Thomas Walton

Abt 1766 - 1803  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Thomas Walton
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1766
  Baptism	7 Sep 1766	Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [1, 2]
  Occupation	Alston, Cumberland, England   [3]
  	Lead miner
  Death	2 Sep 1803	Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
  Burial	St Augustine of Canterbury, Alston, Cumberland, England
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Thomas Walton           b. Abt 1766             d. 2 Sep 1803, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom  (Age ~ 37 years) ▻ Margaret Walton,  m. 5 Apr 1788   2. Jonathan Walton           b. Abt 1767             d. 4 Jun 1857  (Age ~ 90 years)   3. Henry Walton           b. Abt 1768             d. Bef 1857  (Age ~ 88 years)   4. Ruth Walton           b. 1773, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 23 Jun 1854, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom  (Age 81 years)   5. Agnes Walton           b. Abt 1778             d. Abt 1821  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John Walton           b. 1744, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 7 Jun 1812, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Coulthard           b. Abt 1742             d. 21 Dec 1819, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1766  [4]

  
  

  Wife	Margaret Walton           b. Abt 1770
  Marriage	5 Apr 1788	St Augustine of Canterbury, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [5]
  Age at Marriage	Thomas was ~ 22 years old - Margaret was ~ 18 years old.
  Children	1. Maria Walton           b. Abt 1792, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   2. Hannah Walton           b. Abt Sep 1794, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. Between 1858 and 1914 (Age ~ 63 years)   3. Phoebe Walton           b. 25 Dec 1796, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 6 Apr 1861, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 64 years)   4. Jonathan Walton           b. 29 Dec 1798, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 17 Nov 1799, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain (Age 0 years)   5. Ruth Walton           b. 3 Nov 1800, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom   6. Thomas Walton           b. 23 Apr 1803             d. 4 Dec 1803, Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 0 years)   7. Elizabeth Walton           b. Between 1794 and 1804             d. Bef 1810 (Age ~ 15 years)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Thomas Walton was born in 1766, and baptised on the 7th of September that year in Alston, Cumbria. He was the first son of John Walton and Mary Coulthard. Family Life Aged 22, Thomas married Margaret Walton (no doubt a cousin, though I haven't traced the connection) at St Augustine of Canterbury in Alston, on the 5th of April 1788. Over the next 15 years they had at least seven children: Maria, born around 1792 and who married Joseph Millican Hannah, who married ___ Hilton Phoebe, born 1796 and who married the renowned chemist Hugh Lee Pattinson Jonathan, born Dec 1798 and who died the next year aged just 11 months Ruth, b. 1800 and who married James Dixon Thomas, born April 1803 and who died aged 6 months in December that year Elizabeth, likely born 1801 or 1802 who died aged 6 some time before 1810 There is also a baptismal record for a Sarah Walton (31 May 1790), whose parents are also named Thomas and Margaret, but who was baptised in Garrigill, rather than in Alston, so I'm not certain that she was a daughter of this couple. Death Thomas died on the 2nd of September 1803 aged just 37. A memorial from St Augustine's in Alston reads: In memory of THOMAS son of JOHN WALTON, Nest, who died September 2nd 1803 aged 37 years, Also JONATHAN WALTON who died November 17th 1799 aged 11 months. Likewise THOMAS who died December 4th 1803 aged 11 months both sons of the above Thos WALTON, and ELIZABETH his daughter who departed this life the ___ th day of March 18__ aged 6 years.

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 7 Sep 1766 - Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Occupation - Lead miner - - Alston, Cumberland, England Marriage - 5 Apr 1788 - St Augustine of Canterbury, Alston, Cumberland, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Death - 2 Sep 1803 - Alston, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom Burial - - St Augustine of Canterbury, Alston, Cumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0307] FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (familysearch.org), 7 Sep 1766, Thomas Walton; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J36Y-76F : 20 September 2020), Thomas Walton, 1766. [S0121] Ancestry, England, Select Births & Christenings 1538-1975, (ancestry.com), 1766, Thomas Walton; FHL Film Number: 90548. [S0219] Dave McEnally email and transcripts regarding Waltons of Alston, 25 Feb 2019, Jonathan Walton will transcript and other details. [S0220] Ancestry, Millennium File, (ancestry.co.uk), 2003, John Walton. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), 5 Apr 1788, Thomas Walton; Alston, Cumberland; File line 178.