 1627 - 1674 (46 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Thomas Walling, I was born on 13 Dec 1627 (son of Ralph Wallen, Jr. and Joyce Nail); died on 19 Jul 1674 in Providence, Providence Co, RI. Notes:
(writer referred to unknown)-
Since Plymouth Colony, many of this writers ancestors in every generation have been counted among the descenting "Old School Baptist." I offer the following as proof of this statement:
'Thomas Walling was one of those who "staid nd went not away" during the King Philip's War which began with an Indian attack on Swansea in Plymouth Colony near Rhode Island border.
'The first massacre came on 18 June 1675 as the colonists were returning home from a Fast Day Servcie at their church. Other attackes followed swiftly: Dartmouth, Taunton, nd Middleboro.
'The Indian who instigated the attacks was Metacomet, also called King Philip. He was the third son of Massasoit Chief of Wampanoags and leader of a League of Indians from Maine to Connecticut.' "
Birth:
(birth also given as 1630)
Died:
Will was proved on November 22, 1675.
Thomas married Mary Catherine Abbott. Mary (daughter of Daniel Abbott and Mary Mills) was born on 13 Dec 1629 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA; died about 1669 in Providence, Providence Co, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Thomas Walling, II was born in 1662 in Providence, Providence Co, RI; died in 1724 in Salem Co, NJ.
Thomas married Margaret White on 19 Jun 1669. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Ralph Wallen, Jr. was born about 1590-1595 in London, Greater London, England (son of Ralph Wallen, Sr. and Margaret Lawson); died about 1633/34 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. Notes:
The Wallen name was Walden in Wales. At the Plymouth Colony the name became Wallen. In Rhode Island, Virginia, and North Carolina the name became Walling. In East Tennessee, Walling became Wallin. By 1840 most of the family started using the spelling Wallen.
Pilgrim at Plymouth Colony, arriving aboard the ship "Anne" in July 1623.
Died:
In 1633/34 the name "widow Wallen" replaced her husband's on the tax list.
Ralph married Joyce Nail. Joyce was born about 1600 in London, Greater London, England; died in Sep 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Joyce Nail was born about 1600 in London, Greater London, England; died in Sep 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. Notes:
The will of Nicholas Snow who had come to Plymouth on the "ANNE" with the Wallens gives the names of his neighbors: Ralph Wallen, Thomas Clarke, Manessah Kemptom, Edward Bangs and the Hopkins family.
Children:
- Mary Wallen was born about 1628; died after 28 Oct 1685.
- 1. Thomas Walling, I was born on 13 Dec 1627; died on 19 Jul 1674 in Providence, Providence Co, RI.
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Margaret Lawson was born in in England. Children:
- 2. Ralph Wallen, Jr. was born about 1590-1595 in London, Greater London, England; died about 1633/34 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
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