Person:Thomas Watts (11)

Captain Thomas Watts
b.Est 1620 England
m. Bef 1618
  1. William WattsEst 1618 - Bef 1668
  2. Captain Thomas WattsEst 1620 - 1683
  3. Elizabeth WattsEst 1622 - Est 1702
  4. Eleanor WattsEst 1625 - 1703
m. 1 May 1645
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Captain Thomas Watts
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1620 England
Alt Birth[3] Est 1626
Marriage 1 May 1645 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Steele
Will[3][4] 6 Aug 1683 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[3][4] Bet 6 Aug 1683 and 22 Oct 1683 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3][4] 22 Oct 1683 £1383-02-10. Taken by Nathaniel Standly, John Easton.
Probate[4] 6 Dec 1683 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 The Watts Line, in Holman, Mary Lovering; Winifred Lovering Holman; and Helen Pendleton Winston Pillsbury. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife, Frances Helen Miller: Compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948, 1952)
    336-37.

    "Thomas (Watts), (Capt.), b. about 1620; m. 1 May 1645, Elizabeth Steele, dau. of George Steele. They had no children and he brought up his nephew, Samuel Hubbard, making him his heir."

  2. Thomas Watts, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:439.

    "Thomas (Watts), Hartford, s. of Richard, call. serg. in the list of freem. 1669, grew to be ens. 1673, lieut. in 1675 bef. the war, and capt. in the same yr. aft. the hostil. and head. his comp. in the desperate Narraganset fight 19 Dec. 1675, as told in Niles's hist. and seventeen of his comp. were that day k. or wound. was in good repute, certain. 1677, when once more he was put at the head of forces to go up the riv. He m. 1 May 1645, Eliz. d. of George Steele, had no ch. made his will, 6 Aug. 1683, had very good est. of wh. the use of all to w. dur. life, and made judicious dispos. aft. The wid. d. 25 Feb. 1685, and gave her est. to her br. James Steele and his four ds. and other relat."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Thomas Watts, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    644.

    "Capt. Thomas Watts s of Richard & Elizabeth born 1626 died 1683 mar May 1, 1645 (Hartford Town Record) Elizabeth Steele who died Feb 25, 1684-5 dau of George Steele. Thomas Watts & Elizabeth separated to 2nd Ch. Chimney viewer 1651; surveyor of highways 1653, 1673; townsman 1657, 1662, 1667; successively appointed Sergeant, Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain of the Hartford trainband; he headed his company in the Narragansett fight Dec 19, 1675, and commanded the forces that went up the river 1677. He died s.p. Will dated Aug 6; inv. Oct 22, 1683; left his house and lot to his brother's son Samuel Hubbard whom he had brought up from a child. His widow left her property to her brother James Steele and his four daughters."

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Watts, Capt. Thomas, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:378.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 146-7.

    Watts, Capt. Thomas, Hartford. Invt. £1383-02-10. Taken 22 October, 1683, by Nathaniel Standly, John Easton. Will dated 6 August, 1683.

    I Thomas Watts of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife Elizabeth Watts my personal Estate forever, and my Real Estate to her during her natural life, and after her decease I give it to my brother's son Samuel Hubbard, whom I have brought up from a child; my Homested, 3 acres of Land in the Indian field, one acre by the River side, 5½ acres in meadow which I bought of Nathaniel Warde, 20 acres of upland adjoyning Mr. Joseph Mygatt, 10 acres at the four-mile hill, all which I give to the said Samuel Hubbard and to his heirs forever, to come into possession within a year after my wife's decease. I give to my Kinsman Samuel Steele Jr. 5 acres of Land I bought of Nathaniel Warde, 3 acres I bought of John Arnol(d), all lying in a place called Ward's field, adjoyning James Steele sen, Noah Cooke & John Merrells, all which I give to the sd. Samuel Steele & his heirs forever, to be in possession within one yeare after the decease of my wife. I give to the other six of my sister Hubbard's Children, to Joseph, to Daniel, to Nathaniel, to Richard, to Mary Rannie, to Elizabeth Hubbard, I give to them £100, to be paid to them within one year and a day's departure of my wive's Natural Life. I give to my brother Brown's Children, to Nathaniel, to John, to Benony Brown, to Hannah Lane (the wife of Isaac Lane), I give and bequeath to these four Children of my Brother Brown all my Lands Lying in the bounds of Middletown, and £38 more, to be paid out of my other Estate. I give to my Brother James Steele's two sons, James & John Steele, £50 (to James £30, and John Steele £20). I give to Mr. John Whiting £20. I give to the poor of the new church in Hartford £20. I give to Martha Hannison, to her own proper use, 7½ acres of Land called by the name of Pesiponck; also £20 in other of my Estate. I give to Samuel Steele sen., my Kinsman, £10. All the remainder of my Estate I give to my wife Elizabeth Watts, and do make her sole Executrix; and I Intreat James Steele sen. and Ensign Nathaniel Standly to be Overseers.

    THOMAS WATTS.

    Witness: James Steele sen., Samuel Steele sen.

    County Court Record, Page 76—6 Dec. 1683: Will Proven.

    Page 129—3 March, 1686-7: This Court appoint to lay out to the Legatees of Capt. Watts' will their several portions of Land according to the Order of the General Court at their last session, and to Meet and bound it according to said Order. And this Court appoint Marshall Grave, Steven Hosmer and Thomas Bunce distributors."