John Watson, Roxbury
Courtesy Angela Dean
JOHN WATSON, seventh son of Robert and Elizabeth Watson,
born in
England ca. 1616, was first at Plymouth, and came with his father to Connecticut in the
spring of 1636. He married Margaret, daughter of Francis Smith of Roxbury, who came
from England with his wife and children and was member of the First Church of Roxbury.
SOURCE: Probate Records (page 26/7) Waltson, John, Hartford. Invt.
126pounds...1s...6d....taken June 4, 1650 by John White, John Barnard, Will dated March
26, 1850.
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will and
testament: My debts
being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and
bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow and swamp till my son John
Come to Twenty years of age; and my will is that She should bring up my
Children; and will is that my son John shall have my meadowe and swampe
at that age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife
should paye to my Daughter Sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of
age, and the my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age.
And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five
pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of
my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before
mentioned, that then the portion of that they shall be equally divided
between them that are living. And my will is in Case that my Children
Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers despose
of them so as they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to
paye what shall be thought meete for the bringing of them up. And I
ordayne my beloved friends John White & Gregory Wolterton to be
overseers of this my will.
Witness: John Moodie Francis Barnard.
John X Watson
Court Record, page 9-6, June 1650: Will & Invt. Exhibited.
Margaret Watson
SOURCE: Probate Records, page 131: Watson, Margaret, Hartford.
Died March 1682/3. Invt. 54 pounds 13 s. Taken May, 1683, by John
Coale, Stephen Hosmer.
The last Will & Testament of Margaret Watson, who deceased March last
past, did declare her Mind & Will as followeth concerning her Estate, &
how she would have it disposed of, as she did declare it to Sarah Watson
& John Merrells sen: She bequeathd to her daughter Sarah Merrells her
red cloth Petticoat. She gave her searge petticoat and her Penny stone
Peticoat to her daughter Mary Seamore. She gave to her gr. child Sarah
Merrells 1 Pillow beere & one sheet & a white apron. She gave to her
gr. Child She gave to her gr. child Susannah Merrells 1 Sheet & 1 Pillow
beere. She gave her gr. child Mary Seamor 1 Sheet & 1 blankett & her
green apron. She gave to her gr. child Margaret Seamor 1 Sheet & 1
blankett & a Neck Handkercheire. She gave to her gr. Child John Watson
1 great pewter Platter & a Porringer. She did desire that her
daughters, Sarah Merrells & Mary Seamor, should have 5 pounds paid to
each of them, that was bequeathed to them by their Father's Will. Also
she did desire that the now wife of her son John Watson may have the use
of the House & Homsted if it should please God that my son John should
die before her, for her lifetime.
Sarah X Watson
Court Record, Page 73-6 September, 1683: Adms. to John Watson with the
Will annexed. (He in Court allows to John Seamor & his heirs forever
the Land he possesseth, which was part of the Home lott of his Mother
Watson.)
Other sources for information can be found in the FAMILIES OF EARLY
HARTFORD, CT : by Lucius Barnes Barbour and WATSON'S GENEALOGY at the CT. HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
