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Christopher Watson 1543–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 19 Sep 1581

Death Location: Howden, Yorkshire, England

Father: John 12GGF

Mother: Elizabeth Newsome

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Christopher Watson was born in 1543 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of John T Watson 12Ggf And Elizabeth Newsome. Christopher Watson passed away in 1581 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Christopher Watson was born in 1543 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of John T Watson 12Ggf And Elizabeth Newsome.
  • Christopher Watson passed away in 1581 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.

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Christopher Watson's Ancestors

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Christopher Watson
1543–1581
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John T. Watson 12GGF
1520–1584
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Elizabeth Newsome
1523–1568
Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Watson
1504–1568
Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Weeks
1505–1576
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
George (Watson Newsom) 13GGF
1502–1567
Newsham, Lancashire, England
Alice (Kighley) 13GGM
1500–1566
Inskip, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Weeks
1475–1521
Alice Bates
1474–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christopher Watson's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Christopher Watson in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1581
19 Sep 1581
Age 38
Death of Christopher Watson in Howden, Yorkshire, England
Howden, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1581
    Event Place: Howden, Yorkshire, England

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