GeorgeA Wathen, of Bristol, Gloucestershire, was born say 1563. His burial has not been found, but he was living in Bristol on 27 June 1629 when his son-in-law Andrew Sargent was discharged as his apprentice. … He married at St. Nicholas, Bristol 9 August 1589, Joyce White, whose parents have not been learned. George was a joiner, or woodworker. His whereabouts between 1589 and 1600, the period during which his sons William, George, and Edmond were born, are unknown. By 1600 he and his family had taken up residence in the parish of St. Stephen, Bristol. … It appears unlikely that GeorgeA Wathen was born in Bristol. He probably came from one of the country parishes which surround the city. The name is common in the vicinity of English Bicknor, twenty-five miles north of Bristol. James Wathen, the shoemaker, who lived in the parish of St. John Baptist, Bristol contemporaneously with George1 Wathen, was baptized in the parish of English Bicknor on 20 August 1598, the son of John Wathen. He was apprenticed at Bristol on 27 October 1614. Nevertheless, no connection has been found between James and George, and no record of GeorgeA Wathen has been found in the parish registers of English Bicknor. Probate searches have also failed to identify the father of GeorgeA Wathen.
