Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJan 12, 1670, Locust Grove, King & Queen County, Virginia470, Capt Thomas Walker III
BurialWalker Family Cemetery, 6106 Gordonsville Road, Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia470, Capt Thomas Walker III
Birthabt 1686329
FatherThomas WALKER (~1640-1716)
MotherMary JEFFRIES (~1667->1766)
Spouses
MarriageSep 24, 1709, St. Clements Church, Virginia470, Capt Thomas Walker
ChildrenThomas (1709-1793)
 Thomas (1715-1794)
Obituary Online notes for Capt. Thomas WALKER III
Son of John Walker and Rachel Croshaw Walker.

He settled Rye Field (his home) about 1700 which boarded the Mattaponi River for 10 miles.

The shipping port of Walkerton was built there.

He married Mary Susannah Peachy 24 Sept 1709 at St. Clements Church, VA.

Some of his 8 kids who survived were:
Mary Peachy Walker b.1710 who married Dr. Geo Gilmer Sr.;
Sarah Walker who 1st married Lord Wm. Fairfax then Robt. Page;
Dr. James Walker who married Ann Hill of the Carter family;
Mary Jane Walker who married Capt. Thomas Massie;
John Walker b. 1711
and famed explorer Dr. Thomas Walker last born in 1715.

Capt Walker died at Rye Field and was buried there.
470, Capt Thomas Walker III
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