Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Walker 
Birth15 May 1604, Cowfold, Essex, England
Death1647, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Spouses
Birth7 feb 1612/13, Alford, Lincoln, England
Deathbef 2 Apr 1654, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Marriageca 1629, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Notes for John Walker
Freeman of Boston (Roxbury) 14 May 1634.
Went with William Coddington and other
Ann Hutchinson sympathizers to Aqueneck, RI.
Portsmouth in 1638
1637, 20 Nov: John WALKER was in the list of men to be disarmed as an adherent of Anne HUTCHINSON. He is placed near the end of the list not far from John COMPTON and William FREEBORN, who had arrived at Roxbury in 1634. None of these 3 men appears in Boston records, giving rise to the speculation that they had recently been drawn to Boston by the teachings of Anne HUTCHINSON, but had not had time to join the church, acquire land, or otherwise take part in town activities. Many of these men and their families, including William FREEBORN, went on to found Portsmouth, RI, in the following year.
1647/8, 18 Mar: John WALKER of Portsmouth wrote his will. Named my wife Kathrine WALKER as sole executor. Gave to daughter Mary WALKER 20 acres of land at the upper end of my lot. Gave to my daughter SANDS 20 acres of land beginning next to Mr. BROWNING's at the seaside and from thence up to the mill path, and there to butt against my daughter Mary's 20 acres, and if she die childless, then this 20 acres shall fall unto her husband James SANDS & his heirs. The work my son-in-law James SANDS is now doing he shall have the benefit of it as we have formerly agreed. My house with the land that is left shall be my wife's for her lifetime and after her decease to fall to my two daughters to be equally divided between them. My daughter Mary's land shall fall unto her at her marriage or at 20 years of age if she marry not before. Signed his will by mark. Wits. William FREEBORNE.
(2d) 1656, 3 Dec: The proprietors of Portsmouth, RI ordered that William EARL and James SANDS shall have 50 acres of land, it being an old grant to John WALKER deceased.
(2c) 1671, 16 Dec: Will recorded.
Went with William Coddington and other
Ann Hutchinson sympathizers to Aqueneck, RI.
Portsmouth in 1638
1637, 20 Nov: John WALKER was in the list of men to be disarmed as an adherent of Anne HUTCHINSON. He is placed near the end of the list not far from John COMPTON and William FREEBORN, who had arrived at Roxbury in 1634. None of these 3 men appears in Boston records, giving rise to the speculation that they had recently been drawn to Boston by the teachings of Anne HUTCHINSON, but had not had time to join the church, acquire land, or otherwise take part in town activities. Many of these men and their families, including William FREEBORN, went on to found Portsmouth, RI, in the following year.
1647/8, 18 Mar: John WALKER of Portsmouth wrote his will. Named my wife Kathrine WALKER as sole executor. Gave to daughter Mary WALKER 20 acres of land at the upper end of my lot. Gave to my daughter SANDS 20 acres of land beginning next to Mr. BROWNING's at the seaside and from thence up to the mill path, and there to butt against my daughter Mary's 20 acres, and if she die childless, then this 20 acres shall fall unto her husband James SANDS & his heirs. The work my son-in-law James SANDS is now doing he shall have the benefit of it as we have formerly agreed. My house with the land that is left shall be my wife's for her lifetime and after her decease to fall to my two daughters to be equally divided between them. My daughter Mary's land shall fall unto her at her marriage or at 20 years of age if she marry not before. Signed his will by mark. Wits. William FREEBORNE.
(2d) 1656, 3 Dec: The proprietors of Portsmouth, RI ordered that William EARL and James SANDS shall have 50 acres of land, it being an old grant to John WALKER deceased.
(2c) 1671, 16 Dec: Will recorded.