Thomas Walker (Bush family)

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Thomas Walker (1758 - 1799) was the father of George E. Walker and an ancestor of the Bush family.

He was born 1758 in Clifton, Gloucester, near Bristol, England, and was murdered 1799 at sea by pirates plundering his ship. He married Catherine McLelland 22 February 1785 in St Andrews Church, Clifton, Bristol, England.

Catherine, born 1770, died 18 October 1806 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not long after her husband, leaving their oldest son as guardian for two more sons and one daughter.

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  • "Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors" v1 ed. Pittman, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, pp.312-318]