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Robert Walker 1608 – 1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Feb 1608

Birth Location: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 29 May 1687

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Thomas Backbarrowbridge

Mother: Margaret Bardsley

Spouse(s): Sarah Legar

Children(s): Elisha Walker

Robert Walker was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1608, to Thomas Samuel Walker of Backbarrowbridge and Margaret Bardsley. Later in life, Robert Walker married Sarah Leager Legar; among their children were Elisha Walker. Robert Walker died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, 1687.

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Parents

Thomas Backbarrowbridge
1570 – 1612
Birth Location: Backbarrowbridge, Manchester, Lancashire, England
TB
Margaret Bardsley
1575 – 1609
Birth Location: Manchester, Lancashire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Sarah Legar
1611 – 1695
Birth Location: Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England
SL

Children(s)

Elisha Walker
1635 – 1678
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
EW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Feb 1608
    Event Place: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: May 1606
    Event Place: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 1607/1608
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 21 Feb 1608
    Event Place: Manchester Cathedral,Manchester,Lancashire,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: May 1606
    Event Place: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 21 Feb 1607
    Event Place: Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1635
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1632
    Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1632; Page Number: 70

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1632
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Recor

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 May 1687
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 16 May 1687
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850

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