Patty (Watkins) Tyler (abt. 1780 - 1849)

Born about 1780 in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Fisher Whitney — married 2 Sep 1799 in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Wife of Elias Lee — married 1806 in Italy Hollow, Yates County, NY

Descendants

Died 7 May 1849 at about age 69 in Italy, Yates, New York, United States

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Biography

Patty Watkins was born about 1780. She passed away in 1849. She was the daughter of James Watkins and Esther Whitney.

She married 1st on 10 Jun 1799 to Fisher Whitney. Patty and Fisher were first cousins, both grandchildren of Mark Whitney (1700-1760) and Tabitha Mellen (1703-?).

Their children are:

1. Patty Watkins Whitney 1800-1875 (see Notes below)
2. James Watkins Whitney 1803-1881

She married 2nd c.1805 to Elias Lee. Their children are:

1. Betsey Lee aka "Patty"; 1806-1875; m. Jason Griswold (he d. 1826) See Notes Below.
2. William Dunton Lee; 1808-1860
3. Esther Lee 1810-1858; m. May 1828 to Asahel P. Adams; m.2nd bef. 1849 to Adolphus Abbey
4. Clark Lee 1812 - ? ; no record of a marriage found to date
5. Polly Lee 1814-1847; m. Adolphus Abey
6. Rodney Roswell Lee (went by "Roswell") 1816-1899; m.1st Roxana Clark; m. 2nd Jane, a sister of Robert Shay
7. Diodama Lee 1818-1838; m. John Lamereux
8. Phebe Lucretia Lee 1820-1838; did not marry
9. Olive Lee 1822-1823; died infant.

She married 3rd, after the death of Elias in 1825, to Nathan Tyler (say about 1835). No record of any children of this marriage found to date; however, the ages of Patty (55) and Nathan (55+) in 1835 suggest that they did not have children.

The above information confirmed in the Petition presented to the Surrogate's Court by Adolphus Abbey, husband of Polly, upon the death of Patty Watkins Tyler, 1849. See also Lee-29710

Sources

• History and Directory of Yates County, 1873. p.379 [1], see also page 384 for Elias Lee, her second husband.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #42145907

• FamilySearch citing Country Records: "Patty Watkins" [2]

• Ancestry.com [3]

• Marriage Certificate at "FamilySearch" [[4]]

• Adolphus T. Abbey, "Surrogate's Court Petition for probate of Patty Tyler's estate" (Penn Yan, NY: Surrogate of the County of Yates, 1851)

• "WHITNEY - The Descendants of John Whitney....", FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE. 1895 [5]

Notes

Berkshire, Massachusetts is home to many of the earliest Whitney and Watkins families in America.

Patty aka Polly married Fisher Whitney (recorded 3 Jul 1799 at Berkshire, Massachusetts.) ; a subsequent entry was made into the record collection entitled "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910" which gives the date 10 Jun 1799. The actual marriage date is September 1799.

The Jason Griswold issue: Frederick Clifton Pierce states in his Whitney book cited above:

• " Fisher Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 3, 1775; m. in Italy, N. Y., June, 1797, Patty Watkins, of Partridgefield, Mass.; b. Peru, in 1780. She m. 2d, at Italy in 1805, Elias Lee; b. 1777; d. Feb. 1, 1825. She d. in Mass.. Mar , 1849. "....."He (Fisher) died at the early age of thirty-seven, sincerely mourned by a large circle of acquaintances. He d. Dec. 19, 1805; res. Italy, N. Y. "
• However, he then names their children: "i. James Watkins, b. June 21, 1803; m. Betsey Harper.... ii. Patty Watkins, b. Sept. 9, 1800; m. Jan. 15, 1823, Jason Griswold; res. Italy, N. Y. Ch.: Fisher, b. Mar. 28, 1825; res. Italy; Sophronia, b. Nov. 22, 1823; Lutia Ann, b. July 23, 1830; m. Oct., 1852; Mary Armborn, b. July 23, 1830; m. July 27, 1852. He d. abt. 1850. She d. June, 1880. "

This contradicts the History and Directory of Yates, that states that it was Betsey, daughter of Patty Watkins and Elias Lee, who married Jason Griswold. The "Yates" source contains a number of errors and should not be relied upon as a singular source.

Since I can find no corroborating evidence in Census records to support the Jason-Betsey marriage, for now I am leaving it as Patty-Jason, pending further research.

A book entitled "The Family and Personal History of William Octavo Lee" (his father was William Dutton Lee, Betsey's brother) may shed some light on it. A FamilySearch member, citing that text, has Betsey Lee married 24 Sep 1832 to David Crawford (1802-1875); no children recorded. [6]

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