John M. Walker

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ID: I546041822
Name: John M. WALKER
Given Name: John M.
Surname: Walker
Sex: M
Birth: in Wigton,Scotland
Death: Sep 1734 in Chester County Pennsylvania
MARL: 7 Jan 1702 Scotland
Burial: Nottingham Meeting House,Chester County,PA.
Change Date: 18 Dec 2003
Note: Religion - Presbyterian (Scotch

Father: John WALKER
Mother: Jane MCKNIGHT

Marriage 1 Katherine RUTHERFORD b: in Scotland
Note: _STATMARRIED
Children
Alexander WALKER b: 19 May 1716 in Londonerry,Ireland
Elizabeth WALKER b: Apr 1703
John WALKER b: Mar 1705
Thomas WALKER
William WALKER
Jane WALKER b: 1712 in Newery,Ireland
Samuel WALKER b: 25 Dec 1714
Esther WALKER
Joseph WALKER b: 1722
Mary WALKER
James WALKER

John Walker born in Wigtown, Scotland married Katherine Rutherford bornJanuary 7, 1702 in Schotland. From Schotland he moved his family toNewry, Ireland., He and his family and three of his brother Alexander'schildren left Strangford Bay in May 1726 (another record says 1728 or1730) on board a vessel commanded by Richard Walker and landed inMarylnad August 2. He transfereed his family and settled in Chester Co.Pa. where he died in 1734 his wife died in 1738, both are bured inNottingham Meeting House in Chester Penn.
Most of thier family left PA. and settled in Rockbridge cou. VA. andandjoining counties.
John Walker contemplated such a move and had been in VA. a short timeprevious to his death and selected a farm which her erected a smallbuilding.

Private, copmmissary, Greenbriar Militia, Rockbridge County, Virginia

John married Katherine Rutherford, daughter of John Rutherford and Isabella Allen. (Katherine Rutherford was born in Scotland, died in 1738 and was buried in Nottingham Meeting House, Chester County, PA.)