Carole I always imagined that cousin marriages made family history easier! I do not really have anything to add, or to suggest, at the present time. There does seem to be quite an age difference between Hugh WATTS and the Jane WATTS you suggested (daughter of George and Anna). I even wondered if Jane was a widow when she married Hugh, and that perhaps her former husband was also a WATTS. We really need to find Hugh and Jane in 1861. Now another question for you. In the Wiltshire 1851 census index, there is an Isaac WATTS, age 8, scholar, born Upton, GLS, living at Malmesbury with James and Sophia AUKLAND as lodger. He is probably the Isaac baptised at Hawkesbury on 20th November 1842, son of Sally WATTS, which then raises the question of who Sally was. Isaac is in the 1881 census as follows: Dwelling: Pond Farm Census Place: Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Source: FHL Film 1341616 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2552 Folio 114 Page 10 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Isaac WATTS M 38 M Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucester, England Rel: Head Occ: Shepherd Elizabeth WATTS M 32 F Tetbury, Gloucester, England Rel: Wife Occ: Shepherds Wife William Geo. WATTS 10 M Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Anne Flor. Maria WATTS 8 F Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Edward Jas. Ernest WATTS 6 M Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Alice Sarah Jane WATTS 1 F Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur John BARNFIELD U 22 M Tetbury, Gloucester, England Rel: Brother in Law Occ: Farm Servant Also, do you know why Alfred's second name was Marquis? Bob Lawrence ************************************** R.P.& A.L.Lawrence The Hazels, Sheepwood Road, Bristol, BS10 7BS, U.K. Phone: 0117 9504314 ************************************** ¦-----Original Message----- ¦From: anthony sharp [mailto:[email protected]] ¦Sent: 12 February 2004 07:24 ¦To: [email protected] ¦Subject: [HWK] WATTS & WALBRIDGE Part 2 ¦ ¦ ¦Hello List, ¦ ¦Time to return to the WATTS/WALBRIDGE/COOPER/TOGHILL/PRITCHARD melting pot! ¦ ¦My Cousin Kay Buchanan has obtained certificates to confirm some of the ¦retalioships we have been mulling over; Over to him!. ¦ ¦"I have the marriage certificate for Elizabeth WATTS and Henry ¦WALBRIDGE and ¦also the death certificate for Elizabeth. ¦Elizabeth WATTS, daughter of John WATTS and Jane PRITCHARD, married Henry ¦WALBRIDGEe on 28 Dec 1865 at the Parish Church Walcott, Somerset, by ¦licence. Both shown as 'full age'; Elizabeth a Spinster and Henry a ¦Batchelor. Occupation of both shown as 'Lodging Housekeeper'; address of ¦both 'Oxford Row'. Father of Henry was John WALBRIDGE, Coachman. Witnesses ¦were Isaac WATTS and Sarah Hannah WALBRIDGE. ¦ ¦Elizabeth WALBRIDGE (nee WATTS) widow of Henry WALBRIDGE died 7 Jan 1898 at ¦Hillesley, Hawkesbury of Heart Disease and Bronchitis. Informant was Alfred ¦WATTS, nephew of Kilcott, Hawkesbury. ¦ ¦In the 1881 Census residing with Elizabeth (who was a widow at that time) ¦was Alice WATTS, niece aged 11. ¦In the 1891 Census residing with Elizabeth were Alice WATTS 21, single, ¦niece and Arthur WATTS, 22, single, nephew. ¦In the 1881 Census residing with Isaac WATTS were his two sons, Alfred 18 ¦and Edward 16 and Arthur WATTS, nephew, 10, born Slaughterford Wiltshire. ¦ ¦I have the birth certificate for Arthur Hugh WATTS, son of Hugh WATTS ¦Gamekeeper, and Jane WATTS formerly WATTS, born 20 Aug 1869 at ¦Slaughterford, Biddestone, Wiltshire. Birth registered by Jane WATTS. ¦ ¦I assume that Arthur Hugh WATTS, nephew of both Isaac WATTS and Elizabeth ¦WALBRIDGE (nee WATTS), was the son of their brother Hugh (bpt 18/12/1825 ¦Hawkesbury) but I have no record of his marriage to a Jane WATTS ¦or who were ¦the parents of Jane. ¦Have you any details? ¦ ¦Am awaiting the birth certificate for Alice to find out who were her ¦parents - I wonder if she was a sister of Arthur Hugh" ¦ ¦ ¦The End of Kay's message ¦ ¦My thoughts follow:- ¦ ¦1851 census at Upper Wick Hugh WATTS 22 Unm Farm Bailiff. born Hawkesbury ¦Upton. nephew of Anna WATTS(nee PRITCHARD and widow of George , the son of ¦Alexander & Sarah WATTS) . ¦ ¦Hawkesbury Burial Reg has Hugh WATTS of Upton buried Jan 27 1879 age 54, ¦Died in Gloucester asylum I have always suspected that this is one and the ¦same person but didn't expect to find a marriage in between. ¦ ¦The only likely Jane WATTS that I have is the daughter of George WATTS & ¦Anna PRITCHARD, which would make Jane 1st cousin of Hugh!. This Jane was ¦baptised in Berkeley in 1840 and is with her widowed Mother at ¦Upper Wick in ¦1851. This, of course, is also where Hugh WATTS was in 1851! A Jane WATTS ¦of Hawkesbury Upton was buried at Hawkesbury June 6 1878 age 39. This fits ¦well with the Jane WATTS aforementioned. Couldn't find a marriage ¦on FreeBMD ¦for Hugh & Jane though. ¦ ¦IF Jane died in 1878 and Hugh followed soon after. in 1879, following ¦hospitalisation, it would make sense that their child/children would be ¦farmed out to relatives. ¦ ¦I suspect that Alice WATTS is the daughter of Isaac & Sarah chr ¦March 2 1870 ¦at Hillesley. ¦ ¦Does anyone have anything to add please? ¦ ¦Cheers ¦Carole ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== ¦Please remember when you post messages that SURNAMES should be in CAPITALS. ¦ ¦============================== ¦Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration ¦Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Bob, Thanks. I haven't spotted Hugh & Jane in 1861 yet - but I'll keep on.looking. Carole

Bob I don't have much at all on Isaac & his family. FreeBMD has a marriage to Elizabeth BARNFIELD Sept Qtr 1868 Tetbury 6a 527. A William James BARNFIELD married, same place same quarter same ref. to Elizabeth WHITE. Presumably he was a brother. On the 1851 census the BARNFIELD family are at Gumstool Hill, Tetbury, father William is a "Hallier", wife Sarah, children William, Mary & Elizabeth. Sally WATTS has me puzzled. Does anyone know whether Sally is a popular version of something else, like Sarah for example? Re MARQUIS, no I don't know where this originates. Maybe a surname on the wife's side? Another little challenge! Best wishes Carole ----- Now another question for you. In the Wiltshire 1851 census index, there is an Isaac WATTS, age 8, scholar, born Upton, GLS, living at Malmesbury with James and Sophia AUKLAND as lodger. He is probably the Isaac baptised at Hawkesbury on 20th November 1842, son of Sally WATTS, which then raises the question of who Sally was. Isaac is in the 1881 census as follows: Dwelling: Pond Farm Census Place: Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Source: FHL Film 1341616 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2552 Folio 114 Page 10 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Isaac WATTS M 38 M Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucester, England Rel: Head Occ: Shepherd Elizabeth WATTS M 32 F Tetbury, Gloucester, England Rel: Wife Occ: Shepherds Wife William Geo. WATTS 10 M Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Anne Flor. Maria WATTS 8 F Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Edward Jas. Ernest WATTS 6 M Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Alice Sarah Jane WATTS 1 F Shipton Moyne, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur John BARNFIELD U 22 M Tetbury, Gloucester, England Rel: Brother in Law Occ: Farm Servant Also, do you know why Alfred's second name was Marquis? Bob Lawrence