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• Will: 19 May 1708
• Probate: 26 Jan 1710/1

Notes:

Unmarried, childless

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• Birth: 13 Sep 1605, Seaton, Devon, England
• Education: 1618, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; Address:
  enrolled in Emmanuel College
• Education: 1621, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; attended Emmanuel College, completed B.A.
• Education: 1625, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; attended Emmanuel College, completed M.A.
• Immigration: 1635, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1635, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1638, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Notes:

From Findagrave:
This informative bio was posted by the initial Memorialist:

"Rev. William WALTON was born on 13 Sep 1605 in Seaton, Devonshire, England. He died on 6 Nov 1668 in Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a Minister. He married Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of William and Martha (White) Cooke of Stratton, England. William Walton died of apoplexy 9 November 1668 at Marblehead. It is believed his resting place is "Ould Burial Hill. The last official record of Elizabeth was in 1670. She died in 1682 and the final settlement of the property was made 29 March 1685."

Additional biographical information about William Walton, here follows:

William Walton [. . .] was born in Devonshire, England. He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge (degrees in 1621 and 1625) and may have become a separatist minister soon after he left the university. A nineteenth century source (James Savage) states that William Walton was "no doubt ordained" and served at Seaton in Devon. But our source does not specifically state that Walton served as clergy there. [. . .]

William and Elizabeth Walton had nine children.

The Waltons sailed to Massachusetts with other Puritans in what many historians term the "Great Migration" (approximately 1620 – 1634). This movement of several thousand included some propertied families as well as at least a handful of generally well educated male heads of households. William and Elizabeth Walton were among these promising early settlers.[. . .]

If William Walton was ordained in England, he seems to have pursued other activities in Hingham, Lynn, Manchester and Marblehead, MA, where he was living when he died in 1668. James Savage, our nineteenth century source (everyone's source) who says he checked the documents, stated that Walton received a ministerial allowance in Marblehead.

Savage speculates that Walton may have been employed as a teacher during winter months. Savage found William Walton the proprietor of an establishment in Manchester called Jeffery's Cove. These surmises indicate that William and Elizabeth arrived in America without great wealth. (What kinds of activities did the Puritans permit to take place in the Cove?)

Papers filed in probate court in Marblehead, which undertook to settle his intestate property, refer to William as "Mr" Walton and make no references that might infer clerical activities. (But "Mr" was a generally applicable term.) His widow, Elizabeth, was permitted to administer her husband's affairs and was instructed by the court to keep the estate together during her life and to pay William's debts.

After her death, Elizabeth Walton's son, Samuel, together with his brothers and sisters, returned to court in 1683 to affirm that the family had reached agreement among themselves as to the disposition of their parents' possessions. Son Samuel Walton was given a cow and leased another from his siblings, to be paid for from his part of the residue of the estate.[. . .]

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This brief biography has been taken from Volume I of a book of family history entitled ALL OF THE ABOVE I, by Richard Baldwin Cook. For additional information, visit the contributor profile, #47181028.

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DID WILLIAM WALTON COMMEND MEN TO GOD

by

Richard Baldwin Cook
(copyright 2010)

Did William Walton commend men to God?
We check old records which uncertain be.
Faintest paths in England show he trod
Routes of unmastered Pilgrims, to be free.

With two degrees from Cambridge in his cap,
Will Walton in a Seaton pastorate.
No sign there of ejection or mishap,
Our William yet migrated from that state.

Arrived in Boston, 1635
With pinched pocketbook. William always strove
For funds, that Lizbeth and their nine might thrive.
Will forsook church duties, ran Jeffreys Cove.

Pilgrims censured conduct, cite Holy Writ.
What business at the Cove did they permit?

Birth:
Based on his entry into college and his marriage date

Education:
Two degrees

Immigration:
granted land in Hingham in 1635.

Died:
Findagrave lists his death as 6 Nov 1688. Records show it was actually 1668.

William married Elizabeth Cooke on 10 Apr 1627 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Cooke and Martha White) was born in 1602 in Crediton, Devon, England; died in 1682 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

From Findagrave:
This biographical information was added by the first Memorialist, with thanks:

Born about 1602 in Crediton, Devon, England to William & Martha (White) Cooke. Married Rev. William Walton 10 Apr 1627 in Dorchester, Dorset England. Died 1682 or 1683. They had 7 [8 - SEE BELOW] children: John, Elizabeth Conant, Nathaniel, Martha Mountjoy, Samuel, Josiah & Mary Bartlett.
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The following biographical information has been added by Richard Baldwin Cook #29952166:

The parents of Elizabeth Walton were Vicar William Cooke (1562-1616)and Martha White (1577-1649)

The eight children Of Elizabeth and William Walton are

John (1627/8-b/f 1699)
Elizabeth (1629-?)
Martha (1632-?)
Jane (1634-?)
Nathaniel (1636-?)
Samuel (1639-1717)
Josiah (1641-?)
Marie (1644-?)

Elizabeth Cooke Walton immigrated to Massachusetts with her husband, probably in the early 1630s. The family settled in Marblehead by 1637.

Elizabeth's son, Samuel, married Sara Maverick (1630-1714), daughter of Elias Maverick (c. 1604-1680) and Anna Harris (c. 1613-1697).

Elizabeth may have been buried in the Old Burial Hill Cemetery.

NOTE ON SOURCES:

Walton children transcribed by A Morrow, posted at Roots Web - search "Connections Morrow, Porter, Sanders, etc" - this source credits: Essex Court Files at Salem, MA, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co, MA, Salem: Essex Institute, 1911,(NEHGS). With thanks!

All other biographical information has been taken from the book, ALL OF THE ABOVE I (Nativa 2007. 2009) by Richard Baldwin Cook (#47181028).

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• Education: 1587, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; attended Magdalen College, graduated with Masters Degree
• Occupation: 1589, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; lecturer at Magdalen College
• Occupation: 1598, Crediton, Devon, England; became second vicar
• Will: 7 Feb 1615, Crediton, Devon, England
• Death: Bef 4 Apr 1615, Crediton, Devon, England
• Probate: 26 Jun 1615, Crediton, Devon, England

Notes:

From Findagrave:
William Cooke was apparently born in Dorset, but his birth record has not been found. He attended Magdalen College, Oxford and graduated in 1587 with a masters degree. Cooke was a non-conformist. The Queen wrote a letter to the Fellowes of Magdalen, commanding them to elect Nicholas Bond as President. Twelve of the Fellows, including Cooke, petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury on behalf of the non-conformist candidate, Ralph Smith, who was elected. This displeased the Queen and the election was overturned. In 1589, Cooke was a lecturer at Magdalen and was given a year's leave to preach in Wales.

In 1598, he resigned from the college and became the second vicar of Crediton, Devon. He had been the vicar's preacher for two years before that. He married Martha White of Stanton St. John, Oxford, daughter of John White, gentleman, on April 27, 1597 at Stockton, Wiltshire. The rector of Stockton was John Terry, husband of Martha's sister Mary. As vicar of Crediton, he became one of the twelve governors of Crediton. William and Martha had seven children, all probably born at Crediton.

William wrote his will on February 7, 1615 and it was proved on June 26, 1615. The parish register for that year is in very poor conition and the exact date of Williams' death is unknown. His successor as vicar was instituted on April 4, 1615 indicating William's death before that date. As vicar, William would have been buried in the churchyard of Holy Cross Church in Crediton.

William married Martha White on 27 Apr 1597 in Stockton, Wiltshire, England. Martha (daughter of John White) was born in 1575 in Stanton Saint John, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died in 1650 in England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Findagrave:
BIOGRAPHY OF MARTHA WHITE, Sister of John White the Patriarch of Dorchester

Martha was born about 1575, possibly in Stanton St. John, Oxford, England. According to her marriage record in Stockton, Wiltshire, she was the daughter of John White, gentleman, of Stanton St. John. Martha's husband was William Cooke, soon to become the vicar of Crediton, Devon. The rector of Stockton, where they were married, was John Terry, husband of Martha's sister, Mary.

Martha and William had seven children, all born in Crediton. William died in Crediton between February and April of 1615. Marftha remained a widow until sometime between 1620 and 1627, when she married a man named Moore. The will of her sister Mary Terry, dated 1637, names her sister Martha Moore as well as niece Elizabeth Walton. Martha was still living in 1649 when her brother John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester named her in his will.

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