John Watkins (1752 - 1792)

Born 1752 in Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England

Husband of Lydia (Bodily) Watkins — married 15 May 1777 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England

Descendants

Died 3 May 1792 at about age 40 in Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: John /Watkins/

Given Name: John

Surname: Watkins^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1752

Place: Of Blakesley, Northamptonshire^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 3 MAY 1792

Place: Blakesley, Northamptonshire^[4]

Christening

Christening:

Date: 15 DEC 1752

Place: Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire

Occupation

Occupation: Labourer

Date: 15 MAY 1777

Burial

Burial:

Date: 5 MAY 1792

Place: Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire ^[5]

Religion

Religion: Quaker^[6]

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 1G13-4M4

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Date: 2 AUG 2009

Time: 23:53:56

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Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 15 MAY 1777

Place: Eydon, Northamptonshire

Note: Quaker Rites. Recorded in quaker minutes of Northampton & Bugbrooke

Husband: John Watkins

Wife: Lydia Bodily

Child: Elizabeth Watkins

Child: John Watkins

Child: Joseph Watkins

Child: Edward Watkins

Note: Bugbrooke Quaker Mens Minute Books show:

1774, 8th month [August] 14th day - Lydia Bodily of Greens Norton hath let out her affections to a peson as a suitor not of our Society. To be visited.

1777, 1st month [January] 10th day - Lydia Bodily and John Watkins to be visited.

1777, 2nd month [February] 14th day - Lydia Bodily and John Watkins have been visited. Decision deferred.

1777, 3rd month [March] 14th day - Left to their liberty to do as they think proper.

1777, 4th month [April] 10th day - Lydia Bodily and John Watkins intend to marry. Certificate produced from parents of John Watkins.

Mary Bodily to appear at Meeting next month or to send her certificate.

1777, 5th month [May] 7th day - Mary Bodily sent her certificate.

William Bodily and John Bodily were instructed to attend the wedding to ensure that it was effected in an orderly manner.^[7]

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Date: 25 NOV 2013

Time: 18:55:29

Sources

1. ↑ Watkins-2355 was created by Peter Richardson through the import of PJR-2500.GED on Feb 2, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S29 Page: AFN: 1G13-4M4
3. ↑ Source: #S29 Page: AFN: 1G13-4M4
4. ↑ Source: #S29 Page: AFN: 1G13-4M4
5. ↑ Source: #S29 Page: AFN: 1G13-4M4
6. ↑ Source: #S29 Page: AFN: 1G13-4M4
7. ↑ Source: #S34

• Source: S29 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (R) Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: #R1 Data Changed: Date: 27 NOV 2013 Time: 13:26:40
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