ID: I25928
Name: Alexander WALKER
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1714 in Malaine, County Down, North Ireland
Death: 1 MAY 1775 in Metal, Path Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Burial: Low Path Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Emigration: 1737 From Ireland
Note: From the American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, PA, complied by Virginia Shannon Fendick: p 271
ALEXANDER WALKER
Pioneer, with his wife Mary, came from North Ireland in 1737, settled at the Forks of the Brandywine. In 1761, they came to Path Valley settling in what is now Metal Twp., at a big spring, where he, Alexander, gave the land for the first church and graveyard. He died May 1, 1775, his wife Mary having died Oct. 16, 1774. They had five sons: (1) John mar. Miss McGuire and moved to Burnt Cabins. (2) James, an Indian Captive, died 1788. (3) Robert, unmar. died 1778. (4) David mar. Miss Elliott, moved to Burnt Cabins. (5) Samuel mar. Mary Noble. From: Walker Bible in posession of Mrs. Annie Walker.
Marriage 1
MARY b: ABT 1718 in Malaine, County Down, North Ireland
Children
Robert WALKER b: 1740 James WALKER b: 1742 in Forks of the Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania John WALKER b: 11 JUN 1742 in Forks of the Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania Susanna WALKER b: 1747 in Forks of the Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania David WALKER b: 1749 in Forks of the Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania Samuel WALKER b: 5 MAR 1753 in Forks of the Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania | |