Editing Hiram Walker (section)

==Marriage and family==
On October 5, 1846, at age thirty, Walker married Mary Abigail Williams.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|p=3}} Mary Williams and Hiram Walker had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls, but one of the girls died at age 13.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|loc=Chapter 15. 2}}

His wife was the daughter of Ephraim Smith Williams and Hannah Melissa Gotee of Silver Lake, Michigan.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|p=4}} Mary Abigail, like Walker, was the descendant of new England pioneers, whose familial roots traced back to Massachusetts in 1638.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|p=4}} On her mother's side, Mary Abigail was the descendant of French merchants.{{sfn|Chauvin|1927|p=4}}

He had two daughters, Julia Elizabeth and Jennie Melissa, and five sons, Willis Ephraim, Edward Chandler, Franklin Hiram,<ref>Franklin’s daughter Helen Holbrook Walker is listed as an American heiress who married European royalty, twice, see [[List of American heiresses#From 1865 to 1965]].</ref> Alfred (infant), and James Harrington.{{sfn|Fraser|1992|p=10}} Edward Chandler, his second son, commissioned the development of [[Willistead Manor]].