Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few allied families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902

1902·34.7 MB·English

by  White, Emma Siggins, 1857-

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GENEALOGY
OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WALKER
WIGTOISr. SCOTLAND,
WITH RECORDS OFA FEW
ALLIED FAMILIES.
AI^SO WAR RECORDS AND SOME FRAGMENTARY NOTES
PERTAINING TO THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.
1600-1902.
Emma Siggins ^Vhtte,
KANSASCITY,MO.
PRESS OF
Tibrnan-Dart PrintingCompany.
1902.
EnteredaccordingtoActofCongress,intheyear1902,by
EMMA SIGGINS WHITE,
In theofficeoftheLibrarianofCongress, atWashington.
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MY DEAR HUSBAIS^D.
W^ITHOTJT W^HOSE HELPAND ENCOURAGEMENT IT
COUIiD NEVER HAVE BEEN W^RITTEN.
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED.
M
E. S.W.
EXPLANATIONS.
In preparing and arranging this work I have endeavored to give
all information attainable in connection with each and every person
whose name appears in the book, and have tried to leave out every-
thing of a merely traditional character, confining myself strictly to
the statement of facts.
InseveralinstanceswherecollateralnamesappearIhavedigressed
andgivensomethingoftheirhistorypriortothetimeoftheirmarry-
ingintothisfamily.
Ihavemadeuseofnounusualabbreviations. Eachdirectdescend-
ant ofJohnWalkerofWigtonwhenfirst mentioned is given a num-
ber,the+markfollowingthenameindicatesthattheyaretobemen-
tioned again, in which case the name will be followed by its proper
number in parenthesis. Whereno such mark appears all that could
be learned of theirhistory appears in the birthnotice.
Where collateral records are given the names appearing in these
recordsaredesignatedbytheletters ofthe alphabet.
In designatinggenerations,unless otherwise stated, they runback
to the two sons of John Walker of Wigton, each one of whom is
markedNo. 1 asbeingthe firstofhisparticularline.
A complete index to the names appearing in this work will be
foundintheback.