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Sir Francis Watkins 1540 – 1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1540

Birth Location: Wales

Death Date: 1625

Death Location: Wales, United Kingdom

Father: William Watkins

Mother: Catherine Symonds

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Lee

Children(s): Sir England, Thomas Watkins

It was in 1540 that Sir Francis Watkins , of Shotten was born in Wales, a child of William Morton Watkins and Catherine Symonds. Sir Francis Watkins , of Shotten went on to marry Elizabeth Dorothy Lee and had children such as Sir James Watkins of Talgarth, Breconshire, Wales England and Thomas Watkins. Sir Francis Watkins , of Shotten was deceased by 1625 in Wales, United Kingdom.

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Parents

William Watkins
1500 – 1610
Birth Location: Holwell, Dorsetshire, England
WW
Catherine Symonds
1504 – 1571
Birth Location: Cally, Somerset, England
CS

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Lee
1545 – 1588
Birth Location: Myddle, Shropshire, England
EL

Children(s)

Sir England
1555 – 1623
Birth Location: Talgarth, Breconshire, Wales, Great Britian
SE
Thomas Watkins
1558 – 1607
Birth Location: Court Robert, Monmountshire, England
TW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1545
    Event Place: Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1540
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Myddle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Wales

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Talgarth, Breconshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Myddle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1555
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Myddle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Myddle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1539
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1535
    Event Place: Pontypool, Torfaen, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1543
    Event Place: Talgarth, Brechnecshire, South Wales

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1535
    Event Place: Talgarth, Brechnecshire, South Wales

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1540
    Event Place: Talgarth, Brechnecshire, South Wales

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1535
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Myddle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1540
    Event Place: Wales
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1571
    Event Place: Shotton, Flintshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1593
    Event Place: Parrish of Cornwall, Charlotte Co., Va

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1593
    Event Place: Parrish of Cornwall, Charlotte Co., Va

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1593
    Event Place: Parrish of Cornwall, Charlotte Co., Va

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1571
    Event Place: Shotten, Wales

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: , , , Wales

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: Shotten, Wales

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: Shotten, Wales

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: Shotten Farm, Wales

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1593
    Event Place: Parrish of Cornwall, Charlotte Co., Va

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1625
    Event Place: Shotton, Flintshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 31
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1625
    Event Place: Shotton, Flintshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 32
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1625
    Event Place: Wales, United Kingdom
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