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JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS 1759–1813 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 May 1759

Birth Location: Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey

Death Date: 3 August 1813

Death Location: Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Father: William Watters

Mother: FERN VAUGHN

Spouse(s): Sarah Collins

Children(s): Thomas Watters

In 1759, JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS entered the world in Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, born to William Joseph Watters And Fern Elizabeth M Watters Vaughn. JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS married Sarah Collins, and had children including Thomas Collins Watters. JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS passed away in 1813 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.

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Biography

  • In 1759, JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS entered the world in Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, born to William Joseph Watters And Fern Elizabeth M Watters Vaughn.
  • JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS married Sarah Collins, and had children including Thomas Collins Watters.
  • JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS passed away in 1813 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

JOSEPH WATTERS's Ancestors

Self
JOSEPH WATTERS
1759–1813
Birth Place: Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
Parents
William Joseph Watters
1710–1797
Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales
FERN (Elizabeth M WATTERS) VAUGHN
1710–1781
1651941, Merionethshire, Wales
Grandparents
William (Joseph Waters Or) Bridgeman
1710–1797
Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales
Fern (Elizabeth Vaughn) Waters
1710–1781
Merionethshire, Wales
John (C.) Vaughn
1690–1750
Flintshire, Wales
Emma Parry
1695–1791
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
James Sr.
1685–1780
Anne Owens
1670–
Rowland Parry
1665–1735
Emma Mogford
1667–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JOSEPH WATTERS's Descendants

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JOSEPH (JAMES) WATTERS (22 May 1759–3 August 1813) m. Sarah Collins (25 Nov 1760–after 15 March 1800)
  1. 1. Thomas (COLLINS) Watters 1795–1855 m. Matilda (Anne Brittian) Waters 1797–1882
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) WATTERS 1817–1859 m. Miller (Bledsoe) EDWARDS 1813–1897
      1. 1. Arthur (Milton) Edwards 1859–1930 m. Susanna (Alabama - SUSIE -) Spier 1859–1936
        1. 1. Velma Edwards 1888–1965 m. Edward Platt 1873–1963

JOSEPH WATTERS's Timeline

2 Records

1759
22 May 1759
Birth of JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS in Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
1813
3 August 1813
Age 54
Death of JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 May 1759
    Event Place: Burlington or Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 August 1813
    Event Place: Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

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