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First Name
Last Name
Thomas WATSON

Thomas WATSON

Male Abt 1604 - 1672  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Thomas WATSON 
    Born Abt 1604  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 1639  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Freeman 13 May 1640  Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Immigrant? Y 
    Died 1 Mar 1672  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I35047  Main
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2023 

    Family Joan MNU,   b. Abt 1606, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 1637  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John WATSON,   b. Abt 1645, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1685, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F12302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1604 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1637 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - 1639 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 13 May 1640 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Mar 1672 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Parents & origin unknown
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      Various secondary sources claim a Robert Watson, immigrant of 1632 to Plymouth, as brother of JOHN WATSON of Roxbury and father of GEORGE WATSON of Plymouth and of several other later immigrants [Windsor Hist 2:776; Bassett-Preston 311; Snow-Estes 1:162]. This fam- ily construct should be rejected totally, as there is no evidence in Plymouth or elsewhere in New England for such a Robert, or for any connection between John Watson and George Watson. An assignmnet of a servant by "Elizabeth Watson, widow,... unto Thomas Watson," on 8 November 1638 [PCR 1:102], is cited in partial support of this claim, but this record says nothing about a Robert, nor does it connect to records of the other Watson immigrants. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S205] AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB509/rd/13684/1971/242320210--.

    2. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I-III:2103.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023