Person:William Watson (11)

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William Watson
b.17 Oct 1773 Staindrop, Durham, England
d.Aft 1855 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 Feb 1770
  1. Joseph Watson1770 - 1839
  2. Grainger Watson1772 -
  3. William Watson1773 - Aft 1855
  4. Elizabeth Watson1775 - 1853
  5. Sarah Watson1780 -
  6. Henry Watson1782 - 1867
  7. Hannah Watson1784 -
  8. Margaret Watson1786 - 1836
  9. Rachel Watson1788 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Jul 1800
  1. Henry Watson1802 -
  2. Ann Watson1804 - 1824
  3. Bridget Watson1806 - 1881
  4. Jane Winter WatsonEst 1808 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Watson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 17 Oct 1773 Staindrop, Durham, England
Occupation[4] 1800 Yarm, Yorkshire, EnglandDoctor; employed as a surgeon.
Marriage 16 Jul 1800 Liverpool, Lancashire, Englandto Martha Waterhouse
Death? Aft 1855 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Burial? Walkerville, South Australia, Australia.

RELIGION: Christian - Religious Society of Friends.

RESIDENCES: At birth - Staindrop, DUR. After marriage - Yarm,DUR. About 1830 - Byron Street, Liverpool, LAN. At death -Adelaide, SA - after 1855 (wife's death) because he was interredby her side.

MIGRATION: With his wife and son Henry and his family to join his daughter Bridget and her family who has emigrated to South Australia in the previous year. Sailed from Gravesend (seeHenry Watson). From his study of the Archives, Colin Kerr was led to remark - "Father was no help at all. He seemed possessedby the spirit of indolence, and spent all his time sitting on the poop, looking, as the mate observed, 'like Patience on a leecat-head grinning at a wet swab'. He became immensely corpulent......... Henry wrote sadly (of both his parents) that it was like having two extra children on their hands, children 'whom we cannot control but must manage the best way we can.'"

OCCUPATION: Pharmaceutical Chemist.

PROVENANCE: Henry Ecroyd Smith [1878] 'A Exelent Coliney' byColin Kerr (based on SA Archives). Note - there is some contradiction in accounts as to the make-up of the party. Apparently Smith assumed all members of the family went together as they all finished together.

References
  1. ↑ Henry Eckroyd Smith. Annals of Smith of Cantley, Balby and Doncaster, County of York.. (Sunderland, 1878)
    p.206.
  2. ↑ Ed. Ben Beck. Quaker Connections. (Journal of the Quaker Family History Society (tri-annual))
    Issue 11, p.17.
  3. ↑ Ed. Ben Beck. Quaker Connections. (Journal of the Quaker Family History Society (tri-annual))
    Issue 11; p.17.
  4. ↑ Society of Friends Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Deaths and Marriages (1578-1841). PRO RG 6/1156: LAN: QM of Lancashire: Marriages 1795-1833. (Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department and Office of Population (1567-1997)).
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