Anthony Walke

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Anthony Walke
Born in 1692, was a son of Thomas Walke, who came from Barbadoes to Lower Norfolk county in 1662, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lawson. He lived at "Fairfield," in Princess Anne county. He was justice for Princess Anne, and a member of the house of burgesses from 1720 to 1765. He married three times, (first) Mary Sanford; (second) Elizabeth Newton; (third) Anna Lee Armistead. He died November 8, 1768. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons

Colonel Anthony Walke I (second son of Thomas Walke I) and His Descendants Colonel Anthony Walke I (1692- Nov 8, 1768) was a man of high standing and character in the Lynnhaven Parish Church serving as a vestryman for many years and contributing to its support. Through his efforts and contributions, Lynnhaven Parish Church No. 3 was built using imported brick. He was Colonel and Commander of troops in Princess Anne County under his majesty King George III. He married three times. His first wife was Mary Sanford. They married March 3 1711 and had a daughter, Margaret Walke. His second wife was Elizabeth Newton. They married after 1713 but she died in 1724. They had no surviving children. Anthony's third wife was Anna Lee Armistead. They married on April 4, 1725 and had four children: Colonel Anthony Walke II, William Walke, John Walke, Mary Walke and Margaret Walke.

Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726 - 1779) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke I. Colonel Walke II was one of the wealthiest Virginians of his day, a great advocate of social drinking, extravagant social gatherings, gambling, and horse racing. When trouble with England began, as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, he espoused the cause of the colonies, and united with Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison, Marshall, Jefferson, and other patriots in resisting British oppression and in establishing American independence. He married Jane Bolling Randolph (1729-1756) who was a direct descendant of Powhatan, the most powerful chieftain in Tidewater Virginia at the time of the arrival of the Jamestown settlers in 1607. This strain in her blood could account for her children’s horseback riding abilities. Reverend Anthony Walke was the only surviving child of these parents. After she died, Col. Walke II married Mary Mosely and had several children: William Walke (1762 - 1795) (who is buried on the property at Ferry Plantation), Edward Hack Walke, John Basset Walke, Mary Walke, Frances Walke and Anna Walke.

Reverend Anthony Walke (1755 - 1814) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke II. He married Anne McColley McClenahan on January 15, 1776 and had six children: Anne M., Edwin, Jane Eliza, David Meade, Susan, and Anthony IV (1778 - 1820). On July 13, 1805, five months after Anne died, he married Anne Newton Fisher (1774 - 1840). They had three children: John Newton, Thomas, and Lemuel. They are all buried in the old burial ground in what is now Fairfield's subdivision, in unmarked graves.

Reverend Walke was 20 years old in the early winter of 1775 when he most likely witnessed troop movements and battles between Continental Army troops and Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore’s Loyalist troops (people who supported King George III) in battles at Kemp's Landing, 2.5 miles north and then at Great Bridge, 9 miles south of his Fairfield Manor House. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) caught Reverend Walke at a time when he was coming of age into a Virginia gentry threatened by the loss of political power, wealth, and social prestige made possible by English control over the Virginia Colony. In his writings he blamed the north and their foolish Boston Tea Party actions.

Reverend Walke was a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and after the Revolutionary War, in early 1788 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and then served the following year as an elector from the State of Virginia to the first presidential election held in Philadelphia. Returning to Princess Anne County, Reverend Walke, with a large inheritance from his father, presided as rector over Lynnhaven Parish Church for many years without a salary (from 1788 to 1800 and again from 1812 to 1813).

Reverend Walke divided his time between preaching and the hunt. Not only was he noted for delivering sermons with a captivating mild mannered voice, but a more picturesque side of him was his love of fox and deer hunting. He conducted sermons with his horse Silverheels tethered near the door of the church. When he heard those hunting horns, he would immediately turn the service over to his clerk, Dick Edwards, and hurry off on Silverheels, not seen again until late in the day.

Anthony Walke, Sr. of Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, Virginia (1692 - 11/8/1768). He is buried at the Old Donation Church. Anthony Walke, Sr. was a very prominent man of the community (member of the House of Burgesses, Judge of the court in Princess Anne - he was one of the justices in the case of Princess Anne's one and only witch).

He married three times. His first wife was Mary Sanford. They married 3/11/1711 in Princess Anne. Anthony and Mary Walke had a daughter, Margaret Walke.

His second wife was Elizabeth Newton. They married after 1713 in Lynnhaven, Princess Anne. She died in 1724. They had no surviving children.

Anthony's third wife was Anna Lee Armistead. Anthony and Anna married on 4/4/1725 in either Princess Anne or Gloucester Va. Anthony and Anna had 4 or 5 children: Colonel Anthony Walke, William Walke, John Walke, Mary Walke and Margaret Walke. Anna Lee Armistead was the daughter of William Armistead (1671 - 6/13/1711) and Anna Lee (1680 - aft 1754) of East Ware River, Kingston Parish, Matthews County, Gloucester, VA. William Armistead was born at "Hesse" in Gloucester, VA, the son of John Armistead and Judith Bowles Robinson. John Armistead was born in Elizabeth City, VA in 1640 and died at "Hesse" in the 1690s. Judith Bowles Robinson was born in Yorkshire, Eng. in 1645 and died about 1700 at "Hesse". She was the daughter of John Robinson of Yorkshire (who died about 1700 in Virginia). John Armistead was the son of William Armistead and Anne E. Ellis.

This William Armistead was baptized on 8/3/1610 in Kirk Deighton, West Riding, Yorkshire, Eng., and died bef 4/4/1666 in Elizabeth City, Va. Anne E. Ellis was born abt. 1615 in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, Eng. and died abt 1660 in Elizabeth City, Va.

Anna Lee, the wife of the younger William Armistead was the daughter of Hancock Lee (who established "Ditchley" Plantation) and his wife Mary Kendall/Kendell. They married abt. 1675 in Northumberland, Va. Hancock was born abt 1653 in Northumberland, Westmoreland, VA. He died 5/25/1709 at "Ditchley", Gloucester, Va. He was the fifth son of the immigrant, Richard Lee, Sr. and his wife, Ann Constable Owens.

Richard Lee, Sr. established the Lee famiy in Virginia. He was born abt. 1608 in Nordley Regis, Coton Schrops, Eng., and died 3/1/1663 at Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA. He married Anne Constable Owen abt. 1641 in Northumberland, VA. Anne was born abt 1622 in London, Eng. and died 10/6/1706 at Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Va.

Hancock's wife, Mary Kendall, was the daughter of William Kendall (b. ca. 1620, Eng., d. 7/28/1686 Northampton, Va) and Susanna Baker (b. ca 1625, Eng., d. ca 1680, Northampton, VA.). William and Susanna married abt 1660 in Northampton, Va. William Kendall was the son of William Kendall and Mary Leigh who were born in England and died in Virginia.

Hancock Lee actually had 3 wives. Mary Kendall was the second of these. The first was Martha Burwell, the third was Sarah Allerton.

Anthony Walke, Sr. was the son of Thomas Walke and Mary Lawson. Thomas Walke was born abt 1622 in Barbados (or he emigrated from England to Barbados ca 1622 from England). He died before 1/5/1693 in Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, Va. He married Mary Lawson abt. 1689 in Norfolk, Va. Mary Lawson was born abt 1665 and died in Lynnhaven, Va. She was the daughter of Anthony Lawson and Elizabeth Westgate.

Thomas and Mary Walke had 3 children: Mary Walke, Thomas Walke, II, and Anthony Walke, Sr.

Anthony Lawson was a very prominent man in Princess Anne and in Norfolk, Va. He was born abt 1630 in Jamestown, Va. and died 7/3/1701 in Norfolk, Va. He married 3 times. He married Elizabeth ??? abt 1650. He married Elizabeth Westgate abt 1662 in Princess Anne, Va. He married Mary Gookin 3/1671 (possibly this marriage took place in Nansemond Co., VA.) Anthony and Elizabeth (Westgate) Lawson had 4 children: Mary Lawson, Margaret Lawson, Elizabeth Lawson and Anthony Lawson, II. Anthony was the son of Thomas Lawson and Margaret Bray.

Thomas Lawson was born abt 1600 in Londonderry, Ireland. He died in Virginia. He married Margaret Bray before 1630. Margaret was born abt 1610 and died in Virginia.

Anthony Walke, Sr. was a prominent land owner and probably merchant. He was quite wealthy and had a very large estate in the Lynnhaven section of Princess Anne County (today known as Virginia Beach).

Anthony married Mary Sandeford on 11 Mar 1713 in , Princess Anne, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of John Sandeford and Sarah Woodhouse) was born in Feb 1693 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA; was christened on 24 Mar 1693 in Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1719 in , Princess Anne, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Elizabeth Newton in 1721 in Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 22 Jul 1707 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Oct 1724 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Anna Lee Armistead on 4 Apr 1725 in , , Virginia, USA. Anna (daughter of William Armistead and Anna Kendall Lee) was born in 1699 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Feb 1732 in , Princess Anne, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Mary Moseley on 8 May 1757. Mary (daughter of Edward Hack Moseley and Mary Bassett) was born in 1741 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Nov 1795 in Greenwich, Prince William, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John Thorowgood on 12 Oct 1743 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA. John was born in 1714 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA; died in 1757 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1750, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726 - 1779) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke I. Colonel Walke II was one of the wealthiest Virginians of his day, a great advocate of social drinking, extravagant social gatherings, gambling, and horse racing. When trouble with England began, as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, he espoused the cause of the colonies, and united with Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison, Marshall, Jefferson, and other patriots in resisting British oppression and in establishing American independence. He married Jane Bolling Randolph (1729-1756) who was a direct descendant of Powhatan, the most powerful chieftain in Tidewater Virginia at the time of the arrival of the Jamestown settlers in 1607. This strain in her blood could account for her children’s horseback riding abilities. Reverend Anthony Walke was the only surviving child of these parents. After she died, Col. Walke II married Mary Mosely and had several children: William Walke (1762 - 1795) (who is buried on the property at Ferry Plantation), Edward Hack Walke, John Basset Walke, Mary Walke, Frances Walke and Anna Walke.


Extracts from the Will of Anthony Walke
Source: The Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol 5, No.2 (Oct 1897) pp 139-153

page 143 Anthony Walke, 2nd of "Fairfield"

Anthony Walke, the 2nd, son of Anthony Walke 1st, and Anna Lee Armistead, was born Jan 3, 1726. He married, first, Jane, daughter of Richard and Jane (Bolling) Randolph . . .b. 1729, d. 1756, m. 1750, and left issue by her, the Rev Anthony Walke, the 3rd, an Episcopal clergyman.

He married second, Mary Moseley, daughter of Col. Edward Hack Moseley and Mary Bassett, on May 8, 1757, and had issue: sons, Wm., Edward Hack, and John Bassett; daughters, Mary, Frances and Anna.

Col. Anthony Walke the 2nd, was a man of wealth and liberality. He gave the land and built at his own expense, a church edifice about 12 miles from Norfolk, in Princess Anne county, Virginia, known as "Old Donation Church." (now in ruins 1897)

Col Anthony Walke, 2nd, is buried at "Greenwich," Princess Anne County, Va., one of the Moseley seats.

page 143 (extracts from the will of Anthony Walke, 2nd, merchant, made 15 April 1776; first codicil 5 Dec 1777; second codicil 6 Dec 1777 - proved and ordered to be recorded 14 March 1782.)

Named: wife Mary, son Anthony, sons Edward Hack, William, daughters Mary, and Anna.

Daughter Frances and son John were born after the writing of the will and before making the first codicil. Anna died after the writing of the will and before the making of the first codicil.

page 144 to son Anthony 3rd

"I give and devise to my said son Anthony Walke (3rd) one half of all the lands I now own in the Borough of Norfolk, to him and his heirs forever. (the other half to be divided between William and Edward Hack)

page 145

"To son Anthony my suit of embroidered curtains, in membrance of his mother (Jane Randolph) who took great pains in working them, the two neat trunks, Gold studs, and every other article that belonged to my late wife, Jane Walke, now in my possession, my Father's Walnut Secretarie and clock, a piece of Gold coined in the year 1609, weighing about four pounds nine shillings, which belonged to my Great-Grandfather."

on page 146 from the first codicil there is a paragraph in which Anthony Walke 2nd changed his mind and revised his will. . .the land in the Borough of Norfolk to be equally divided among his 3 sons Anthony (3rd), William, and Edward Hack.

Anthony married Jane Bolling Randolph in 1741 in , , Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Richard Randolph and Jane Kennon Bolling) was born in 1729 in Kemperville, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA; died in 1756 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Mary Moseley on 8 May 1757 in , Princess Anne, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Edward Hack Moseley and Mary Bassett) was born in 1741 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Nov 1795 in Greenwich, Prince William, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reverend Anthony Walke (1755 - 1814) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke II. He married Anne McColley McClenahan on January 15, 1776 and had six children: Anne M., Edwin, Jane Eliza, David Meade, Susan, and Anthony IV (1778 - 1820). On July 13, 1805, five months after Anne died, he married Anne Newton Fisher (1774 - 1840). They had three children: John Newton, Thomas, and Lemuel. They are all buried in the old burial ground in what is now Fairfield's subdivision, in unmarked graves.

Reverend Walke was 20 years old in the early winter of 1775 when he most likely witnessed troop movements and battles between Continental Army troops and Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore’s Loyalist troops (people who supported King George III) in battles at Kemp's Landing, 2.5 miles north and then at Great Bridge, 9 miles south of his Fairfield Manor House. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) caught Reverend Walke at a time when he was coming of age into a Virginia gentry threatened by the loss of political power, wealth, and social prestige made possible by English control over the Virginia Colony. In his writings he blamed the north and their foolish Boston Tea Party actions.

Reverend Walke was a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and after the Revolutionary War, in early 1788 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and then served the following year as an elector from the State of Virginia to the first presidential election held in Philadelphia. Returning to Princess Anne County, Reverend Walke, with a large inheritance from his father, presided as rector over Lynnhaven Parish Church for many years without a salary (from 1788 to 1800 and again from 1812 to 1813).

Reverend Walke divided his time between preaching and the hunt. Not only was he noted for delivering sermons with a captivating mild mannered voice, but a more picturesque side of him was his love of fox and deer hunting. He conducted sermons with his horse Silverheels tethered near the door of the church. When he heard those hunting horns, he would immediately turn the service over to his clerk, Dick Edwards, and hurry off on Silverheels, not seen again until late in the day.