564. John PIERSOL
Sources:
Abbrev: History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England andAmerica; Clarence E. Pearsall, Editor 1928 Title: History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England andAmerica; Clarence E. Pearsall, Editor 1928
Abbrev: Ancestral File ver 4.16 Title: Ancestral File ver 4.16
864. John WALKER Jr.
John Walker (2), born in Wigton, Scotland, married Katherine Rutherford January 07,1702,in Scotland. From Scotland he moved his family and settled near the town of Newry, Ireland. He and family with three of his brother Alexander's children left Strangford bay in May 1726 (another record says 28 or 30 on board a vessel commanded by Richard Walker, and landed in Maryland August 02. He transported his family and settled in Chester Co., Pa., where he died in September, 1734; his wife died in 1738; both buried at Nottinghan Meeting House in Chester Co., Pa.
"Most of the family left Pa. And settled in Rockbridge and adjointing counties in Virginia. John Walker contemplated such a move, and had been to Virginia a short time previous to his death and selected a farm upon which he erected a small building." --Aunt Emma White "Descendants of John Walker (page 3)
This is somewhat misleading as it implies that John 11 settled in Rockbridge. There is no evidence for that, and in deed, the area now known as Rockbridge did not begin to receive settlers until after John 11's death in 1734.
It is more likely that if John 11 actually visited the Virginia area, his homestead was futher north, perhaps north of Staunton.
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From an unpublished manuscript "Indian Atrocities Along the Clint, Powell and Holston Rivers"
Walker Family
Indian Tragedies Against the Walker Family By Emory L. Hamilton John Walker and his wife Katherine Rutherford, first lived at Wigton, Scotland, later moving to Newry, Ireland, from whence they sailed from Strangford Bay in May 1726, landing in Maryland in August of that year. Soon he was settled in Chester Co., PA, where he died in 1734.His wife, Katherine died the same year. Most of the family of John Walker, the immigrant, moved from Pennsylvania and settled in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties in Virginia, and from there they scattered westward....
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898. Samuel WADDY
Could be the Samuel Waddy born 1653-54 York, VA.
May have had son born Samuel Waddy 1682.