Thomas WALKER

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Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1 By MALCOLM HART HARRIS, MD, p. 451

He arrived VA prior to 1650 from Staffordshire, England and patented 2350 acres of land in King and Queen Co. in 1665, now called Locust Grove where he planted many white mulberry trees. The land was abandoned by Gov. Edward Digges. Mattaponi Fort was built on this patent. Patents of James Taylor I adjoined this patent. Part of this patent is still owned by Walker descendants.

n old Virginia: slavery, farming, and society in the journal of John Walker By Claudia L. Bushman, John Walker, p.10

26 Feb 1664 Thomas registered the patent that he had accepted which was a 10 mile royal grant fronting the Mattaponi River and reaching 2 miles into the forest. The original assignee, Edward Digges, had been made governor in 1655.

John Walker says the first house Thomas built was a 2 story brick home with port holes to shoot Indians, wolves, bears, and panthers. On the hill were the barn now stands was then called Rye Field, now Locust Grove.

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Planters settled upon the high bluffs and used the river as a natural highway with public and private docks running the whole length of the county such as Aylett's, Walker's (Chatham Hill), Walkerton, Locust Grove, Mantapike, Melrose, and West Point.

He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1661 to 1676.

Thomas married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]

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