Philip Walker's house was burned by the Indians in King Philip's War. After the war, he started to rebuild his house on the foundations of the old one, but died in 1679 before the new house was finished. The same year, two hundred and sixty -five years ago, the Plymouth Court gave his widow Jane permission to finish the house at the expense of the estate, so we know the documented history of this house, which is still (1944) standing. The house has never been out of the possession of the family and is still occupied by descendants in the tenth generation. This is the oldest surviving house in old Rehoboth, and was built thirty-six years after the settlement of Seekonk in 1643.

Source: "Early Rehoboth", written by Richard LaBaron Bowen, published 1945.

It is believed that Philip Walker was the son of the Widow Walker, of the Plymouth Colony.