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The following biography of Gideon Walker was anonymously posted at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
He m: Rachel Foster in 1763.
Gideon Walker was an "ensign" in Ethan Allen's unit, called the Green Mountain Boys, who captured Ft. Ticonderoga in 1775. A number of these men were given land by the government around Whiting and settled there.
Gideon Walker's brother, Daniel Walker married as his second wife, an English lady named Mary Young. Mary influenced Daniel to espouse the side of the British, in the Revolutionary War. In Claredon, Vermont, the Committee of Safety, of which Gideon Walker was a member, notified Daniel, that because of his support of the Crown, if he was found off his farm, he would be declared an outlaw. Shortly after, Daniel and his family fled to Canada.
NSDAR Ancestor No. A119372.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for Gideon Walker (20 Nov 1738–2 Nov 1793), Find A Grave Memorial no. 28342480, citing Whiting Village Cemetery, Whiting, Addison County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Shirley Kloberdanz Arendt (contributor 47595601) .
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DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's lineage - PHEBE BEACH, DAUGHTER OF AARON BEACH A007715, MARRIED JOEL LUCE, NOT JOSHUA GRAVES. 8/2016