Lawson Lyon Watts (1815 - 1890)

Born 18 Feb 1815 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Costella (Gibbs) Watts — married 27 Aug 1844 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Husband of Mary Augusta (Bailey) Watts — married 23 Dec 1858 in Pittston, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1890 at age 75 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.

Birth

Lawson Lyon Watts was born at Hallowell, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on18 Feb 1815, the son of Samuel Watts and Olive (Lyon) Watts.^[1]

Marriages

1. Lawson L. Watts of Hallowell, Maine, married Ann Costella Gibbs of Livermore, Maine, on 27 Aug 1844.^[2]
2. Lawson Lyon Wattsof Hallowell, Maine, married Mary Augusta Bailey of Pittston, Maine, at Pittston on 23 Dec 1858.^[3]

Death

Lawson L. Watts died on 4 Nov 1890 and is buried at the Hallowell Village Cemetery in Hallowell, Maine, where his gravestone gives his age at his death as 75.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Edward Johnson. Vital Records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 Auburn, Me., 1924), page 301 (subscription required) (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
2. ↑ Transcription of record of marriage of Lawson L. Watts and Ann Costella Gibbs, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Waren-Watts > image 3896 of 4082; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
3. ↑ Transcription of marriage record of Lawson Lyon Watts and Mary Augusta Bailey, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Watts, 1743-Wentworth, 1889 > image 131 of 4806; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
4. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Capt. Lawson L. Watts (Find A Grave: Memorial #60429490)

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKQ-36N : 2 March 2021), Lawson Lyon Watts and Mary Augusta Bailey, 23 Dec 1858; citing Pittston, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.