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It is certain that Walker's wife's name was Katherine, he mentions her by that name in his will: "my wife Katerine Walker", but no evidence has ever been produced identifying her as a Hutchinson. Lots of speculation, but no /evidence/.
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Torrey: "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
WALKER, John (-1647) & ?[Katherine]/?Hannah _____ (not HUTCHINSON); by 1630?, by 1638?, by 1625?; Roxbury/ Portsmouth, RI {NYGBR 43:293; Austin's Dict. 214; Wilcox (1943) 43, 144; Salem 1:392?; Crapo 417, 877; Cornell 381; Clark (#9) 59; Earle 23; Walker (1861) 402; Perry (#1) 17; Selleck 59; Dillon Anc. 57, 65; Ring-Mailer 319-21}
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Anderson: The Great Migration Begins:
JOHN WALKER
ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1633 FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury REMOVES: Boston by 1637, Portsmouth 1638
BIRTH: By about 1603 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Portsmouth after 18 March 1647[/8] (date of will).
MARRIAGE: By about 1628 Katherine _____. "_____ Walker the wife of John Walker" was admitted to Roxbury church as member #101 [ RChR 80], which would be late in 1633 or early in 1634. She died after 18 March 1647[/8] and before 2 April 1654.
CHILDREN:
i SARAH, b. say 1628; m. by 1648 James Sands.
ii MARY, b. say 1634; m. by 1654 William Earle.
COMMENTS: John Walker was in the list of men to be disarmed 20 November 1637 as adherents of Anne Hutchinson [MBCR 1:212]. That this is the same as the Roxbury man is suggested by his placement near the end of the list, not far from John Compton and William Freeborn, who had arrived at Roxbury in 1634. None of these three men appears in Boston records, giving rise to speculation that they had been recently drawn to Boston by the teachings of Anne Hutchinson, but had not had time to join the church, acquire land, or otherwise take part in town activities. Many of these men and their families, of course, including also William Freeborn, went on to found Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in the following year.
-R.
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