Anne Walker

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Anne (Sheldon) Walker (abt. 1632 - 1716)

Anne Walker formerly Sheldon aka Alger

Born about 1632 in Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England

Daughter of Godfrey Sheldon and Alice (Frost) Sheldon

Sister of William Sheldon, Abraham Sheldon, Anne Sheldon [half], Converse Sheldon, John Sheldon, Sarah Sheldon, Rudolphus Sheldon and Ralph Sheldon

Wife of Arthur Alger — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of Samuel Walker Sr — married about 1676 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Mother of Isaac Walker and Ezekiel Walker

Died 21 Mar 1716 at about age 84 in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 16 Jan 2022 | Created 19 Oct 2010

[NOTE :LNAB It has been assumed that wife Anne, of Arthur Alger, was the sister of Giles Roberts. A more recent article claims Anne was the daughter of Godfrey and Alice (Frost) Sheldon, and a sister-in-law to Giles Roberts. See: Essex Genealogist: V26: 2006: p. 118] Giles Roberts, early of Maine, references to Arthur Alger in his will as his 'brother', as well as in other documents related to Giles sons. It now appears that Giles Roberts had married a Sheldon sister of Ann. She and Arthur were named the caretakers of two of Giles' children in his will. About 1679, Ann released the land's of her brother Giles, to his sons David and Abraham, when they came of age. ]

Biography

Ann, the wife of Arthur Alger, has been shown recently to likely be a daughter of Godfrey and Alice (Frost) Sheldon, of Bakewell, Derby, England. Her birth date is unknown, nor is it known when Ann came to New England. [1] Her husband Arthur Alger is likely the Arthur Alger baptized at Yealmton, Devonshire on August 29, 1622. [2]

It is unknown when she married Arthur Alger, but prior to 1666, when Giles Roberts wrote his will, leaving custody of 3 of his children to the couple. [1] [3]

1651 Arthur and Andrew Alger/Auger purchased of certain Indians about 1000 acres at Scarboro to which tract they gave the name Dunsten. (Later given by Ann to her Walker sons.) [3]
1666: January 25: Giles Robert's wrote his will on this date, and in it he states 2 of his 5 children are now living with 'my brother Arthur Auger.' [3]
1667: June: At the Saco court, Arthur and Andrew Alger agreed to care for the children of Giles Roberts, deceased. [3]
1675: The Alger's removed from their estate at Scarborough to the garrison at Black Point due to the frequent local Indian attacks. [4]
1675: October 9: Accompanied by soldiers including Peter Wittum, the Alger brothers left the garrison and went to their homestead at Dunston to harvest their grain. [4] [5]
1675: October: A few days the brothers returned to Dunston to collect goods, when they were attacked by Indians, Andrew being killed, and Arthur mortally wounded but escaped and retired to Marblehead where he died at the house of William Sheldon (Ann's brother [1]%29 on October 14, 1675. [6] [7] [4]
1678: Samuel Walker signed a deed, and his wife Ann Walker acknowledged her consent. [8]
The nuncupative will of Arthur Alger was proved by witnesses who testified that he disposed of his estate October 14, 1675, in their presence, at the house of William Sheldon and that he gave all his goods to his wife Ann, only that she should pay the children their portions. They had no children of their own, but were caretakers of Giles, Abraham and David Roberts. Administration was granted to the widow June 30, 1676. [3]

Widow Anne, having no children, removed to Marblehead, Massachusetts. [9]

She married Samuel Walker Sr. of Woburn, as his second wife, about 1676 and they had two sons. [3] [1]

Samuel died at Woburn on November 6, 1684, aged about 67. [10]

Ann Alger Walker was appointed as school dame in Woburn in 1686 after her husband Samuel's death. [8] [11]

On May 14,1702, Ann Walker, widow of Samuel Walker and of Arthur Alger, gave by deed to her two sons Isaac and Ezekiel, because of the care of her and in consideration of maintenance during her life, all her land at Scarborough, being 500 acres, which her husband Arthur Alger had bequeathed to her by his will. [Middlesex Deeds]. [3]

Ann died at Woburn on March 21, 1716. [10] [1]

Children

by Samuel Walker

Isaac born Nov. 1, 1677 at Woburn [10] [1]; married Margery Bruce, daughter of George and Elizabeth Bruce, on February 20, 1704; removed on New Hampshire. [3] [8]
Ezekiel born March 5, 1679[10] [1]; died in Boston in December, 1723; married Ruth Cook, daughter of Thomas and Ann Cook of Boston. [3] [8]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Fitzpatrick, Marilyn. Descendents of Godfrey Sheldon: Part 1 in: The Essex Genealogist, Volume 26, 2006, p. 118-21 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.)
↑ Anderson, Robert C. Andrew Alger in: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 27-9 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Putnam, Eben. Giles Roberts of Black Point Maine in: The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 4, December, 1916 Genealogical Magazine Company, Boston, 1916, 15-8
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bodge, Rev. George M. Soldiers in King Philip's War in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 43, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1889, p. 65-6
↑ York Deeds: Volume 13: Folder 21: P. 45-6: in: Maine: Early Wills and Deeds, 1640-1760. CD-ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
↑ Alger, Arthur M. The Alger Family of Maine in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 29, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1875, p. 271
↑ York Deeds, Volume 13, Maine Historical Society, 1904 (Folder 21 p. 67)
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Loring, Arthur and William R. Cutter. Samuel Walker of Woburn and Some of His Descendants in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 57, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 351-2: 354
↑ Collections of the Maine Historical Society. [1st Series, Volume 3] Portland, 1853, p. 105
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Johnson, Edward F., arranger. Wobrun Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages: Part II: Deaths, Andrews & Cutler, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1890
↑ The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860 Samuel Sewall, Charles Chauncy Sewall, Samuel Thompson Wiggin and Lunt, 1868, p. 209-10
See also

Marilyn Fitzpatrick, "Descendants of Godfrey Sheldon: part 1," The Essex Genealogist 26 (2006):118 for "Children of Godfrey^1 Sheldon and Alice Frost," 121 for Anne^2 Sheldon, (Godfrey^1); https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-genealogist-the/i...
Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, in five parts, paginated consecutively (1928-1939), 61 for Lieut. Arthur (4) Alger; digital images, FamilySearch (accessed via Family History Library Catalog, 2014).
Eben. Putnum, "Giles Roberts of Black Point, Maine," The Genealogical Magazine 4 (1916):14-19; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
Book of Eastern Claims, p. 20, reprinted from Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, v. 4-8, S.M. Watson, 1887-1895, p. 75. Link at dcms.lds.org.
Steele & Related Lines Book II (2002) p6
Burial Unknown https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69750595/anne-sheldon-walker

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Anne Sheldon
1627–21 March 1716 (Age 89)
Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

The Life Summary of Anne

When Anne Sheldon was born in 1627, in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, her father, Godfrey Sheldon, was 28 and her mother, Alice Frost, was 27. She married Samuel Walker in 1640, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 March 1716, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 89, and was buried in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Spouse

Samuel Walker
Male
1615–1684

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Male

Anne Sheldon
Female
1627–1716

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Female

Marriage
1640
Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Children
(8)

Samuel Walker Jr
Male
1643–1704

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Male

Joseph Walker
Male
1645–1729

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Male

Hannah Walker
Female
1647–1648

• 

Female

Hannah Walker
Female
1648–1686

• 

Female

Ensign Israel Walker
Male
1648–1719

• 

Male

John Walker
Male
1649–1724

• 

Male

Benjamin Walker
Male
1651–1653

• 

Male

Joseph Walker
Male
1653–Deceased

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Male
Spouse

Arthur Alger
Male
1622–1675

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Male

Anne Sheldon
Female
1627–1716

• 

Female
Parents

Godfrey Sheldon
Male
1599–1671

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Male

Alice Frost
Female
1600–1670

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Female

Siblings
(11)

Sarah Sheldon
Female
1621–1667

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Female

William Sheldon
Male
1622–1691

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Male

Converse Sheldon
Male
1623–1623

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Male

Abraham Sheldon
Male
1624–1645

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Male

Alice Sheldon
Female
1626–1664

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Female

Anne Sheldon
Female
1627–1716

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Female

John Sheldon
Male
1628–1690

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Male

Son Sheldon
Male
1632–1667

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Male

Miss Sheldon
Female
1634–Deceased

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Female

Rudolphus Sheldon
Male
1638–Deceased

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Male

Ralph Sheldon
Male
1640–Deceased

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Male

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 13 2018, 9:13:35 UTC