Hurd's 1878 History of Otsego County, p. 294, reads as follows, in its account of Plainfield: "In the southeast part of the town, Squire William Walker was a pioneer, on lands now owned by John Watkins. He reared a large family of children, two of whom, Charles and Almond, were merchants. Charles began business at Burlington Flats, and subsequently went to Chicago, and is now a merchant in that city. Almond, deceased, was also a merchant in Chicago. He married a daughter of Captain Vose Palmer. Charles was a prominent citizen. He was member of assembly from this county in 1840." To what extent have you examined Federal Census materials on the Walkers -- I wouldn't want to duplicate what you have already done. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Colburn" <mredmzjane@yahoo.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] William Whittmore WALKER, Plainfield - 1799-1862, wife Lucretia FERREL > W.W. WALKER relocated to Plainfield in 1799 from Rindge, NH, where he m. Lucretia FERREL. They had the following children: > 1. Charkes 2 Feb. 1802 m. Mary CLARK. Businessman in Burlington, later Chicago. > 2. Joshua bet 1803 & 1808 - died young. > 3. Mary Louisa 10 Feb 1810, m.1860 Eri Baker HULBERT, Businessman Burlington, later Chicago. One son 1st Dean of Divinity, U of Chicago, another son founder of National Baseball League. > 4. Almond aft 1811 (reportedly m. an unnamed dau. of Vose PALMER) was Businesman in Burlington, later Chicago. > 5. Cornelia A. abt. 1818, m. 1838 Rev. Demas ROBINSON (d. 1839) > 6. Elihu m. 9 Dec. 1841 Harriet WOOD. Businesman in Burlington. > > Need any info on W.W.W. and his sons in Plainfield & Burlington. > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >