Richard WALKER^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1634 - 1683  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Richard WALKER
  Born	Abt 1634	of Smarden
  Gender	Male
  Buried	13 Feb 1683	Bethersden, Kent, England   [3]
  Person ID	I3973	Young Kent Ancestors
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard WALKER,   b. Abt 1604, Of Marden, Kent, England
  Mother	Sara MASON,   b. Abt 1611, Of Marden, Kent, England
  Family ID	F5909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CHAPMAN,   b. Abt 1635, of High Halden
  Married	28 Jun 1655	Cranbrook, Kent, England?
  Notes	First name(s) Richard Last name Walker Marriage year 1655 Marriage day 28 Marriage month Jun Marriage place Cranbrook Groom's first name Richard Groom's last name Walker Groom's occupation Cardmaker Groom's residence Smarden Bride's first name Elizabeth Bride's last name Chapman Bride's marital status Spinster Bride's residence High Halden County Kent Record source Cranbrook marriages 1559-1837 Record set Kent Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Record collection Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
  Children	1. Cecily WALKER,   b. 25 Sep 1655,   bur. 19 Sep 1750, High Halden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 94 years)   2. George WALKER,   b. Abt 1661,   bur. 25 May 1743, Pluckley, Kent, England  (Age ~ 82 years)   3. Richard ^ WALKER,   c. 10 Aug 1668, Bethersden, Kent, England ,   bur. 3 Apr 1671, Bethersden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 2 years)   4. Nicholas WALKER,   b. May 1668, Bethersden, Kent, England ,   d. 30 Mar 1740, Bethersden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 71 years)   5. Elizabeth ✝ WALKER,   c. 1 Oct 1671, Bethersden, Kent, England ,   bur. 8 Mar 1680, Bethersden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 8 years)   6. Martha WALKER,   c. 29 Oct 1674, Bethersden, Kent, England
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Calendar of Assize records: Kent indictments, Charles II, 1676-1688 By J. S. Cockburn p 9 assizes 35/117/5, entry number 40. Indictment of John Laney of Bethersden, labourer, for highway robbery. On 5 Nov. 1675 he assaulted John Walker in the highway at Bethersden and stole from him 27s. in money. [endorsed[ Thomas Paine. True bill. Not guilty. [m. 73]

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Hearth Tax Returns, 1664, 16 Aug 1664. Assessed: Walker, Richard, 2 hearths, Chargeable, resides Rumden Borough, parish of Bethersden Original hearth tax assessments were conducted on Lady Day, i.e. 25 March, 1664. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), PRC/17/76/93c, 1682, 8 Mar 1682/1683. IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, this is the last Will and Testament of me, RICHARD WALKER, of Bethersden, in the County of Kent, churgun [sic: surgeon?] hereby revoking and disannulling all other and former Wills and Testaments whatsoever made and ordained the seventh day of February in the five and thirtieth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., and in the year of our Lord God 1682/3 in manner and form following (viz) First, I commend my soul to God who inspired it, my body to the earth, there to be decently interred, according to the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named, Item I do will and devise unto my two grandsons WILLIAM and RICHARD SMALL five pounds a piece of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto them severally, within three months after my Executrix decease, Item I do will and devise unto my daughter CICELIA SMALL the wife of WILLIAM SMALL of Halden, in the County of Kent, victualler, the sum of ten pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her within three months after my Executrix decease, to be paid by my sons GEORGE and NICHOLAS WALKER, and in case my grandchild or daughter SMALL shall happen to die before the said Executrix then their said sums to come unto the said WILLIAM SMALL to be used by him so long as he lives and then to return unto my said sons GEORGE and NICHOLAS and my daughter MARTHA to be equally divided betwixt them. Item I do give and devise unto my daughter MARTHA WALKER the sum of twenty pounds of good and lawful money of England for her person to be paid unto her at her age of one and twenty years, or day of marriage which shall first happen, and if my Executrix do in the meantime with the interest and profits of the said monies take care to bring up my said daughter MARTHA, and in case the said MARTHA should die before she accomplish either the age of twenty-one years, or the day of her marriage, I will that the said twenty pounds be divided in equal portions betwixt my sons GEORGE and NICHOLAS WALKER and my said daughter CICELIA SMALL, and paid to them within three months after the decease of my said Executrix, to be paid by the said GEORGE and NICHOLAS WALKER. Item my will and meaning is that my dear wife ELIZABETH WALKER, be the sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, Item I do give and devise unto my said wife my dwelling house with all other buildings together with one acres of ground adjoining to the said house, which is situated in the parish of Bethersden aforesaid with the appurtenances and all so all my goods moveable and immoveable, leases, debts, bonds, bills, household stuff, books, plate, ready money, cattle and chattels whatsoever (not hereinbefore in this my Will given) and after my said Executrix decease all and every part of my said estate as aforesaid to be equally divided between my sons GEORGE and NICHOLAS WALKER. In witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. SIGNED and SEALED in the presence of Robert Stonehouse the mark of Richard "RW" Walker Richard Finch Izabell Chapmon her mark Octavo die Martii 1682 uixa etc coram viro Willimo Lovelace Clico etc Surro etc p[raese]nte me Probatum etc jurante ELIZABETHAE WALKER relce dci defci et Excis in eod Teste noiat ac inde approbat etc omisqm etc conidsen fuit prfat etc pruis in debita juris forma ad sa etc jurat salvo jure etc. [S33] Bishop's Transcript, England, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Bethersden, Kent, England, LDS Film #1751588, 13 Feb 1682/1683. Described as being a "householder" on the burial entry.