John Walker was born at Bilton Mill, Lesbury but moved to Seahouses where he was a fisherman. John and his wife Phillis Fender lived at Monkshouse, near Bamburgh and their children were baptised at Bamburgh Parish Church. I have found several of their descendants living in Seahouses - a small fishing village a few miles south of Bamburgh, Northumberland. John Walker is referred to as being a native of Lesbury in the baptismal records of his children. Bilton Mill was a fulling mill. More details will be found on the Lesbury page. My sister, Liz Skelton, has done a considerable amount of research and I hope to add further details at a future date.
John Walker |
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| Born/Baptised | Unknown | He is believed to have come from Lesbury. | 1806, Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church | ||
| Born/Baptised | June 5, 1768, | Sunderland (North Sunderland, Near Bamburgh, Northumberland) |
1843, Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church | ||
| Parents | John and Ann Fender | See below | |||
| Children | |||||
| John Walker | Born 1788 | Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church, 1812 | |||
| William Walker | |||||
| Thomas Walker | |||||
| George Walker | |||||
| Edward Walker | |||||
| Jonathan Walker | Born 1800 | Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church, 1824 | |||
| Daniel Walker | Born 1802 | Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church, 1836 | |||
| Phillis Walker | Born 1805 | Buried at Bamburgh Parish Church, 1806 | |||
| Horatio Nelson Walker | |||||
| Parents of Phillis Fender | |||||
| John FENDER | b. about 1734 | Unknown, not Bamburgh, Blacksmith | died 1801, Bamburgh | ||
| Ann STEEL | b about 1733 | married 1763 | died 1803, Bamburgh | ||
| Siblings of Phillis | |||||
| Isabel FENDER | 1763 | Bamburgh Parish Church | |||
| John FENDER married | 1765 | Bamburgh Parish Church | died 1851, North Sunderland | ||
| Sarah WALKER | 1767 | Lesbury, | died 1845, North Sunderland | ||
| Ann FENDER married | 1773 | Bamburgh Parish Church | died 1810, Bamburgh | ||
| William DODDS | Married 1797 | ||||
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| Thomas | 1777 | died 1782, Bamburgh | |||
| Possible parents of John Fender | |||||
| Thomas Fender | died before November 1776 | ||||
| Isabel unknown | died November 1776 | ||||
I have searched the Bamburgh Parish records back to the beginning of the 18th Century, there are no Fenders mentioned before 1758. I am hoping to trace back their ancestry to the Chatton area of Northumberland where I am following up some useful leads. More later.
Author: Julie Schofield.