Walton : The ending -ton comes from the Old English/Norse -tun
which designated a town or settlement. Walton was the 'walled'
town or the 'wood' town and is an English Place name.

The information on these pages is the direct result of several geographically-distant researchers (England, Australia & USA) sharing their work and information. Each of us had our own limited collection of family lore but together, WOW! 

The research and cooperation continue, so watch for updates as new information is found and shared.

Proof yet again that genealogy truly is the "world's largest interactive jigsaw puzzle." No piece is too small or insignificant -- when combined with other "bits" the results can be astonishing!  Genealogy people are the best!!

Photo Album - nearly 30 family photos.

  The Journey 

Photos of Places & Headstones

 Wills of Walton Ancestors 

Poems, Obits and Biographical Bits 

GUYLOTT surname page

Interesting sites / resources associated with this line include:

St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England - where the early Waltons lived

Another wonderful St. Ives site

All Saint's Church in St. Ives    where my great grandfather sang...

Holywell cum Needingworth Town Site

Lincolnshire Genealogical Research (Nan's site)

Map - area in England where family lived

Whaplode - where the 1805 marriage of William and Elizabeth took place

England's GenWebsite

Huntingdonshire

England to US emigration

Lincolnshire Archives

Cousin Gordon's Walton Website

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks and wives -
How many were going to St Ives?
anonymous

There can be little doubt that this jingle refers to someone on
his way to one of the great St Ives fairs. St Ives is situated
on the banks of the river Great Ouse, near Huntingdon in
Cambridgeshire England. It has its roots in Saxon history,
although it achieved fame in medieval times for its international
fairs. Today it is a quiet market town with a population of
approximately 16,000 and covering an area of just over 1000
hectares.

My great grandfather emigrated to the US from England in 1906.  His family joined him in Battle Creek MI in 1907 - these poems were written about the year he spent in Michigan alone, earning the funds for his immediate & extended family to join him:

Alone in a Foreign Land

I sit in a pleasant place,
Green fields on every side;
I'm thinking of your face
Across the ocean wide.
What though the scene if fair,
Or beautiful and grand;
My darling is not there,
I'm alone in a foreign land.

A few short weeks ago
I left old England's shore;
For full well did I know
That we were getting poor.
And so, I said good-bye,
And shook each friendly hand;
Then sailed away to try
My luck in a foreign land.

My heart it years for thee,
My wife, my own sweet Nell;
I crave again to see
The face I love so well.
I long each child to see,
And touch each little hand;
Alas I still alone must be,
Out here in a foreign land.

Alone, but not for long,
For soon you'll come to me.
I'll sing a joyful song,
The week you cross the sea.
Then, reunited once again,
We'll wander hand in hand,
O'er greensward field and shady lane,
Content, in a foreign land.



Absent Loved Ones

I used to have a loving wife
To share my home with me;
But now I lead a lonely life,
For she's across the sea.

I used to have some children dear,
I loved to watch them play;
Their voice no longer can I hear,
Three thousand miles away.

But soon my wife and children dear,
Will be again with me;
For soon they'll sail to join me here
Across the deep blue sea.

1 John Walton 1759 - 1789

. +Elizabeth

. 2 William Walton 1779 - 1807

.... +Elizabeth Guylott

.... 3 William Guylott Walton 1807 - 1882

....... +Mary Ann Harvey 1807 -

....... 4 Guylott Walton 1831 - 1896

.......... +Sarah Ann Taylor 1832 - 1923

........... 5 Elizabeth Ann Walton 1861 -

.............. +Thomas Hurl

.............. 6 Marion Hurl 1883 -

.............. 6 Guylott Hurl 1884 -

.............. 6 Florence Hurl 1886 -

.............. 6 Elizabeth Hurl 1888 -

.............. 6 John Hurl 1890 -

.............. 6 Dorothy Hurl 1892 -

.............. 6 Stanley Hurl 1894 -

.............. 6 Gladys Hurl 1896 -

.............. 6 Thomas Hurl 1898 -

.............. 6 Marjory Hurl 1901 -

.............. 6 Gwendoline Hurl 1902 -

........... 5 John Arthur Walton 1863 - 1920

........... 5 M. A. Emma Walton 1867 -

.............. +Gale Adams

.............. 6 Ethel Adams

........... 5 William Guylott Walton 1874 - 1961

.............. +Eleanor Emma Barnes 1872 - 1966

.............. 6 John Edward Blunt Barnes Walton 1892 - 1972

................. +Elsie Lucretia Race 1894 - 1976

................. 7 Duane Edward Walton 1915 - 1973

.................... +Lura Irene Ash 1916 -

.................... 8 Judith Ann Walton 1952 - 1952

.................... 8 Julie Anne Walton 1953 -

....................... +Lawrence Curtis Sefton 1952 -

.................... 8 Susan Eileen Walton 1958 -

....................... +Thomas Lee Lampen 1955 -

.............. 6 Ethel Alice Walton 1897 - 1986

................. +John Pierce Huff 1899 - 1986

................. 7 Virginia Lee Huff 1920 -

.................... +Donald Vincent Rosenberger - 1967

.................... 8 Richard Walton Rosenberger 1955 -

....................... +Karen Lynn Parker

.............. 6 Richard Gylot Walton 1901 - 1973

................. +Zoe I. Burnett 1901 - 1985

.............. 6 [2] Annie Eleanor Walton 1901 - 1973

................. +Cecil Harper Backus 1890 - 1928

................. 7 [1] Edythe Lucille Backus 1923 -

.................... +Homer Franklin Gault 1916 - 1980

.................... 8 Robert Eugene Gault 1944 -

....................... +Mary Frances Windover

.................... 8 Joyce Louise Gault 1946 -

....................... +Lester Allen Gandy 1942 -

................. *2nd Husband of [1] Edythe Lucille Backus:

.................... +Frank Shump

................. 7 Eugene Edward Backus 1925 -

.............. *2nd Husband of [2] Annie Eleanor Walton:

................. +George Gilchrist 1893 - 1972

................. 7 Mary Alice Gilchrist 1934 -

.................... +Russell Sansbury

.................... 8 Rosanne Marie Sansbury 1962 -

.................... 8 Michelle Annette Sansbury 1963 -

.................... 8 Gregory Russell Sansbury 1966 -

.................... 8 Jill Alice Sansbury 1968 -

................. 7 William Walton Gilchrist 1937 - 1977

.................... +Joyce Cecila Manley 1941 -

.................... 8 Tangi Marie Gilchrist 1962 -

.................... 8 Sandra Gilchrist 1963 -

.................... 8 Pamela Joy Gilchrist 1966 -

.................... 8 Katrina Eileen Gilchrist 1973 -

................. 7 Richard Jack Gilchrist 1938 -

.................... +Sarah Josephine Cotton

.................... 8 Mark Richard Gilchrist 1973 -

.................... 8 Lean Ann Gilchrist 1978 -

................. 7 James Livingston Gilchrist 1940 -

.................... +Cherul Ann MacBeth

.................... 8 David Gilchrist 1963 -

.................... 8 Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist 1965 -

.................... 8 Cherry Gail Gilchrist 1967 -

................. 7 John Francis Gilchrist 1942 -

.................... +Donna Jean Mullins

.................... 8 Shawn Talyn Gilchrist 1973 -

........... 5 Roger Walton 1877 - 1877

........... 5 Harold George Walton 1878 -

.............. +Francis

....... 4 George Walton 1832 -

....... 4 Elizabeth Walton 1834 -

....... 4 William Walton 1836 -

........... 5 John Jessie Walton Unknown -

........... 5 Ann Parsons Walton Unknown -

........... 5 Edith Ellen Walton Unknown -

........... 5 Sarah Kate Walton Unknown -

........... 5 Herbert Walton Unknown -

....... 4 Ann Walton 1838 -

....... 4 Charles Walton 1840 -

.......... +Charlotte Jemima Turner

........... 5 Fanny Walton 1866 -

........... 5 Edwin Anthony Walton 1867 - 1943

.............. +Jane Barwick

.............. 6 Eva Walton

.............. 6 Louie Walton

................. +Fred Hildreth

.............. 6 Thomas Walton

.............. 6 Charles Edwin Walton 1902 - 1962

................. +Beatrice Duffy Mason 1926 -

................. 7 Gordon Robert Walton 1946 -

.............. 6 Robert Walton 1903 -

.............. 6 Fred Walton 1905 -

................. +Dorothy

........... 5 Rose Elizabeth Walton 1871 -

.............. +Matthew Henry Allbones

........... 5 George William Walton 1872 -

........... 5 Louisa Walton 1878 -

.............. +Harry Bell

....... 4 John Walton 1842 -

....... 4 Denny Walton 1844 -

....... 4 Flora Walton 1846 -

....... 4 Sarah Walton 1848 -

....... 4 Esther Walton 1849 -

....... 4 Mary Elizabeth Walton 1866 -

.... 3 Sarah Walton Unknown -

.... 3 John Walton Unknown -

.... 3 Hugh Walton Unknown -

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