mrs Halker 27.3.1798 adv at Chandler's with miss Valpy
Though easily confused with the commoner name Hasker in newsprint fonts of the time, and with Walker in handwriting, Godwin seems to have written Halker, and the name did exist. She may have been governess or chaperone to miss Valpy.
Will PCC 1781 Charles Halker of Bethnal Green gent, will PCC 1786 Ann Halker of Bethnal Green wife mentioned her husband's sister-in-law Mary Halker / Elizabeth Halker age 36 of St Pancras, noncomformist burial 14.4.1822 Clerkenwell / Mrs Halker buried 26.1.1845 Enfield / Thomas Halker & Mary Holland 3rd banns 10.1.1796 St Marylebone / John Halker of Half Moon St, St Geo Han Sq Land tax 1785 / Hannah H age 44 of Gt Warner St buried 11.5.1798 St James Clerkenwell / Edward son of Thos & Sarah Halker bapt 27.7.1800 at St Geo Han Sq / 11.6.1863 Mrs Elizabeth Halker of Bingley nr East Morton buried aged 84