Joseph
Watt
Born about in Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Watt
and Rachel (Watkins) Watt
Brother of
Elizabeth (Watt) Bell, Jonathan C Watt, Casephus Watt, Gabriel Watt, James W Watt, Nancy Jane (Watt) Flippin and Elsie Watt
Husband of
Margaret Murry
— married
28 Dec 1807 in Green County, Kentucky, USA
Husband of
Daphne Morton
— married
5 Jun 1855 in Pike County, Illinois, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 73
in Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
BIRTH / DEATH
- Joseph Watt (son of Samuel Watt and Rachel Watkins)
- Geneology by James M Simmons, great-grandson of Samuel Watt:
- Western Kentucky University Library:
- JOSEPH was born on 1786 in Kentucky.
- He married Margaret “Peggy” ?Murry on 3 Jan 1808 in Green County, Kentucky.
- He married Daphna (?) Morton in 1853 in Illinois. He died on 3 Feb 1859.
- Note: The Simmon's document is located in Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society files
- at Western Kentucky University, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green , KY, possibly written in 1966.
1st MARRIAGE
- Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
- Spouse 1: Murry, Peggy
- Spouse 2: Watt, Joseph
- Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1807
- Marriage Location: Kentucky, Green County
2nd MARRIAGE
- Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934, index, FamilySearch
- Name: Joseph Watt
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 05 Jun 1855
- Event Place: Pike, Illinois, United States
- Spouse's Name: Daphne Morton
- Reference ID: 1231
- GS Film number: 1314777
- Digital Folder Number: 005204675
- Image Number: 00567
- It is possible he married Daphne Clark Morton (daughter of Dr Miles Clark and Lucy)
- This Daphne was living close on census in 1850. Her husband John Morton died in 1851.
- Daphne Clark Morton shown as born in Vermont on census:
CENSUS
- 1850 Census: Township 5 S 2 W, Pike, Illinois, family#1008
- Joseph Watt ....... 65 ... KY … farmer … real estate value $400
- Margaret Watt ... 62 ... NC
- 1850 Census Notes:
- Living close to family#1010: John Morton Jr age 46, Daphine Morton age 50
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
Irene Watt
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M697506 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A454752 [compare], Ancestry member 1_irenewoods
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Doug Poore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 20110
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~0.78%
Mona (Pierce) Berman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A384180 [compare], Ancestry member Mona1948
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~0.78%
Sandra (Mullins) Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T485984 [compare], Ancestry member sjhage6
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T485984 [compare], FTDNA kit #406476
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