When William Walters was born on 4 May 1776, in Tiverton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Walters, was 35 and his mother, Joan Anstey, was 26. He married Susanna Chave on 9 June 1807, in Sampford Peverell, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 28 April 1851, at the age of 74.
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English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
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