Also check Newport County, specifically Jamestown, Rhode island. I used to live against Watson Farm, a lineage that I know goes back to the 1700"s. Jim --- mbriggs3@mindspring.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Watson, Hoxsie > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/148.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I do not know if this is your Elijah Watson, but > found two references in RI Vital Records CD > (Beamans); both relate to the will of Anna Hoxsie, > widow of Elijah Hoxie; Anna's will was dated 3 Oct > 1833 and proved 5 Jan 1835 at Richmond, RI. She > mentions her daughter Deborah Watson and Deborah's > son, Elijah; Anna's will also mentions her sons, > Varnum and Job Hoxsie; > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Search the RIGenWeb Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/search.html > WorldConnect Project -- Connecting the World One > GEDCOM at Time > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== James A. Mulligan, MS. Champaign, Illinois, USA jam.genealogy@att.net Searching ASH, BROWN, CAPRON, CARANCI, CHACE, ELGAR, ELLENBOGEN, GARD(I)NER, HAZARD, KARLING, KOERNER, LAHTI, LILLIBRIDGE, LOHIKOSKI, MEYER, MULLIGAN, ROBINSON, SHERMAN, TEFFT, VACCA. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com