Shadrach Walton

Shadrach Walton
Born	1658 New Castle, New Hampshire
Died	Oct. 3, 1741 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Known for	Commanding a regiment during the siege of Port Royal 1710.
Spouse(s)	Mary Nutter

Shadrach Walton, born 1658, died 1741, was a tavern keeper, office-holder, and soldier in the Province of New Hampshire.

Walton commanded Fort William and Mary before 1684, and again 1697-1708; appointed ensign in 1690, when New Hampshire and Massachusetts were reunited; was a selectman of Portsmouth town 1688-1692; served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1695-1698, and again 1716-1733; commanded the New Hampshire provincial troops during the siege of Port Royal 1710; commanded a combined regiment of New Hampshire and Rhode Island troops during the Quebec Expedition 1711; appointed by mandamus a member of the provincial council 1716, on which he served until 1733.

In 1682 Walton's property and his father's inn were the victims of a "stone-throwing devil" that harassed them in a series of poltergeist-like events. Lithobolia, a narrative of the case, was published 1698 in London.

In 1685 Walton's father deeded him two houses, a brewery, , and 200 acres of land.

During King William's War, Walton led an expedition in 1690 to relieve Fort Loyal, Maine under siege from a French and Wabanaki force, but arrived to late to save the inhabitants from the massacre of Falmouth.

In 1697, Walton appeared before the Board of Trade in London where he claimed that since Massachusetts was not able to defend New Hampshire, and New Hampshire men were better forest fighters, there being no advantage for New Hampshire to being joined with Massachusetts.

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