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Josiah Watts 1789–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1789

Birth Location: Greene County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: Nov 1840

Death Location: Alabama, USA

Father: Thomas Watts

Mother: Hannah Boggess

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Josiah Watts was born in 1789 in Greene County, Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas Watts And Hannah Rust Boggess. Josiah Watts passed away in 1840 in Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Josiah Watts was born in 1789 in Greene County, Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas Watts And Hannah Rust Boggess.
  • Josiah Watts passed away in 1840 in Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Watts
1747–1798
Birth Location: Fauquier County, Virginia
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Hannah Boggess
1747–1834
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Virginia
HB

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Josiah Watts's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Watts
1789–1840
Birth Place: Greene County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Thomas Watts
1747–1798
Fauquier County, Virginia
Hannah (Rust) Boggess
1747–1834
Westmoreland County, Virginia
Grandparents
Thomas (Poss) Watts
1720–1769
Stafford, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Lydia Thornton
1723–1769
Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John L14D-1754
1695–1754
Ann McPherson
1698–1756
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Immigrant
1689–1728
Anne LVC2-H83
1664–1742
Daniel Jr
1654–1755
Ann Greenwood
1668–1756

Josiah Watts's Timeline

2 Records

1789
1789
Birth of Josiah Watts in Greene County, Georgia, USA
Greene County, Georgia, USA
1840
Nov 1840
Age 51
Death of Josiah Watts in Alabama, USA
Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Greene County, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1840
    Event Place: Alabama, USA
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