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== Time In America (Cont'd)<ref>[[A Story of the Walker Family]]</ref> ==

"Back in West Pennsborough, the family of Robert Sr. was experiencing growing pains."

"The next oldest son Andrew, had married Isabelle Thorn, and gone to work for her father, James, in Tyrone Twp. in what is now Adams County, south of Cumberland."

"John, the third oldest, had warranted another 100+ acres, next to Brice's on the south side of the Yellow Breeches, but sold it to his father, who also patented it, and then bought land in Peters Township, southwest 60 miles or so from the Walker homestead. In 1773, Walker Sr. sold the entire plantation, now 700 acres, and with the money, purchased three tracts in Hampshire Co., Virginia, as well as 600 acres near John's place in Peters, from the Widow Barr. Both properties were well situated, with access to the Cresap operations down water 'highways.'"

"Robert Sr's son James, removed to Virginia to settle the land there, and the 600 acres in Peters on the Conococheague was recorded as jointly owned by Robert Sr. and the youngest son, Samuel, who had married the youngest Brice daughter, Isabelle."