John Watson (1616 - 1650)

Born 1616 in Devon, England

Husband of Margaret (Smith) Watson — married about 1641 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1650 at about age 34 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Watson: "JOHN, Hartford 1644, d. bef. 1656, leav. wid. Margaret, and s. John; d. Sarah, m. John Merrills; and Mary m. John Seymour. The wid. d. 1683, in her will of Mar. in that yr. names the three ch"^[1]

John wrote his will 26 Mar 1650, mentioning wife, and children, John, Sara and Mary.^[2]

Children:^[1]

• John. Watson, JOHN, Hartford, only s. of John of the same, by w. Ann, had John, b. 1680; Thomas, 1682; Zechariah, 1685; Ann, 1688; Cyprian, 1690; Sarah, 1692; and Caleb, 1695. Perhaps he had been of Wickford 1674. That Narraganset country was much coveted by the Conn. governm. as belong. to their jurisdict.^[1]
• Sarah m. John Merrills
• Mary m. John Seymour.

Children born 1640s, estimated birth 1616 is ok.

Disputed Parents

• Not known to be a son of Robert Watson (1570-1637)] and Elizabeth (Pye) Watson (1583-1638)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). p 437
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Accessed at Ancestry ($)

• Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service, Pp. 321-22, Author: Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, Call Number: R929.1 R62t. Families of Early Hartford, CT, Page 391.

• Not listed in Great Migration Directory.