Henry Watson (abt. 1775)

Born about 1775 in Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Marriage Husband Henry Not Watson. Child: Abraham Watson. Child: Moses P. Watson. Child: William Watson. Child: America Watson. Child: @I1943@. Child: Flavel? Watson. Marriage 15 SEP 1803. Nelson Co., Kentucky.

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Note N560Entirely speculation!. 1

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2008 Message from database. 1

This is the wrong Henry Watson. Basil Rhodes was in Loudon Co., Va. for several years and he interacted with another Watson family whom I suspect was probably related but no proof. He left to go to Nelson Co., Ky. where one of his daughters married a Watson from the Loudon Co., Va Watsons and two of his daughters, Mary Ann and Eleanor married sons of Henry Watson and Sarah J Unknown. Mary Ann married my gggrandfather Henry Watson after the death of his first wife Nancy Bridgewater and Eleanor married Abraham Watson.

Henry Watson II who married Mary Ann was born in Pa in 1777.

The family was in Nelson Co., Ky by 1780 where Henry I was awarded land for no payment because he was too poor to pay for it. 1 Watson family left Nelson Co., Ky. abt 1810 for Illinois and a few years later was in Harrison Co., Indiana. From there Henry II went to Missouri and then to Hunt Co., Tex with his son who was also named Abraham. 1

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3. Daphne Bryant, born say 1723, petitioned the Prince George's County court on 23 November 1756 saying that she and her children: Sarah, Dick, and Hannah, were free but held in slavery by Henry Watson [Court Record 1754-8, 356, 360]. She was the mother of...

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Researching Basil Rhodes (Bazzell Roads) b ca l742 St. Mary's Co, MD & d l827 Nelson Co, KY whose daughters m. Watsons in Nelson Co., KY:

Eleanor Rhodes m Henry Watson.

Mary Rhodes m Abraham Watson.

My database.

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Joe Edwards ~ Tue, 02 Apr 1996 13:37:58.

E-mail Address: edwards@dedot.com. 1

Query:Looking for ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS of: 1

HENRY WATSON and SARAH (last name unknown), who resided in NELSON.

COUNTY, Kentucky (Camp Creek, just east of Bardstown) between 1778 and 1815. 1

Known children are:

WILLIAM WATSON married 12 Aug 1790 to REBECCA GOODIN;.

JAMES WATSON married 17 Aug 1796 to NANCY COFFMAN;.

REBECCA WATSON married 14 Dec 1891 to WILLIAM CANNADY/KENNEDY;.

HENRY WATSON JR. married 17 Jan 1798 to NANCY BRIDGEWATER and 9 Sep 1803 to MARY ANN RHODES; and.

ABRAHAM WATSON married 15 Sep 1803 to ELLY RHODES;. 1

All marriages in NELSON COUNTY, Kentucky. but JAMES WATSON moved to HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA about 1810-15. 1

James Watson was supposedly the first person legally Hung in Nelson County, Kentucky for the killing of his son-in-law, Michael Coffman and a George Washington Courtney. 1

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Re: Elias Rhodes,St.Marys County, MD b.1781.

Posted by: Don Rhodes Date: January 11, 2000.

In Reply to: Elias Rhodes,St.Marys County,MD b.1781 by Joan Sherron Hofman of 5891. 1

The names and location are close .... check it out. This may not be totally accurate but should give you a good start. 1

Marriages - Basil Rhodes was married at least two times. He first married Sarah Thomas around 1779 in Loudoun County, Virginia. They had 10 children together. Sometime after the birth of their last child around 1799 in Nelson County, Kentucky, Sarah passed away. Basil married a second time in March 1812, taking Nancy Ann Middleton as his wife. They couple would have two children before separating.

1) Sarah Thomas - first wife of Basil Rhodes. She was a widow with a 5 year old daughter named Nancy. They were married about 1779. Sarah and Basil had 10 children together.

Children -.

1) Barnabus Rhodes - Born 1780 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Died May 1870 in Doniphan County Kansas. Married Sarah ‘Sally’ Hughes on July 26, 1804. Sarah died in Spencer County, Kentucky on September 23, 1866.

2) Elizabeth Rhodes - Born 1781 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Died September 10, 1866 in Spencer County, Kentucky. Burial in Old Taylorville Cemetery in Spencer.

3) Mary Ann Rhodes - Born 1783 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Married Henry Watson Jr. on September 15, 1803 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Henry died in Vermilion County, Illinois. 1

4) Eleanor Rhodes - Born 1785 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Died 1843 in Harrison County, Indiana. Married Abraham Watson (b 1780-82 in Nelson County; d 1840 in Harrision County Indiana) in Nelson County Kentucky on September 15, 1803. This is Wayne Fourmont’s line. 1

5) Thomas Rhodes - Born 1786 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Married Mary Sarah Milligan on January 11, 1808 in Nelson County Kentucky. 1

6) Sarah Rhodes - Born April 1, 1787 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Died January 22, 1863 in Spencer County Kentucky. Buried at Old Taylorsville Cemetery in Spencer County. Married Thomas S Watson (b July 11, 1790; d March 19, 1870. Buried next to wife) on December 19, 1809 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Tom and Sarah lived on the Salt River near Taylorsville (was Nelson County then Spencer County in 1825). 1

7) Burwell Rhodes - Born 1793 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Died in Louisville, Kentucky. Married Nancy Simpson (b 1797) on April 23, 1821 in Nelson County Kentucky. 1

8) Susanna Rhodes - Born ca 1796. 1

9) Letitia Rhodes - Born ca 1797 in Montgomery County, Maryland. Died ca 1820-1829 in Nelson County Kentucky. Married Joseph Howard on March 4, 1820 in Nelson County Kentucky. 1

10) Jane Rhodes - Born 1799 in Nelson County Kentucky. Married Conser-Connor Cooper on September 29, 1816 in Nelson County, Kentucky.

2) Nancy Ann Middleton - second wife of Basil Rhodes. They were married in March of 1812. They had 2 daughters together before legally separating in 1815.

Children -.

1) Nancy Rhodes - Born ca 1813 in Nelson County Kentucky.

2) Matilda Rhodes - Born ca 1815 in Nelson County Kentucky.

Information

Basil Rhodes was the son of John and Eleanor Rhodes. He was born in St. Mary’s County about 1751. His father died in 1764 when Basil was 13. Basil received nothing tangible from his father’s estate. Just the right to ¼ of the estate if his mother remarried. Basil had 8 brothers and one sister: Abraham, John Jr., Nicholas, Ignatius, Barnabas, Mark, Jeremiah, Michael, and Elizabeth. The family was Catholic. 1 left home around 1771 at the age of 20 and went to Loudoun County, Virginia. In 1774 he attended a public meeting in Leesburg, Virginia. In 1781, 1783, and 1787 he appears in Cameron Parrish, Loudoun County Tax lists. In 1781 he married Sarah Thomas. Sarah was a widow and had a five year old daughter named Nancy. Basil and Sarah would have 10 children of their own: Barnabus, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eleanor, Thomas, Sarah, Burwell, Susanna, Letitia, and Jane. While in Virginia the two had 8 children. The first born around 1780 and the last about 1796. After residing about 25 years in Loudoun County, the family moved settling in what is Nelson County, Kentucky. It is possible that they moved back to Maryland briefly before moving to Kentucky as a daughter Letitia is listed as being born in Montgomery County around 1797. 1

The family first appears in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1799 as they are listed on a Tax List for that year. Their last child, Jane, was also born there in 1799. By 1803 Basil had purchased 113 ¾ acres of land on Simpson Creek. He owned 5 slaves, only 1 whom was older than 16. He also owned 3 horses. His brother Ignatius owned a neighboring farm of 100 acres. Ignatius owned one slave. He too owned three horses. Perhaps Ignatius, who is assumed to be the older brother, had settled in Kentucky prior to Basil. Basil also had two daughters that married in Nelson County in September of 1803. 1

In 1807 Basil sold his first Kentucky farm and purchased a larger adjoining farm of 141 ½ acres on January 4, 1808. 1

Sometime after the birth of Letitia, Basil’s wife Sarah would die. By March 1812 Basil had remarried to a Nancy Ann Middleton. Together they had two daughters, Nancy in 1813 and Matilda in 1815. Both were born in Nelson County. Basil and Nancy Ann’s marriage was an unhappy one and they received a legal separation on February 15, 1815. 1

In 1828 Basil Rhodes died. In his will, written May 21, 1821 and probated June 9, 1828, he freed three of his slaves: the Negro woman Amy, Negro man Sim, the Negro boy Wilson, and any children Amy and Sim would have in the future. He generously equipped them for life on their own. Basil also specified that his two young daughters Nancy and Matilda were to go live with the nuns at St. Thomas near Bardstown to be educated and raised by them. Upon that condition they were to receive 0 upon their 18th birthday or marriage. In case the mother of Nancy and Matilda should refuse or fail to put them at St. Thomas the 0 was to be divided by the children of his first marriage. Ignatius Rhodes (most likely his nephew though this could also be his brother) and Robert Hagan were the executors of his estate.

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