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Mourning Watkins 1778–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1778

Birth Location: Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina)

Death Date: Aft. 1840

Death Location: LKR Hawkins Co., TN

Father: Henry Watkins

Mother:

Spouse(s): Ezekial Winstead

Children(s): Priscilla Winstead, William Winstead, David Winstead, Samuel Winstead, Henry Winstead, John Winstead, Joel Winstead, Sarah Winstead, Francis Winstead

In 1778, Mourning Watkins entered the world in Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina), born to Henry Watkins And Mary Crewes. Mourning Watkins married Ezekial Hill Winstead, and had children including David Winstead, Francis Winstead, Henry J Winstead, Joel Winstead, John Winstead, Priscilla Winstead, Samuel Winstead, Sarah Ann Winstead, William Winstead. Mourning Watkins passed away in 1840 in LKR Hawkins Co., TN.

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Biography

  • In 1778, Mourning Watkins entered the world in Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina), born to Henry Watkins And Mary Crewes.
  • Mourning Watkins married Ezekial Hill Winstead, and had children including David Winstead, Francis Winstead, Henry J Winstead, Joel Winstead, John Winstead, Priscilla Winstead, Samuel Winstead, Sarah Ann Winstead, William Winstead.
  • Mourning Watkins passed away in 1840 in LKR Hawkins Co., TN.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Watkins
1740–1804
Birth Location: Nash Co., NC
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Spouses(s)

Ezekial Winstead
1775–1832
Birth Location: Northumberland, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Priscilla Winstead
1802–1870
Birth Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
PW
William Winstead
1797–1879
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
WW
David Winstead
1813–
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
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Samuel Winstead
1816–1859
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
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Henry Winstead
1818–1870
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
HW
John Winstead
1818–1893
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
JW
Joel Winstead
1823–1870
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
JW
Sarah Winstead
1827–
Birth Location: Hawkins Co., TN
SW
Francis Winstead
1805–1851
Birth Location: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
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Mourning Watkins's Ancestors

Self
Mourning Watkins
1778–1840
Birth Place: Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina)
Parents
Henry Watkins
1740–1804
Nash Co., NC
Grandparents
John (Peter) Watkins
1720–1796
Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mourning Watkins's Descendants

1.
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Mourning Watkins (1778–Aft. 1840) m. Ezekial (Hill) Winstead (26 Nov 1775–23 Nov 1832)
  1. 1. Priscilla Winstead 1802–1870 m. Joseph Fisher 1801–1853
    1. 1. David (R.) Fisher 1828–1887 m. Mary (Ann) Spears 1832–1880
      1. 1. Hiram (P.) Fisher 1858–1934
      2. 2. Auburn Fisher 1862–1936
        1. 1. Jack Fisher 1884–1960
      3. 3. Ira (P.) Fisher 1866–1941
      4. 4. W.H. Fisher 1870–
      5. 5. Rebecca (A.) Fisher 1872–
      6. 6. Joseph (A.) Fisher 1874–
      7. 7. Alfred (M.) Fisher 1850–1920
      8. 8. Margaret (E.) Fisher 1852–
      9. 9. Jonathon Fisher 1854–
      10. 10. Louisa Fisher 1856–
    2. 2. Mourning (Matilda) Fisher 1824–1897 m. John Mowery 1829–1883
      1. 1. Nancy (A.) Mowery 1853–1860
      2. 2. Mary (J.) Mowery 1855–1857
      3. 3. Sealy (E.) Mowery 1860–1860
      4. 4. Eveline Fisher 1846–1852
      5. 5. George (Washington) Mowery 1857–1935 m. Jemima (Elizabeth) Staggs 1861–1947
        1. 1. William (Richard) Mowery 1890–1949 m. Christine (J.) Butler 1900–1979
        2. 2. Henry (Morton Stanley) Mowery 1894–1914
        3. 3. Leonard (H.) Mowery 1896–1986 m. Eula Huffman 1905–1994
        4. 4. George (Daulton) Mowery 1898–1967 m. Goldie Newman 1909–1986
        5. 5. Zella (Mae) Mowery 1907–1979 m. Troy Newman 1904–1955
        6. 6. Wince (Raymond "Poke") Mowery 1908–1973 m. Katherine (Lorena) Gray 1915–2001
        7. 7. Arthur (Boone "Shorty") Mowery 1893–1978 m. Elizabeth Dale 1895–1968 m. Willie (Opal) Cornwell 1898–1971
        8. 8. Joseph (Allen) Mowery 1886–1948 m. Wilda Tackett 1889–1945
        9. 9. Walter (Glancen) Mowery 1887–1947 m. Effie (Barker) Boggs 1892– m. Mecca (B.) Riffith 1904–1924 m. Maggie (May) Jordan 1892–1919
        10. 10. Calvin (Edward) Mowery 1883–1966 m. Edith (Florence) Jordan 1884–1965
        11. 11. James (Estle) Mowery 1900–1964 m. Leota Gearheart 1903–1982
        12. 12. John (Dock) Mowery 1905–1960 m. Minnie (Belle) Boggs 1908–1987
      6. 6. Martha (Ann) Mowery 1862–1933 m. Levi Davis 1857–1927
        1. 1. George (T.) Davis 1879–
        2. 2. Bertha Davis 1889–1972 m. Claude Williams –1961
        3. 3. Lacy (Ellen) Davis 1899–1970
        4. 4. Herbert (Marshall) Davis 1905–1949
        5. 5. Alva Davis 1908–
        6. 6. William Davis 1884–1930 m. Maudie 1888–1930
        7. 7. Clayton Davis 1892–1912
        8. 8. Alda Davis 1907–1935
        9. 9. Manford Davis 1887–1894
      7. 7. Edmond Mowery 1865–1898 m. Mary (A. "Mollie") Jessie 1870–1949
        1. 1. Herbert Mowery 1891–1967
        2. 2. Albert Mowery 1896–1970 m. Ethel (Irene) Parsons 1906–
        3. 3. James (Leslie Mowery) Sr. 1890–1981 m. Clara (Alice) Runyon 1893–1969
        4. 4. Edgar Mowery 1898–1985 m. Rosa Blevins 1897–1927 m. Florence Jarvis –1982
        5. 5. Lula Mowery 1893–1988 m. Elbert Smith 1893–1959
        6. 6. Warren Mowery 1893–1963
    3. 3. Alfred (M C) Fisher 1828–1887 m. Rebecca Wallace 1828–1900
      1. 1. Susan Fisher 1849–1912
      2. 2. Squire (W.) Fisher 1857–
      3. 3. George (Henry) Fisher 1861–1911
      4. 4. William Fisher 1862–
      5. 5. Phoebe (Jane) Fisher 1865–1931
      6. 6. Edmond Fisher 1867–
    4. 4. Cynthia (Ann) Fisher 1831–1854 m. William Wallace 1825–
      1. 1. Odom Wallace 1853–1916 m. Rebecca Bledsoe 1860–
        1. 1. Amanda (L.) Wallace 1877–
        2. 2. William Wallace 1888–
        3. 3. Effa Wallace 1890–
        4. 4. Charles Wallace 1881–
        5. 5. Edward Wallace 1901–
      2. 2. Patricia Wallace 1851–
    5. 5. Edmund (H.) Fisher 1843–1912 m. Phoebe Carroll 1846–1922
      1. 1. Nancy Fisher 1866–1900
        1. 1. Jesse (Francis) Knipp 1895–
      2. 2. David (R.) Fisher 1868–1895 m. Hannah M. 1876–1901
      3. 3. Amanda (Jane) Fisher 1870–1911
      4. 4. Mary (Ann) Fisher 1874–1900 m. Levi Wilson 1868–
        1. 1. Ruth Wilson 1895–
        2. 2. Leonard Wilson 1898–
        3. 3. Della Wilson 1899–
      5. 5. Joseph (D.) Fisher 1875–1895
      6. 6. Laura Fisher 1886–1900
    6. 6. Nancy Fisher 1837–1894 m. Thomas (M.) Bledsoe 1826–1898
      1. 1. Joseph (William) Bledsoe 1867–1958
      2. 2. John (Vastine) Bledsoe 1859–1928
      3. 3. Nancy (E.) Bledsoe 1873–
      4. 4. Thomas Bledsoe 1869–
      5. 5. Rebecca Bledsoe 1860– m. Odom Wallace 1853–1916
    7. 7. Elizabeth Fisher 1835–1867 m. George Gilbert 1830–1903
      1. 1. Nancy Gilbert 1858–1937 m. William (Stevens) Jr 1854–1928
      2. 2. Rosana Gilbert 1853–1907
      3. 3. Amanda Gilbert 1865–1945
      4. 4. Johnathan Gilbert 1855–1857
      5. 5. Travis Gilbert 1863–1911
      6. 6. Mary Gilbert 1862–
    8. 8. Happy (Priscilla) Fisher 1823–1900 m. Abraham (R.) Bledsoe 1820–1885
      1. 1. Henderson Bledsoe 1855–
      2. 2. William (W.) Bledsoe 1866–
      3. 3. Talitha Bledsoe 1842–1934 m. William (W.) Mosier 1834–
        1. 1. John (W) Mosier 1866–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Bledsoe 1844–1898 m. John (W.) King 1833–1892
        1. 1. Pemanda (M.) King 1869–
        2. 2. William (A) KING 1873–1951
        3. 3. Ordelia (Florence) King 1875–1906
        4. 4. George (W.) King 1878–
        5. 5. Samuel (L) King 1888–
      5. 5. David Bledsoe 1848–
      6. 6. Alfred Bledsoe 1851–1928 m. Kizarh Bledsoe 1851–
        1. 1. Morgan Bledsoe 1877–
        2. 2. Amos Bledsoe 1879–
        3. 3. Helen Bledsoe 1882–
        4. 4. Hairson Bledsoe 1885–
        5. 5. Kanes Bledsoe 1890–
      7. 7. Nancy (A.) Bledsoe 1854–
      8. 8. Amanda (J.) Bledsoe 1859–
  2. 2. William Winstead 1797–1879 m. Elizabeth Howe 1793–1879
    1. 1. John (G.) Winstead 1823–1864
      1. 1. John (McKinley) Winstead 1854–
    2. 2. William (A.) Winstead 1818–1855
      1. 1. Francis (Marion) Winstead 1845–1863
      2. 2. George (Powell) Winstead 1846–
    3. 3. Jacob (Howe) Winstead 1822–1895
      1. 1. Hamilton (Carmickle) Winstead 1846–
  3. 3. David Winstead 1813– m. Lucy Smith 1823–
    1. 1. Elijah Winstead 1840–
    2. 2. Simpson Winstead 1845–
  4. 4. Samuel Winstead 1816–1859 m. Frances (Ann) Smith 1820–1863
    1. 1. John (Henry) Winstead 1842–1939
    2. 2. Samuel (James) Winstead 1844–1900
    3. 3. Charles (Marshall) Winstead 1847–1936
    4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Winstead 1849–
    5. 5. Benjamin (Franklin) Winstead 1851–
    6. 6. Ellis (Green) Winstead 1859–
  5. 5. Henry (J.) Winstead 1818–1870 m. Mary 1822–
    1. 1. James (F.) Winstead 1844–
    2. 2. Samuel (B.) Winstead 1845–
    3. 3. Joseph (W.) Winstead 1847–
    4. 4. Henry Winstead 1850–
    5. 5. Rosa Winstead 1855–
    6. 6. Nancy (W.) Winstead 1857–
    7. 7. Belle Winstead 1860–
    8. 8. James Winstead 1862–
    9. 9. Mollie Winstead 1863–
    10. 10. Charlie Winstead 1864–
    11. 11. John Winstead 1867–
  6. 6. John Winstead 1818–1893
  7. 7. Joel Winstead 1823–1870 m. Mahalia England 1829–
    1. 1. Evey Winstead 1850–
    2. 2. Isabella Winstead 1862–
    3. 3. William Winstead 1865–
    4. 4. Louisa Winstead 1867–
  8. 8. Sarah (Ann) Winstead 1827– m. Elijah Herd 1823–
    1. 1. John Herd 1861–
  9. 9. Francis Winstead 1805–1851 m. Mary (Ann) Owens 1810–1850
    1. 1. Francis (Marion) Winstead 1833–1867
    2. 2. Daniel Winstead 1829–1865
    3. 3. Ellen Winstead 1830–1831
    4. 4. Mary Winstead 1835–1836
    5. 5. Bradley (B.) Winstead 1837–1919
    6. 6. Mahala (Martha) Winstead 1840–1841
    7. 7. James Winstead 1841–
    8. 8. Oliver Winstead 1843–
    9. 9. Wiley Winstead 1846–

Mourning Watkins's Timeline

5 Records

1778
1778
Birth of Mourning Watkins in Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina)
Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina)
1821
08 Sep 1821
Age 43
Mourning Watkins was baptized in Hickory Cove Baptist Church
Hickory Cove Baptist Church
1830
1830
Age 52
Mourning Watkins resided here in Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
1840
1840
Age 62
Mourning Watkins resided here in Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
1840
Aft. 1840
Age 62
Death of Mourning Watkins in LKR Hawkins Co., TN
LKR Hawkins Co., TN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Edgecomb, North Carolina, USA (now Nash, North Carolina)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 08 Sep 1821
    Event Place: Hickory Cove Baptist Church

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Jul 1821
    Event Place: Received as a member, Hickory Cove Baptist Church, Hawkins Co., TN

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Hawkins, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 178; Page: 57; Family History Library Film: 0024536

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1832
    Event Place: Hawkins Co., TN

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Hawkins, Tennessee; Roll: 526; Page: 203; Image: 412; Family History Library Film: 0024546

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1840
    Event Place: LKR Hawkins Co., TN
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