Francis Watkins (abt. 1793 - abt. 1839)

Born about 1793 in Powhatan, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Susannah (Randolph) Watkins — married 21 Dec 1820 in Powhatan, Virginia, United States

Died about Apr 1839 at about age 46 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Francis was born about 1793 in Powhatan, Virginia. He was the son of Edward Watkins and Mary Walthall. He passed away in St. Louis, Missouri in 1839.^[1]

Obituary

DIED: near St. Louis, Missour, whither he had just removed with his family, on the 25th March [1839] Captain Francis Watkins, a native of Powhatan Va., leaving a widow and two children in a strange place and among strangers.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ St. Louis, Missouri Will Book B, p. 427, cited in "Some Watkins Families...", Stutesman, signed 26 March, proven 26 June 1839
2. ↑ Richmond Enquirer, 30 Apr 1839, cited in "Some Watkins Families...", Stutesman NB: signed will day after this publication said he died!

• Some Watkins Families of Virginia and their Kin..., John H. Stutesman, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1989, pp. 341-345.
• "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JGQ-7JRD : 11 April 2023), Brett Randolph in entry for Francis Watkins, 1820.