Person:Francis Watkins (14)

Template:Southern Pioneers Template:1776 == Biography ==Francis Watkins was born July 15, 1745 in Henrico County, Virginia and died in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1826.^[1] Francis was the son of Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy, VA. As a youth and young man he was largely self taught. On Jan 1, 1765 he married Agnes Woodson. During the Revolution he served on the Prince Edward Committee of Safety. After several years as Deputy Clerk for Prince Edward County he was elected Clerk of the Court in 1783. From 1776-1792 he served as a Trustee of the Hampden-Sydney College.

=== Children === # Richard Watkins (b. 1768 Va d. TN) married Catherine Jones. (m. Jan 11, 1815)

1. Elizabeth Watkins (1769 Va - 1832 Ky) Married Joseph Morton Venable.
2. Mrs. David (Agnes (Woodson) Watkins Flournoy (1774 Va)# Judge Francis Watkins Jr. (1776 Va-1829 Va). Married Ann Nash Haskins
3. Benjamin Watkins (1780 Va -1815 VA)# Judge Henry Edward Watkins (1782 Va - 1856 Va). Married Agnes Woodson Venable
4. Dr. Joseph Watkins (1786 Va 1854 VA) married Ruth Hunt# Selina Ann Watkins (1789 Va - 1864 Va). Married Col. Samuel Locke Lockett# Frances Anderson Watkins (1790 Va-1848 Va) Married James Daniel Wood.^[2]

Daughters of the American Revolution Records

• WATKINS, FRANCIS
• Ancestor #: A122286
• Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 7-15-1745 HENRICO CO VIRGINIA
• Death: 1826 PRINCE EDWARD CO VIRGINIA* Service Source: BRADSHAW, HIST OF PRINCE EDWARD CO, VA, PP 112, 139; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 3, PP 795, 798* Service Description: 1) DEPUTY CLERK & CLERK OF COURT; 2) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
• RESIDENCE: 1) County: PRINCE EDWARD CO - State: VIRGINIA
• SPOUSE: 1) AGNES WOODSON

Sources

1. ↑ Template:DAR-grs
2. ↑ Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110022917

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm
• https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Watkins/6000000002354791199*Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 database, FamilySearch, Francis Watkins and Agnes Woodson, 09 Jan 1765; citing Prince Edward, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 33,254.*"A Catalogue of the Descendants of Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy, Virginia, who was the Common Ancestor of Many of the Families of the Name in Prince Edward, Charlotte, and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia, by Francis N. Watkins (written 1852) Prince Edward County, Virginia"

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