Person:Thomas Walker (18)

Thomas Walker Jr. then of Sudbury, Massachusetts bought in 1688 of Gookin & Howe (his father-in-law), 60 acres on both sides of the road to Sherborn, bounded by John Adams & John Bent, and built a house at Rices' End, thereby becoming a founder of Framingham, Ma. The Daniel Gookin & Samuel Howe tract consisted of about 1700 acres of land obtained from the Natick Indians, who gave deed of it dated 19 May 1682. Thomas Jr. was held in great respect in Framingham where he was the Town Treasurer in 1700 and constable in 1703. His will was proved December 2, 1717 showing ownerhip of land in Billerica and Wells Massachusetts.

Source: The Walker family of Sudbury, Mass, FHL film #0875416, Item #7 & History of Framingham, Mass by Barry;& Pg 157 History of Sudbury by Hudson.

       Massachusetts Town Birth Records WALKER 1333, THOMAS 11583 Records 1-10 thru 30.

1. ↑ Birth Record for Thomas Walker, in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
   Page 147.

   Walker, Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Stone Walker, [born] May 22, 1664. V.R. [Middlesex County Record]

2. ↑ Death Record for Thomas Walker, in Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
   Page 471.

   Walker, Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Stone Walker [died] Aug 25, 1717 in Framingham. Ma.

3.   Marriage Record for Thomas Walker and Martha Howe, in Vital Reords of Sudbury, Middleex County, Massachusetts
   Sudbury VR, p 280.

   Thomas married Martha Howe on 7 December 1687 in Sudbury, Ma.