The following timeline is from the book entitled From England to Boston: A Biographical Sketch of Robert Walker and Sarah Leager Walkerby Brett C. Walker
Manchester Cathedral
- 1607/07 Robert Walker born in Manchester, Lancashire, England
- 1612 Sarah Leager born
- 1623 Robert began an apprenticeship as a linen weaver
- 1629 Robert completed his apprenticeship and married Sarah Leager in England
- 1630 They join the Puritan fleet led by John Winthrop and sail to America, landing in Salem, MA
- 1631 They moved to Boston
- 1632 Robert became 131st member of the First Church in Boston
- 1634 Robert became a freeman
- 1669 Robert co-founded the Third Church in Boston (Old South Church) - Sara is co-founder
- 1687 Robert died of a stroke at age 80 in Boston, MA
- 1695 Sarah died at 83 in Boston, MA