Sorry - I should have added that this is not/not the well-known Watson family of Oro Twp. They were Scottish, while the family I'm looking for are of Irish origin (and are clearly in South Simcoe). John --- On Wed, 9/16/09, John Ausman <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Ausman <[email protected]> Subject: Watson - Tecumseth To: [email protected] Received: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 2:40 PM Hello everyone. Is anyone working on a Watson family in Simcoe South - mainly Tecumseth, but possibly also W. Gwill, Innisfil or Essa?   I am trying to find more about a John Watson who occupied Tec Con6 Lot18 in 1837, and a James Watson who purchased Tec Con5 Lot 18 in 1842 (and who had a son James in 1841 who later became an M.D. in Beeton).   James Watson Senior purchased his land (right next door to the John Watson mentioned above) in 1842 from an Ausman, and James Watson Junior married an Ausman in 1863, thus my keen interest - and great puzzlement at finding so little on them. Cheers, John