John Goddard Watmough (1793 - 1861)

Born 6 Dec 1793 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

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Died 27 Nov 1861 at age 67 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Some sources incorrectly give his middle name as Godfrey.

Married firstly Ellen Coxe and secondly Mary M. Pleasanton. Some sources give his second wife's name as Matilda Pleasanton.

Col. John Goddard Watmough, the eldest son, was a lieutenant in the Second United States Artillery, and served with great gallantry throughout the War of 1812, being wounded and breveted. In 1816 he resigned his commission, settled at "Hope Lodge," which he inherited from his father, and married Ellen, daughter of Judge Coxe of Philadelphia, who died in ten years. In 1830 he represented his district in Congress and was three times re-elected. While in Washington he married Matilda Pleasanton, daughter of Stephen Pleasanton, Esq., fifth auditor of the Treasury, and a nephew of Hon. C‘sar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Col. Watmough died, in Philadelphia, in November, 1861. By his first wife he had: Edward Coxe, who died young, Mary Ellen, James Horatio, Pendleton Gaines, and Catherine; and by his second wife: John Goddard, Margaretta, Mary Williams, and Anne Caroline.

Sources

• http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam37341.html
• A Genealogical History of the Reed, White, and Watmough families, p. 19
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goddard_Watmough