Brief Life History of William Seth
When William Seth Walker was born about 1725, his father, Edward Walker, was 38 and his mother, Deliverance Gaskin, was 38. He married Ann "Nancy" Tripe on 2 April 1752, in Newington, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 December 1769, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: William Seth Walker - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Seth Walker
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Name Meaning
English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English walker, Old English wealcere (an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’), ‘one who trampled cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it, in order to strengthen it’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, c. 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen County, VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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