Someone contacted me this week about the genealogy of James Watts from the BATTLE of FORT FREELAND, PA fame. Please re-contact me for I have lost your E-mail address. Jack Sossoman 6024 S.W. 40th Terrace Topeka, KS 66610

M, Sorry, not even close! Darn! My Watts (with the "s") were in VA in 1720 (Thomas, Sr). They seem to have been all over VA...Prince William, Faquier, Greene,,, I envy you knowing ship and all---I have yet to find an ancestor whose ship I know!!! My Watts remain a mystery! Thanks anyway, Cyndi

seeking info on William A.Watts born in ALA I have no date..He died in 1917.Greenville,Tx.He was married to Mary Crabtree..Mary was born in 1863 Sayre,Okla.Theie daughter JoAnn was born in 1885,Huntsville,Ala.Any onfo on this family would be great...

Hi, Can't link directly, but several elelments in you post lead me to think William...Please post all you have. I'll do the same in a later post! thanks, Cyndi

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Does anybody recognize this family? MARY DEWEESE, daughter of Joshua Deweese and Elizabeth New, was born in Kent Co., DE circa 1785 or a little later. She married ISRAEL WATTS in BUTLER CO., OH, 14 Nov 1809. It is believed she migrated to Butler Co., OH, from Monongalia VA(WV) about 1807, with her brothers, Samuel and James Deweese. >From Mikesells, Butler Co. OH Land Records, Vol. 1: 1803-1816 we find 2 deeds involving Israel Watts: 1813 - William REED & Rebecca, h/w to ISRAEL WATTS. (no S-T-R given); bound by land of Adam DICKEY. Signed: William REED, Rebeckah (X) REED. Witn: David MULFORD, William HARVEY. rec. 1814, Bk. D, pp 215,216 1813 - ISRAEL WATTS & MARY, h/w to John SHAFER. Middletown Lot 20. Signed ISRAEL WATTS - MARY (X) WATTS. Witn: Isaac ROBY, Job MULFORD, rec. 1813, Bk. D, pp 50, 51. >From the same source we find Israel witnessing 3 deeds for Richard Watts and Elce, his wife: 1813 - Richard WATTS & Elce h/w to Emma QUICK, wid. S22-T2-R4 - Signed Richard (X) WATTS, Elce (X) WATTS. Witn: Platt B. Dickson, ISRAEL WATTS. rec 1813, Bk. D, pg 36, 37, 38 1813 - Richard WATTS & Elce, h/w to David HEATON - S22-T2-R4. Signed: Richard (X) WATTS, Elce (X) WATTS. Witn: Platt B. Dickson, ISRAEL WATTS. rec 1813, Bk. D, pp 101, 102 1813 - Richard WATTS & Elce, h/w to Benjamin BRIDGE - S22-T2-R4. Bound by land of David HEATON, Emma QUICK. Signed Richard (X) WATTS, Elce WATTS. Witn: Platt B. DICKSON, ISRAEL WATTS. rec 1814, Bk. D, pp 208-109 It appears they all left Butler Co. OH. Where did they go? Would Richard Watts be Israel's father? Or brother? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kay Kay E. DeWeese, Piqua, OH Researching descendants of Rev. Joshua Deweese for publication by DeWeese Reunion Committee kdeweese@erinet.com

Found this page http://www.jps.net/devodave/roots/watts.txt TONS of Watts information on it. IE 1 WATTS David, born ABT 1725 in Scotland. + /???/. 2 WATTS James, born 1753 in MD, died 30 Nov 1810 in GreenbrierCo,VA. 4 Apr 1795: James Watts exempt from taxes because of old age and infirmities. A Mary Watt of St.Mary'sCo,MD died 11/3/1764 had daugter Rebecca. This Rebecca has 4 children: Thomas Dillon, Daniel Watts, Elis. Watts, James. Could this Rebecca have married our David Watts?. Family history says James Watt (1736-1819) is a relative. (This James Watt relative invented the steam engine.). Will witnessed by Aaron Burr, Andrew Ludington, and William Renick. Buried at Frankford Meth. Church, GreenbrierCo,VA. + PERKINS Mary, born ABT 1753 in MD. There was a neighbor Andrew Perkins--her father?. 1835: Perkins in RacoonTwp,GalliaCo,OH tax list: Andrew, Henry, Jeremiah M., John. Married ABT 1775. She was the daughter of James Perkins [so says Jim Herriman aka SOBEAR2@aol.com]. Chuck looking for Charles Watts from Maryland

Hi all! I received the below letter from Freda Hays today. She also included about an inch worth of research. I'm going through it now. Chuck We had great luck in Muskingum County, OH, I am enclosing the back up on Beatty and the Administration Docket 1313 on Charles Watts. BEATTY Beatty Cemetery record lists burials in the cemetery. there were a lot of broken stones and a lot of stones that had been repaired. The Genealogical Soc. had cleaned the cemetery and it was in good shape. You can have this copy of Isaac's and Anna's stones. There was nothing on Rachel, According to the current cemetery record there was an earlier list by Glenn Longaberger in 1973 and Rachel was not on that list either. She may be there without a stone or with a broken and crumbled stone. I am beginning to think they had started west when she died and she died during the winter of l840-1841. The 1882 history of Muskingum Co., OH talks about the Wesley Chapel ME. Church and it being organized about 1808. In the front of the church book it has the date for Isaac and Anna Stacey Beatty being Received for Probation as March 1812, and being Received into full membership as 1812. This book has to do with Muskingum Co and I believe that Isaac and Anna were there by 1812. However, it appears the writing was done on the same day and by the same person and it appears to be done about 1847, and it appears the entries after 1847 were done also by the same person but not on the same day. I get this feeling that Isaac Beatty kept this church record, It appears that from 1812 to 1823 they migrated from house to house to have their meetings. In 1823 they built the first meeting building, but it was over on the Perry township line. By the way Isaac never bought or sold any land in Muskingum County according to the deed books. Since we have no record of land location we won't be able to know exactly where Isaac was living prior to 1832 except for the Juror fist saying he was in Washington Twp in 1826, In 1832 he settled on his son's land in Madison County which is bounded on the South side by Washington Twp. I found a William Beaty owned 100 acres in R I T 8 See 3 Lot 22, in Muskingum Co OH who paid .65 tax in l806. I have no idea where this is, This is in a Duplicate Tax List copied from a copy copied at OH St. Hist. Sec. Lib. Columbus OH Dist. # 4 by Miss Irma B. Gobel, State Chairman OH DAR. On the 1825 Tax List was William Beatty R15 T17 See 23 Lot NW Twp Newton Twp. WATTS: How did William Watts meet Rachel and where? This question really perplexed me until I found the Jurors List, Grand & Petit Muskingum Co., OH 1816-1899: 1818 William Beatty Madison Twp Petit Juror 1819 Charles Watts Falls Twp Petit Juror 1821 Wm Beatty Newton Twp Grand Juror 1824 Charles Watts Washington Twp Grand Juror 1826 Isaac Beatty Washington Twp Petit Juror 1827 Wm Watts . Newton Twp Grand Juror 1828 Solomon Watts Newton Twp Grand Juror 1828 Charles Watts Newton Twp Grand Juror, The following were appointed to be on call for the entire yen: 1836 Solomon Watts Newton Twp 1842 Wm H. Beatty Madison Twp 1844 Abraham Beatty Washington Twp 1851 Wm H. Beatty Washington Twp 1856 Wm H. Beatty Washington Twp 1858 George Watts Cass Twp 1894 James Watts Adams Twp As you can see Charles Watts arrived in Muskingum Co prior to 1819. Falls Twp is on the west side of the river, across from Washington TWP. First William Beatty was in Madison Twp. He has to be related to Isaac, but right now I have not checked to see if Opal or Ray have this William identified. (With Isaac naming his second son William Henry Beatty, I am not for sure he didn't have a brother named William, Opal and Ray seem to have the father of Isaac nailed down by that deed to be George.) by 1821 William Beatty has moved to Newton Township in the southwest part of the county-quite a distance from the Madison/Washington Twp lines, If Rachel was from the William Beatty family she would be in Newton Twp prior to 1822. Between 1819 and 1824 Charles Watts moves to Washington Twp on the east side of the river in the same area where Isaac Beatty is listed in l826. So this puts William Watts and Rachel in the right place at the right time. For some reason William Watts and Charles Watts move to Newton Twp. Again since they did not own land, it is impossible to know if they lived quite close to the town of Zanesville or farther down to the southwestern comer of the county. There is a receipt in the Charles Watts Probate Case where he owed his yearly rent on the school lands. He had so much personal property, he must have rented the same place there for the 10 + years he was there in Newton Twp. He had too much equipment to be moving it from one farm to another every year or so. I did not get to see the Tax Records for years other than 1806 and 1825. They were supposedly up in the storage area on the third floor of the courthouse. It was not a floor opened to the public. I could never catch the person that supposedly was there to help those doing genealogy. I believe Solomon is a brother to Charles Watts, I believe he also had brothers John, William who married Hannah, Richard who married Cassey, Rev. James, and also Harriett who married James Brooks. William Beatty died in Newton Twp. His Probate case was 1054. Richard Watts and John Beatty were administrators. William Beatty Jr. asked for $5 for boarding and keeping dec'd youngest child. John Beatty on I Apr 1830 asked for 99.75 for boarding & washing 46 weeks at $1. Later he asked for $50. for boarding and washing from I Apr to 13 Aug and waiting on him in his last sickness. Purchasers were Richard Watts, John G. McFarland, Katharine Beatty, Cary Beatty and James Beatty. John Beatty, Probate Case 978 did not have any children or property listed. Just a bill for the Dresden Coffin Co Nov 1830 and a Drs. bill. His wife was Lavey Baty. Robert Beatty, Probate Case 4 8 1 9 showed John Beatty appointed administrator 4 Oct 1828. He was late of Newton Twp. Purchasers were Wm Beatty Jr, and Wm Beatty Sr, James Beatty, and John Beatty. A list of payments were made to: Richard Watts $8.25 Wm Beatty Jr $8.25 Solomon Wennen $7.00 John G. McFarland $8.25 Joshua Beatty $8.25 James Beatty $8.25 John Willson Jr $4.75 & 62 1/2 cents Abraham Beatty died in the west. There was a freight bill for $14.95 to ship him back to Ohio. There was a person in Lane Station, Ogle Co., Illinois that requested $6. on 19 Dec 1854 to cover costs for attending him during his last sickness. This could use some research, However, I do not believe that our William Watts kept in touch with the Beattys after he left Ohio. William Henry Beatty also had land in Boone Co., Iowa when he died in 186 1. The only persons named Stacy in Muskingum Co, OH were Joseph Stacy and wife Anna Marie Stacy. They were foreign born. No connection to our Anna Stacey Beatty. In fact since Anna signed that deed in Hampshire Co., WV as Staecy Beatty, it makes me believe that Stacey is her middle name which is most likely the maiden name of her mother, rather than her maiden name. I checked Zanesville Courier OH from Nov 1, 1862 to Oct 22, 1863. There was nothing on Isaac Beatty. I check Zanesville Courier OH from Oct 23 1863 to Nov 4 1864, There was nothing on Anna Stacey Beatty. I checked City Times, Zanesville, OH Jan 3 1863 to Nov 7 1863. Nothing on Isaac Beatty. I checked Ohio Republic-an Jan I 1, 1823 to Jun 7 1845 nothing on Charles Watts. There are a lot more newspapers listed that are available at Columbus, OH but the Musk, county library didn't have them. There might be some Methodist records for the 1862 to 1864 time frame, but I don't know where to write to find them. In some old notes I found that Isaac Beatty was fisted in Will Book D 1843 to 1854 on Page 302. Well I looked and looked. There was no Will Book D in the microfiche they had available for the public to use. I could not find out where the original books were. No one seemed to know, There was a Mary Watts who died 13 Sep 18,44 at age 86 years. She was the wife of Thomas. She is buried in the Fairview Meth. Church cem. # 2 in Adams Twp east of Adamsville. This Mary was born 1758. What do you think of the possibility of Thomas being the father of Charles and his brothers? or at least the older brother of Charles and the other possible brothers. Just a name to be watching for in Maryland. There was a death record written in a book for Mary Beatty, the sister of William Watts, the widow of William Henry Beatty. She died 28 Jan 1886, she was a widow, her age was 82yr 28 da, she died in Madison Twp, she was born in Baltimore MD, she was a housekeeper, she died of dropsey and age, she is buried in Madison Twp. There was a death record written in a book for George Watts. This is believed to be George S. Watts (most records list him as George L. Watts); he died 5 Aug 1874 at age 62 yr I m in Muskingum Twp of Muskingum Co.,. His parents were not fisted. He died of debility. He was married. This is the one that was married to Rebecca Beatty, Rachel's sister. There were two Watts in the Civil War. George W. Watts b 1841 d 23 Aug 1925. He is bur at St. Paul Lutheran Cem., Perry Township, Sonora, OH. He was in Co E 97th Reg, OH Vol Infantry. Next of kin Mrs. Susan Watts, Sonora OH, He was a Private. He was captured at Franklin; held over 4 months; wounded in explosion of the "Sultana"; discharged 10 May 1865. Arthur H. Watts b 1834 d Jun 1928. Buried Woodlawn, Zanesville, OH. The roster indicates his dob is 184 1. He was in Co M I at Reg OH Vol Calvwy. He was 2nd Lt in the Army enlisted Aug 30 1861 discharged Dec 20, 1862. I can't think of anything that would be on these records that would help in our research of our William Watts. That's all I got. Happy Reading. Freda PS: Forgot to tell you about the visit to Lee County, VA, It was only one day. Found the person doing the cemetery books and he told me the book that has the Gibson Cemeteries in it was at the publishers, However, he had it on his computer and told me that Major George was in one of the five Gibson cemeteries, After much hunting (about 3hrs worth)we finally found the location. It is in the Gibson Station community about one to two miles west of the new Baptist Church and about a qtr of a mile north side of the new highway, It is up on a very steep hill. All in all there are about a dozen stones, none of them with any names left on them. The DAR has put a marker at the George Gibson grave. His original stone is rough with no lettering visible. But the person doing the cemetery books listed both in the book. So someone must know the names from family information rather than what is on the stone orrrrrrr - there is a plat book of the cemetery in existence somewhere and he got his info from there, Gibson Station is now a community with a gas station with a mart on the highway. They built a new Baptist Church and on the church it is called Gibson Station Baptist Church. The gas station did not have any reference to Gibson Station, Will enclose an updated Family Group Sheet and some pictures. Later.

HI, I'm looking for information on Sally Watts (b. 1790? KY) She married Kinzea Stone. I am a descendent of their daughter Nancy Mildred b. 1821 Paris, Bourbon Co., KY d. 1885. Nancy married Kinzia William Clinkinbeard in 1837. I can provide more info on Nancy and Kinzea's descendents. Kinzea and Sally had one other son Kinzia. FS

Hello - I am looking for any information on James Watts and his wife, Mandy Storms. I'm afraid I don't have any dates except for their daughter, Cora Etta Watts. She was born in 1887 and died in 1974. I do, however, have reason to believe that they are from Douglas County, Missouri. Thanks! ...Stephanie (Still97@aol.com)

Son of James WATTS & Mary PERKINS 5) David C. WATTS b 1784 - ? Greenbrier, WV m Elizabeth MORRISON 1804 Greenbrier, WV children: James WATTS b 1805 - 1885 Greenbrier, WV m Margaret (Peggy) WADDELL 1830 Gallia Co., OH Andrew WATTS, Esq., b 1807 - 1897 Greenbrier, WV m Martha WADDELL 1833 Gallia CO., OH Isabel W. WATTS b 1826 Gallia Co.,OH m Andrew A. BOSTICK 8) John WATTS b 1791 - 1879 Greenbrier, WV m Isabella WADDELL 1818 Gallia Co.,OH children: Mary WATTS b 1822 - 1883 Greenbrier Co., WV m Henson WILLIAMS 1840 Greenbrier Co.,WV Ross S. WATTS b 1828 - 1913 m Susan BUNGER 1852 Greenbrier Co., WV David C. WATTS b 1834 Greenbrier Co., WV Martha E. WATTS b 1837 Greenbrier Co., WV John Alfred C. WATTS b 1839 - 1908 Greenbrier Co., WV m Margaret DONNALLY 1860 Gallia Co., OH 9) Salathiel Weeks (Lacy) WATTS b 1793 - ? Greenbrier Co., WV m Mary (Polly) BURR 1813 Greenbrier Co., WV children: Aaron Burr WATTS b 1820 - 1899 Greenbrier Co., WV m Mary Ann LITTLEPAGE 1847 Greenbrier Co., WV James Avis WATTS b 1823 - 1891 Greenbrier Co., WV m Sarah Jane ELLIOTT 1851 Lewis Franklin WATTS b 1829 - ? Greenbrier Co., WV m Virginia Price NICKELL 1856 Monroe Co., WV Mary Jane WATTS b 1830 - ? Greenbrier Co., WV m Bradford B. BRUFFEY 1855 Greenbrier Co., WV Sarah Elizabeth WATTS b 1835 - ? Greenbrier Co., WV m John P. Mc Coy 1859 Greenbrier Vo., WV Wesley Clark WATTS b 1837 - 1910 Greenbrier Co., WV m Emaline BELL 1862 Greenbrier Co., WV Rebecca WATTS b ? - ? Greenbrier Co., WV m Frank Wyatt I hope this will help all my WATTS family and I will find more cousins. Diana M Cronhardt of Rogue River, OR dmcronhardt@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

James was born in Maryland. The family originally came from England. According to the Methodist Church History Library at the Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore, Maryland they are related to the Isaac Watts family of Southampton, England. Mary Perkins was born in Maryland also, I think. James and Mary Watts died in Greenbrier, West Virginia. >>James WATTS b 1753 -1810 m Mary PERKINS b 1750 - 1830 children:1)Mary WATTS b 1776 -1860 m Willliam WILLIAMS b 1757-1832 Mary Watts was born in Maryland, I believe, no proof. Mary and William Williams were married in Greenbrier, WV May 1795. They left Greenbrier in 1817 and went to Gallia Co., OH where they are both buried. They are my ggggrandparents. William Williams bought land in Greenbrier from a John Ewing abt 1796. 2)Elizabeth WATTS b 1778 - ? m Andrew LUDINGTON b 1770 are from Greenbrier, WV 3)Sarah WATTS b 1780 - ? m Thomas PARKINS b 1773 - ? are from Greenbrier, WV 4)Rev James WATTS b 1782 - 1867 m Nancy Wegfield b 1788 James was born in Greenbrier, WV. He was an ordained circuit preacher in PA, OH, and WV. He married Nancy, who was born in Pennsylvania and married in Butler Co,PA. child:Mary WATTS b 1811 - ? Born in Butler, Butler CO., PA Jane WATTS b 1812 - ? Born in Mercer Co.,PA David WATTS b 1814 - ?Born in Stubenville, OH John WATTS b 1816 - ? Born in Greenbrier Co., WV Elizabeth WATTS b 1818 - ? Born in Greenbrier Co, WV Sarah WATTS b 1820 - ? Born in VA m Rev George STEVENSON b 1810 in Shippensburg, PA Wilson WATTS b 1822 - ? Born in Greenbrier, WV Rebecca WATTS b 1824 - 1906 m Rev Wm M. Meminger Rebecca was born in VA and married in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA child: Wilber Fisk Meminger Born in 1881 Margaret Ann WATTS b 1826 Born in Rockingham,VA m Rev David SHOAFF b 1823 - 1871 child: James Watts SHOAFF 1852 - 1911 m Nettie FRAZIER Child: Frank Shoaff Paul Shoaff Mable Shoaff Nancy Wigfield WATTS b 1829 - 1899 Born in Rockingham, VA m Rev Hamilton A Gaveri n Middleton, Frederick, VA Child: James W GAVER Charles H GAVER 5) David C. WATTS b 1784 - ? m Elizabeth MORRISON will give children later 6) Jane (Jinny) WATTS b 1786 - 1813 7) Rebeckah WATTS b 1788 - ? m Henry PERKINS b 1775 8) John WATTS b 1791 - 1879 m Isabella WADDELL b 1799 will give children later 9) Salathiel Weeks WATTS b 1793 - ? m Mary (Polly ) BURR will give children later 10) Nancy WATTS b 1799 - ? m William HULL b 1790 - James WATTS and Mary Perkins are my gggg grandparents. I was wondering if you could help me find their parents. Diana M Cronhardt dmcronhardt@juno.com summer P.O. Box 2074 Rogue River, OR 97537-2074 winter P.O. Box 334 Borrego Springs, CA 92004-0334 Diana I am researching the Watts family from Little Heath, >Foleshill Co. Warwickshire , England that settled in Stoneboro, >Mercer >Co. Pa. Looking at the e-mail you sent to the list several names >are in >my family tree too! Where are the Watts from? Can you give some >background? I will be happy to share what I have should we have a >connections. Sandy , and thank you. ewing807@icx.net Sandy, I haven't been able to get any further back than Maryland. I have been researching My William Williams Line for 10 years he was born in Fairfax Co.VA 17 Sept 1757. I have given up and am trying the Watts and Perkins Line, and maybe that will lead me to the Williams. I hope we are related and can share all the information. Diana --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

James was born in Maryland. The family originally came from England. According to the Methodist Church History Library at the Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore, Maryland they are related to the Isaac Watts family of Southampton, England. Mary Perkins was born in Maryland also, I think. James and Mary Watts died in Greenbrier, West Virginia. >>James WATTS b 1753 -1810 m Mary PERKINS b 1750 - 1830 children:1)Mary WATTS b 1776 -1860 m Willliam WILLIAMS b 1757-1832 Mary Watts was born in Maryland, I believe, no proof. Mary and William Williams were married in Greenbrier, WV May 1795. They left Greenbrier in 1817 and went to Gallia Co., OH where they are both buried. They are my ggggrandparents. William Williams bought land in Greenbrier from a John Ewing abt 1796. 2)Elizabeth WATTS b 1778 - ? m Andrew LUDINGTON b 1770 are from Greenbrier, WV 3)Sarah WATTS b 1780 - ? m Thomas PARKINS b 1773 - ? are from Greenbrier, WV 4)Rev James WATTS b 1782 - 1867 m Nancy Wegfield b 1788 James was born in Greenbrier, WV. He was an ordained circuit preacher in PA, OH, and WV. He married Nancy, who was born in Pennsylvania and married in Butler Co,PA. child:Mary WATTS b 1811 - ? Born in Butler, Butler CO., PA Jane WATTS b 1812 - ? Born in Mercer Co.,PA David WATTS b 1814 - ?Born in Stubenville, OH John WATTS b 1816 - ? Born in Greenbrier Co., WV Elizabeth WATTS b 1818 - ? Born in Greenbrier Co, WV Sarah WATTS b 1820 - ? Born in VA m Rev George STEVENSON b 1810 in Shippensburg, PA Wilson WATTS b 1822 - ? Born in Greenbrier, WV Rebecca WATTS b 1824 - 1906 m Rev Wm M. Meminger Rebecca was born in VA and married in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA child: Wilber Fisk Meminger Born in 1881 Margaret Ann WATTS b 1826 Born in Rockingham,VA m Rev David SHOAFF b 1823 - 1871 child: James Watts SHOAFF 1852 - 1911 m Nettie FRAZIER Child: Frank Shoaff Paul Shoaff Mable Shoaff Nancy Wigfield WATTS b 1829 - 1899 Born in Rockingham, VA m Rev Hamilton A Gaveri n Middleton, Frederick, VA Child: James W GAVER Charles H GAVER 5) David C. WATTS b 1784 - ? m Elizabeth MORRISON will give children later 6) Jane (Jinny) WATTS b 1786 - 1813 7) Rebeckah WATTS b 1788 - ? m Henry PERKINS b 1775 8) John WATTS b 1791 - 1879 m Isabella WADDELL b 1799 will give children later 9) Salathiel Weeks WATTS b 1793 - ? m Mary (Polly ) BURR will give children later 10) Nancy WATTS b 1799 - ? m William HULL b 1790 - James WATTS and Mary Perkins are my gggg grandparents. I was wondering if you could help me find their parents. Diana M Cronhardt dmcronhardt@juno.com summer P.O. Box 2074 Rogue River, OR 97537-2074 winter P.O. Box 334 Borrego Springs, CA 92004-0334 Diana I am researching the Watts family from Little Heath, >Foleshill Co. Warwickshire , England that settled in Stoneboro, >Mercer >Co. Pa. Looking at the e-mail you sent to the list several names >are in >my family tree too! Where are the Watts from? Can you give some >background? I will be happy to share what I have should we have a >connections. Sandy , and thank you. ewing807@icx.net Sandy, I haven't been able to get any further back than Maryland. I have been researching My William Williams Line for 10 years he was born in Fairfax Co.VA 17 Sept 1757. I have given up and am trying the Watts and Perkins Line, and maybe that will lead me to the Williams. I hope we are related and can share all the information. Diana --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Do any of you know anyone with the name Jacobus in their Watts line? I would like very much to find someone with names of children of Jacobus Watts son of Thomas. This Jacobus was probably born about 1772. He lived Green and Morgan counties Georgia and died in Dekalb County Georgia 1825. I would settle for anyone named Jacobus related to the Watts family. B Waldrop e mail> user181801@aol.com

Does anyone have Southampton connections to the WATTS name? Family legend has it that my g-grandfather, James WATTS b. Southampton about 1800, d Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1870s, was related to Dr. Isaac WATTS the hymnist. I have received email from which I quote the following apparently conflicting information... quote---------- All I know is that Dr. Isaac had a son Concemore who had a daughter named Jane Beaumont Watts (b.1813,d.17 Apr 1886) who married on April 2 1837 to James Boorman and their daughter Tryphena was one of my Great, great grandmothers! end quote--------- and from Watts' On-Line Issue #46 ---quote--------- ******************************************** Isaac Watts 1674-1748 (I have had several people over the years ask about Isaac Watts,the famous Watts who wrote hymns. Below is a article I found while searching the net. It is printed for your benefit by permission) Born: July 17, 1674, Southampton, England. Died: November 25, 1748. Isaac Watts wrote some 600 hymns in his lifetime. Buried: Bunhill Fields Cemetery, London, England. Hymnist John Bunyan is buried nearby. The Father of English Hymnody ------snip------ Isaac was born July 27, 1674 at Southampton, England, the eldest of nine children. -----snip------- Ugly Isaac Though he had a beautiful soul, apparently Isaac Watts was not much to look at. He was frail and often sickly. His head seemed too large for his five foot tall body; his small, piercing eyes and hooked nose did not enhance his appearance any. A lady one fell in love with Isaac by reading his poetry and a correspondence ensued. Whe she met his face to face, however, she was very disillusioned, though he fell in love with her. He asked her to marry him, but her reply was, "Mr. Watts, I only wish I could admire the casket (jewelry box) as much as I admire the jewel." Watts never married, though the two remained good friends for over 30 years. ----end of quote-------- Does anyone have access to a genealogy for Dr. Isaac WATTS the hymnist? I have searched the "net" and our local library without success.

James WATTS b 1753 -1810 m Mary PERKINS b 1750 - 1830 children:1)Mary WATTS b 1776 -1860 m Willliam WILLIAMS b 1757-1832 2)Elizabeth WATTS b 1778 - ? m Andrew LUDINGTON b 1770 - ? 3)Sarah WATTS b 1780 - ? m Thomas PARKINS b 1773 - ? 4)Rev James WATTS b 1782 - 1867 m Nancy Wegfield b 1788 - ? child:Mary WATTS b 1811 - ? Jane WATTS b 1812 - ? David WATTS b 1814 - ? John WATTS b 1816 - ? Elizabeth WATTS b 1818 - ? Sarah WATTS b 1820 - ? m Rev George STEVENSON b 1810 Wilson WATTS b 1822 - ? Rebecca WATTS b 1824 - 1906 m Rev Wm M. MEMINGER child: Wilber Fisk MEMINGER b 1881 Margaret Ann WATTS b 1826 m David SHOAFF b 1823 - 1871 child: James Watts SHOAFF b 1852 - 1911 m Nettie FRAZIER Child: Frank SHOAFF Paul SHOAFF Mabel SHOAFF Nancy Wigfield WATTS b 1829 - 1899 m Rev Hamilton A Gaver Child: James W GAVER Charles H GAVER 5) David C. WATTS b 1784 - ? m Elizabeth MORRISON will give children later 6) Jane (Jinny) WATTS b 1786 - 1813 7) Rebeckah WATTS b 1788 - ? m Henry PERKINS b 1775 - ? 8) John WATTS b 1791 - 1879 m Isabella WADDELL b 1799 - 1856 will give children later 9) Salathiel Weeks WATTS b 1793 - ? m Mary (Polly ) BURR will give children later 10) Nancy WATTS b 1799 - ? m William HULL b 1790 - ? James WATTS and Mary Perkins are my gggg grandparents. I was wondering if you could help me find their parents. Diana M Cronhardt dmcronhardt@juno.com summer P.O. Box 2074 Rogue River, OR 97537-2074 winter P.O. Box 334 Borrego Springs, CA 92004-0334 ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_908676765_boundary Content-ID: <0_908676765@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Can anyone link? Cyndi --part0_908676765_boundary Content-ID: <0_908676765@inet_out.mail.juno.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <VAFAIRFA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (rly-zc03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.3]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v50.21) with SMTP; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:24:32 -0400 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA11071; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:24:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA02615; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Old-To: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: ] WILLIAMS, WILLIAM b 1757 Fairfax Co, VA d 1832 Gallia Co, OH Message-ID: <19981017.182423.2207.4.dmcronhardt@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-4,8-9,11-12,15,17,19,21,24,26-31 From: dmcronhardt@juno.com (Diana M Cronhardt) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:23:48 EDT Resent-Message-ID: <"LaoHe.A.go.6MUK2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/16 X-Loop: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VAFAIRFA-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I have been trying to reach the Fairfax, Virginia Rootsweb. I hope I have been successful. Diana of Rogue River, Oregon William WILLIAMS. b 1757 Fairfax Co. VA d 23 Aug 1832 He and Mary WATTS WILLIAMS, some times called Polly left Greenbrier with their children and went to Walnut Twp, Gallia Co., Ohio in 1817. He served in the Rev War from 1780 - 1781 (18 months). Was in the battle at Camden Court House, SC , Guilford and Siege of 96. William WILLIAMS : b17 Sep 1757 Fairfax Co, VA d 23 Aug 1832 Gallia Co, OH m Mary Watts 21 May 1795 Greenbrier, VA daughter of James WATTS and Mary PERKINS children : James WILLIAMS b 29 Feb 1796 Greenbrier, VA m C. WADDELL Sally WILLIAMS b 26 Oct 1799 Greenbrier, VA m J. WADDELL Susannah WILLIAMS b 6 Mar 1802 Greenbrier, VA m H. JAMES John D WILLIAMS b 23 Mar 1804 Greenbrier, VA m Sally McCALL Mary (Polly ) WILLIAMS b 27 June 1806 Greenbrier, VA m J. BOGGS William WILLIAMS b 8 Dec 1808 Greenbrier, VA m Lucinda ALLISON ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received when you subscribed to this list. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson,list administrator mailto:hen1@idt.net with questions concerning this list! --part0_908676765_boundary--

I am looking for anyone who has information on this family. Descendants of Robert WATTS: 1. ROBERT WATTS was born 1799 in Rocky Mount, NC. He was a slave of a man called by his son the old Dutchman.He married MARY WORK in Rocky Mount, NC. They had 10 children Robert Watts bought his freedom and tried to buy the freedom of his family. I only know of my great great grandfather, JULIUS ROBERT WATTS, b. March/04/1852, Rocky Mt, Edgecomb, N.C.; d. October/02/1918, Springfield, Il.. He was born an slave and ran away in about 1860 and fled to Cario, IL. He married FANNIE PATRICK November/23/1881 in Springfield, Il., daughter of HENRY PATRICK and MATILDA DAWSON. Children of JULIUS WATTS and FANNIE PATRICK are: 1. HENRY TEMPLE WATTS, b. July/26/1882, Springfield, Il; d. October/22/1932, Rockford, Il. 2. ii. BELL WATTS, b. December/1883, Springfield, Il. 3. MATILDA MAE WATTS, b. August/07/1886, Springfield, Il; d. December/13/1963 4. EDITH JULIA WATTS, b. March/01/1888, Pleasant Plains, Il.; d. 1960, Niles, Cass, Mi.. 5. ROBERT W WATTS, b. November/1889, Springfield, Il; d. September/27/1967, Evanston, Il. 6. GEORGE WATTS, b. October/1891, Springfield, Il; d. March/15/1919, Springfield, Il. 7. MARGARITE ESTER WATTS, b. August/1893, Springfield, Il. 8. RUTH WATTS, b. October/1895, Springfield, Il; m. NAME UNKNOWN HALL. 9. EDWIN WATTS, b. November/20/1897, Springfield, Il; d. February/22/1988, Chicago, Il. 10. EDNA WATTS, b. 1901, Springfield, Il; m. JOHN L PICKETT. Next generation to come later. Alice F

As of today we have 173 people subscribed list mode and 63 digest mode. I came across many Watts people in a gedcom I downloaded on my Roper line. The first Watts listed is Vertie Alpha WATTS b. 1897 Wilkes Co NC. The line starts with Manley C WATTS b.1839 Wilkes Co NC. Manley was married to Alice YATES. Chuck

I would like to ask a small favor from those posting to the group. When you are posting data regarding information found in a certain county, would you please post the state/or country also. I was never a great geographical person. Plus I am sure we have some members from USA, UK, and elsewhere who would appreciate having more than the county name. So can anyone tell me from the last email I received where Somerset County Council is located? Thanks susan steveson srbake09@aol.com