Person:John Watts (31)

Born in New York in 1795, John Watts appears to have been named for John Burgoyne (1722-1792), a General in the English army during the American Revolution suggesting that John Watts' father was a Tory (an English sympathizer). With his third trip to America in 1777 Burgoyne received command of a large army in Canada and led an invasion of New York designed to isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. The campaign ended with Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga [New York State, Sept. and Oct. 1777]. Returning to England while his army marched into captivity, he met with considerable criticism and retired from active service. http://www.masshist.org/bh/burgoynebio.html A well known American quilt pattern carries the name of Burgoyne Surrounded; the design with this name was first published in an American farm paper during the late 1880s.

Book 3, August __, 1830, p.70: JOSEPH JONES vs MARY JONES wid, EVAN W. JONES, Isaiah Jones, Jonathan C. Jones, Sarah Jones, Nancy Watts, John W. Watts, Joel L. Jones, Mary M. Jones, Reason L. Jones, Elizabeth H. Jones, Ephraim Jones, Sidney Jones, heirs JOSEPH JONES, petn for partition; Alexander Botkin aptd grdn ad litem for minors; shf ordered by oaths Jacob Felter, Richard Botkin, John Short, freeholders in vicinity said land, to make partition; dower wid MARY JONES to be set off. --Abstract of Book 3, Probate Record 1829-1834, Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati: Hamilton County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, 1981).

Book 3, October __, 1830, p.112: JOSEPH JONES vs MARY JONES wid, EVAN W. JONES, Josiah Jones, Jonathan C. Jones, Sarah Jones, Nancy Watts & John W. Watts, Joel L. Jones, Mary M. Jones, Reason L. Jones, Elizabeth H. Jones, Ephraim Jones & Sidney Jones, heirs JOSEPH JONES decd petn for partition; land aprd at $10/A cannot be partitioned; sale ordered. --Abstract of Book 3, Probate Record 1829-1834, Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati: Hamilton County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, 1981).

Book 3, November __, 1830, p.124: JOSEPH JONES vs MARY JONES wid, EVAN W. JONES, Josiah Jones, Jonathan C. Jones, Sarah Jones, Nancy Watts, John W. Watts, J. L. Jones, Mary M. Jones, Reason L. Jones, Elizabeth H. Jones, Ephraim Jones & Sidney Jones, heirs of JOSEPH JONES, petn for partition; sale 9 November 1830 to Joseph Jones for $466.90 confirmed; shf's deed ordered. --Abstract of Book 3, Probate Record 1829-1834, Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati: Hamilton County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, 1981).

(?) 1830 Hamilton Co., OH, census index, John B. WATTS, p.213, Sycamore Twp.

1840 Fountain Co., IN, census, pp.216A-B, Shawnee Twp., near NANCY's brothers, ISAIAH and JOEL: line 28, JOHN WATTS, 1 M 40-50 (b. ca. 1790-1799); 1 F 30-40 (b. ca. 1800-1809, wife NANCY); 1 M 15-20 (b. ca. 1820-1824, Joel); 1 F 10-15 (b. ca. 1825-1829, Sarah); 1 M & 1 F 5-10 (b. ca. 1830-1834, Evan & Sidney); 1 M under 5 (b. ca. 1835-1840, William); 7 total; 1 engaged in agriculture. 1840 Fountain Co., IN, census, ISAIH JONES, pp.217A-B, Shawnee Twp. 1840 Fountain Co., IN, census, JOEL JONES, pp.221A-B, Shawnee Twp.

John Watts d. Jan. 2, 1847, age 51y 6m 26d; buried Rob Roy Cemetery, Fountain Co., IN. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005; Gary copied this inscription in the 1950s and the stone was still there the last time he checked in the mid-1990s; this cemetery is small and not well kept; the gravestones for three of John's children -- Sidney, Mary, and an unnamed child -- disappeared between the 1950s and mid-1970s. Although Rob Roy cemetery was transcribed by the DAR around 1932, the names after "Tumlin" are not included in their typed transcription.

1. ↑ JONES / WATTS descendant, Gary Purviance
   e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005.