Richard Watts (1595 - 1654)

Born 25 Jan 1595 in St. Mary's, Kent, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Watts — married about 1617 in England

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1654 at age 59 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Richard Watts migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 361) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Richard Watts was not an original Hartford, Connecticut settler but was there by 1639, and was given land. His wife was Elizabeth (unk). ^{[1] [2]}

• 1639: Resident of Hartford, Connecticut. ^[1]A list of the land he owned can be seen on pages 345 - 347 "Original Distribution of Lands at Hartford,,," or "Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society" Vol. XIV page 345.^[3]
• 1646: August 21: Richard Watts provided surety of L 5, for John Reynolds, fined for harboring prisoners who broke jail. At the same court his daughter Eleanor was fined and ordered to be whipped for a like offense. ^[1]

His will written on October 3, 1653 names:

• his wife Elizabeth
• the children of his daughter Hubbard
• his daughter Browne
• the child (Hannah) of daughter Browne ^{[1] [2] [4]}

His estate inventory was taken on March 20, 1654 and valued at L 114.07.06. ^[2] Witnesses to the estate indicated that son Thomas was to have 3 acres of upland after the death of his mother Elizabeth. ^{[1] [4]}

His widow Elizabeth wrote her will on February 28, 1665/6 and inventoried on April 17, 1666. She mentions her two daughters and several grandchildren. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

Children

1. ___ daughter, married in England. ^[1]
2. William, born ___; returned to England and died before May 2, 1668. ^{[1] [2]}
3. Thomas born c 1626; died in 1683; married Elizabeth Steele on May 1, 1645. No issue. ^{[1] [2]}
4. Elizabeth born ___; married George Hubbard. ^{[1] [2]}
5. Eleanor born ___; married Nathaniel Browne on December 3, 1647; married second Jason Clements; married third, Nathaniel Willett. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Jacobus, Donald L. The House of Rich (continuation) in: The American Genealogist. Volume 22. New Haven, Connecticut, 1945 p. 159-162. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11863/157/23577121
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Trumball, James Hammond, editor. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1, E. L. Osgood, Boston, Massachusetts, 1886 p. 242; 266-7
3. ↑ "Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society" Hartford 1912. p. 345.see at archive.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Manwaring, Charles William, editor. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1635-1700, R. S. Peck & Company, printers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1904 p. 160-1; 247-8

See also

• Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.643
• Find A Grave Memorial# 54049929

additional Great Migration Directory sources:

• HaBOP 345 "Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers" 1639. Collections of the Connecicut Historical Society, Vol. 14. p. 345.link at archive.org
• Stevens-Miller Anc 335-37 "Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Hellen Miller. Mary Lovering Holman. (n.p. 1948, 1951) p. 335 - 337.see at archive.org
• Moore Anc 579-83 "Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore" L. Effingham deForest. Cambridge 1935. pp 579 - 583.see at archive.org

Birth

Date: 1584/1593

Place: St. Mary's, Kent, England

Christening

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Death

Date: 20 MAR 1654

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Age: 59

Burial

Date: DEC 1655

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Watts-1425 created through the import of family.ged on Jan 8, 2012 by Marc Mosher.