Timothy Walker was born July 26, 1718 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts the son of Timothy Walker and his wife, Grace (Child) Walker. This is the date recorded in the Rehoboth, Massachusetts Vital Records, page 761. His grave marker records his birth as taking place on July 18, 1718.
He responded to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775 and was engaged to command what was known as Walker's Regiment, or the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, on April 24, 1775 (in July the regiment became known as the 22nd in the Army of the United Colonies). He served in the area around Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He represented Rehoboth in the General Court, 1757-1759, and was a representative from Rehoboth to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. He served extensively in many capacities during the American Revolution.
It was written of him,
"He was greatly esteemed for his uprightness, benevolence, hospitality and public spirit. It was his custom to go on horseback every year, and invite personally all his children and grand children [sic], to the "Thanksgiving Festival," in the old Mansion." (Walker, page 129)
The "old mansion" survives to this day and is located at 432 Massassoit Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. A change in state boundaries in the nineteenth century meant the heart of old Rehoboth, Massachusetts is now located in what is known as East Providence, Rhode Island. The house is popularly known in the area as the Philip Walker House. Ownership remained in the Walker family until 1982 when Colonel Timothy Walker's descendant, Faith Shedd Potter, transferred ownership to the Heritage Foundation of Rhode Island, now Preserve Rhode Island, Incorporated.
Dendrochronological testing indicates the house was built about 1724 by Colonel Timothy Walker's father, the elder Timothy Walker. It would have been the house in which Colonel Timothy Walker grew up and in which he lived as an adult.
Prior to the dendrochronological testing it had been believed that the house was originally built by Colonel Timothy Walker's great-grandfather, Deacon Philip Walker, in 1679. The 1724 structure was probably built on the site of the earlier house belonging to Deacon Philip Walker that was destroyed during King Philip's War. The house is more properly known as the Walker House and is the oldest house in East Providence and the oldest sawn timber-frame house in Rhode Island.
Sources:
Gardner, Frank A., "Colonel Timothy Walker's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine, volume 3, number 1 (January 1910), pages 25-39.
Walker, J. B. R., Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, Northampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1861, page 129.
For information on the Walker House, see Preserve Rhode Island's website:
https://www.preserveri.org/walker-house
Researched and compiled by Charles Ward
He responded to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775 and was engaged to command what was known as Walker's Regiment, or the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, on April 24, 1775 (in July the regiment became known as the 22nd in the Army of the United Colonies). He served in the area around Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He represented Rehoboth in the General Court, 1757-1759, and was a representative from Rehoboth to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. He served extensively in many capacities during the American Revolution.
It was written of him,
"He was greatly esteemed for his uprightness, benevolence, hospitality and public spirit. It was his custom to go on horseback every year, and invite personally all his children and grand children [sic], to the "Thanksgiving Festival," in the old Mansion." (Walker, page 129)
The "old mansion" survives to this day and is located at 432 Massassoit Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. A change in state boundaries in the nineteenth century meant the heart of old Rehoboth, Massachusetts is now located in what is known as East Providence, Rhode Island. The house is popularly known in the area as the Philip Walker House. Ownership remained in the Walker family until 1982 when Colonel Timothy Walker's descendant, Faith Shedd Potter, transferred ownership to the Heritage Foundation of Rhode Island, now Preserve Rhode Island, Incorporated.
Dendrochronological testing indicates the house was built about 1724 by Colonel Timothy Walker's father, the elder Timothy Walker. It would have been the house in which Colonel Timothy Walker grew up and in which he lived as an adult.
Prior to the dendrochronological testing it had been believed that the house was originally built by Colonel Timothy Walker's great-grandfather, Deacon Philip Walker, in 1679. The 1724 structure was probably built on the site of the earlier house belonging to Deacon Philip Walker that was destroyed during King Philip's War. The house is more properly known as the Walker House and is the oldest house in East Providence and the oldest sawn timber-frame house in Rhode Island.
Sources:
Gardner, Frank A., "Colonel Timothy Walker's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine, volume 3, number 1 (January 1910), pages 25-39.
Walker, J. B. R., Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, Northampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1861, page 129.
For information on the Walker House, see Preserve Rhode Island's website:
https://www.preserveri.org/walker-house
Researched and compiled by Charles Ward
Timothy Walker was born July 26, 1718 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts the son of Timothy Walker and his wife, Grace (Child) Walker. This is the date recorded in the Rehoboth, Massachusetts Vital Records, page 761. His grave marker records his birth as taking place on July 18, 1718.
He responded to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775 and was engaged to command what was known as Walker's Regiment, or the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, on April 24, 1775 (in July the regiment became known as the 22nd in the Army of the United Colonies). He served in the area around Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He represented Rehoboth in the General Court, 1757-1759, and was a representative from Rehoboth to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. He served extensively in many capacities during the American Revolution.
It was written of him,
"He was greatly esteemed for his uprightness, benevolence, hospitality and public spirit. It was his custom to go on horseback every year, and invite personally all his children and grand children [sic], to the "Thanksgiving Festival," in the old Mansion." (Walker, page 129)
The "old mansion" survives to this day and is located at 432 Massassoit Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. A change in state boundaries in the nineteenth century meant the heart of old Rehoboth, Massachusetts is now located in what is known as East Providence, Rhode Island. The house is popularly known in the area as the Philip Walker House. Ownership remained in the Walker family until 1982 when Colonel Timothy Walker's descendant, Faith Shedd Potter, transferred ownership to the Heritage Foundation of Rhode Island, now Preserve Rhode Island, Incorporated.
Dendrochronological testing indicates the house was built about 1724 by Colonel Timothy Walker's father, the elder Timothy Walker. It would have been the house in which Colonel Timothy Walker grew up and in which he lived as an adult.
Prior to the dendrochronological testing it had been believed that the house was originally built by Colonel Timothy Walker's great-grandfather, Deacon Philip Walker, in 1679. The 1724 structure was probably built on the site of the earlier house belonging to Deacon Philip Walker that was destroyed during King Philip's War. The house is more properly known as the Walker House and is the oldest house in East Providence and the oldest sawn timber-frame house in Rhode Island.
Sources:
Gardner, Frank A., "Colonel Timothy Walker's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine, volume 3, number 1 (January 1910), pages 25-39.
Walker, J. B. R., Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, Northampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1861, page 129.
For information on the Walker House, see Preserve Rhode Island's website:
https://www.preserveri.org/walker-house
Researched and compiled by Charles Ward
He responded to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775 and was engaged to command what was known as Walker's Regiment, or the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, on April 24, 1775 (in July the regiment became known as the 22nd in the Army of the United Colonies). He served in the area around Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He represented Rehoboth in the General Court, 1757-1759, and was a representative from Rehoboth to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. He served extensively in many capacities during the American Revolution.
It was written of him,
"He was greatly esteemed for his uprightness, benevolence, hospitality and public spirit. It was his custom to go on horseback every year, and invite personally all his children and grand children [sic], to the "Thanksgiving Festival," in the old Mansion." (Walker, page 129)
The "old mansion" survives to this day and is located at 432 Massassoit Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. A change in state boundaries in the nineteenth century meant the heart of old Rehoboth, Massachusetts is now located in what is known as East Providence, Rhode Island. The house is popularly known in the area as the Philip Walker House. Ownership remained in the Walker family until 1982 when Colonel Timothy Walker's descendant, Faith Shedd Potter, transferred ownership to the Heritage Foundation of Rhode Island, now Preserve Rhode Island, Incorporated.
Dendrochronological testing indicates the house was built about 1724 by Colonel Timothy Walker's father, the elder Timothy Walker. It would have been the house in which Colonel Timothy Walker grew up and in which he lived as an adult.
Prior to the dendrochronological testing it had been believed that the house was originally built by Colonel Timothy Walker's great-grandfather, Deacon Philip Walker, in 1679. The 1724 structure was probably built on the site of the earlier house belonging to Deacon Philip Walker that was destroyed during King Philip's War. The house is more properly known as the Walker House and is the oldest house in East Providence and the oldest sawn timber-frame house in Rhode Island.
Sources:
Gardner, Frank A., "Colonel Timothy Walker's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine, volume 3, number 1 (January 1910), pages 25-39.
Walker, J. B. R., Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, Northampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1861, page 129.
For information on the Walker House, see Preserve Rhode Island's website:
https://www.preserveri.org/walker-house
Researched and compiled by Charles Ward
Inscription
Sacred
To the Memory of
Col TIMOTHY WALKER
who was born at Rehoboth
July 18th 1718
and died Dec. 26th 1796
In the 79th Year of his age.
The memory of the Just shall be had
in everlasting remembrance.
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