Hello Cousin Carol! Bingo! Your information looks a whole lot like mine..... I'm a descendant of Samuel Redd, and I can tell you some stories about him. Descendants of Thomas Watson 1 Thomas Watson b: in England . +Susan Sullivan b: in Ireland ...... 2 Delina Watson .......... +Lucian Rankins ...... 2 Matilda Vileta Watson .......... +Ripper Lee Crawford m: September 25, 1852 ...... 2 Samuel Redd Dekalb Watson b: July 1834 in Estill County, Kentucky d: June 25, 1904 in Estill County, Kentucky .......... +Elizabeth Jane Hughes b: July 1838 in Estill Co Ky d: July 12, 1932 in Ky ...... 2 Jeptha Watson b: July 18, 1819 in Bath Co .......... +Susan Rogers b: 1824 m: July 18, 1839 Jeff & Jeanne: Sorry no Catherine as of yet, also no Goreys or Sheas Edwin: I have some Adamses tied in with Fraziers in my line.... On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 15:12:44 -0500 Carol Meier <[email protected]> writes: > Hi possible Watson Cousins! > > Jeff and Jeannie, we have been searching for a Thomas Watson, family > tradition > suggests he came from England between 1780-1819, but he could be > from Ireland. > We think ours married a Susannah O'Sullivan (Sullivan in the US, > because Ireland > made emmigrants change their surname when they came ta the states.) > We only > have record of 3 children, Matilda Vileta b. unknown, Jeptha P. b. > 7-18-1819 in > Bath Co., Ky. and Samuel Redd DeKalb b. July 1835. Now Bath Co was > est. in 1811 > from Montgomery Co. was est. 1797 from Clark Co. was est. 1793 from > Bourbon Co. > and Fayette Co. (Talk about the chain of counties...) > > Ed, we don't have a Catherine Watson, but it could be cause we're > not that far > back on our Watson line yet. > > Any links? > > Hugs, > Possibly Cousin Carol > > > > Jeff and Jeannie Goethe wrote: > > > I am a descendent of Thomas Watson, born around 1779 in Ireland. > Thomas > > came to Centre County Pennsylvania with four children from a prior > marriage, > > and then had as many as 23 children from a second marriage. I > cannot find a > > Catherine. > > > > However, I found it interesting that there were Watsons in Bourbon > County, > > KY since my wife is from Bourbon County, Kentucky and is a Gorey > and Shea > > descendant. It seems there were many Irish in the community. > > > > I don't think there is a connection between the Bourbon County > Watsons since > > they were there long before Thomas was born. > > > > Good look with finding Catherine. > > > > Jeff Goethe > > Bradenton, FL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Edwin Jones <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:45 AM > > Subject: Searching for Catherine WATSON late 1700's > > > > > Hello WATSON researchers, > > > It's been awhile since my last posting for my 3'rd gr > grandmother > > > Catherine WATSON. Catherine married Thomas ADAMS 12/16/1794 in > Bourbon > > > County, Ky. Some other family members believe Catherine was born > 1773 > > > somewhere in Md. I have a copy of the marriage bond which was > signed by > > > a Ralph ADAMS as being her guardian. This leads me to believe > Ralph was > > > probably related to this WATSON line but I haven't been able to > find a > > > connection. Some other researchers on this family suggest Hester > WATSON > > > was maybe Catherine's father. Of course there might be a mistake > in > > > spelling and Hester may have been Esther who could have been her > mother > > > rather than her father.I have found a Hester WATSON in Kent > County, Md. > > > as an execturer for John WATSON dated 5/4/1764. An Edward WATSON > was > > > also an execturer. Does anyone have any data regarding any of > these > > > WATSONS ? I have been searching for the parents of Catherine > for the > > > past 15 years & there are now at least a dozen other descendants > now > > > working on this search. > > > > > > Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Ed Jones New Palestine, In. > > > > > > > > > Mike O'Hearn Tempe, Arizona [email protected] [email protected]