Children of Grainger and Elizabeth Watson

01. Joshua Watson

1797-06-03 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /798
1808/1811 of Isleworth; at Ackworth School Ackworth School Catalogue
1819-04-14 certificate of his sober behavior and clearness approved by Longford MM, to be sent to Philadelphia YM or elsewhere in America information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
by 1820 left England for America before his parents also decided to emigrate
1820-07-27 removal certificate received by Stroudsburg Monthly Meeting, dated in Longford MM, Uxbridge, Middlesex, "Old England", 1819-04-14 Salem, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1815-1839
1824-01-22 removal certificate signed at Stroudsburgh, to Scipio Monthly Meeting, New York

Information was received from Friendsville Preparative Meeting, that Joshua Watson, who has removed within the limits of Scipio Monthly Meeting in the State of New York and that on enquiry no obstruction appeared, whereupon an Essay of a Certificate was read, approved & signed, by the Clerk & four other Friends, and John Hudson, jr. appointed to forward it as directed.

Stroudsburg Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, Certificates of Removal, 1816-1828; Salem, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1915-1829
c. 1833 came to Huron County, in the Firelands Find a Grave
before 1850 (presumably before 1830) m. Eliza White (1805 – ?, b. Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania) 1850 United States Federal Census; Morris Family Tree
Children: Samuel Grainger (1830–1925), Mary (cal 1834 – ?), both b. New York; Sarah (cal 1838 – ?), Charles H. (cal 1841 – 1924), Albert (cal 1845 – 1924), all b. Ohio 1850 United States Federal Census; Find a Grave; Washington, Select Death Certificates
1840 living in Greenwich, Huron, Ohio, with his wife, three young men, and 4 young women 1840 US census
1850 farmer, living with his wife Eliza and five children in Greenwich Township, Huron, Ohio 1850 United States Federal Census
  d. Ohio, USA information from Raine Threadgold
  d. while a resident of Michigan Ohio Genealogy Express


02. Mary Watson

1799-08-04 b. George Street, Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /798
1836-09 arrived New York aboard the Gladiator New York passenger lists and arrivals
1837-07-20 received by Alum Creek MM on certificate from Longford MM, England, dated 1836-10-12 Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
1840-04-30 m. Jesse Hoag (1797 – after 1880, b. Vermont; agriculturist, of Delaware Co., Ohio), in Greenwich, Ohio, USA; his second wife information from Martin Rossiter and Raine Threadgold; US Federal censuses; History of Huron County; Encyclopedia of American Genealogy
Children: Ruth Temple (1841–1841), Harriet Temple (1843–1920, b. Ohio) 1860 United States Federal Census; History of Huron County; posting to OHHuron mailing list
1850 living with her husband and daughter, in Greenwich Township, Huron, Ohio 1850 US Federal Census
1860 living with her husband and daughter in Greenwich Township, Huron, Ohio 1860 United States Federal Census
1870 no occupation; living in Greenwich, Huron, with her husband, their daughter, and her family 1870 US Federal Census
1876-03-06 d. Greenwich, Ohio Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, citing Norwalk Weekly Reflector, 1876-03-15


03. Rachel Watson

1801-04-02 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /799; censuses; Annual Monitor
1833-10-03 of Norway Wharf, Limehouse, London; m. Joseph Doubleday Beamish (1797–1874, gardener, of Sudbury, Suffolk, s. of Benjamin & Mary Beamish), at Ratcliff fmh, Middlesex RG 6/538, /1158; censuses; Annual Monitor; Bury and Norwich Post, 1833-10-09
Child: Joseph Watson (1841–1917) censuses; National Probate Calendar
1841 of The Red House, Friars Green, Bullocks Lane, St Gregory, Suffolk, living with her family in servants quarters, in the house of Wm D. King, banker's agent TNA: HO 107/1044/2 f12 p37
1851 of Bullocks Lane, St Gregory, Suffolk, living with husband and son HO 107/1789 f187 p28
1861 "Husband absent. He is a rent collector"; living alone in Bullocks Lane, Sudbury St Gregory, Suffolk RG 9/1130 f3 p1
1871 living with her husband at 2 Friars Green, All Saints, Sudbury RG 10/1716 f108 p2
1879-03-21 of Sudbury; d. Sudbury RD Annual Monitor; GRO index
1879-03-22 "BEAMISH.—22nd inst., after a short illness, Rachel, widow of Mr. Joseph Beamish, a member of the Society of Friends, Sudbury." Ipswich Journal, 1879-03-29
"BEAMISH—22nd inst., aged 76, Rachel, relict of Mr. Joseph Beamish, Sudbury." Bury Free Press, 1879-03-29


04. William Watson

1803-08-21 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /799
1803-09-26 of Isleworth; d. RG 6/548, /955
1803-09-29 bur. Brentford fbg, Middlesex


05. Edward Watson

1804-07-19 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /799
1820 moved with family to North America information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
1820-07-25 arrived in New York from England, aboard the Cossack New York Passenger and Immigration Lists
1828-02-21 removal certificate, Stroudsburgh Monthly Meeting to Scipio Monthly Meeting, New York Stroudsburg Monthly Meeting, Certificates of Removal, 1816-1828
1850 foundryman, living with his sister's family, and a 17-year-old George Watson (b. NY), in Greenwich Township, Huron, Ohio 1850 US Federal Census


06. Martha Watson

1807-06-16 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /800
1807-07-11 of Isleworth; d. RG 6/548
1807-07-14 bur. Brentford, Middlesex


07. Benjamin Watson

1808-07-21 b. Isleworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /801; Find a Grave
1820-07-25 arrived New York, with his family, aboard the Cossack New York passenger and immigration lists; information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
1823-10-23 Stroudsburgh Monthly Meeting received application from Friendsville Preparative Meeting for a removal certificate for Benjamin Watson, a minor and apprentice to Samuel Savage, to Scipio Monthly Meeting, New York; Savage was also moving to Scipio Salem, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting, Minutes 1815-1839
1834-04-16 the family appear to have been for some time in New York State; a certificate was sent from Scipio MM, NY on 16 April 1834 to Alum Creek MM, Ohio, for Granger [sic] and Elizabeth Watson and their children Benjamin and Elizabeth Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
1834-06-26 received by Alum Creek MM on certificate from Scipio MM, NY Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
1837-06-29 m. Mary Grant Jenny (1810–1895, b. Massachusetts, USA, d. of John and Catharine Jenny), Greenwich [Ohio] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; Bastin-Best Family History; US federal censuses
Children: John Grainger (1838 – after 1880), Elizabeth Catherine (1842 – after 1880) Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; US Federal census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 396; Family History Film: 1254396; Page: 344A; Enumeration District: 220; Image: 0471
1850 farmer, living with his family in Greenwich, Huron, Ohio, USA 1850 US federal census
1860 living with his family in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with real estate valued at $800 1860 US federal census
1870 farmer, living with his family in Cuyahoga Falls, with real estate valued at $5400 and personalty valued at $300 1870 US federal census
1880 farmer, living with his wife, his son, and his widowed daughter in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA 1880 US federal census
1890-01-27 d. Find a Grave
  bur. Grave 11, Lot 77, Section A, Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA


08. Elizabeth Watson

1811-09-12 b. Harmondsworth, Middlesex TNA: RG 6/547, /801
1820 moved with family to North America information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
1834-04-16 the family appear to have been for some time in New York State; a certificate was sent from Scipio MM, NY on 16 April 1834 to Alum Creek MM, Ohio, for Granger [sic] and Elizabeth Watson and their children Benjamin and Elizabeth Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; information from Martin Rossiter, citing DQB
1834-06-26 received by Alum Creek MM on certificate from Scipio MM, NY Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
1837-07-27 m. William Townsend (1809–1883, potter, of Knox Co., Ohio), in Greenwich, Ohio, USA Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; One World Tree; US federal censuses
Children: Hannah W. (1838–1838), Joseph Watson (1839–1857), Louisa (1841–1918), Mary Isabella (1843–1910), Charles (1846–1932), Ann Elizabeth (1849 – after 1870) Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; One World Tree
1850 living with her family in Middlebury, Knox, Ohio, with two men as servants, visitors, boarders, or lodgers 1850 US federal census
cal 1853 moved to Iowa, USA Iowa state census
1856 living with her family in Springdale, Cedar, Iowa Iowa state census
1860 living with her family in Springdale, Iowa 1860 US federal census
1861 d. One World Tree


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