, 1744. See p. 586 below for the list of men Abel Walker commanded in the spring of 1777 in the march to Fort Ticonderoga. He d. Mar 11, 1815 - 81 yrs. She d. Oct 8, 1806 age 62 yrs. Their children:

l. Eunice Walker b. 1767 d. 1773. 2. Sarah Walker b. 1769 d. 1788. 3. Phineas Walker b.177l d. 1772 4. Phyle Walker b. 1773 m. Aaron Dean of Charlestown, NH on Nov 4, 1790. d. at Boston, MA 1849. 5. Phineas Walker b. 1774 d. 1777. 6. Abel Walker b. 1776 d. 1777. 7. Elizabeth b. 1778 m. 1797 Thomas Melville. 8. Phineas Walker 2d b. 1780 drowned in the Connecticut River June 29, 1792. 9. Abel Walker, Jr. b. Sep ll, 1783 m. 18l3 Sally Doolittle dau of John and Lucy Doolittle b. at Westmoreland, NH Feb ll, 1789 Their children:

l. Mary Doolittle Walker b. 18l3 d. at Hydepark, VT 1845. 2. Phineas Walker b. 1820 d.1852 in CA 3. Samuel Walker b. 1823 a Selectman 1857 to 1858 and Rep. 1859.

Abel Walker Jr. was a useful and esteemed citizen and d. at Charlestown 1827. 10. Eleuthera Walker b. July 2l, 1786 m. John Willard, Jr.

2. Sybil Walker dau of Seth Walker and wife, Eleanor (Chandler) Walker was b. at Groton, MA Mar 23, 1735

p.59l Seth Walker m. (1) Jan l4, 174l/2 Abigail Holden dau of Nathaniel Holden and Abigail (Stone) Holden of Groton, MA. She b. Sep l5, 1719. Their children: l. Sybil Walker b. Mar l3,1745 2. Seth Walker, Jr. b. Apr 5, 1747 3. Abigail Walker b.June 10, 1750 (all 3 born at Groton) 4. Asa Walker b. 1753. 5. Nathaniel Walker twin to Isaac Walker b. Mar 30, 1756 6. Isaac Walker twin to Nathaniel Walker b. Mar 30, 1756 7. Jabez Walker b. June 2, 1758 pub. to Anna Watkins of Charlestown 1790.

Seth Walker had issue by his 2d wife, Jemima Walker:

8. Mary Walker b. Aug 9, 1766 9. Jemima Walker b. Apr 27, 1768 Seth Walker Jr. was a sergeant in Capt. Abel Walker's company. This family came to Charlestown in the spring of 1770. The Seth Walker at No. 4 at an earlier date, was the father of Col. Abel Walker 10. Emma Walker b. Mar 26, 1770. These born at Shirley, MA