John WATTS & EASTRIDGE & YORK decendents
John WATTS A.R.W.Sr...born 1741 Dec 14,and Died:1830, married: <1768> , wife: Mary (JOHNSON), WATTS, born 1743 April, 25,......Children of, John WATTS & Mary (JOHNSON), WATTS, as follows:...(01) Winnea (WATTS), born 1769 Nov 11,......(02) Charlotte (WATTS), born 1771 Sep 09,......(03) James WATTS, born 1772 April 02,......(04) Hollay (WATTS), born 1775 Feb 15,......(05) Ferriby (WATTS), born 1778 Sep 04,......(06) John WATTS Jr, born 1782 NOV 19,......(07 Mary (WATTS), born 1784 Oct 14,......(08) Thomas WATTS, born 1786 Sep 21,......(09) Robert WATTS, born 1789 May 11,......(10) Lot WATTS, born 1792 Jan 03,......(11) note: Baby boy Alley WATTS, is also listed in the bible record however I omitted little Alley from this list because Alley must have been a grandson that Mary was raising as her own......note: John WATTS A.R.W., was my 3rd great grandfather, thru his son, Robert WATTS & note: John WATTS A.R.W.,was my 4th great grandfather thru his son, James WATTS,......Proof of, John WATTS & Mary (JOHNSON),WATTS, & Their Childrens names & birthdates is their family Bible. John WATTS Sr. [1741-1830] Bible was passed down to his son, John WATTS Jr. [1782-1874],...John WATTS Jr., married: Mary (ROSS), WATTS, [1784-1855], and their decendents, Jessie B. (ROGERS),and Peach (ROGERS), BROWN, who are sisters,took John WATTS Sr. [1741-1830],Bible & John's discharge papers as a soldier in the Virginia State Legion, American Revolutionary War, to the D.A.R., then Jessie B. (ROGERS), and Peach (ROGERS), BROWN, were admitted to the DAR on John WATTS Sr. [1741-1830] services......The Bible only listed names and dates of birth, and not the place of births......Jessie B. (ROGERS), and Peach (ROGERS), BROWN, believed Tennessee was John WATTS Sr., place of birth as they both submitted......Aunt Mabel (WATTS), SPICER, MERCER, believed John WATTS Sr., place of birth was Virginia...Aunt Mabel also believed that all John Sr., sons were named after their ancestors, and said that Mary's mothers first name was, Jeretta...... Mabel also stated that, James WATTS was named after John WATTSSr's father,...John WATTSJr. after John WATTSSr.,...Thomas WATTS, Robert WATTS and Lot WATTS, [named after grandparents or great grandparents]. Mabel said that Mary (JOHNSON), WATTS, father was one of these many names... Mabel (WATTS), mentioned that Thomas WATTS, married a MARCUM, and one of the first two girls of John WATTS Sr. married a MARCUM too...Mabel (WATTS), stated that Early WATTS Families & Early EASTRIDGE Families,were good friends and there were some marriages between the two [WATTS & EASTRIDGE]Early Families, they lived in Virginia , then removed to Tennessee at later time, our WATTS Family removed to Kentucky and became good friends with our YORK Families, then some of the YORK's children married into both The WATTS Families andThe EASTRIDGE Families. The YORK's Families and The WATTS Families removed together to Illinois most of them lived and died there.....Mabel (WATTS), stated that, John WATTS Jr. eventually removed to Webster County Missouri......Thomas WATTS, eventually removed to Cass County, Missouri, then removed again to Umatilla, Oregon where he lived and died and has many decendents in Oregon...James WATTS, and Robert WATTS died in Illinois, Lot WATTS died in Missouri......The Family of Robert WATTS, removed to Atchison County, Missouri, then to Wright County, Missouri where Erasmus Coleman WATTS and many of his decendents are burried....Our Eastridge and YORK's removed to Nebraska, then to Missouri, Mabel(WATTS), never talked about our racial mixed blood......It is My Aunt Mabel (WATTS), SPICER, MERCER, and all her grand works that made me interested in my genealogy,......I shall return to record decendents of our, WATTS, EASTRIDGE, and YORK Families, very soon....Sincerely, Donna KERNS......
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Re: John WATTS & EASTRIDGE & YORK decendents
Toni Norman 2/24/02