Posted on: Tioga Co. NY Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/TiogaObits/10055 Surname: Watkins ------------------------- Gay's Historical Gazetteer of Tioga Co NY c 1887 :in Richford page 408/9rtemus Watkins b Peru MA 25 Aug 1786 s/o John m Phebe Gilbert b c 1790 at Peru d/o Benson Gilbert. Left Peru c 1812. His brother John Watkins settled in Newark Valley @ the same time.12 children .........#2 Anna, b Peru 12 Dec 1811 m Erastus E Humphrey Speedsville. border Tompkins & Tioga Co. John Watkins 1820 Newark Valley Censis page 242: 2 males under 10,1 10-16,1 16-18, 1 16-26, 1 45 & up..... 2 females under 10,1 10-16, 1 26-45, 2 in agriculture. Gilbert's from Partridgefield now Peru,MA.Anna may have been sibling of this John & Artemus.?or a generation before?