Middle name Zouch

[Tom Tom]

Thanks for those Kate.

Yes - I had seen the second one, which is where I got Zouch's death date from.
Interesting that he is named as a gent. when in the other article, he is a pauper.

Must admit - find the previous one (the one about William Mee) to be a bit confusing!

[Tom Tom]

There is a burial at St Andrew, Holborn.

John Walker
Buried 20 July 1790
Abode Warwick Court.

There are several other John Walkers, but it was the Warwick Court bit that jumped out at me.

[kiterunner]

It looks as though these people were trying to get the court to rule that Zouch Walker was the rightful owner of Codnor Park, but they weren't actually doing it on his behalf, they wanted to take possession of it themselves and just strip it of anything valuable. But the court was having none of it.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Tom Tom

There is a burial at St Andrew, Holborn.

John Walker
Buried 20 July 1790
Abode Warwick Court.

There are several other John Walker's, but it was the Warwick Court bit that jumped out at me.

Oh, right. If it is the John Walker who was married to Ann, father of Joshua, then he can't be Zouch's son as he was apparently still alive in 1791.

[Tom Tom]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Oh, right. If it is the John Walker who was married to Ann, father of Joshua, then he can't be Zouch's son as he was apparently still alive in 1794.

I read it wrong and thought the (then dead) bit referred to John, but read again and it obviously means Zouch.
It may not be the correct John. No ages are given.

[kiterunner]

Sorry, I should have said John was apparently still alive in 1791, not 1794.

[kiterunner]

Okay, it seems that John Walker, son of Zouch Walker, was living in Castle Donington in 1791:
Northampton Mercury 5 Feb 1791
This week in the Court of Chancery, John Walker, of Castle-Donnington, in the county of Leicester, was admitted to sue in forma pauperis, in order to recover the Codnor Estate, formerly belonging to the Baron Grays, of Codnor, descended to the family of the Zouch's by the marriage of Elizabeth Gray (daughter and heiress of Richard Lord Gray,) to Sir John Zouch (second son of Wm Lord Zouch of Harringworth, in this county) and descended from the Zouch family to the Walker's, by the marriage of John Walker, late of Quorn in Derbyshire, with a daughter of the late Sir John Zouch.

So maybe your Joshua Walker comes from another branch of the same Walker family?

(Edit - sorry, I suppose we don't know for sure that Zouch Walker actually was descended from John Walker and Miss Zouch since the person who claimed that he was, was a perjurer, so I should say, maybe your Joshua Walker comes from a branch of the John Walker / Miss Zouch family.)

[kiterunner]

I found another Zouch / Walker connection in the TNA Catalogue, probably not connected with the Derbyshire families:

DDRO/18/49 1768
Marriage settlement of William Walker and Arabella Zouch
Parties: 1) William Walker of Wakefield, surgeon 2) Arabella Zouch of Kingston upon Hull, widow 3)John Test gentleman, and John Burden, wharfinger, both of Kingston upon Hull

[Tom Tom]

Thanks Kate - another couple of interesting bits of info.

Hmmm... Arabella is an unusual name.

So annoying, not knowing where my Zouch came from!

[Margaret in Burton]

Just throwing this in Tom. Have you considered a connection with Ashby de la Zouch? It's only 10miles or so away from Castle Donington. I know you have ancestors from there but of course this may be a different family.