Watson Genealogy & Chart

The Watson Family to the Richardson Family 

William¹ Watson
ca 1680 - ?
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John² Watson
1747 – 1841
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John³ Watson
ca 1772 – ca 1837
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John Watson⁴ + Sarah "Sally" Poole
1799 – 1880      1802 – 1854
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John Watson⁵ + Fanny Pettinger
1820 – 1896           1822 – 1865
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Kate Clementine⁶ + David Fay Richardson
1860 – 1942                       1854 – 1943
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Ella 
Florence
Ruth
Fay
Russell

WILLIAM¹ WATSON was born ca. 1680; buried at South Clifton, Nottinghamshire, churchyard. He was supposedly been stolen or kidnapped when a child. He married 1715. They had one son: John; b. 1747.

Map of Clifton, Lincolnshire and environs

JOHN² WATSON was born in 1747 in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England; he died 1841 (age 94) and was buried in the So. Clifton churchyard. His children:

• John, b. 1772
• George was born in So. Clifton; His son John was living in 1898 in South Clifton; no issue. “Has played the pipe organ in South Clifton Church 25 years.”
• Henry, birth unknown; His son William was born 1830 in So. Clifton. He had 9 children (all living in So. Clifton 1898): John, Henry, Annie, George, Florence, Sallie, Minnie, Fred, and Mary). His daughter, Mathilda was born in 1832.

JOHN³ WATSON II was born ca. 1772 in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England. He died ca. 1837, and was buried in Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He had eight children:

• John, b. 23 April 1799; d. 12 Feb. 1880
• Thomas
• William, had 7 children in the US
• Edward, had 3 sons, remained in Lincolnshire
• Richard
• Sarah
• Ann
• Catherine

JOHN⁴ WATSON III was born 23 Apr 1799 in Marton, Lincolnshire, England. He died 12 Feb 1880 Red Wing, Minnesota. He married (1) SARAH "SALLY" POOLE on 9 Jun 1819, and they went to live in Market Rasen. Sally was born 10 Jul 1802 in Marton; She died 7 Jan 1854 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He married (2) CHRISTINA MCDOUGALE CROSS on 01 Nov 1855 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. She died on 21 Apr 1859.

John Watson III (1799 - 1880)

"This picture was taken on his return to England [1876] to look after a very large estate that had been left by Lord Watson, supposed to be his uncle but was struck with paralasis [sic] before completing the business and had to return to America." -recollections of his granddaughter 

He came to Canada in 1849. He had a boat named after Christina Cross; one account says “boat launched Sunday at Sarnia went down and he lost his life,” which was not the case. He came to Red Wing, Minnesota on 13 Feb 1861, where he died 12 Feb 1880.

Children by Sally Poole: 

• John, b. 20 Apr 1820, Market Rasen
• Elijah, b. 24 Mar 1822, Rasen
• Charles Poole, b. 29 May 1824, Marton
• Sarah, b. 21 Sep 1826, Marton
• William Lewis, b. 1 Oct 1828, Marton
• Ebenezer Poole, b. 18 Jan 1831. Marton
• Eunice Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb 1833, Marton
• Phoebe, b. 30 Jul 1835, Marton
• Mary, b. 3 Sep 1837, Marton
• Jabez Poole, b. 26 Sep 1839, Marton
• Catherine, b. 18 Aug 1841, Dunham, Quebec
• Annie Rachel, b. 6 or 16 Feb 1844, Dunham

Chn by Christina Mcdougale Cross:

• Emma Christiana, b. 9 Aug 1857, Sarnia, Ontario; d. Sep 185x
• a daughter, born 26 Dec. 1858, lived 2 hours

JOHN⁵ WATSON IV was born 20 Apr 1820 in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England (1 a.m.); He died 30 Apr 1896 in River Falls, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
 
He married (1) FANNY PETTINGER, daughter of George Pettinger, a Lincolnshire lawyer, and Sarah Broadbent on 8 Apr 1841 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. She was born 27 Sep 1822 in England; She died on 07 Jul 1866 in Featherstone, Minnesota.

Rev. John Watson (1820 - 1896)

 

Fanny (Pettinger) Watson (1822 - 1865)

 
He emigrated to Dunham, Canada in 1841. In October 1855 he came to Red Wing, Minnesota, having seven children at that time; He took up a claim at Featherstone near Red Wing, 1858, and lived there until about 1871, when he moved to River Falls, Wisconsin, where he died 30 April 1896.
 
He married (2) SARAH ANN STOKES on 8 Oct 1867 in Warwick Township, Ontario, Canada. She was born in July 1841 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. She died in Feb 1905 in River Falls, Wisconsin.
 
Children by Fanny Pettinger:

• Elijah Pettinger, b. 19 Nov 1841, Dunham, Quebec
  
• Charles Herbert, b. 20 Oct 1843 Granby, Quebec
• Merton Poole, b. 4 July 1845; d. 1862
• Clara Jane, b. 26 Nov 1847
• David Wellington, b. 17 Nov 1849
• Amy, b. 27 May 1852
• Phoebe, b. 23 May 1854
• Fred John, b. 12 Aug 1856
• Froom Talford, b. 11 Mar 1858/59
• Kate Clementine, b. 5 Oct 1860
• Fanny Ella, b. 8 Jan 1862

Children by Sarah Ann Stokes:

• Lily Magdalene, b. 1868; m. Charles Gunthorpe; d. 12 Aug 1926
• Elmira Powell, b. 1870; m. Walter Chapman
• Frank, b. 1879; m. Charlotte Smith
• Anna, b. 1881; m. Philip Glass
• Sara, b. 1883; m. (1) McIntyre, (2) J.H. Chatterson

KATHERINE CLEMENTINE⁶ WATSON was born on 5 Oct 1860 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She died on 8 Oct 1942 in Roseburg, Oregon. She married David Fay Richardson, son of George Warren Richardson and Caroline Amelia Fay, on 28 Aug 1883 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. He was born on 1 Jul 1854 in Galena, Illinois. He died on 9 Oct 1943 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA. They had five children:

• Ella Lucile, b. 18 Aug 1884; m. Bernard Street 3 Aug 1907; d. 3 Mar 1936
• Florence Clementine, b. 23 Aug 1885; m. Claude Winship Street 3 Aug 1907; d. 11 July 1963
• Ruth Catherine, b. 6 Jun 1892; m. Arthur Gerald Smith 29 Apr 1916; d. 6 Oct 1964
• Fay Watson, b. 10 Dec 1893; m. Florence Grinsted 9 Sep 1916; d. 19 Jun 1951
• Russell David, b. 20 Apr 1895; m. (1)Jessie Dewey Cutting 10 Apr 1920; m. (2) Elizabeth Barker 16 Nov 1984; d. 6 Dec 1986

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The full Watson Family chart

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