The John Watson Family
of Prince Edward, Lunenburg, & Mecklenburg Counties
* John Watson
m. _____ Alice
Planter of Henrico County, Virginia. Will 1702; Will probated 1706. John
had a land patent September 5, 1723.
_____:
Alice's Last name might have been Hatcher or Rowen, but these are only
guesses.
* Joseph Watson
m. _____ Anne d. 1756
Of Henrico County, Virginia in 1742. His will is dated 1751. Had a
grandson William.
* John Watson, Jr.
m. _____ Mary
Planter of Goochland in 1742. Deed 1793. He is indeed known as John
Watson, Jr.
* John Watson
m. _____ Anne
Will dated 3 Feb 1797, proved 17 June 1805, Prince Edward Co., Va.
* Samuel Watson, Sr. b. 1750 d. 1806 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Mary Ann Allen d. BEF 1809
Will in Prince Edward Co., Va. Deed Book 14, pp. 335-336. Dated 19 Dec
1809. Division of the estate of Samuel Watson, dec'd-- land on the
Branches of Bush River and the southern lot of land on Briery River.
Mary:
Ann's first name comes from Briery Church Sessions Book 1760-1840, p. 116
in
which she is listed with Samuel as mother of Littleberry.
* Samuel L. Watson b. 1785 d. 1814 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Rebecca A. Watson
* Mary Ann Rebecca Watson
m. AFT 1828 Ben Fuqua
Ben:
Ben was from Cumberland County.
* Virginia Nelson Fuqua
m. _____ Meriwether
_____:
Of Arkansas.
* ????? Meriwether
* Sarah Josephine (Sally) Watson b. 1791 Virginia d. BEF 1824 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. 9 May 1811 Prince Edward Co., Va. James Bondurant b. 1779
* Ann Salina Cradford Bondurant b. 26 May 1812
m. George P. Knauff b. 1812
* Henriette Evelina Bondurant b. 21 Nov 1813
m. James Scholfield b. ABT 1813
* Jerome Wellington Bondurant b. 30 Jun 1815
m. Sarah Garrett b. 1823
* Samuel Bondurant b. ABT 1844
m. Martha E. Pattie Womack b. ABT 1848
* Clifford Bondurant b. ABT 1846 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Mollie McCraw b. ABT 1846
* Myrtis Bondurant b. ABT 1873
* Georgia Bondurant b. ABT 1875
* Pearl Bondurant b. ABT 1877
* Elmo A. Bondurant b. 28 May 1880 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Sylvia Hixson b. ABT 1880
Elmo and Sylvia had at least 3 children.
* Richard Bondurant b. ABT 1882
* Anne Lovonia Bondurant b. 26 Jul 1847
m. Daniel Sturdivant Wilson b. 6 Jun 1850
* Hampden Wilson b. 3 Mar 1874
m. Blanche Hendren Fitcher b. 14 Feb 1872
* Hampden Pryer Wilson b. ABT 1897
* Regina May Wilson b. 3 May 1876
m. Frederick Miller Wilson b. 28 Feb 1871
* Rosa Eugene Wilson b. 20 Oct 1877
* Sarah Wilson b. ABT 1879
* Judith Irene Wilson
* John Wilson b. ABT 1883
* P. Wilson b. ABT 1885
* Clara Wilson b. ABT 1887
* Jerome Ayres Wilson b. ABT 1889
* Jerome Ayres Bondurant b. ABT 1848
m. _____ Annie b. ABT 1854
m. Lula Parker b. ABT 1854
* Mary Eutoka Bondurant b. ABT 1849
m. Samuel Kerr b. ABT 1849
* Hugh Homer Kerr b. 13 Aug 1873
m. Sarah Elizabeth Rock b. ABT 1873
They had at least two children.
* Jenetta Kerr b. ABT 1877
* Elizabeth B. Kerr b. ABT 1875
* Emuella Bondurant b. ABT 1851
m. John L. Patterson b. ABT 1849
* Horace Patterson b. ABT 1873
* Harry Patterson b. ABT 1875
* William Patterson b. ABT 1877
* John Patterson b. ABT 1879
* Sam Patterson b. ABT 1881
* Marjorie Patterson b. ABT 1885
* Alice Bondurant b. ABT 1853
m. Sam Kerr b. ABT 1851
m. _____ Bradley b. ABT 1851
m. James A. Petterson
* Floy Kerr b. ABT 1875
* Blanche Kerr b. ABT 1877
* Plummer Kerr b. ABT 1879
* Rena Bondurant b. ABT 1855
m. William Lovelle b. ABT 1853
* Ida Zolena Bondurant b. 21 Sep 1859
* Lena Leslie Bondurant b. 28 Sep 1864
* Mary Jane Dillon Bondurant b. 6 Apr 1819
m. Elijah D. Hardy b. ABT 1819
* Elizabeth Emily Bondurant b. 28 Dec 1822
* Sallie Josephine Bondurant b. 25 Oct 1822
* Samuel Watson Bondurant b. 28 Oct 1824
m. Maria Louisa Walton b. ABT 1835
The birth date here and the date of the death of the mother.....something
is incorrect.
* Mary Bondurant b. 1856
* James Alva Bondurant b. ABT 1860 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. LaVerta Walton b. ABT 1860
* Herbert Lewis Bondurant b. ABT 1886
* Bernice Bondurant b. ABT 1888
* James Preston Bondurant b. ABT 1890
* Ruch Walton Bondurant b. ABT 1892
* Ida Bondurant b. 1862
* Edward Taylor Bondurant b. 22 Oct 1864
m. Agnes Leigh Clark b. ABT 1866
* Mattie Bondurant b. ABT 1887
* Ida Bondurant b. ABT 1889
* Bessie Bondurant b. ABT 1891
* Samuel Walton Bondurant b. 10 Apr 1893
m. Nancy Lewis Johnson b. 6 Jul 1892
* William Thomas Bondurant b. ABT 1895
* Samuel Aubrey Bondurant b. ABT 1866
m. Blanche Anderson b. ABT 1866
* M. Louise Bondurant b. ABT 1892
* Simeon Hester Bondurant b. 11 Apr 1868 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Martha Catherine Clark b. 14 Jan 1872
* William Hester Bondurant b. ABT 1895
* Edward Thomas Bondurant b. 15 Mar 1899 Rice, Virginia
* Mary Agnes Bondurant
* Elizabeth Ligon Bondurant b. ABT 1904
* Bernard Camillus Bondurant b. 13 May 1870
* Henry Claude Bondurant b. ABT 1875
* William Walton Bondurant b. 21 May 1877 Rice, Virginia
m. Maria Louisa Walton b. ABT 1877
* John James Bondurant b. 12 Jun 1826
m. Mary Ella Gilliam b. ABT 1826
* Minnie Bondurant b. ABT 1865
* Birdie Bondurant b. ABT 1867
m. William Marshall Atkinson b. ABT 1867
* Maria Louisa Bondurant b. 16 Mar 1815
m. William Atkins b. ABT 1815
* Martha Watson b. 1793
m. Chappel Love
* Elizabeth Watson b. 17 Dec 1779
m. John Ker
* Nancy Watson b. 1795
m. John C. Allen
* Polly Watson b. 1783
m. James Dillon
* Allen Watson b. 1789
m. Sarah W. Allen
* John Watson
* James Watson b. 1781 d. 1824
* John Watson b. 1755
m. Hannah _____
Will, Prince Edward Co., Va., dated 22 Sept 1854, recorded 13 August 1856.
* John Watson
* Hannah Watson b. 1777
m. Samuel Watson
* Benjamin A. Watson b. 1773
m. 5 Oct 1803 Dicey DeJanette or Dejernet
Dicey:
In Briery Church records her name is "Daicey," and in her daughter
Elizabeth's
birth the name is Dejernet.
* Samuel Watson
* James Watson
Baptized 1833. Still living in 1854, according to will of uncle John
Watson.
* Louisana Watson b. 6 Nov 1804 Prince Edward Co., Va.
According to the Briery Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal
Register 1789-1840, page 117, she was baptized November 6, 1804.
* Elizabeth Dejernet Watson b. 8 Mar 1808 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Davis Lee
According to the Briery Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal
Register 1789-1840, page 116, she was baptizedMarch 8, 1808.
* Littleberry Watson b. 10 Jul 1782 Prince Edward Co., Va.
m. Mary A.
His will in Prince Edward Book 21:157, Made 2/8/1862; proved 12/19/1864. He
was "of Prince Edward" when he made his will. He is age 77 in 1860 Census of
Mecklenburg Co., Va. [98th Reg. South Hill P.O., p. 321:89:830:798], with real
estate valued at $20,000 and Personal Property at $25,000. Birth and parents
are recorded in Briery Church Sessions Book 1760-1840, p. 116. According to
Briery Church Sessions Book 1760-1840, p. 228 he moved to Mecklenburg Co., Va.
around October, 1828.
Mary:
Was Mary A. a Farrar or was she Polly Thacker? According to 1850 Census
she
was born ca. 1795. She is age 65 in the 1860 Census ofMecklenburg Co., Va.
* Benjamin S. Watson b. _____ d. 3 Feb 1886 Mecklenburg Co., Va. [Death Register]
m. Elizabeth R. Farrar
m. 1 Dec 1835 Mecklenburg Co., Va. by William Carter Bettie W. Bugg
Age 41 in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va. [98th Red., South Hill P.O.
69:565:44]. Wife Elizabeth (first wife) in 1860 is age 30. He died of
consumption, and on the death register his middle initial is either T or F,
but it is definitely the same person for the son-in-law giving the information
is J. C. Phillips, who gives parents as Berry & Polly Watson. At marriage to
Betty Bugg, he a was a widower of Mecklenburg Co., and age 50. According to
the Briery Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal Register 1789-1840, page
119, he was baptized with siblings on July 23, 1830.
Elizabeth:
Age 30 in 1860 Census. Seen in some records as "Bettie."
Bettie:
Bettie (according to marriage record) was born in Mecklenburg Co., Va.
She was at the time single and age 35.
* Sarah A. Watson
m. Alexander J. Farrar
Age 14 in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Deborah Watson
Age 12 in 1860 Census ofMecklenburg Co., Va.
* Mary Watson
Age 10 in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Lucy A. Watson
m. 17 Dec 1879 John C. Phillips
Age 8 in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Rosa Watson
Age 5 in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Littleberry Watson
Age 9 months in 1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Dabney Farrar?
m. Mollie E. Manning
A border in the household of Thomas & E. G. Phillips in 1880 in
Mecklenburg
Co., Va. according to the census. Acording to marriage bond he was age 44
in
1893.
Mollie:
She was 33 at time of marriage according to the bond.
* Amanda Sarah Watson b. _____ d. BEF 1864
m. 5 Nov 1845 Mecklenburg Co., Va. Richard D. Bugg
Surety at marriage bond was John Crute. She was married with the consent
of her father Littleberry Watson. She was dead at time of her father's
death.
According to the Briery Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal
Register 1789-1840, page 119, she was baptized with siblings on July 23,
1830.
Richard:
He was the census taker for Boydton, Magisterial District #2, for the 1880
Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Littleberry Watson b. _____ d. BEF 1862
m. Polly Thackston
According to the Briery Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal
Register 1789-1840, page 119, he was baptized with siblings on July 23,
1830. Age 41, farm laborer with personal property valued at $2,000 in
1860 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* John Watson
* Hannah E. Watson
* James A. Watson
For Baptism, see Briery Church Sessions Book 1760-1840, p. 120 he was
baptized September 1, 1833. According to same book p. 234, #458, he moved
to Mecklenburg Co., Va. (Joel Watson has a feeling that he may be the
father of our Samuel who was born 1818, but no proof).
* Mary D. or Margaret D. Watson
m. 10 Nov 1840 Mecklenburg Co., Va. George F. Griffin
She is Mary D. Watson according to her marriage bond and Margaret D.
Watson according to the will of her father. According to the Briery
Church, Sessions Book 1760-1840, Baptismal Register 1789-1840, page 119,
she was baptized with siblings on July 23, 1830.
George:
Surety at marriage was 39 year old Boswell T. Crute, a schoolmaster
according
to the 1850 Census of Mecklenburg.
* John A. Watson
m. 19 Dec 1866 Mecklenburg Co., Va. Maria L. Tucker
According to marriage bond he was 27 in 1866. Marriage Reg. 1, page 29.
Maria:
She was age 23 according to marriage register 1, page 29.
* J. H. Watson
m. 24 Apr 1895 Mecklenburg Co., Va. Bertha Ogburn
Marriage register Mecklenburg Co., Va. 1, page 87.
* Samuel J. Watson b. ABT 1825 Virginia
m. Nannie _____ b. ABT 1850
A physician of Mecklenburg County. According to 1850 he was 25. In the
1880 Census he is age 56, and wife Nannie is age 30. He isage 35 in 1860
Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va. with personal property valued at $4,000.
Nannie:
Age 30 in 1880 Census of Mecklenburg.
* Leg G. Watson
Age 11 in the 1880 Census
* Littleberry Watson b. ABT 1867 Virginia
Age 13 in the 1880 Census of Mecklenburg Co., Va.
* Judith Watson
* John Watson
m. _____ Mary
* Susannah Watson
* Drury Watson
* Mary Watson
* Betty Ann Watson
* Nancy Watson
* Samuel Watson
m. 1799 Hannah Watson
* Abner Watson b. _____ d. 1835
m. _____ Mary
* Susan Watson
* Elizabeth Watson
* Joseph D. Watson
* Fred W. Watson
* Benjamin B. Watson
* Abner Y, Watson
* Josiah Watson
m. BEF 1789 Mary Nelson
Died in the 1820s.
* Rebecca A. Watson
m. Samuel L. Watson b. 1785 d. 1814 Prince Edward Co., Va.
* Mary Ann Rebecca Watson
m. AFT 1828 Ben Fuqua
Ben:
Ben was from Cumberland County.
* Virginia Nelson Fuqua
m. _____ Meriwether
_____:
Of Arkansas.
* ????? Meriwether
* Mary Nelson Watson
m. Crawley Fowlkes
m. Ben Cox
m. BEF 1827 James Thackston
* John Allen Watson b. 2 Sep 1789 d. 17 Nov 1822
m. Nancy Hamlett b. 12 Oct 1797
* Louisa Nelson Watson b. 24 Oct 1817
* Emily Ann Watson b. 1821
m. 1841 James S. Johnson b. 1819
* Elizabeth Johnson b. 1842
* Mary Elizabeth Watson
m. Robert Alexander Allen Watson
* Drury Watson
m. BEF 1780 _____ Sally
* Susannah Watson
* Hannah Watson
m. Drury Calhoun
* Drury Calhoun
* Elizabeth Watson
* Jesse Watson b. _____ d. 22 Oct 1812
m. 10 Dec 1790 Prince Edward County, Virginia Mary Meredith
Of Lunenburg County, Virginia.
* Joseph Allen Watson
m. 1817 Jane C. Bruce
* Joanna B(ruce?) Watson
m. Tom Watson
Tom:
Of Texas.
* Alexander J. Watson
m. _____ Fowlkes
* Joseph William Watson
* Joseph P. Watson b. _____ d. 25 Aug 1867 Galveston, Texas
* Jacob Watson
* Frances J. Watson
m. Mr. Scott
* Barnabas W. (or A.) Watson
Member of the Texas Senate. Barnabas did marry, but wife is not known.
* Armistead E. Watson
m. Martin Fox
* Bruce Watson
Died in the Confederate Army.
* Rochette B. Watson
* Martha S. Watson
m. George Bruce
George:
Of Lunenburg County, Virginia.
* Jesse Watson
m. Sally Thompson
* Joseph Watson
* Jack Watson
* John William Meredith Watson
m. Jane Watkins
* Louisa A. Watson
* Minnie Watson
* Sarah Watson
* Bettie Watson
* Polly Watson
* Elisha Watson
m. _____ Nott
m. _____ Crafton
m. _____ Cole
We do not know which spouse was the mother of the children of Elisha
Watson.
* Jesse Watson
* John Watson
* Sallie Watson
* Robert Allen Alexander Watson b. 31 Jul 1807 d. 31 Dec 1883
m. 27 Sep 1836 Prince Edward County, Virginia (Bond) Mary Elizabeth Watson b. 21 Sep 1819 d. 14 Mar 1906
* Francis Marion Watson
m. Lou A. Watson
* Meredith Watson
m. 5 Sep 1866 George D. Horne's in Powhatan Co., Va. Josephine Leonra Robertson b. 1848
Lived in Nottoway County, Virginia.
* Mary Guthry Watson
* Hannah A. Watson
m. William Towler
* Watkins Towler
* Saunders Towler
* Mary Ann Elizabeth Watson
m. ????? Keeling
?????:
Of Nottoway or Prince Edward County, Virginia.
* Jesse Watson
m. Sally Thompson
Will in Lunenburg Co., Book 14, page 174. Made April 28, 1863. Pro. Oct.
9,
1863. Served in the War of 1812 at Norfolk, Va. [Watson's "Notes on
Southside,
Virginia."
Sally:
Of Lunenburg Co., Va. according to Watson's "Notes on Southside Virginia."
* William Joe Watson
* Thomas B. Watson
* Robert J. Watson
His will in Lunenburg Co., Va., Book 14, page 136, mentions he has "three
brothers."
* Jackson E. Watson
* Minerva Ann M. Watson
* Susannah Watson
* Mary Watson
m. Josiah Chambers
* Josiah Chambers
* Joseph Watson
m. Fanny Allen d. 1861 Prince Edward County, Virginia
m. 1816 Fanny Wade
Joseph Watson and Fanny Allen had no children. It is possible I guess
that Fanny Allen and Fanny Wade are the same person. Work needs to be
done here.
* Thomas Watson
* Augustus Watson b. _____ d. 1815
m. Sarah Branch Jones
Augustus was "of Prince Edward" County in 1815. He was of Nottoway in
1792.
Sarah:
"Only child" of Branch Jones.
* Branch J(ones?) Watson
* D. Watson
m. 1818 Joseph Wilson
* William Watson
Will 1751, probated 1752. Wife could have been Amy. William of Brunswick
County, Virginia, died 1806 could be a son.
* Martha Watson
m. _____ Bell
* Lucy Watson
m. Thomas Jones
* John Watson
* Benjamin Watson
m. _____ Aggie
_____:
Aggie could have been an Allen, but this is only a guess.
* Sarah Watson
m. Michael Johnson