Capt. John WALKER

1654 -

• Name	John WALKER
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	1654	Gloucester Co. VA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F31A555B379D4F32B378DF1D29983A4D81FE
  Notes	Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1 By MALCOLM HART HARRIS, MD, p. 451 He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1700. Owned land on the Mattoponi River. He was also the sheriff of King and Queen Co. and a Colonel in the county militia. Patented 560 acres next to Maj. Thomas Walker. Donated 40 acres of the Maj. Thomas Walker patent for the town of Walkerton. In old Virginia: slavery, farming, and society in the journal of John Walker By Claudia L. Bushman, John Walker, p.12 1705 Capt. John Walker gave 40 acres to establish the town of Walkerton for the use of the inhabitants. According to the 1704 rent rolls, he owned over 6,000 acres of land. He was the sheriff in 1700 and 1706, served in the House of Burgesses in 1704 and 1705, and served at a Lt. Col. in the county militia. He got another 650 acres next to his father's land on the north side of the river, and calling his estate "Rye Field." [1]
  Person ID	I6430	Master File
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas WALKER,   b. 1625, Staffordshire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F4676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel CROSHAW,   b. 1655
  Children	1. Richard Croshaw WALKER,   b. 1680   2. John WALKER,   b. 1682, King and Queen Co. VA   3. Thomas WALKER,   b. 1684, King and Queen Co. VA ,   d. 1715, Walkerton, King and Queen Co. VA  (Age 31 years) + 4. Dr. James WALKER,   b. 07 Mar 1692, King and Queen Co. VA ,   d. 1727, King and Queen Co. VA  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F4674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Recollections, Bathhurst Browne Bagby, M.D., (The Tidewater Review, West Point, VA), pp. 111-113.