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Richard WALKER

Richard WALKER[1]

Male 1698 - 1744  (~ 46 years)

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  • Name Richard WALKER 
    Christened 20 Mar 1698  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Y  [3] 
    Buried 15 May 1744  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I3981  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2021 

    Father Nicholas WALKER,   b. May 1668, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1740, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth CLARK,   d. 8 Apr 1743, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 May 1697  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F1551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary LEEDS 
    Married 27 May 1740  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), vol. 92, fol. 88., 23 Nov 1740.
      IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, on the 23rd day of November in the fourteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty, I, RICHARD WALKER, of the parish of Bethersden, in the County of Kent, grocer, being in health in body and sound and perfect mind and memory praised be Almighty God for it, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say,

      First and principally I commend my Soul into hands of Almighty God that gave it hoping through the merits death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life and bliss and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter mentioned, and as touching all my temporal estate that it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow on me I order and dispose thereof as follows:

      I give and bequeath unto JOHN WALKER of New Romney, son of my brother JOHN WALKER of New Romney, deceased, one silver tobacco box marked on the bottom with RICH'D WALKER and one silver watch that I bought of my sister MARGARET WILKER [sic].

      I also give and bequeath unto my dear wife, MARY WALKER, all that one messuage and tenement together with one yard orchard and gardens thereunto belonging where I now dwell lying in Bethersden Street and also all the rest of my moveable goods and chattles whatsoever it hath please God to bestow on me and debts to me owing after all my debts and funeral charges are paid unto my dear wife, MARY WALKER aforesaid.

      Also I make, ordain and appoint my dear wife, MARY WALKER, my and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I do revoke and make void all other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made or declared.

      I the said RICHARD WALKER, the Testator, have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal dated the day and year first above written.


      RICHARD WALKER


      SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the said
      RICHARD WALKER, to be his last Will and Testament, in
      the presence of

      SAMUEL WHITE, JOHN RAMSDEN, ELENOR RAMSDEN

      THE before registered Will of RICHARD WALKER deceased was proved the 24th day of July 1744 before the Rev'd William Gostling, Clerk, lawful Surrogate to the Worshipful Edward Simpson, doctor of laws, official general to the Right Rev'd the Archdeacon of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of MARY WALKER, relict of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration of the goods, etc of the deceased was committed, she being first sworn duly to execute the same.

    2. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1751588, Bethersden, Kent, 20 Mar 1698.

    3. [S82] Monumental Inscription, Leland Duncan, (England, Kent: Kent Archaeological Society, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk), M.I. Entry #115, Bethersden, Kent, 8 Apr 1743.
      Nicolas WALKER of this parish March ye 30, 1740 aged 72. Elizabeth his wife April ye 8, 1743 aged 71. Left issue 3 sons and 1 daughter of whom onely Nicolas and Elizabeth are surviving.

    4. [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 #1751588, 15 May 1744.
      Mr. Richard Walker

    5. [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, 27 May 1697.
      both of Bethersden

    6. [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, 27 May 1740.
      Mary Leeds described as being a widow.


  

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