The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-22
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in this country-Lewis Walker-came
over from Wales in 1886, and arrived
in Pennsylvania in 1857, after q tedi-
Gus passage of thirteen months. Lewis
was a young man and bachelor, and
he first met Mary Morris, the English
girl whom he afterwards married, on
the ship that brought them across the
ocean.
Lewis Walker bought several acres
of land in Radnor, one of the earliest
settlements in Pennsylvania. I've Rad
nor Meeting Book of Marriages has
recorded, Lewis Walker, bachelor, and
Mary Morris, spinster, married End
mo. 22nd, 1898, at Haverford Meeting
House." The witnesses to the cere-
mony numbered forty-three, a goodly
showing, and all signed the marriage
certificate.
Lewis Walker, after the English
manner, gave name to his new home,
Rehoboth. 1t is a singular coincidence
that the first New England Walkers
settled in Rehoboth, Mass.
Many of the family entered the
ranks and did valiant service in the
colonials war and the Revolution.
Gideon Walker was one.
The original owner of the Valley
Forge was Daniel Walker. 1t was
first called Mount JOY Forge" and
was built by him and two others be-
tween December, 1742, and April
1851.
The Valley Forge property was
originally part of the estate of Letitia
Penn, a gift from her father, William
Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
1t was Penn who named the place
Mount Joy, while a high wooded hill
on the other side of the Valley creek
was called Mount Misery. 1t is said
that Penn gave these names to the
mounts to commemorate the occasion
when he lost his way on Mount
Misery and, after much wandering,
was found on Mount JOY. They are
known by these names to the present
day.
Joseph Walkers house was head
quarters for officers of Washingtons
army when it was at Valley Forge. 10
the soldiers standing guard about the
place, Joseph's wife Sarah was very
kind. ''She had corn mush made Tor
them daily, which her little son car
ried to them, along with milk"
When Sarah Walker died, In 1lsz,
over one thousand people attended her
family Bible.
One tradition which is always re-
peated when there is reunion of the
Walker family, is that though the
marriage of Hannah Walker to sam uel
Evans the family is connected with an
llluStr1OllS line. Ihe Evans, OF r1N"
ap Evan of Wales, trace their descent
back to Mervyn Vrych, King of Man
who married Essylt, daughter OF
King of Wales. Both Mervyn anu
Essylt were descended from Lluu
King of Britain, brother of CaswaIloh'
the chief who resisted Julius Caesar
Another interesting story is that ~, Stie
original of jeanne Deans, In IN, ne
Heart of Mid Lothian" was He ,.a.
Walker, who died in 1871. Sir Waite.
Scott erected a monument to he
memory in the church yard Of iron
grey, Edinburgh. The inscrlptlo"'
which he wrote closes thus: -,
Respect the grave of poverty VIZ VIZ.
combined with love of truth ana oe"'
affection" .-s
The arms OF the Walker family are
erminois on a pile, embattled az.rei
a mural crown. Crest, on the uiui -
crown. or, encircled by wreath AZ
laurel, an ostrich resting the deA rex
foot on a shell. The supporters an
dexter, a lion, regardant, in the niosub'
a broken Flagstaff; sinister, an osIIieN'
Motto, Nil Desperandum.