Brief Life History of Gideon
When Gideon Walker was born on 13 September 1763, in Newington, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, William Seth Walker, was 39 and his mother, Ann "Nancy" Tripe, was 35. He married Lydia Watson on 11 March 1789, in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 May 1829, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Gideon Walker - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gideon Walker
- Gideon Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Walker in entry for William S. Walker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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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