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We have Watts’ from all over in this issue!
Keep the contributions coming.
In December I would like to print a listing of our
subscribers and their web sites. If
you have a web site you think others might be interested in please send us
the address. If you
don’t have your own web site but have your genealogy on line at Family
Tree Maker, GenWeb World Connect or some other database please send us
that address. Let’s get a
good list of Watts Web sites!
Lori
CONTENTS
1.
Members lines
2.
Queries
3.
John Watts of Charles Co. Maryland
4.
New England Watts
5.
William Watts of Virginia
6.
Watts Mississippi Marriages 1851-1900
7.
Robert Watts of New York
8.
Charles Watts of New York
9.
Jacob Watts of New Jersey
10.
John Watts of New York
11.
Frederick Watts of Pennsylvania
12.
John Watts of Massachusetts
13.
John Watts of Virginia
14.
Henry Watts of London and Massachusetts
15.
DAR Files: #22374
#22708
#23334
#23869
#23877
16.
Deed between Elijah Watts and Gravit Edwards of Albemarle Co. VA
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From:
KnightnSaugus@aol.com
My name is Debbie Knight and I am from the line of
John Watts (the trader), Garrett Zacariah Watts and Anna Self, Clinton
Watts and Lettie Fields, Robert Lee Watts and Mary Isabel Hobson,
Claude Watts and Genyth Ruthrauff.
Thank you for your newsletter.
Debbie
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QUERIES
From:
miltonw@hotmail.com (milton watts)
If you are still publishing, I would like any info on
a Jacob Watts (1784) m Millie Hollingsworth(1785). Moved from the
Carolinas to Ga perhaps 1810 then to Ala in 1830's or so.
Thanks,
Milton
From:
tcox@arrow.com (Tammy Cox)
Benjamin Franklin WATTS b. South Carolina abt. 1820 m
Tabith ? born South Carolina 1822. Sons William M. WATTS and
Benjamin Franklin WATTS jr. listed with their mother in 1850 census for
Cherokee County Alabama. Next to household of James G.WATTS. William is
listed as 8 years old and Benjamin is listed as 6 or 8 months old. In
later years Benjamin claimed his birthdate as December 1,1842. BF, Sr.
apparently died before 1850. Benjamin Franklin ,jr. served in the 6th
Georgia Cavalry and married Elizabeth Angeline BOATFIELD in 1871. They
later moved to Navarro County, Texas.
We do not know what happened to Tabitha or to William M. We are
also looking for any information on Benjamin Franklin, Sr.
thanks,
Tammy Cox
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JOHN WATTS OF CHARLES CO. MARYLAND
http://members.efortress.com/susan1/watts.htm
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 7
Watts, John,
mariner,Charles Co.,
12th Sept., 1735;
7th Sept., 1737.
Codicil to will in hands of Capt. John Hyde, late
mcht. in London, dec'd, and now in hands of Samuel Hyde, his ex., whereby
bro. Richard and bro.-in-law John Carr are appointed exs. Said will
confirmed except as hereafter specified, viz: To wife, 100 A. of Panton
Mannor, in Nanjamoy, during life; at her decease to afsd. exs. and
legatees; also personalty on sd. plan.; also personalty on plantation now
occupied by son-in-law William Brents, excepting plate, books or
merchandise not hereafter bequested, and certain other personalty. To
son-in-law William Brent, personalty. To poor Protestants of Port Tobacco
and Durham parishes, £40, to be paid by exs. to justices of Charles Co.
To afsd. Richard Watts and John Carr, exs., the residue and reversion of
estate.
John Parnham, Sr., and Walter Pyes, exs. of estate in
Maryland. Test: John Hawkins, John Hawkine, Jr., James Kendall. 21. 788.
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NEW ENGLAND WATTS’
From:
rlwats1@email.msn.com (Dick Watts)
You asked in the Watts On-Line Newsletter:
".......do you know of anyone researching the New England branch of
the family?"
There are two "large" New England branches
that I know of being researched. One is "my" branch and
the other is the branch that Lois Watts belongs too. We have not
been able to tie the two branches together.
My material is at:
http://www.geocities.com/dickwatts/coverpageonline.html
Lois' material is at:
http://www.qni.com/~anderson/Watts.html
Take a look and see if you think you have a
connection. Lots of Samuels in both families. In fact, my great
grandfather, Samuel, was living at Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY,
when he died in 1936. However, the family was from down Maine (Knox
County). Most of the family that Lois is researching ended up down Maine
in Washington County.
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WILLIAM WATTS OF VIRGINIA
From:
idrdon@earthlink.net (Judy Spaulding)
Found a book at Pomona Library, "Abstracts of
Revolutionary War Pension Files".
For some reason, I never remembered your WATTS lineage going into
the deep South until I reviewed the listing page 3706 for your John
Watts-Lucy Dalton. Their son
Robert Harrison WATTS married 1833 in Hinds MIssissippi, plus, son
William's older children born Scott CO TN.
For some reason, I hadn't realized they had travelled
SOUTH---into my old stomping grounds.
Just interesting.
I
thought I would share this one Revolutionary Soldier's family with the
group as it may prove helpful to someone out there.
Not my line...well, not that I know of...but msomeone else maybe
can connect. I just have
never seen anything posted on this WATTS family to my knowledge.
Pomona Library book, Abstracts of Revolutionary War
Pension Files, page 3706:
Watts, William, VA Line, Ann, W19587, sol m Ann Pool
20 March 1781 & their children were: Joel b 26 Feb 1782 & d 11
March 1819, James b. 25 Aug 1784 & d. 11 Jan 1817, William b. 16 Sept
1786 & d. in Nov 1790, Elizabeth b. 6 Aug 1788 & d in Oct 1790,
Ann b. 9 April 1790, John b. 3 Sept 1792, Mary b 23 April 1795 & d 19
Sept 1797, William b 14 May 1797 & d 9 June 1798, Demsey, a son b 28
Dec 1798 & d 4 Aug 1800, Robert Tucker Watts b 22 Dec 1800,
Isaac b 6 Nov 1802, Jesse b 27 Oct 1804 & d 26 July 1806 & Sally b
5 Dec 1809. Sol appl 20 June
1818 in Norfolk CO VA, sol d 14 Jan 1822 & wid appl 16 Nov 1839 in
Norfolk CO VA, aged 73 & she made her application before a Samuel
Watts a J P but no kinship was stated, the surviving children of dec'd wid
rec'd final payment of 9
June 1841 & were paid to 4 Sept 1840.
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WATTS
MISSISSIPPI MARRIAGES 1851-1900
JEFFERSON RIGGS LUCY WATTS MD 03 Jan 1874 Lowndes MS
HENRY WATTS BETTIE MOSBY MD 26 Dec 1874 Lowndes MS
JIM WATTS MARY BILLINGTON MD 04 Dec 1896 Lowndes MS
JOHNNIE WATTS DELLA KIDD MD 27 Dec 1888 Lowndes MS
REASON WATTS CATHARINE WALKER MD 05 Jan 1868 Lowndes MS
THOMAS WATTS MARGARET R. MAYES MD 01 Jan 1868 Lowndes MS
THOMAS WATTS ISABELLA PETERSON MD 17 Feb 1887 Lowndes MS
JOHN TAYOR SARAH WATTS MD 17 Jan 1883 CARR MS
CARY WATTS ANNIE WILLIAMS MD 20 Dec 1882 CARR MS
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ROBERT WATTS OF NEW YORK
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women
Volume II
American Biographical Notes
The Chicago Historical Society, page 249
LEAKE, JOHN G., son of Robert Leake, d. in N. Y., a bachelor, June 2,
1827, leaving an estate valued at $400,000, and an informal will,
bequeathing his estate to Robert Watts upon
condition of his taking the surname of Leake; if he did not, or died
before 21, he gave funds for an orphan asylum in N. Y. city; this Watts
died soon after becoming of age, and before changing his name; his father
released his interest, in behalf of the asylum which bears the name of the
Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum; the will was
contested, and found valid so far as concerned the personal estate, but
the real estate escheated to the state and $85,754.49, was paid into the
treasury Jan. 1842; James Hay and others have since set up claims as heirs
but without success. (N. Y. Assem. Doc. 87, 1850; do 93, 1854, etc.)
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CHARLES WATTS
OF NEW YORK
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
American Biographical Notes
The Chicago Historical Society, page 415
WATTS, CHARLES, a native of N. Y.; removed
to La., and held the office of judge of the commercial court, at the time
of the adoption of the new constitution; he d. at Biloxi, La., January 14,
1851, a. 62. (Stryker's Am. Reg., vi, 207.)
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JACOB WATTS OF NEW JERSEY
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
American Biographical Notes
The Chicago Historical Society, page 415
WATTS, JACOB, a pioneer of the Miami
valley, and native of New Jersey; d. at Gallatin, Ky., July, 1849, in the
93d year of his age; he settled at the village of Columbia at the mouth of
the Little Miami in the fall of 1788. (Stryker's Am. Reg., iii, 232.)
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JOHN WATTS OF NEW YORK
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
American Biographical Notes
The Chicago Historical Society, page 415
WATTS, JOHN, b. in New York city; was a
member of assembly from New York city and speaker in 1791–2–3; was in
congress from 1793 to 1795; d. in New York city, Sept. 3, 1836.
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FREDERICK
WATTS OF PENNSYLVANIA
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of
the Revolution
Fifteenth Virginia, page 576
Watts, Frederick (Pa). Lieutenant-Colonel
of a Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp, July to December, 1776;
taken prisoner at Fort Washington, 16th November, 1776 Brigadier-General
Pennsylvania Militia, 28th May, 1782, to close of war. (Died 3d October,
1795.)
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JOHN WATTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of
the Revolution
Fifteenth Virginia, page 576
Watts, John (Mass). Sergeant of Phinney's
Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Ensign 27th Continental
Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776.
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JOHN WATTS OF VIRGINIA
American
Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of
the Revolution
Fifteenth Virginia, page 576
Watts, John (Va). Cornet Virginia Dragoons,
17th June, 1776; Lieutenant 1st Continental Dragoons, 18th December, 1776;
Captain, 7th April, 1778; wounded at Eutaw Springs, 8th September, 1781;
retained in Baylor's Regiment of Dragoons, 9th November, 1782, and served
to close of war; Lieutenant-Colonel Light Dragoons United States Army, 8th
January, 1799; honorably discharged, 15th June, 1800. (Died 8th June,
1830.)
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HENRY WATTS OF LONDON AND
MASSACHUSETTS
ORIGIN: London
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Saco
REMOVES: Scarborough 1633
OCCUPATION: Fishmonger
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: On 7
September 1636 he was assessed £1 for the support of the minister at Saco
At court on 5 July 1664, 7 November 1665, 15 September 1668 and 4 July
1671 Mr. Henry Watts of Black Point was
presented for not attending the public worship of God.
FREEMAN: He acknowledged the
authority of Massachusetts Bay, 13 July 1658
EDUCATION: He signed his deeds.
OFFICES: Commissioner for
Scarborough, 12 July 1658, 3 July 1660, 1 July 1661, 1 July 1662, 5 July
1664 (elected but the court denied him). Jury, 8 September 1640.
ESTATE: On 31 July 1648 Henry Watts
leased one hundred acres adjoining his house at Black Point "which he
hath built for fifteen years past" from George Cleeve as agent for
Col. Alexander Rigby Esqr. On 30 September 1648 "George Cleve of
Casco, gent., agent for Colonel Alexander Rigby" sold to "Henry Watts
of Blue Point" "all that neck of land ... in the village of Blue
Point ... excepting ten acres near the river formerly granted to Mr.
Foxwell, together with all the land ... that parteth this grant &
Cooke's point ... together with all the land & marsh within this
boundary supposed to be five hundred acres" . On 12 November 1687
Henry Watts of Scarborough transferred this
land to Andrew Brown Jr. for "sufficient maintenance during [Watts's]
life" .
On 20 May 1670 Henry Watts sold two hundred
and seventy acres at a place called Dunston to Robert Elliot of New
Castle, Watts having acquired it as
"successor and owner by marrying the widow of said [George] Barlow
&c. by settlement".
On 10 April 1673 Henry Watts deeded half
his farm and mill at Scarborough "in the village we call Cockell"
to Ralph Allison, who was to have it all when Watts
died . On 26 June 1680 Henry Watts of
Scarborough, fishmonger, sold one hundred acres at Blue Point to Nathan
Bedford .
Administration was taken on his estate 27 June 1697 by Thomas Bowes, son
of his sister, Barbara (Watts) Bowes ,
citing an unknown source].
BIRTH: Baptized Cockfield,
Durham, 28 June 1602, son of Ralph and Jane (_____) Watts
[Sarah
Miller Anc 87]. (Deposed aged 67 in 1669 , aged seventy-one
years 29 June 1675 , and aged 82 in 1684).
DEATH: After 12 November 1687.
MARRIAGE: After 1653 and before
1665 Cicely (_____) Barlow, widow of George Barlow. At court 7 November
1665 "Mr. Henery Watts" having
some discourse with Mr. Jordan "in the presence of this court did
utter these words - that such as the said Jordan was did much mischief as
he conceived, having their discourse about keeping away of Henery Watts
his wife from him" .
CHILDREN: None recorded.
ASSOCIATIONS: He was brother of
Anne (Watts) Dixon, widow of George Dixon,
who was in New England by 1665. "We present Mrs. Dixon, sister to Mr.
Hene: Watts of Black Point, for not
frequenting of the public worship of God on the Lord's Days".
COMMENTS: Davis believes that
Henry Watts had an earlier wife before his
marriage to the widow of George Barlow ("The early wife whom Henry Watts most probably had was completely successful in avoiding the
records" [Sarah
Miller Anc 89]). Since there are no records and no children to
require an earlier wife, we include here only the known wife.
His was one of the first suits in the Maine Province Court on 25 March
1636. He petitioned concerning an agreement with Capt. Richard Bonython
over the sale of Watts's lot for 9d. rent
and two days work a year . At court 28 March 1636, he was sued by Mr.
Thomas Andros. He sued William Gibbons and John Lander, 25 June 1640, and
was sued by Robert Sanders the same court. Most of these actions seem to
have been settled quite amicably. At the same court, with William Frethey
he was presented for "profaning the Sabbath in carrying of
boards".
On 31 June 1645 Henry Watts deposed at
length about the misbehavior of Robert Nash during a voyage from Boston to
Stratton's Island.
At court 21 October 1645 Henry Watts was
fined for swearing several oaths, 5s., again for swearing, 5s., for breach
of the Sabbath 20s., and for contempt of authority and taking goods from
the marshal under execution 40s. Upon his petition, the court abated him
30s. .
He was in a difference over land with Mr. Richard Foxwell, 21 October
1645. Foxwell sued him for £160 4 July 1659. They were still in court 6
July 1675.
He appraised the estate of Christopher Collins and it was brought to court
on 13 November 1666. He appraised the estate of George Knights on 27 May
1671.
At court 4 July 1659 Henry Watts was
presented for scandalizing the Commissioners with abusive speeches about
the Governor and making a sign with his hand .
On 29 June 1675 "Henery Watts"
deposed aged seventy-one years, that John Mills, deceased, had for thirty
years possessed by mowing a parcel of marsh toward Nonesuch.
From:
The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
(Vols. 1-3)
Anderson, Robert Charles Boston, MA:
New England Historical Society
Database Online: Provo Utah:
Ancestry.com
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DAR FILES
The National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 23
page 130
Mrs. Delia Bulkley Holden
White.
DAR ID Number: 22374
Born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wife of Windsor T. White.
Descendant of Lieut. John Holden, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Liberty Emory Holden and Delia Elizabeth Bulkley, his wife.
Granddaughter of Liberty Holden and Sally Cox Stearns, his wife.
[p.130] Gr.-granddaughter of Peter Holden and Hannah Watts,
his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Holden and Mary Knight, his wife.
John Holden, (1738-1828), served as lieutenant in the Massachusetts
militia at the battle of Butts Hill, Rhode Island, 1778. He died in
Otisfield, Maine. His widow at the age of ninety-five received a pension
for his service.
The National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 23
page 247
Miss Clara Eliza Atwood.
DAR ID Number: 22708
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Descendant of Joshua Palmer.
Daughter of David Franklin Atwood and Lucy C. Pratt, his wife.
Granddaughter of Joseph Watts Pratt and
Clarissa Parker Palmer, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Josiah Palmer (1789-1875) and Rachel Barrows, his
wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Joshua Palmer and Lois Sturtevant, his wife.
Joshua Palmer was placed on the pension roll of Grafton Co., N. H., 1831,
for service of private in the Massachusetts State troops. He was born in
Hanover, Mass., 1762.
The National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 24
page 118
Mrs. Mary Allison Wardwell.
DAR ID Number: 23334
Born in Bloomington, Indiana.
Wife of William Van Buren Wardwell.
Descendant of Capt. John Watts, of
Virginia.
Daughter of John Sebree Watts and Elizabeth
Howe, his wife.
Granddaughter of John Watts and Fannie
Sebree, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Watts and Sarah
Barnett, his wife.
John Watts was cornet in the first
Continental Dragoons; rose to the rank of captain and was wounded at Eutaw
Springs. He served to the close of the war and received a land grant for
seven years' service. He died in 1830.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution Volume 24
page 305
Mrs. Ella Watts
Dunn.
DAR ID Number: 23869
Born in South Thomaston, Maine.
Wife of Richard Elliot Dunn.
Descendant of Capt. Isaac Wiley, Lieut. Col. William Farnsworth and Isaac
Hall.
Daughter of Albert I. Watts and Sarah
Linneken, his wife.
Granddaughter of Joshua Watts and Lucy
Hall, his wife; John Linneken and Eliza Smalley, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Watts (b, 1779),
and Hannah Smalley, [p.305] his wife; Peter Hall and Mary Pierson, his
wife; Thomas Smalley and Elizabeth Wiley, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Watts and
Mary Robinson, his wife, m. 1772; Isaac Hall and — Coombs, his wife;
Isaac Wiley and Mary Farnsworth, his wife.
Isaac Hall, (1725-1815), who had served in the early wars, volunteered for
the Penobscot expedition, 1779. He was born in Hopewell; died in St.
George, Maine.
Mrs. Iada Watts
Newcombe.
DAR ID Number: 23877
Born in Thomaston, Maine.
Wife of William Abram Newcombe.
Descendant of Moses Robinson.
Daughter of Alfred Watts and Elizabeth
Brown, his wife.
Granddaughter of Joseph Watts and Sarah
Stone, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Watts and Mary
Robinson, his wife.
DEED BETWEEN ELIJAH WATTS AND GRAVIT EDWARDS
Sparacio, Ruth and Sam, Albemarle County, Virginia
Deed Books, 1787-1790, The Antient Press, pa. 7-8.
This indenture made this thirteenth day of December
one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven;
Between Gravit Edwards and Ann his wife of County of Albemarle of
one part of Elijah WATTS of County aforesaid of other part;
Witnesseth that Gravit Edward in consideration of sum of seventy
six pounds current money of Virginia to him inhand paid by Elijah WATTS,
hath and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto Elijah WATTS his
heirs a certain tract of land containing by estimation one hundred fifty
two acres be the same more or less lying in County of Albemarle and
bounded, Beginning at a white Oak in Jacob WATTS's line, running thence
North fifty seven degrees East ninety two poles to a white Oak and Pine
corner to Leonard David, North four degrees West ninety poles to a Post
Oak, black Oak and Pine a new made corner, North fifty degrees East fifty
four poles to a red Oak, white Oak and Hickory a new made corner in Thomas
Stone's line, thence along his line North forty degrees West seventy poles
to a white Oak, Spanish Oak and black Oak saplings, South fifty seven
degrees West eighty poles to a Pine and red Oak saplings, North twenty
degrees West fourteen poles to a Pine, South fifty even degrees West
eighty four poles to a one hundred and ninety two poles to the beginning;
To have and to hold the tract of land with its appurtenances
unto Elijah WATTS and his heirs and Gravit Edwards for himself and
his heirs doth covenant with Elijah WATTS his heirs that he the land and
premises unto Elijah his heirs against the lawful claim of any person will
warrant and defend by these presents; In Witness whereof the parties have
hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written
Signed and sealed and delivered in the presence of us
(no witnesses recorded)
Gravit (his mark) Edward
Ann Edward
Received of Mr. Elijah WATTS the just sum of seventy
six pounds current money of Virginia in full satisfaction of the
consideration mentioned in the within Deed on the day and year within
written
(no signature recorded)
At Albemarle December Court 1787
This indenture was acknowledged by Gravit and Ann Edwards, she being first
privately examined according to Law, and ordered to be recorded
Test John Nicholas, Clerk
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