The Walter Families of Babcary, Somerset

The surname Walter or Walters has a long association with Babcary. This page focuses on (largely) 18th and early 19th century records pre-dating the conventional censuses and registration systems.

Walter(s) in the Holy Cross Babcary registers

Baptisms:

To Thomas Walter and Jane

1. Thomas July 7 1716
2. William March 19 1718
3. James August 11 1722

To William Walter and Susanna

1. Thomas October 23 1749
2. Jane September 25 1751
3. Elizabeth May 13 1753
4. Mary February 11 1755 (Walters)
5. James January 23 1757 (Walters)
6. William January 24 1759 (William and Susannah Walters)
7. Susanna May 23 1761 (Walters)
8. Thomas December 6 1762
9. Ann October 17 1765 (Susannah)
10. George June 24 1769

To James Walter and Susanna

1. Jane October 25 1776
2. William September 24 1778
3. Sarah October 29 1780
4. Elizabeth October 15 1782

To William Walter and Mary

1. Elizabeth October 10 1779
2. James October 22 1780
3. William April 7 1782
4. John May 7 1784
5. George December 28 1785
6. Phillip September 21 1788
7. Samuel May 24 1790
8. Daniel May 28 1792
9. Mary August 7 1796
10. Thomas August 12 1798
11. Jacob September 21 1800
12. Walter - September 18 1804

To Thomas Walter and Sarah

1. Ann February 16 1785
2. Sarah April 22 1786

Related Baptisms

• Aug 20 1608 - Thomas s. of Henry Whittell
• Mar 17 1805 - Elizabeth dr. of Edmund and Jane Barnes
• June 24 1805 - John s. of James and Susanna Whittle
• Feb 1 1807 - William s. of Edmund and Jane Barnes
• Jan 2 1809 - Susannah dr. of Edmund and Jane Barnes
• Nov 6 1811 - Jane dr. of Thos. and Elizabeth Walter

Burials

Thomas son of widdow Walters March 6 1732
Jane Walters widdow January 3 1744
Thomas son of William and Susanna Walters November 26 1749
James Walters December 13 1753
Susanna wife of William Walter November 19 1771
William Walter July 28 1774
Elizabeth Walter December 5 1779
Elizabeth Walter June 7 1785
Sarah Walter June 11 1791
Sarah Walter August 15 1793
Ann Walter November 10 1799
George Walter Mar 8 1804
Jacob Walter Feb 18 1805
William Walter June 21 1805
James Walters Oct 12 1808

Marriages

Jane Walter and Humphry Paddle, Nov 9 1771
Mary Walter and Samuel Chapple, 4 February 1773
Elizabeth Walter and William Chinnock, 13 January 1775
James Walter and Susanna Whittle, 22 February 1775
William Walter and Mary Whittle, July 22 1779 (daughter Elizabeth was baptised October 10 1779)
Thomas Walter and Sarah Whittle, May 3 1784
James Whittle and Susanna Walter, April 14 1785 (Thomas Walter a witness)
John Fountain and Ann Walter, October 12 1789 (he was a widower from Lovington)
George Walter and Susannah Edwards, May 8 1792 (she was from Somerton)
William Walters and Mary Helyar, May 2 1803
Joane Walter and Edmund Barnes, Oct 1 1804
James Walters and Sara Walters, Jan 16 1809 (William Walters and Phillip Walters witnesses)
John Walter and Mary Cross, July 13 1812 (both used mark x)
William Walter and Anne Coolins, May 24 1825
William Walter (1816) and Eliza Cook (1817), June 6 1842 (son of John Walter, daughter of Samuel Cook)
Samuel Walter (1790) and Jane Matcham (1795), Aug 18 1842 (son of William Walter, daughter of George Matcham)
Jane Walter (1823) and John Gibbs (1821), Jan 1 1844 (daughter of John Walter, son of Richard Gibbs)
Elizabeth Walter and Charles Hull, Nov 26 1849 (daughter of John Walter, son of John Hull

Related Marriages

Henry Whittle and Elizabeth Younge Oct 13 1606

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