The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

Il ssISss No have delayed IN giving this most
{ si,nnin.ortant and historic family. hoping to
sobtatn FOR It proper escutcheo on. n lsut al
II ter much search, we fail to connect me
WALKERS Of Virginia directly with any OF
EaSstIe English families OF the peeragc.
5NBurke gives but one family IN his edition
N 81 1855, that Of Sir William Walker time
~ 81 Charles II There are several tratlons
MscbncerninR the English ancestry or ne
sSyValkers Ono. as given in the sase
$s1took, that &"thcy came from o'ailol ".
IL shire, England. about 1850, at an carry
A. rtriod III the history of the colony OF
Thomas Walker is there given en-
rs the first emigrant VINO set t.I.,u, :"
IA loucester county. Va Another version
n NJ given In Dr.. slaughtcrs work. 49,
SSSt.That the ancestors Of the Walker tan NJ.
~ of Dinwidde county, Va, was ROBERT
5of .kingston.' who cmgra,ed
If ran Scotland to Virginia with Two
~ brothers, who settled, respectively, IN
b Brunswick and Albemarle. some 'lll lIa
,5nrior to the Revolution. But lsays
BlF Slaurhter) we are under the impr ssion, y
" An 8 Ia i dyent OF the founder of#the
s$famllv q would date from properly the
VIZ vi iniddla.$of the seventeenth century az
sSssIn,hich & period grants to same appear III
sEVirrin,a land office, showing that Lieu
H. tenant Colonel Thomas Walker was then
h prominent in State annals. =. & ,.,l
MA on tiha other hand, Sir Bernard Burke
M lives the lineage Of the English fanny
"a 4 from Sir William Walker. second sen
SSss$ IL Sir Waiter Walker, knit. of "Bilshey
g3aaIIall., In Mlddlesexa county, LII D., 40.
yaS,ocate TO Catherine, queen consort OF
MI t.harlas Ii I, He Ralso n speaks OF Johh
NJ IYalker, i whose only surviving son was
& Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, OF l4l LIN 4
js}shire. . S -, l.,
8S5IE Each OF these versions may be partially
al correct, for 1t seems certain n there were e.
three 81 the name to come over, quite
I'D aap,r1v 2 ebert. Thomas and j ohm. proba-
ri blysiat different times, and settled re-
AL = lively In the counties Of BRUNSWICK.
igf King = IA Queen and iAlbemarle. We Will
AS FOLLOW first the issue OF Colonel Robert
IL Walker, of Dinwiddie. 4. y,
ss3;;s5 r ebert Walker married about 1746, Eliz-
5s abe til starke, whose mother was a
# Boiling. Issue:
\ 1st. Robert ., graduated NJ. D. at col
leEes In London, Edinburg and Paris.
II Had an eminent and remarkholy success
5S full practice married late In life widow,
q and died about 1920, without issue.
I'd. Richard, 2, emlgrated to Tennessee,
N but returned to Virginia and settled a
Forrest. Bedford county; married late
S9s3i Il Elife a Mrs -- Eppes, and had one
daughter a life long invalid, who died
1854; he died 1898
Sd. David. 2. Walker. NJ. D.. Of Peters
burg; married Dorthea Grammar who
died about 1920; no issue.
s 4th. Boiling, 2 Walker served IN war 1872
as captain OF company which ne raised
and equipped at his own expense lie dled
at Norfolk, 1872.
"a 9Th. Freeman. 2. Walker, emigrated to
4 the West. ~,
sth starke, 2, Walker died young: A
portrait left Of him. 7.,5,t,
3; i. 18th, Louisa. O. Walker, married Thomas
(his first wife) issue William, 3,
land Robert, 3, M Do, who went to Ala
IS bama.
a6 Sth.E Martha, ., Walker. married Richard
Barton. of Springfield, near Winchester,
Va; Issue David, 8, lawyer of Win
chester: Robert Penn. 8, on. D., of
N Rockbridge county Va.
.s5 9Th, Mary, 2. Walker, married John Bell
M Of Ireland. an educated and accomplished
III man; resided at Petersburg. and then at
" Richmond, Va, as a prominent tobacco
mist, owning large shipping business.
B His large fortune he lost In a few years
before his death. by adverses His widow
married twice afterwards; LIST to Edmund
\ Rooter: I'd TO DR.. Robt. 3. Starke, OF
Norfolk, Va
17so. married 10th July, 1901 Philip HaXall.
and died 18th March, 1867.
Next we take the descent Of Thomas
u Walker, of King and Queen. He was
probably a grandson of the first Thomas
Il Walker, Of Gloucester county. The fol-
4 lowing is taken from the family Bible,
printed 1850. being the children of
Thomas Walker and - Peachy. his
wife. They were aatred5, Goth septem-5
/ ,A,
'My dafter, Mary Peachy Walker. was
A borne We first cure of We 3Oth day OF
Janeoary. 1910; baptised the day followg,
+, ye S1st.
z John Walker borne We Goth April, at
five, I'LL.
Thomas Walker borne Jan'y ye 25,
l715.
MARY Peachy Walker, married May
We 18th. In the year OF our Lord 1882;
John Walker, married 9th Nov, 1875.
Miss Baylor of Essex county. Virginia,
and had three children-Baylor Walker,
a son; Susannah Walker, Elizabeth Walk
err" 4
We gather further concerning the above
3 children that Mary Peachy Walker be-
came the wife of DR., George Glmer OF
Williamsburg, Va, who had Dr. George
Climber. Of Pen Park, Albemarle, who
was grandfather Of Governor Thomas
Walker Gilmer, also Of Albemarle.
John Walker was the eldest son, He |
married. but his Wife and children are
not known. His descendants lived In
King and Queen county, OF whom DR..
Bernard Walker was prominent repre-
sentative; also DR. Walker A. Halves, OF
New York, formerly of Virginia.
Thomas Walker, the second SON. moved
to Albemarle county; married, first. l7Al,
Mrs. Mildred Crhornton) Mcriwether
widow of Nicholas Medwether. second.
by whom issue. Second. he married
Elizabeth Thornton, first cousin OF his
former wife, by whom no Issue. He
became more noted than any of the fam
q lily; he studied medicine, but did little
practice He built the first house at
the celebrated family seat, Albemarle,
some OF the old original building, still
y standing In rear OF the modern Castle
HILL" a picture of which is given.
1t Ia said he was probably the first
white man to enter Kentucky. He became
famous for his popularity among the
Indians, and was employed by the gov