I haven't checked these boards in some time and just came by your note.
I have son of Manfred Walls and Elizabeth Levin as
Samuel Walls in England m. Mary Manlove
Their son's name has been in conflict as to weater it is Samuel or William. Every thing I have points to it being William, so then it would be;
William Walls 1689/1777 m, Elizabeth Crew 1694/1755
He would have also been born in England and died in Delaware

The Manfred Walls - Elizabeth Levin and Samuel Walls and Mary Monlove are a fiction perptrated by a descendant of Manlove Walls in Indiana.

Interestingly, John Crew, who died about 1660 in Virginia had a son John shortly before he died. His widow, Elizabeth, married 2nd Robert Hignett. John Crew Jr., married first a Savage, then a Depray, then last the widow Annabelle Harvey, before dying c1712-1713 in Sussex County DE.

John had no know sons, but four daughters, of which Elizabeth was oldest. Elizabeth married a William Walls before 1710 as John Crew named John Walls as a grandson in his 1712 will. William died sometime before 1735 when his widow remarried Richard Cooper. That she was earlier married to a William is proven in deed records

Sons of William and Elizabeth, I believe are:

John Walls, married Sarah Bracy. He died before 1739 when widow Sarah married Wrixam Christopher. Jacob Walls is likely his son; Robert Walls (after R. Hignet) is probably his son, but could be the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Crew Walls.

William Walls, m. Elizabeth, d. 1776, sons Joshua and William named in Will.

Thomas Walls, m Jane?, sons Samuel, Levi, and Levin proven.

Somehow, the first William Walls in Sussex County does not appear on any deed records that I know of. Some have speculated that the Willaim Walls, ship owner and Captain, that was taking cargo back and for in the Chesapeake and up and down the coast during the same period, could be our William. The Maryland archives has a lot on the Captain William Walls, but little on his family. Maybe someone else can confirm or refute this specualtion?

hi brian-i've been following your postings for quite a while (i think i "spoke to you a long time ago" regarding lewis, didn't i?). sorry to lose track. i got your recent post as part of my notifications and agree with you. i do not go with "speculation", only actually data. i descend from the original settlers of Georgetown, DE. would love to talk more......e-mail direct at mccarty10@verizon.net. my maiden name is Walls and i still live on eastern shore peninsula...born and raised near the original Walls family plot....though stones, i have been told, some are disintegrated.

Hello Was Wandering If Any Of Your Walls Family Married Into My Great Great Grandfather Joseph Joseph Family Of Sussex Delaware Since I Have Several Walls In My Family History Thank You

Brian, you had mentioned one time that an earlier Will of Richard Bracy had called his daughter Sarah Walls but a later Will called her Sarah Christopher, wife of Wrixam. Where did you find the earlier Will naming her Sarah Walls? Thank you, Linda

Hello,
I just wanted to add that I have found a document that shows that John Crew's daughter, Elizabeth, was Elizabeth Rust in 1723. Also, a John Rust was selling (1723) 1/3 of a lot in Lewes that once belonged John Crew, suggesting that Elizabeth Crew was married to John Rust in 1723. This then suggests that William Walls died sometime before 1723.

Also, I found a page in a Sussex County Deed book (volume Q16, page 293) that shows Sarah Bracy Walls (daughter of Richard Bracy) was the mother of a Jacob and a John Walls (both under the age of 17 in 1738.

Robin Walls

Hi Brian,

It has been a long time since I've heard from you. I see that the battle against the unproven English ancestry never ends. Our William Walls who married Elizabeth Crew might have been the son of the John Walls who was the mariner that operated between Liverpool and the Maryland Eastern Shore. I've never been able to prove this but it is a reasonable possibility. I expect to publish a 20 year update of the Walls Family of Delaware this year that will be about three times the size of the 1988 version. It'll be available on Amazon. I'm sure that Thomas and William Walls were the younger brothers of John Walls, son of William and Elizabeth but again, no absolute proof. Let me know what you are doing.

Lewis Kiehn

Hi, I descend from this Walls line also. I want to know why Levin and Levi are always given the birthdate 1748. Are they twins?

Yes, Levi and Levin Walls were twins. They were both baptized on 22 May 1748 at St. George's Chapel in Indian River Hundred in Sussex Co., Delaware, and their father is listed as Thomas Walls. Their mother's name isn't listed. This information is in St. George's Chapel Baptisms, p. 21, FHL Microfilm #0441424. There have been suggestions that the parents just hadn't gotten around to baptizing them when they were first born and baptized them together, but I don't think this supposition is valid since their sister Delilah was baptized in 1747 as listed on p. 20.

Lewis Kiehn,Sacramento, California

Lewis, Do you still plan to publish your new book this year?
Linda