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Eleanor Watkins 1740–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, United States

Death Date: after 1798

Death Location: Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Evan Watkins

Mother: Mary Webb

Spouse(s): Henry III

Children(s): Henry Jr, Cassandra Frakes, Hannah Frakes, Joseph Frakes, Robert Frakes

Eleanor Watkins was born in 1740 in Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, United States, the child of Evan Watkins And Mary Catherine Webb. Eleanor Watkins married Henry Friggs Frakes Iii, and had children including Cassandra Frakes, Hannah Frakes, Henry Frakes Jr, Joseph Frakes, Nathan Frakes, Robert S 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 Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, United States, the child of Evan Watkins And Mary Catherine Webb.
  • Eleanor Watkins married Henry Friggs Frakes Iii, and had children including Cassandra Frakes, Hannah Frakes, Henry Frakes Jr, Joseph Frakes, Nathan Frakes, Robert S Frakes.
  • Eleanor Watkins passed away in 1798 in Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Evan Watkins
1709–1764
Birth Location: Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
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Mary Webb
1709–1764
Birth Location: Uley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
MW

Spouses(s)

Henry III
1727–1780
Birth Location: Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
HI

Children(s)

Henry Jr
1760–1801
Birth Location: Green, Forest, Pennsylvania, United States
HJ
Cassandra Frakes
1784–1867
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
CF
Hannah Frakes
1782–1864
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
HF
Joseph Frakes
1771–
Birth Location: Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA
JF
Robert Frakes
1775–1803
Birth Location: Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA
RF

Eleanor Watkins's Ancestors

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Eleanor Watkins
1740–1798
Birth Place: Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, United States
Parents
Evan Watkins
1709–1764
Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Mary (Catherine) Webb
1709–1764
Uley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Peter (James Watson) (Watkins)
1680–1745
Talbot, Maryland, United States
Mary GRIFFITH
1670–
Frederick County, VA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eleanor Watkins's Descendants

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Eleanor Watkins (1740–after 1798) m. Henry (Friggs Frakes) III (1727–1780)
  1. 1. Henry (Frakes) Jr 1760–1801
    1. 1. Ann (Fraken (Frakes)) ?? 1795–1866 m. William Peak 1790–1863
      1. 1. Hannah Peak 1818–1860 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Skyles 1810–1901
        1. 1. Franklin (Pierce) Skyles 1852–1950 m. Anna O'Brien 1861–1933
  2. 2. Cassandra Frakes 1784–1867
  3. 3. Hannah Frakes 1782–1864
  4. 4. Joseph Frakes 1771–
  5. 5. Robert (S) Frakes 1775–1803

Eleanor Watkins's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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