Bolton market
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
HENRY AND ELIZABETH WALKER
Henry Walker was christened 13 March 1625 in Bolton, the son of
Henry Walker. He married Elizabeth.
Elizabeth died 15 December 1666, and was buried 16 December 1666
in Bolton.
Henry married again to Dorothy Goorce of Little Leaver 2 September
1667 in Bolton.
\
Henry died and was buried 14 March 1677/8 in Bolton.
He left a will proven in 1678:
In the name of God amen, [torn] I Henry Walker of Bolton
le Mores in the county of Lancaster [torn] being sicke and
weake in bodie but thanks be to God of sounde & pfect minde
& remembrance doe make & declare this my last will &
testament in manner & forme following And first &
principally I commit & comend my soul into the hands of
Almighty God my creator hopeing & assuredly believing to bee
saved through the mercy of the passion & death & merits
of my blessed Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ, and my bodie
to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried a decent
& Christian manner. And as for my worldly estate which it
hath pleased the Lord to lend me it is my will & mynd &
I doe dispose of the same as is hereafter that my just due debts
& funerall expences bee paid & discharged out of my
whole estate. And whereas it was my promysse to leave unto Dorathy
my now wyfe the sume of 30 li at my decease in liew of all
if shee could clayme with which shee was contented &
promyssed to accept off, It is herefor my will & mynd &
I doe hereby give & bequeath unto her the sume of 30 li upon
condicon that shee then release & relinquish all her tytle
clayme & intrest to all & every other pt of my reale
& psonall estate, or otherwyse shee not to have the said
30li nor any pt thereof,; but to have only such pt of my estate
as falls unto her by law. Item whereas I have formerly given
unto my daughter Ann (now wyfe of Thomas Grundie) one
messuage or dwellinge house with appurtenances in which there is
two lives or being which was a full pporcon of my estate & a
competent porcon for her I doe give unto the said Thomas &
Ann his wyfe each of them twelve pence & to my grandson
Thomas Grundy there child twelve pence in full of all
other the clymes & demands whatsoever. Item I give &
bequeath all the rest & remainder of my psonal estate unto my
son Henry Walker; And as touchinge my land & tenement
or other my real estate it is will & mynd & I doe hereby
setle & dispose of the same as is hereafter mentioned
to with unto my son Henry Walker & to the heires of his
bodie. And for want of such heires, then to my daughter Ann
& to the heires of her bodie. And for default of such issue
then to the right heires of mee the said Henry Walker for ever.
And lastly I do constitute ordayne & make my beloved frends
Doctor James Grundie of Great Lever & John Johnson the elder
of Halliwell in the countie aforesaid, my lawfull executors to
execute this my last will & testament accordinge to the true
meaneing hereof as my trust is in them reposed. And I desire my
good friend Mr. Roger Thropp of this towne to bee overseer of
this my sd will & testament & to bee assistance to my
execotors in the lawfull executon of the same. In wittness
whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale, the day &
yeare abovesaid.
Henry Walker his marke
Sealed signed published & declared in psence of John
Brooks Henry Wright
The mark and seal of Henry Walker on his will
Dorothy died as a widow 1 February 1681/2 in Bolton.
Henry, Jr. and Elizabeth had the following children:
*1. Elizabeth, born 4 February 1654 in Bolton; christened
12 February 1654 in Bolton; married Thomas Haslam 30 December 1672
in St. Peter, Bolton.
Baptism record for Elizabeth Walker in Bolton: "Eliz Walker d.
of Hen: of Boulton borne the 4th of ffebruary - bapt 12"
2. Ann, born 11 February 1655 in Bolton; christened 17
February 1655 in Bolton; married Thomas Grundie.
3. John, born 11 September 1658 in Bolton; christened 19
September 1658 in Bolton; buried 28 December 1658 in Bolton.
4. John, born 21 December 1660 in Bolton; christened 23
December 1660 in Bolton; buried 1 October 1661 in Bolton.
5. Henry, born 2 May 1663 in Bolton; christened 3 May 1663
in Bolton.
Henry and Dorothy had the following children:
6. Elizabeth, christened 12 July 1668 in Bolton; buried
29 December 1668 in Bolton.
7. (stillborn) buried 24 August 1670 in Bolton.
SOURCE: Bolton parish register on CD; Bolton parish register,
www.ancestry.com.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
HENRY WALKER
Henry Walker of Bolton was born in about 1600 of Bolton, the son
of Thomas and Eliabeth Walker.
Henry died and was buried 18 January 1634 in Bolton.
'
His wife, name unknown, was buried 29 August 1640 in Bolton; "Uxor
Henery Walker de Boltonn".
Henry and his wife had the following children:
1. Richard, christened 1 July 1622 in Bolton; "of Littel
Boulton".
*2. Henry, christened 13 March 1625 in Bolton, "of
Boulton".
Christening record for Henry Walker: "Henery Walker de
Boulton filia Henery - 13"
3. (Infant), "A child of Henry Walker" was buried 14 Apr 1624 in Bolton.
4. Alice, christened 11
February 1626 in Deane "Alica filia Henrici Walker pochia de
Boulton".
5. (Infant), "infans Henery Walker de Bolton" buried 17
December 1629.
SOURCE: Bolton parish register on CD; Bolton parish register,
www.ancestry.com; Deane parish register; www.ancestry.co.uk.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
THOMAS AND ELIZABETH WALKER
