WALKER, James (c.1635-92), of Exeter, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1635, 4th s. of Robert Walker by 2nd w. and bro. of Thomas Walker. m. lic. 15 Aug. 1676, Dorothy (d. 27 Aug. 1677), da. of Thomas Southcote of Dowlish Hayes. Kilmington, 1da.Trans. Devon Assoc. xlviii. 291; lxi. 213; PCC 153 Pye.

Offices Held

Capt. Barbados Dgns. 1672 – 74; col. Jamaica 1686 – 90; gov. of Port Royal ?1686–90.CSP Col. 1669–74, p. 344; 1685–8, p. 259; B. F. Cresswell, Churches of Exeter, 106.

Collector of customs, Exeter 1676 – 79, freeman 1676, commr. for assessment 1677 – 79, 1689, alderman 1684 – 87, mayor 1684–5.Cal. Treas, Bks. v. 1247–8, vi. 118; Exeter Freemen (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 168; A. Jenkins, Hist. Exeter, 177, 181.

Member of assembly, Nevis 1681 – 83, council 1684, Jamaica 1686 – Nov. 1688, 1689–90.CSP Col. 1681–5, p. 30; 1685–8 pp. 259, 617; 1689–92, pp. 59, 316; V. L. Oliver, Caribbeana, iv. 41.

Parlimentarian

WALKER, James (c.1635-92), of Exeter, Devon.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.

Author

J.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

WALKER, James (c.1635-92)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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