Biographical Sketch of Godwin WALTER (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 756

WALTER, Godwin, was a witness to a deed executed in Wiltshire, England, Sept. 
28, 1685, and in less than three months had arrived in Pennsylvania. 
He settled in Concord, and married, in 1696, Elizabeth Sangurst, or Sanghurst, 
by whom he had the following children:  John, b. 7,2,1697, d. 1732, m. Martha 
Musgrove, 3,21,1724, and removed to Sadsbury; Mary, b. 10,5,1698, m. Caleb 
Peirce; Sarah, b. 1,25,1701, m. 9,26,1719, to Gainer Peirce, and 3,25,1749, to 
William Eachus; Ann, b. 9,7,1704; William, b. 4,8,1707, m. Rachel Newlin, 
2,25,1734; Rachel, b. 10,27,1709, m. 8,28,1730, to John Pyle; Joseph, b. 
12,28,1711, m. Jane Brinton; Elizabeth, b. 7,29,1714; Lydia, m. 9,25,1747, to 
Eliakim Garretson; James, m. to Lydia Vernon.
  Joseph and Jane Walter removed about 1746 within the limits of Goshen Monthly 
Meeting, and in 1750 to Kennett.  The birth of their first child was not 
recorded, but the others were Hannah, b. 8,30,1741, m. John Carpenter; James, b. 
1,31,1744; Joseph, b. 12,21,1746, d. 2,29,1812, m. 5,2,1771, to Elizabeth Levis, 
and 11,25,1802 to Hannah Harry; Elizabeth, b. 12,24,1753, m. Isaac Trimble; 
Phebe, b. 11,26,1758, d. 8,5,1785, m. Levi Woodrow; Jane, b. 2,19,1760, m. Peter 
Harvey; Rachel, b. 2,24,1762; William, b. 4,29,1764.
  the children of Joseph and Elizabeth Walter were Sarah, Martha, m. to James 
Passmore; Jane, m. to Isaac Miller; Thomas, Hannah, William, m. to Margaret 
Lamborn; Thomas, m. to Sidney Peirce; and Mary Carpenter. 
Elizabeth died young.