James
Watt
Born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Son of Thomas Watt
and Margaret (Sherrer) Watt
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Agnes (Muirhead) Watt
— married
about 1728 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Watt FRS FRSE
Died about
at about age 83
in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Biography
- Birth: 1698[1] or 28 Jan 1699[2]
- Occupation: merchant, shipwright, chandler, carpenter and joiner, and shipowner[1]
- Position: chief magistrate (or bailie) of Greenock in 1751[1]
- Spouse: Agnes Muirhead (1703–1755)[1]
- Marriage: about 1728[1]
- Death: 1782[1][2]
- Burial: West Parish of Greenock[2]
- Reburial: Greenock Central Cemetery[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Jennifer Tann, ‘Watt, James (1736–1819)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2014 [1], accessed 4 Oct 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "James Watt, Sr", Find A Grave, 2017-10-04
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