My great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Walton, comes from a well-known family from England. There were four Walton brothers who came to America to settle. They were the sons of William Walton and Alice (or Alec, as it is sometimes spelled) Martin. They were from Warwickshire, England. Much of their story is written in the copious meeting notes taken by the Quakers who settled in Byberry Twp. in Pennsylvania. These meeting minutes are compiled into a book, and it tells of the first years in the early settlement of Pennsylvania, and the many well-known people whose names we have come to recognize, such as William Penn and Benjamin Franklin.
The four Walton brothers who came to America were Nathaniel Walton (b. 1656 in Byberry Parish, Gloucestershire, England; m. Martha Brownall 26 Jan 1686; d. 31 Mar 1733 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA), Thomas Walton (b. 1658 in Byberry Parish, Gloucester, England; m. Priscilla Hunn 28 Dec. 1689; d. 04 Feb 1758 in Moreland Twp., Montgomery Co., PA, USA), Daniel Walton (b. 1660 in Byberry Parish, Gloucester, England; m. Mary Esther Lamb 21 Aug 1688 in Byberry, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA; d. 20 Apr 1719 in Byberry Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA, USA), and William Walton (b. 1662 at Byberry Parish, Gloucester, England; m. Sarah Howell 20 Jun 1689; d. Bet. 1734 and 1736 in Tortola Island).
Rebecca Walton Cooper, came from this line. After Daniel Walton came his son Benjamin Walton and wife Rebecca Homer, then Benjamin Walton and wife Abigail Gilbert, then Joseph Walton and wife Sarah Bell Wallace, and then, finally, Rebecca Walton.
Children of Joseph Walton and Sarah Bell Wallace included: Abner Gilbert Walton, born 1804; Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ann Walton, born 1809; Benjamin Walton, born 1809; Rebecca Walton, born 1811; and Abigail Gilbert Walton, born 1814.
To be continued...
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