Children of Michael and Ann Watson

01. Hugh Watson

1783-05-03 b. Staindrop, Durham Annual Monitor; TNA: RG 6/626, /652; HO 107/433/7 f34 p30
1807-12-01

HUGH & MICHL WATSON,

GROCERS and TEA-DEALERS,

HAVING entered upon that old-established Shop at the HEAD OF THE SIDE, which was formerly occupied by DOUBLEDAY & EASTERBY, respectfully inform the Inhabitants of NEWCASTLE, GATESHEAD, and of the TOWNS and VILLAGES adjacent, that it is their Intention to open it on the 5th of this Month; and as they will ever devote their Attention to the Selection of the best Articles from the most approved Markets, and are resolved to sell their GROCERIES (and particularly their TEAS) on the most reasonable Terms, they rely on the Support of a liberal Public, whose Favours it shall be their constant Endeavour to merit.

*** Orders from the Country expeditiously complied with, and Families supplied on the shortest Notice.

Newcastle, 12th Mo. 1st, 1807.

Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette
1808-06-20

AN APPRENTICE WANTED.

A Stout YOUNG MAN, from the Country, who can write a legible Hand, and calculate with Expertness, will meet with every Encouragement on Application to

Hugh & Michael Watson,

TEA-DEALERS, GROCERS, &c.

HEAD OF THE SIDE.

H. & M.W. have always on Hand a select Assortment of superior Hytons, Twankays, Souchongs, Congous, and Teas and Sugars of every Description, which, with every Article in the Grocery Line, they continue to vend upon the same Principles as those with which they commenced, and which (as others may judge from the flattering Encouragement they have received) has met with the general Approval of their friends, the Public.

*** A neat Wainscot DESK to be disposed of, 3 ft. 11 in. by 2 ft. 11 in. Apply as above.

Head of Side, Newcastle, 6th Mo. (June) 20th 1805.

Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette, 1808-06-21
1810-07-21 bankrupts: "Hugh Watson and Michael Watson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Grocers and Tea Dealers" Worcester Journal, 1810-07-19, citing the Gazette
1813-11-22

DIVIDENDS.

[ . . . ] November 27. Hugh Watson and Michael Watson, Newcastle upon Tyne, grocers, at eleven, at Guildhall, London

Morning Post, 1813-11-22
1819-02-15 m. Martha Evers (1796–1877, b. Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire), at Doncaster, Yorkshire Anne Ogden Boyce (1889) Records of a Quaker Family: The Richardsons of Cleveland. London: Samuel Harris; GRO index; censuses; England, Select Births and Christenings; Select Marriages
1819-11-20

SALE of HATS,

FOR EIGHTEEN DAYS ONLY.

HUGH WATSON, Agent to SIMPSON and Co., returns his Thanks to the Public, for the favours with which they have obliged him this year, and the two years preceding, and respectfully informs them that having now the honor of being a Freeman of the City of York, he cannot allow his present capital Stock of Hats to pass through, without first offering them for sale to his friends, at the Long Room, COFFEE-YARD, adjoining the SARACEN'S HEAD INN, STONEGATE, YORK, at the following very Reduced Prices, viz. Men's Hats 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Fine and good ditto, 5s. 6d., 6s., 7s. Fine improved 8s. 6d. Gentlemen's fashionable London Stuff Hats, warranted genuine Beaver and Water-proof, 20s. superfine. Fine ditto, 13s. to 16s. Children's Spanish Beavers, 4s. 6d. Boys' Furred Caps, 1s. 3d. Boys' Hats 2s. 9d. Fine Ditto, 3s. 6d. to 5s. Youths, 5s. 6d. Men's durable and FINE DRAB HATS, 8s. 6d. Boys' Drab, 5s. 6d.—The hours of Sale are from Nine each Morning, to Five in the Evening; on Saturday until Eight.

The Stock is warranted perfect in every respect. No other mode of sale can be had recourse to, and this pr[ . . . ] that Hats cannot be obtained at such reduced Prices next Spring.

The Sale commences this Day; and SATURDAY, Dec. 11th. MUST POSITIVELY BE THE LAST DAY OF SALE.

Coffee-Yard, Stonegate, York, Nov. 20, 1819.

York Herald
1820-01-14 hatter, of Doncaster; agent there for the sale of Long & Co.'s East India Company's Teas Stamford Mercury, 1820-01-14; Stamford Mercury, 1820-03-31
1822 at the Yorkshire Summer Assizes, Nisi Prius Court:

WATSON v. TINKLER.

Mr. Parke opened the pleadings; the plaintiff, Hugh Watson, was a retail dealer in hats; and the defendant, W. Tinkler, was a hatter at Hull. The declaration stated, that the defendant had published several libels respecting the plaintiff.

Mr. Scarlett said, that he believed he might say without difficulty, that to the plaintiff, this was one of the most important causes which had been tried at the present Assizes; for if his complaints were justly founded, the libels in question had been his ruin; had driven him from affluence to beggary; and, instead of being the occupier of a house and shop, he was now the tenant of a prison, and a candidate for charity. If his complaints were just, the verdict of the Jury would, he (Mr. S.) trusted, relieve him from his present distresses.—About two years ago, Mr. Watson commenced to sell hats in a ware-room, at Hull; and being disposed to sell his hats cheaper than any other tradesman in the town, he soon became an object of jealousy; for the Jury had not to learn that it is not a way likely to conciliated matters, for a man to sell goods considerably lower than his neighbours. He (the Learned Counsel) believed that there was no trade in the kingdom which had so great a disparity between the wholesale and the retail prices, as the hat trade. Every one knew that a few years ago, the duty of 3s. 6d. was taken off a hat; and he would ask if we could buy a hat 6d. less than what we could before? The wholesale prices of hats were never lower than they were two years ago, yet the retail prices continued as high as ever.—This was done by a sort of combination. At this moment, the farmer was obliged to sell his produce at one-third less than he did a few years ago, and yet obliged to buy other things at as high a rate as ever. The Learned Counsel, however, hoped that everything would come round soon; otherwise, God knows, many of us would be ruined. How was it to be done? Why, by the system adopted by the plaintiff; for, although tradesmen were desirous of keeping up prices, yet, when persons set up the next door and sold for less, they would be obliged to do the same. Mr. Watson attracted a considerable degree of custom in Hull, taking from 15l. to 16l. a-week just before the publication of the libels. The hats in which he chiefly dealt were for seamen; he sold a cheap hat, and that cheaper than any other tradesman in the town. His business brought him in 500l. or 600l. a-year profit. Mr. Tinkler, the defendant, was a hatter in Hull, and sold very good hats, as far as he (the Learned Counsel) knew. About the month of August, 1821, Mr. Tinkler thought proper to put a [ . . . ]el in his window, containing insinuations on the integrity and honesty of Mr. Watson. The plaintiff having taken some notice of it, the defendant issued a second hand-bill; upon which Mr. Watson advertised, offering a reward of one guinea, to any one who would bring him a copy of it. About that period a young man of the name of England, an attorney, along with another person, went to Mr. Watson, and asked to look at some seamen's hats. Some were shewn them; but not approving of the shape, they asked for others, two of whom [sic] they purchased; one for a guinea, and another for 9s. along with a lady's beaver for 8s. 6d. These hats were not sold as London hats, nor were they charged London prices. Mr England and his companion then went away; but little did Mr. Watson think that he had been dealing with persons engaged in a conspiracy to ruin him. When the hats were packing up, the young man observed to Mr. Watson, that he had made a mistake. The hat for which he had charged 9s. ought only to have been 8s. Mr. Watson said he had better take a 9s. hat along with the others, and a shilling, and let the gentleman take his choice. When the hats were left, Mr. England was not within, but the matter was explained to him by a note, and he took the shilling, keeping the hat he had purchased. Mr. Scarlett then read the fresh libel, which was a notice to the inhabitants of Hull, from Tinkler, requesting them to inspect some hats, "sold by H. Watson as London manufactured, and of the best quality;" instead of which, Tinkler asserted he was prepared to prove they were of the very worst materials, and sold at "double their real value." The bill concluded thus—"England expects every man to do his duty." This motto, Mr. Scarlett supposed, was introduced for the purpose of punning upon the word England, that being the name of the attorney who had purchased the hats; but he (the Learned Counsel) could not have conceived that any man would have so debased himself, by so using the words reported to have been the last expression of the gallant Nelson, when dying in defence of his country: he repeated, that he could not have conceived any one so base as to couple those words with such iniquitous proceedings. Mr. Watson well knew these charges were false; that he never sold the hats to Mr. England, as London hats, and that he had not charged twice their value. In the next libellous bill the defendant stated, that the girl's bonnet charged by Watson 8s. 6d. was worth 4s.; the man's hat charged 9s. was worth 5s.; and the fine hat charged 1l. 1s. was worth 14s.; at which prices he (the defendant) should be happy to supply any person with the same quantity, and the same quality, which would leave a fair tradesman's profit. The bill concluded thus:—"After the hats were inspected, H. Watson acknowledge the imposition, and returned part of the purchase money, excusing himself by way of mistake." Mr. Watson's having explained the matter to Mr. England, and returned the shilling, was, the Jury would observe, what the defendant termed acknowledging the imposition. In the 3d libel, the defendant said he had inquired of all the carriers, some of which knew Watson, and said, they never had goods for such a person from London; that he had letters from Lancashire Manufacturers, sent to them by Watson, to forward him "damaged unmerchantable hats; he hoped Watson would prove by what conveyance his "London hats" came; and concluded by "the extortioner shall come to want." "Yes, gentlemen, (added Mr. S.) and the innocent man sometimes comes to poverty, when the extortioners combine against him." Great numbers of the libels were printed and spread about in Hull. The inevitable consequence, was that the individual against whom they were levelled was ruined. The unhappy man was reduced to beggary and want, and was now in a prison. The defendant after all this, had the cruelty to write a letter to the plaintiff, saying if he did not give him satisfactory answers to its contents, within 48 hours, he should hear from him in another way. The Learned Counsel after other remarks, said, that the only blame the defendant could accuse the plaintiff of was, selling too cheap, and not too dear.—If he proved the facts he had mentioned, he thought the Jury would recollect, in awarding their damages, that Tinkler, the defendant, was the man who ruined Watson, and sent him to be the inmate of a prison. He called as witnesses:—

 Thomas Gray, compositor, in Mr. Topping's employ, printer, of Hull, printed the three placards produced. He printed four bills, and received the MSS. of all of them from Mr. Tinkler, except the one that had "Oh, shame, shame!" in it. He believed there were five hundred of each of the bills sent to Mr. Tinkler. He saw the placard in Mr. Tinkler's window, beginning with "Caution!—Whereas—"

Mr. Thomas Topping.—I am a printer in Hull; but, before I give my evidence, I wish to ask your Lordship, a question.

The Lord Chief Justice.—Certainly.

Mr. Topping.—My Lord, an action is brought against me for printing the bills; and I wish to know, if I am obliged to give evidence in this case?

The Lord Chief Justice, to Mr. Scarlett.—I think you can not examine him; he will make himself liable to be indicted.

Richard Hopper (a boy) said, that he saw the bills in Tinkler's window; and also another, headed "Caution.—Whereas, Hugh Watson, the hawking pedlar," and afterwards it called him "a notorious impostor."

The libels being put in and read.

Wm. Soulby was called, who deposed as follows:—It is 4 or 5 years ago since Mr. Watson first came to Hull. He first took lodgings, and rented a room of me to sell hats in. At first, he remained about 3 months each year. It was the impression on my mind, that he sold his hats much cheaper than other people. In 1820, he came to Hull and took a house of me, where he continued his trade all the year round. He appeared to have a very fair trade, and be satisfied. The witness then stated that he saw the bills in question circulated about the town; that after the publication in question, Watson's business began to decline; and that he was now in a gaol.

Richard Hopper recalled.—When I went into Mr. Watson's service in 1820, he had no other person. In 1821, he got Richard Oxley to assist him, his business having increased. The sailors and the sailor lads, used to buy a deal of common hats. In Easter week, Mr. Watson took 66l. and another week, he took 33l. 3s. 3d. His trade fell off in the month of August, 1821, that very week the bills were published. It continued to fall off every week after that, as long as I continued with him. Some weeks he took 3l., sometimes 4l. and some weeks not so much as would clear the expenses of the room. Not a single person came into the shop to buy a hat, throughout the whole space of a day. I left in March, 1822, and am now apprenticed to Messrs. Brooks, hair-dressers, in Hull.—I recollect Mr. England coming into the shop: he asked for a best London hat, and my master showed him some of the first London hats. I recollect them coming from Doncaster; and Mr. Watson said they were Wilson, Waugh, and Womersley's, of Aldersgate-street, London. Mr. England did not like the shape, and Mr. Watson showed a London fashionable shaped hat. The price was a guinea. it believe it was not made in London. It was a London shape—it was high crowned. I did not hear my master tell him it was a London hat. Hen then bought a common hat marked C. which ought to have been charged 8s. Mr. Watson charged him 9s. for it; he also bought a lady's beaver for 8s. 6d. Mr. Watson made a note, and Mr. England paid the money. Mr. England then left the shop, after desiring the hats to be sent to his lodgings in Scale-lane. When Oxley was packing them up, he said the 9s. hat ought only to have been charged 8s.—that he had made a mistake in the letter. Mr. Watson desired that a 9s. hat might be sent along with the others, that Mr. England might take his choice. I took the hats, and Mr. Watson went with me; but Mr. England was not in. We left all the hats and Mr. Watson wrote a note to explain the matter. I went the next morning, and brought away the 9s. hat, leaving the shilling; Mr. England having chosen the 8s. hat he first purchased. We sold a many damaged hats, which were kept in a particular part of the shop. The damaged hats were fine ones, but sold cheap. Mr. Watson orders us never to sell one, without pointing out the damage.

Cross-examined.—There were only three forms in the shop—two for damaged hats, and one for the commonest hats of all. The others were kept on four deals, placed on two casks.

Richard Drury Oxley.—I went into Mr. Watson's employ in March, 1820, and remained till 1821. He carried on an extensive business when I was with him. He cleared about 500l. a-year. After the circulation of the hand bills, his trade fell off, and it never recovered while I staid with him. He sometimes, after the bills were circulated, took about 2l. per week. Mr. Watson had London hats from the house of Wilson, Waugh, and Womersley. I have seen invoices from them. I recollect Mr. England coming to the shop, and asking Mr. Watson to show him some best London hats; he showed him some. He objected to the shape. He showed him other hats, but did not tell him in my hearing they were London hats.—They were White's, of Chesterfield. [Here the witness corroborated the boy's testimony as to the purchase, the mistake about the 9s. hats, &c.]

Cross-examined.—I was a painter before I went to Mr. Hugh Watson. I am now in the hat line now at Doncaster. I went backward and forward with Mr. Watson. He was at York when I went into his service. In Feb. 1821, we received some London hats at Hull, from the Doncaster shop. I know no more of their being London hats that what my master told me. I left him in October, in consequence of a failure in business. I am quite sure Mr. Watson did not represent that hat sold to Mr. England as a London one, but said it was "White's."

John Lowther (the forman [sic] of Martin and Keddey, the agents for vessels carrying goods from London to Hull) proved that the plaintiff had two parcels from London in the year 1821.—The defendant never applied to the witness to inquire if Watson had received goods from London.

Cross-examined.—The carriage of one of the parcels in April came to eighteen pence.

Richard Binnington, agent to the waggon warehouse at Hull, deposed that the London waggon sometimes went round by way of York, and that the plaintiff frequently received parcels by the waggon, but he did not know that they came from London. The defendant had made no inquires at the office respecting the plaintiff.

Joseph Haynes, agent at a waggon-office at Hull, also testified that the plaintiff received packages, but he did not know from whence they came. Tinkler never made enquiries at the witness's office about Mr. Watson.

Mr. Sergent Hullock addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. He had clearly proved by the history of the plaintiff, given by his boy, that he was an itinerant hatter; no person had ventured to mention his origin; therefore for ought he (the Learned Sergeant) knew, he had been either a painter (like his journeyman) a tailor, or a shoemaker. Had the plaintiff ever had any London hats, how easily might he have proved it, either by calling the person of whom he bought them, or some one who had purchased one of them? The Jury would recollect the price of the wharfage, carriage, tonnage, &c., of the box from London for the plaintiff in April—it was 1s. 6d. Surely, it had not been a hat; for no one could get a hat brought from Hull to York under 2s.; therefore it must have been a pen knife, which the captain had brought in his waistcoat pocket! The other, and only box, proved to have come from London to Watson, was after the publication of the hand-bills—after he had been charged with having no London hats in his possession. The Learned Sergeant said, that, although the language of his client had not been so guarded as it might have been, yet, he thought, the Jury would not award great damages. He was indeed in Gaol. The Learned Sergeant would not with to insinuate any thing, but he must observe, that there was no evidence to show that he was there under an arrest.

The Lord Chief Justice summed up and said, although it might appear that the plaintiff was not a London hat vender, yet the libels imputed more to him; they charged him with selling hats for London ones, which were of the worst manufacture, and with charging double their value for them. No evidence was called to justify these assertions. The Jury would do right to take it into their consideration that the plaintiff's business had fallen off since the publication of the handbills, and that he was now in prison, but whether these circumstances were occasioned by the conduct of the defendant was for them to consider. On the whole he should recommend them to find a verdict for the plaintiff, but leave them to say what damages he was entitled to.

The Jury retired for a quarter of an hour, when they found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Fifty Pounds.

Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette, 1822-08-09
1832-08-24 of Hereford; member of the committee of the Herefordshire Anti-Slavery Association; wrote to the Hereford Times, publishing the responses to his queries to candidates for election, as to their voting intentions as regards to Abolition, if elected Hereford Times, 1832-08-25
by 1833-12-07 had been elected an Honorary Corresponding Member of the Worcestershire Natural History Society Worcester Herald, 1833-12-07
1833-12-19 appointed Honorary Secretary of the Female Servants' Reward Society; had been "the first and most active promoter of the Institution" Hereford Times, 1833-12-21; Hereford Journal, 1833-12-25
1834-10 right to vote challenged, as not being a Freeman of the City of Hereford information from Jean Dobson, email of 2017-03-13
1835-01 clothier, of St Peter's, High Town, Hereford; with a £10 franchise, voted for Clive and Biddulph, the winning candidates in the parliamentary election pollbook; information from Jean Dobson, email of 2017-03-13
1835-06-20 Honorary Secretary to the Herefordshire Anti-Slavery Society Hereford Times, 1835-06-20
1835-07-10 gentleman, of the city of Hereford; made will, leaving everything to his wife, whom he also appointed executor; estate included a "freehold messuage or dwelling house situate lying in Brook End Street in the Town of Ross in the County of Hereford", currently occupied by his tenant George Collett TNA: PROB 11/2001 copy will
by 1836-08-30 had donated a fine specimen of elastic lime stone to the Worcestershire Natural History Society Worcester Herald, 1836-09-03
1837-04-17 is a member of the Society of Friends Hereford Journal, 1837-04-19
1837-08-19 Secretary to the Herefordshire Anti-Slavery Society Hereford Times, 1837-08-19
1838-04-07 of 14, High-town Hereford Times, 1838-04-07
1838-12-18

H. WATSON

Men's Mercer and Hosier,

Having since he purchased the STOCK of WM. SPRIGGS, in last 8th Month, disposed of a great part of it, he is now SELLING OFF THE REMAINDER AT REDUCED PRICES, and respectfully informs his Friends ant the Public, that he has enlarged his Shop, and had prepared by good Workmen, a NEW STOCK OF WARM WINTER CLOTHING, comprising ready-made fashionable and useful Garments, of nearly every description, suitable to the Town or Country, with Drabbett and stout-worked Duck Frocks, well sewed, and carefully got up—and that he has selected from the best Markets a Stock of Moleskins, Cords, Broadcloths, Cassimere, Plush and Toilenet Waistcoatings, Flannels, Calicoes, Sheetings, Shirt-cloths, Ducks, best patent Threads, Silk and other Handkerchiefs, Hats, and an Assortment of HOSIERY, for the season, consisting of stout knit, home-made Worsted and Lamb-wool Stockings, Women's Black Worsted Hose, Angola, Frame-knit, and Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, Elastic Lamb-wool Shirts and Drawers, men's Socks, Berlin, Russian and Lamb-wool Gloves, Children's Socks and Boots, Scarlet and Fancy Cravats, Cuffs, Worsteds, &c., which are on Sale at such prices as he believes will give satisfaction; also several articles of Haberdashery; an early inspection of which H. Watson respectfully solicits, at No. 14, High Town, Corner of Capuchin Lane.

* CLOTHING made up to fit from measure, by good Tailors, fashionable or to order.

Hereford, 12th Month, 18th, 1838.

Hereford Journal, 1838-12-19
1839-09-27 auction for a 40 year lease on the building he occupied , commencing at Christmas 1840; it was bought by Mr Andrews, overseer of the poor for All Saints parish Hereford Times, 1839-09-28
1841 mercer and draper, living with his wife in High Street, St Peter, Hereford HO 107/433/7 f34 p30
1841-07 mercer, of High Town, Hereford; voted in the parliamentary election information from Jean Dobson, email of 2017-03-13
1842 linen & woollen draper, of High town, Hereford Pigot's Directory
1842/1843 of Hereford; qualified to vote in Ross by virtue of his freehold house and premises in Brookend-street electoral registers
1842-04-29 committee member of the Hereford Mechanics Institution information from Jean Dobson, email of 2017-03-13, citing Hereford Times
1843-06-16 one of numerous signatories to an open appeal to the mayor to convene a public meeting concerning the proposed new line of road from Hereford to Tupsley Hereford Journal, 1943-06-21
1843-11-21 of Hereford; d. Hereford &c. RD GRO index; Annual Monitor; Hereford Times, 1843-11-25
 

Nov. 21, in his 61st year, much lamented, Mr. Hugh Watson, of this city, a member of the Society of Friends, and one of the most intelligent and respectable of our fellow-citizens. The pen and purse of the deceased were for many years active in the cause of Negro Emancipation; but his sphere of Christian benevolence was extended to all mankind, and he was ever ready to protect the oppressed, succour the weak, and to do good for all his fellow creatures.

Hereford Times, 1843-11-25
  "son of Michael Watson, of North Shields, and grandson of the late Sir Hugh Watson, of Staindrop, a descendant of Sir Anthony Watson, of Huntwell, near Allonheads, Northumberland" Hereford Journal, 1843-11-29
1844-06-15 will proved in the PCC at London PROB 11/2001 copy will


02. Elizabeth Watson

1785-03-17 b. Staindrop, Durham TNA: RG 6/201, /626, /652
1787-05-02 d. TNA: RG 6/201, /653
1787-05-04 bur. Staindrop, Durham


03. Michael Watson

1788-05-21 b. Whitby, Yorkshire TNA: RG 6/626, /652; TNA: HO 107/2410 f126 p60; Annual Monitor
1799/1802 of North Shields, Northumberland; at Ackworth School Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779-1879. Ackworth 
1807-12-01

HUGH & MICHL WATSON,

GROCERS and TEA-DEALERS,

HAVING entered upon that old-established Shop at the HEAD OF THE SIDE, which was formerly occupied by DOUBLEDAY & EASTERBY, respectfully inform the Inhabitants of NEWCASTLE, GATESHEAD, and of the TOWNS and VILLAGES adjacent, that it is their Intention to open it on the 5th of this Month; and as they will ever devote their Attention to the Selection of the best Articles from the most approved Markets, and are resolved to sell their GROCERIES (and particularly their TEAS) on the most reasonable Terms, they rely on the Support of a liberal Public, whose Favours it shall be their constant Endeavour to merit.

*** Orders from the Country expeditiously complied with, and Families supplied on the shortest Notice.

Newcastle, 12th Mo. 1st, 1807.

Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette
1808-06-20

AN APPRENTICE WANTED.

A Stout YOUNG MAN, from the Country, who can write a legible Hand, and calculate with Expertness, will meet with every Encouragement on Application to

Hugh & Michael Watson,

TEA-DEALERS, GROCERS, &c.

HEAD OF THE SIDE.

H. & M.W. have always on Hand a select Assortment of superior Hytons, Twankays, Souchongs, Congous, and Teas and Sugars of every Description, which, with every Article in the Grocery Line, they continue to vend upon the same Principles as those with which they commenced, and which (as others may judge from the flattering Encouragement they have received) has met with the general Approval of their friends, the Public.

*** A neat Wainscot DESK to be disposed of, 3 ft. 11 in. by 2 ft. 11 in. Apply as above.

Head of Side, Newcastle, 6th Mo. (June) 20th 1805.

Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette, 1808-06-21
1810-07-21 bankrupts: "Hugh Watson and Michael Watson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Grocers and Tea Dealers" Worcester Journal, 1810-07-19, citing the Gazette
1813-11-22

DIVIDENDS.

[ . . . ] November 27. Hugh Watson and Michael Watson, Newcastle upon Tyne, grocers, at eleven, at Guildhall, London

Morning Post, 1813-11-22
1829 set up in business as grocer, tea dealer, flour, and general provision merchant, at 6 Union Street, North Shields, Yorkshire North and South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1857-04-30
1833-09-19 grocer of North Shields; m. Elizabeth Richardson (1796–1872, of York, d. of William and Elizabeth Richardson, of Whitby) at Thirsk, Yorkshire TNA: RG 6/786, /857; Annual Monitor
1841 not found in census  
1851 grocer, living with his wife and a house servant at 11 Union Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland HO 107/2410 f126 p60
1852-10-23 one of numerous signatories appealing to John R. Procter to stand in the election for Tynemouth Ward North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1852-10-29
1856-11-20

MICHAEL WATSON,

GROCER,

No. 6, UNION STREET, NORTH SHIELDS,

WHILST informing his Friends, some of whom have been his Customers for nearly 30 Years, that he is DECLINING BUSINESS, takes the opportunity of thanking them and the Public generally for past Favours.

Also, at the same time, he solicits their Patronage of his Successor, GEORGE C. MATHER. [ . . . ]

North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1856-11-20
1856-11-22

NO. 6, Union Street, North Shields, occupied for the last 30 years by Mr MICHAEL WATSON, will be OPENED on SATURDAY, Nov. 22nd, 1856, by GEO. C. MATHER in the General Grocery and Provision Trade, and Home Made Bread, with the Best of stuff, Cheapness, and Ready Money

FOR HIS MOTTO!

Shields Daily Gazette, 1856-11-17
by 1857-04-30 had been succeeded in his business by G.C. Mather North and South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1857-04-30
1859-04-06

No. 97, UPPER STEPHENSON STREET,

Near Tynemouth Road, North Shields.

IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

W. G. TATE & SON are favoured with a Commission from Mr. MICHAEL WATSON, who is declining Housekeeping, to SELL BY AUCTION, at 97, Upper Stephenson Street, North Shields, on WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1859,

The whole of his neat and Substantial HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising—Mahogany Sideboard; Mahogany Hair Seated Sofa; Mahogany Dining Table; Mahogany Loo Table; Six Mahogany Hair Seated Chairs and Arm Do.; Mahogany Double Chest of Drawers; Six Birch Hair Seated Chairs; Turnover Table; Circular Table; Eight Days Clock in Mahogany Case, by Millie; small Alarum Clock; Carpets; Hearth Rug; Drugget; Bronzed Fender; Fire Irons; Cinder Pan; Oil Cloth; Mats; Window Cornice and Shades; a quantity of excellent Glass; White and Gold Tea China; a small quantity of Antique China; Tea Canisters; Four Plated Candlesticks; Dinner and Dessert Knives and Forks; Shells and Ornaments; Bread Trays; Bed Room Chairs; Wash-stands; Dressing Table; Dressing Drawers and Glasses; Chamber Ware; Towel Rails; Mahogany Four Pole Bedstead; Birch Camp Bedstead, Hair Mattress; several Feather Beds; Bolsters and Pillows; Blankets, Quilts, Sheets; Six Cane-bottomed Chairs; Kitchen Chairs; Large Painted Press; Delf-rack; Fender and Irons; Two Clothes Horses; Tea Trays; Step Ladders; Pans, Kettles, and all the Kitchen Requisites.

A few Volumes of BOOKS, and several LINEN CHESTS.

Sale will commence at Eleven o'clock a.m., punctually.

General Auction Office, 34, Howard Street,      

March 23, 1859.               

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1859-04-28 of Stephenson-street, North Shields; d. there Annual Monitor; GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1859-07-27 will proved at Newcastle by Joseph Procter, John Richardson Procter, and Robert Foster, executors; effects under £100 National Probate Calendar


04. Isabel Watson

1790-07-02 b. Staindrop, Durham TNA: RG 6/626, /652; censuses; Annual Monitor
1840-04-22 m. John Dodds (cal 1787 – 1864, proprietor of houses, of Bishop Auckland), Tynemouth RD GRO index; censuses; Annual Monitor; National Probate Calendar; Northumberland and Durham burials

At Tynemouth, at the Registry Office, on the 22nd inst. Mr John Dodds, Bishop Auckland, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr Michael Watson, of North Shields

Newcastle Courant, 1840-04-20
1841 of Back Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, Durham, living with husband and one female servant TNA: HO 107/307/9 f47 p36
1851 of Back Bondgate St, Bishop Auckland, living with her husband, niece, and one servant TNA: HO 107/2385 f238 p31
1861 governess, living at 9 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland with her husband and a house servant TNA: RG 9/3705 f40 p18
1864-07-05 husband of Bishop Auckland at the date of his death National Probate Calendar; Gateshead Observer, 1864-07-09
1867-12-31 of Bishop Auckland; d. there Annual Monitor; National Probate Calendar; GRO index
  bur. Bishop Auckland fbg, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland Northumberland and Durham burials
1868-03-04 will proved at Durham by Joseph Procter, Henry Brady, and Joseph Lingford, executors; effects under £800 National Probate Calendar
1868-04-15 to be sold by auction at Bishop Auckland:

ALL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, at present divided into two Tenements, containing altogether 6 Rooms, with the Yard, Stable, and other suitable Conveniences behind, situate in North Bondgate Street, Bishop Auckland, the larger Tenement having been lately in the occupation of Mrs Isabel Dodds, deceased, and the smaller Tenement now occupied by James Feeley.

Durham County Advertiser, 1868-04-03


05. Ann Watson

1792-07-28 b. North Shields, Northumberland TNA: RG 6/484, /626, /1245
1792-09-16 d. TNA: RG 6/485, /776
1792-09-18 bur. North Shields fbg


06. Ingram Chapman Watson

1794-09-19 b. North Shields, Northumberland TNA: RG 6/484, /627, /1245; censuses
1835-07-27 one of three secretaries to the North Shields Tradesmen's and Mechanics' Library Newcastle Journal, 1835-08-01
1836 umbrella maker, of North Shields TNA: RG 6/527
1837/1838 of Linskill-street, Tynemouth, Northumberland; qualified to vote by ownership of freehold dwelling houses, let to Andrew Taylor and others electoral registers
1840
1841 umbrella maker, of Lower Pearson Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland, apparently lodger or boarder with the family of William Omsby, joiner TNA: HO 107/826/4 f41 p30
1842/1848 of Linskill-street, Tynemouth, Northumberland; qualified to vote by ownership of freehold houses there electoral registers
1842 Q3 m. Jane Dodds Spence (1805–1871, b. Preston, Tynemouth, d. of Robert and Jane (Dodds) Spence), Tynemouth RD censuses; GRO index
Children: Ann Isabel (1844–1873), Michael Hugh (1845–1847), Jane Elizabeth (1847–1879) censuses; Annual Monitor; Tynemouth bishop's transcript; Joseph Spence Hodgson (1895) Superintendents, teachers, and principal officers of Ackworth School, from 1779 to 1894. Ackworth Old Scholars' Association; GRO index
1847-01-23 umbrella maker; son d. in Linskill street, North Shields Newcastle Courant, 1847-01-29
1849-11-09 one of numerous signatories appealing to John Henry Clarke to stand in the election for Tynemouth Ward North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser
1850/1851 of Linskill-street, Tynemouth, Northumberland; qualified to vote by ownership of freehold houses there electoral registers
1851 umbrella maker and grocer, living with his wife and daughter in an apartment in 27 Stephenson Street (west side), Tynemouth HO 107/2410 f141 p6
1851-12-03 one of six men shortlisted for the position of Collector of rates, in Tynemouth North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1851-12-05
by 1852-06-26 one of many signatories to a request to the High Sheriff of Northumberland, to convene a meeting to consider who should represent the Southern Division in the next Parliament, following the withdrawal of the current two Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1852-06-26
1852 owner of freehold houses in Linskill street; voted for Wentworth Blackett Beaumont and George Ridley, in the parliamentary election poll book
1852-10-23 one of numerous signatories appealing to John R. Procter to stand in the election for Tynemouth Ward North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1852-10-29
1855 umbrella manufacturer, of Camden-street, Tynemouth Whellan's Directory
1858 umbrella maker, of 2 Camden street, North Shields Post Office Directory; Kelly's Directory
1861 umbrella maker, living with his wife in a flat at 2 Camden Street, Tynemouth RG 9/3840 f89 p28
1862-04-03 one of numerous signatories appealing to T. Barker to stand in the election for Tynemouth Ward Shields Daily Gazette, 1862-04-10
1871 umbrella maker, living with his wife and daughter at 27 Camden Street, Tynemouth RG 10/5118 f18 p30
1879 umbrella maker, of 37 Howard st, North Shields Kelly's Directory
1881 gentleman, living with a servant at 37 Howard St, Tynemouth, Northumberland RG 11/5079 f94 p15
1883 umbrella maker, of 37 Howard st, North Shields Kelly's Directory
1884-03-17 umbrella maker; d. Tynemouth RD GRO index; Shields Daily News, 1894-09-01 [sic]


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