'Watson02'
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Families covered: Watson of Saughton, Watson of Sheffield, Watson of Shiercliffe Hall, Watson of West Wratting Park
| We think it unlikely that there was any ancestral connection between the 3 families shown on this page. They share the page for our convenience. | |||||||||||||||
| John Watson (d 1724, rector of Castle Camps (Cambridgeshire), prebendary of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Parker (dau of Alexander Parker by Prudence (widow of Capt. Charles Wager), half-sister of Admiral Sir Charles Wager) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Charles Watson (b 1714, d 15.07.1757, Rear or Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1741) Rebecca Buller (dau of John Francis Buller of Morval) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Charles Watson 'of Fulmer' of Swaffham Prior then West Wratting Park (Cambridgeshire), 1st Bart (b 09.06.1751, d 26.08.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.07.1789) Juliana Copley (d 24.05.1834, dau of Sir Joseph Copley of Sprotborough, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| A descendant of this marriage obtained, in 1923, the long-dormant barony of Cromwell. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Charles Wager Watson of West Wratting Park, 2nd Bart (b 24.01.1800, d 30.12.1852, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.06.1827) Jemima Charlotte Colleton (d 16.04.1877, dau of Charles Garth Colleton of Haines Hill by Countess Morel de Champemont) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Juliana Watson (b 1792-3, d 14.08.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1824) Very Rev. Thomas Calvert | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Cecil(e) Watson (d 1856) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1821) Richard Greaves Townley of Fulborne (d 05.05.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anna Maria Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.10.1833, sp) John Bendyshe of Barrington & Kneesworth | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Henrietta Watson (d 1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.12.1823) Rev. W. Acton | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Charlotte Watson (d 1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.07.1824) John Gibbons (son/heir of Sir John, 4th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Marianne Watson (d 19.09.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1833) Alexander Cotton | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue - Charles (b 1791, d 1810), Catherine Harriet (d 21.06.1871) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Rebecca Watson (d 26.04.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.09.1771) Sir William Gibbons, Bart (d 1814) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Martha Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.11.1772) James Cocks (brother of Charles, 1st Lord Somers) | |||||||||||||||
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| Richard Watson, 1st of Saughton (co. Edinburgh) (d before 1553) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Stenhope (of the family of Saughton-mills) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Watson of Saughton (d 1573) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | James Watson of Saughton (d 01.05.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | James Watson of Saughton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Euphan Heriot | |||||||||||||||
| a. | David Watson of Saughton (d 12.1685, WS) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isobel Keltie | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Watson of Saughton (bpt 14.10.1660, d 03.1703, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dalmahoy (dau of Sir John Dalmahoy, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Watson of Saughton (bpt 14.05.1692 (or b 1684), d 1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1709) Bethia Baird (of the Saughtonhall family) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Watson of Saughton (b 20.05.1710, d 26.12.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1737) Helen Hope (b 27.07.1711, d 26.12.1778, dau of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charles Watson of Saughton (b 17.11.1740, d 02.06.1804, Captain, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) Margaret Carnegie (dau of George, 6th Earl of Northesk) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James Watson of Saughton (b 30.08.1781, d 30.09.1823, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.01.1811) Janet Ramsay (dau of George Ramsay of Barnton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - George (b 12.04.1784, d unm 18.06.1804, RN), Charles Hope (b 01.11.1786, RN), Anne (b 22.11.1782, d unm 27.01.1800), Helen (b 12.04.1785, d unm 16.07.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Henrietta Watson (b 20.09.1739, d 08.03.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1775) Sir John Gibson of Pentland, 4th Bart (d 29.03.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Sophia Watson (b 29.06.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Ballinghall | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue (d unm) - James (b 12.12.1737, dvp 07.02.1764), John (b after 1743), David (b 09.12.1748, d 02.09.1769), William, Bethia (b 20.06.1742, d 17.03.1764), Anne (b 15.07.1743) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | David Watson (b 18.05.1712) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - James (bpt 10.06.1659, d infant), David (bpt 16.12.1666, d infant), David (bpt 11.06.1668, d infant), John (bpt 12.12.1669, d 15.12.1739), David (bpt 01.01.1671), Grizel (bpt 04.04.1658, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | ?? Watson (youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Watson in Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - John (a 1675), Alexander (bpt 12.08.1641), Robert (bpt 18.04.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - William, Helen, Isobel | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Christian, Agnes, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Watson | ||||||||||||||
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| William Watson of Sheffield, later of Hagg House on Pits Moor (b c1694, d 18.03.1791) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Lucy (Chamberlain?) (bur 22.04.1732) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Watson of Shiercliffe Hall (b 1718-9, dsp 22.07.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sarah Watson (b 1727-8, d 18.04.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Vigors Harvey | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | others including Benjamin (d infant), John (bur 1731), Mary, Ann, Margaret, dau (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.03.1734) Margaret Brinsworth of Sheffield (d 01.02.1771, widow of _ Newbould) | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Thomas Watson of Sheffield | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Matthewman (dau of Joshua Matthewman of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Hannah Newbould (b 1739-40, d 12.06.1798, dau of Thomas Newbould, widow of Robert Dent) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Watson of Sheffield (dsp c1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Watkinson (dau/coheir of Jonathan Watkinson, m2. Thomas Newbould of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Watson of Shiercliffe Hall (b 01.01.1774, d 08.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1799) Anna Maria Wright (dau of Thomas Wright of Hackney) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Thomas, William, George, Henry, Hannah, Elizabeth, Anna Maria, Emily | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Watson of Sheffield (b 1772-3, d 30.07.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Tennant (b 1780-1, d 10.05.1839, dau/heir of ?? Tennant of Sheffield by dau of Joseph Wilson) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Cadman 'of Hansworth Grange' (son of Peter by Sarah Newbould) | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Ann Watson (bpt 07.04.1738) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wright of Hackney | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | other issue - John (d infant), James (b 1739), Jane (d unm), Margaret (bpt 06.05.1735, d unm), daughter (bur 1741) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (first uploaded within WZmisc07 on 04.09.14) : BP1895 ('Watson') with just a little support from TCB (vol 5, 'Watson sometime Watson-Copley', p119), BP1934 ('Cromwell')
(2) For middle section (uploaded 12.01.15) : 'NisbetPlates' ('Watson of Saughton')
(3) For lower section (uploaded 21.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS287, 'Watson', p708+)
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