Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Walker was born on 13 January 1766, in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Walker, was 35 and her mother, Mary Linton, was 27. She married John Townsend on 18 April 1787, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died about July 1847, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Mary Walker, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Mary Walker Junr, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Mary Walker in entry for John Townsend, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
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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