Family
George Walker II (1645-1690) was born in Wighill Yorkshire England, the son of George Walker I (1600-1677), rector of Kilmore and Chancellor of Armagh, and Ursula Stanhope (1617-1654), daughter of Sir John Stanhope of Melwood. Walker was educated at Glasgow University. He married Isabella Barclay (1644-1705), by whom he had several sons and daughters. (Robert 1650; John Alexander 1655-1734; George III 1669-1699; James 1670-1700; John 1671-1726; Gervase 1672-1693; Robert 1674-1705; Thomas 1677-1712; Mary 1679; Charity 1681-1728; Elizabeth 1683. There are many descendants of George Walker living in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada.
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