| 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 (18301925), 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 |
| 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 (18411841), Harriet Temple (18431920, 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 |
| 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 (17971874, 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 (18411917) | 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 |
| "BEAMISH22nd inst., aged 76, Rachel, relict of Mr. Joseph Beamish, Sudbury." | Bury Free Press, 1879-03-29 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 (18101895, 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 |
| 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 (18091883, potter, of Knox Co., Ohio), in Greenwich, Ohio, USA | Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; One World Tree; US federal censuses |
| Children: | Hannah W. (18381838), Joseph Watson (18391857), Louisa (18411918), Mary Isabella (18431910), Charles (18461932), 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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