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Eleanor Watkins 1740–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Frederick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1798

Death Location: Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Evan operator

Mother: Mary Webb

Spouse(s): Henry Frakes

Children(s): Robert Frakes

Eleanor Watkins was born in 1740 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA, the child of Evan George Watkins Potomac Ferry Operator And Mary Catherine Webb. Eleanor Watkins married Henry Friggs Frakes, and had children including Nathan Frakes, Robert Frakes, William Frakes. Eleanor Watkins passed away in 1798 in Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Watkins was born in 1740 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA, the child of Evan George Watkins Potomac Ferry Operator And Mary Catherine Webb.
  • Eleanor Watkins married Henry Friggs Frakes, and had children including Nathan Frakes, Robert Frakes, William Frakes.
  • Eleanor Watkins passed away in 1798 in Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Evan operator
1709–1765
Birth Location: Kent County, Maryland, USA
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Mary Webb
1710–1764
Birth Location: Uley, Gloucestershire, England
MW

Spouses(s)

Henry Frakes
1730–1780
Birth Location: Valley, Botetourt, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Robert Frakes
1775–1803
Birth Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
RF

Eleanor Watkins's Ancestors

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Eleanor Watkins
1740–1798
Birth Place: Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Evan George Watkins - Potomac ferry operator
1709–1765
Kent County, Maryland, USA
Mary (Catherine) Webb
1710–1764
Uley, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Peter (Watson) Watkins
1680–1745
Talbot, Maryland, United States
Mary Griffith
1689–1745
Frederick County, VA
John Webb
1684–1716
Gloucestershire, England
Alice Howell
1690–1731
Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Peter I
1670–1697
ANNE NUTHALL
1672–1695
Rev. Griffin
1643–1716
Alicia Woodson
1627–
William *
1663–1741
Judith Cooke
1653–1712
John Howell
1655–1711
Mary Burford
1655–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ii
1637–1682
Elias Nuthall
1653–1704
Elizabeth Beckwith
1654–1697
Owen Virginia
1624–1698
Mary Hunt)
1626–1727
Lt. Sr.
1640–1703
Elizabeth (Webb)
1643–1699
Edmund Cooke
1625–1700
Ann Rolle
1633–
David Howell
1627–1679
Comfort Groves
1630–1696
Robert Burford
1622–1699
Margaret Crewe)
1622–1699

Eleanor Watkins's Descendants

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Eleanor Watkins (1740–1798) m. Henry (Friggs) Frakes (1730–1780)
  1. 1. Robert Frakes 1775–1803 m. Catherine (Lemley) (Six) 1774–1830
    1. 1. George (Riley) Frakes 1798–1869 m. Catherine (Louisa) Lemley 1802–1843
      1. 1. Ruthey Frakes 1821–1891 m. Andrew (Jackson) Dye 1820–1891
        1. 1. Cyrus (Andrew) DYE 1857–1891 m. Roseannah (Alice Rogers -Dye \) BRADLEY 1857–1915
        2. 2. Louisa (Ellen) Dye 1848–1922
        3. 3. John (James 1850) Dye 1850–1880
        4. 4. Rosezilla (A) Dye 1853–1896
        5. 5. Walter (Washington) Dye 1854–1934 m. Sarah (Caroline) Nettles 1855–
        6. 6. Jeremiah (Robert (General Lee)) Dye 1866–1900
        7. 7. Sarah (Belle) Dye 1873–1963
        8. 8. William (W.) Dye 1859–1890 m. Mary Young 1857–1883
      2. 2. George (Washington) Frakes 1828–1878
      3. 3. Amasa ('Massie') Frakes 1832–1861
      4. 4. John (Wesley) Frakes 1831–1880
      5. 5. Elizabeth Frakes 1822–1883
      6. 6. Rebecca Frakes 1826–
      7. 7. Delilah Frakes 1824–1869
    2. 2. Robert Frakes 1803–1872

Eleanor Watkins's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Eleanor Watkins in Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
1798
1798
Age 58
Death of Eleanor Watkins in Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Frederick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1798
    Event Place: Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
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