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48 Mary Walling born April, 1762; married Capt. Thomas Carhart.
49 Elizabeth Walling married William Huff. He married, second, Martha Dey by whom he had Capt. Joe Huff.
50 Catharine Walling died July 12, 1775, aged 1, 5, 9.
50a Elizabeth Walling died Sep. 23, 1775, aged 8, 4, 25.
31 ANN WALLING, daughter of Thomas Walling, 19, had a license to marry Tho® Roberts Mch. 4, 1747.
Request of Ann Roberts [sig.] that "Whereas my Beloved Husband Thos Roberts is Difeased" that "my Brother John Walling," administer his estate. No date. Bond dated 21 June, 1763.
Administrator's Bond signed by John Walling [sig.], administrator of Thomas Roberts, late of Monmouth County, and Thomas Walling [mark], both of Monmouth County. Dated June 21, 1763. Witness: Jona: Deare. [On back] oath of John Walling, administrator, that Thomas Roberts died intestate, and that he will ad- minister.
35 THOMAS WALLING, son of Capt. Thomas Walling, 29, married Ruth Carman.
Issue
52 Richard Walling married Deborah Burrowes
53 Benjamin Walling married Miss Leverson
54 Catharine Walling married Henry Schenck, out of the Tice family.
55 Daughter married Mr. Patterson
42 JOHN WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, died Apr. 7, 1807, aged 49, 9, 0. He married Nancy or Mary Hughes.
Issue
56 Garret Walling married Sarah Thorne
57 John Walling married Phebe Truex
58 Cornelius Walling married Mary, daughter of Col. Richard Poole.
59 Daniel Walling married Catherine, daughter of Obadiah Stillwell.
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60 Elijah Walling married Jane Kelsey
61 Joseph Walling married Hannah Carhart. He was a carpenter.
62 David Walling married, first, Ann Collins; second, Mary Collins; cousins.
63 Michael Walling died unmarried
64 Catharine Walling married James Herbert
65 Lydia Walling married Asher Holmes
66 Elizabeth Walling married John Carter And perhaps other children
43 DANIEL WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, married Helena Huff, circ. 1787. He was born Jan. 1, 1761; she was born Apr. 17, 1771. They lived on the General Jarrat Stillwell place, now owned by William Henry Hendrickson. Daniel Walling died May 6 or 5, 1851, aged 90, 4, 5. She died Feb. 6, 1849 aged 77 years .*
Issue
67 Daniel D. Walling married Ida Wilson
68 Elizabeth Walling born Dec. 4, 1790; died July 16, 1853.
69 Leonard Walling born Apr. 25, 1793
70 John D. Walling married Alice Sproul
71 Richard D. Walling
72 George D. Walling married Catharine Flynn
73 Adeline Walling married James S. Wilson. She was born Feb. 22, 1809, and died Oct. 22, 1886.
74 Gershom Walling married Elizabeth Huff
44 THOMAS WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, married Mary Roberts, his cousin.
Issue
75 Joseph R. Walling married Margaret Lequier
76 Cornelius Walling married Abigail Smith
77 Thomas Walling married Rhoda Deane
78 Anne Walling married Elijah Bedle, who was killed by Tone (Anthony), a slave of Joseph Dorset's. Tone was hung for it.
79 Elizabeth Walling married John Thorne
45 WILLIAM WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, married Rebecca Dey, sister of Elizabeth Dey, wife of Joseph Walling.
Issue 80 William Walling married Euphemia Imlay
*Daniel Wilson is the next door neighbor to Edward Beekman in Middletown, N. J. He has the bible of the Wilson-Walling family, 1748. It contains the following memoranda: John Wilson born Jan. 1, 1747. Lydia Smith born Apr. 4, 1766. Their children: Rebecca born Mch. 26, 1791, William born Feb. 17, 1793, James S. born Jan. 20, 1795. He married Adaline Walling. They had: Daniel Wilson born Jan. 3, 1826, John born Apr. 16, 1827, Lydia Ann born May 19, 1829.
Lydia Smith Wilson died July 23, 1817. John Wilson (father of Rebecca and James) died Mch. 14, 1827. James S. Wilson, born 1795, died May 1, 1878. Rebecca, daughter of John and Lydia Wilson, died Feb. 3, 1826. John W. Wilson died Jan. 14, 1875 aged 47, 9, 2. Elizabeth, daughter of James and Adaline Wilson and wife of John Curtis, died Aug. 9, 1855, aged 23, 6, 24. She was born Jan. 15, 1832. Henrietta Hendrickson, wife of Daniel Wilson, was born Jan. 17, 1826. Joseph Wilson married Margaret and had a son John Wilson who married Lydia Smith. Joseph Wilson was buried in the Dutch Church-yard, Middletown, N. J. He had also a daughter Rebecca who died unmarried. William, son of John and Lydia (Smith) Wilson, married Ann Newel.
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81 Isaac Walling married Mary Hoff
82 Amos Walling married Lucy Hoff; second, Harriet McLane, widow of Peter Arrowsmith.
83 Edward Walling married Tamar Hyers, Alice Walling and Abigail Bond.
84 John Walling married Lydia Poland and Matilda Lewis
85 Manuel Walling married Elizabeth Smith
86 Jane Walling married Peter Snyder
87 Elizabeth Walling died, single, when young; probably sixteen years of age.
46 JOSEPH WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, married, first, his cousin Mary Walling; second, Elizabeth Dey.
Issue by first wife
88 Deborah Walling married Gershom Tibby Walling
89 Samuel Walling married Ann, granddaughter of Stephen Seabrook.
Issue by second wife
90 James Walling unmarried
91 John Walling married Jane Pool, of Long Island.
92 Obadiah Walling married Susan Stout
93 Benjamin Bennet Walling married Mary Jane Compton; second, Eliza Walling.
94 Joseph Walling married a Long Island woman
95 Nancy Walling married William Smith
96 Hannah Walling married H. H. Ryder, of Long Island.
97 Mary Walling married Jesse McClean; second, John W. Hoff, brother of Capt. Joe Hoff.
98 Rebecca Walling married Mark Smith
99 Elizabeth Walling married Joseph Sproul
47 CORNELIUS WALLING, son of John Walling, 30, was born Dec. 22, 1769; died Oct. 1, 1825; married Elizabeth Murphy born Mch. 14, 1792; died Sep. 20, 1877, aged 85, 6, 6.
Issue
100 Alfred Walling born June 10, 1812; died Nov. 8, 1875; married Elizabeth Stout born Sep. 10, 1815; died Oct. 16, 1852.
IOI Amelia Walling born May 6, 1816; married Thomas B. Stout born Dec. 17, 1807.
102 Elizabeth Walling born Mch. 12, 1822; married Thomas V. Arrowsmith; County Clerk of Monmouth County in 1879.
103 Eusebius Walling born Nov. 17, 1823; married Charlottee A. Price.
104 Catharine Walling died an infant
105 Matilda Walling died an infant
51 JAMES WALLING, son of John Walling, 34, may have married and probably had issue.
52 RICHARD WALLING, son of Thomas Walling, 35, married Deborah Bur- rowes.
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Issue 106 Katharine Walling born April, 1821; died prior to 1890. 107 Deborah Walling living in 1890. Both Katharine and Deborah were residents of Keyport, Monmouth County, N. J.
56 GARRET WALLING, son of John Walling, 42, married Sarah Thorne, daughter of John Thorne and Mary Van Wyck, of Long Island.
Issue
108 Caroline Walling married Archibald Stillwell
109 Mary Amanda Walling married Burt Anderson
IIO Julia Ann Walling married James Sproul
III Hamilton Walling of New York
II2 Thomas [or Thorne] Walling, eldest son, married Mrs. Bradway.
113 Warren Walling went West and raised a family
57 JOHN WALLING, son of John Walling, 52, was perhaps the John I. Walling who follows:
John I. Walling died Apr. 9, 1848, aged 68, 4, 21. Baptist Church Yard, Middletown, N. J.
Phebe, his wife, died Feb. 27, 1853, aged 67, 3, 10. Baptist Church Yard, Middletown, N. J.
Thomas Edmund, their son, died Aug. 20, 1848, aged 30, 10, 10. Baptist Church Yard, Middletown, N. J.
Elizabeth R., their daughter, died Sept. 29, 1851, aged 43, 3, 25. Baptist Church Yard, Middletown, N. J.
Mary Jane, wife of Benj. Walling, died May 30, 1836, aged 27, 9, 7. Baptist Church Yard, Middletown, N. J.
69 LEONARD WALLING, son of Daniel Walling, 43, was born Apr. 25, 1793; married, first, Catharine Aumack born June 19, 1793; second, Deborah Carroll, widow of Joel Bedle. She was born June 10, 1803.
Issue by first wife
114 Theresa Walling married Henry Seabrook, of Keyport, Monmouth County, N. J.
115 Washington Walling; Superintendent of New York Police.
116 Jacob A. Walling
117 Leonard Walling Issue by second wife 118 Adaline Walling married John L. Jewett, of New York City.
71 RICHARD D. WALLING, son of Daniel Walling, 43, married, first, Ann Eliza Willet; second, Judith Willet; sisters.
Issue 119 Taylor Willet Walling married Lydia Wilson, daughter of James S. Wilson. He died August, 1890, aged 64, or about.
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Issue
Asbury W. Walling died 1890; married Minerva Carhart; without issue. Daniel Walling Annie Walling married Jacob Aumack
Hannah Walling married Peter Force
James Walling married .
100 ALFRED WALLING, son of Cornelius Walling, 47, married Elizabeth Stout. Issue 120 Judge Alfred Walling, of Monmouth County, 1880.
121 Matilda Walling married Asbury Van Dine; second, Jeremiah Hoff.
WALLING NOTES
There were Wallings in Burlington, Cumberland, Hunterdon and Salem Counties, New Jersey.
In South River, Middlesex County, is a large group of Wallings descended from Monmouth County ancestry.
Some of the Wallings had Indian blood in them through Anthony Smith. Mrs. Theresa W. Seabrook.
For a Walling Bible, printed 1746, see Daniel Wilson, neighbor of Edward Beekman, in Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J.
Sarah, wife of Philip Walling, died Jan. 12, 1806, aged 39, 3, 11.
MARRIAGE LICENSES, UNATTACHED
1751, Nov. 23. Mary Walling, Middletown, Henry Vanderhule, Middletown. 1753, Jan. 29. Martha Walling, Middletown, Pearce Chasey, Middletown.
1763, June 21. Nancy Walling, Monmouth County, Abraham Mires, Monmouth County.
1771, Jan. 5. Mary Walling, , Joseph Bailey, Monmouth County.
1774, July 4. Sarah Walling, , John Roberts, Middletown.
Lewis Daniel Cook, Esq., of 328 South Smedley St., Philadelphia, Pa., is interested in the history of the Craven family and the Walling family of Monmouth County, N. J. One of the Gershom Wallings adopted a person by the name of Tibby. This adopted individual was known as Gershom Tibby Walling. He, Gershom Tibby Walling, married and had a son John Gershom Walling who in turn married and had issue as follows:
Gershom Walling married, first, Mary Bedle; second Deborah Walling. He received the farm left by Gershom Walling to his adopted son Tibby Walling.
John Walling married Mary Roberts
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Elisha Walling married and had issue Isaac Walling married Mary Bailey Abraham Walling married Anne Bailey
This family, to distinguish them from the true Wallings, were called Tibby Wallings, Tibby John, Tibby Bill Walling, etc.
The three following inscriptions are from the Baptist Burying-ground, Holmdel, N. J .:
James Walling died July 17, 1822, in his 8Ist year.
Mary, wife of James Walling, born Oct. 25, 1750; died May 10, 1805.
James, son of James and Mary Walling, died Sep. 21, 1799 [1790?], aged 22, 5, 5.
WATSON
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
There were, apparently, two distinct families of this name, among the early settlers of Monmouth County, N. J. James Steen, Esq., a painstaking investigator, thinks differently, however, and inclines to the belief that Peter Watson's cousin, John, to whom he wrote, in August, 1684, urging his removal to East Jersey, is represented by Capt. Abraham Watson, of Middletown, who died 1756, which would make the two families of kin. I have never seen anything to sustain this belief.
John Watson, the early settler in Monmouth County, had a previous residence in New York City, where he had his children baptised in the Dutch Church:
1685, June 3. Jan Watson and wife, Sara, had Lysbeth baptized. Witnesses: Vincent Smith and Jannetie Jans.
1688, Jan. 4. John Watson and wife, Sara Hidding, had Abraham baptized. Wit- nesses: Willem Estin and Grietje Kermer.
Some time after this, he settled on the Bay Shore, in Monmouth County, where he died in 1708.
"Changarores the IIth June, 1708.
Then appeared before me, Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in & over the Province of New Jersey, New York, &c., Captain John Bowne, principal Creditor of John Watson, of Changarores, lately decd & praying for administration," etc.
Trenton Records.
In Hotten's List of Emigrants is mentioned "Abram Watson, 1635, at Gravesend, aet. 19," which I cite because of the name, but do not attempt to connect with the New Jersey Watsons.
John Watson had, seemingly two wives; the first, Sara Hidding [Hedden?]; the second, Elizabeth Bockworth, a widow.
Sep ye 22nd, Anno Dom 1708. Att ye Instant Request of Elizabeth Watfon, widdow, yt this Court of Sessions would bind out her son, James Bockworth, an Apprentice, to some man, to Learen a trade, accordingly ye Court doth bind him out an Apprentice to James Bollen, as per Indentures bearing date herewith.
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Issue
2 Elizabeth Watson born 1685
3 Abraham Watson born 1687
4 John Watson; supposed.
2 ELIZABETH WATSON, daughter of John Watson, I.
In 1724, Elizabeth and John Watson were witnesses to the will of John Stout, of Middletown. Whether this Elizabeth Watson was the sister or wife of this John Wat- son, I am uninformed, but incline to the belief that she was his sister, and a daughter of John Watson, I.
3 ABRAHAM WATSON, son of John Watson, I, was baptised, Jan. 4, 1688, in the Dutch Church, in New York City.
His tombstone, in the defunct Presbyterian Churchyard, in Middletown, N. J., states that CAPT. ABRAHAM WATSON died, in 1756, at the age of sixty-seven years. The discrepancies in dates, so commonly occurring in tombstone and bible records, are seen here. They were not infrequently simply an approximation. Again the computation may have been with the birth date in old style and the death date in new style.
Capt. Abraham Watson is reputed to have had two wives, Mary ..... and Eliza- beth ..... , who was probably the Elizabeth Watson, whose marriage license, to Thomas Walling, of Middletown, was issued May 9, 1759. Thomas Walling also had been mar- ried, widowed, and was along in years like his future spouse.
Abraham Watson was a sea captain of many years experience. He sailed the sloops, "John & Samuel," "Happy Margaret" and "Mary," from Perth Amboy, to and from Boston, Newport, and other ports, in the years 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1729, 1730, 1733, and 1734. In the last two years, he was accompanied by his son, John, whom he was doubtless training for a similar vocation.
1711, January. Abram Watson recorded his cattle-mark, formerly Richard Com- ton's, in the Middletown Town Book.
1712, Feb. 20. Derick Tyson, of Middletown, yeoman, and Antje, his wife, sold land to Abraham Watson, boatman.
1717, May 20. Humphrey Wall, of Middletown, sold to Abraham Watson, planter, land, which "sd Wall had from his father, Jarret," lying on Conascunk Creek.
1717, Aug. 21. Abraham Watson, of Middletown, yeoman, and Elizabeth, his wife, conveyed land to Thomas Kearney. She made her mark. Witnesses: Gershom Mott, John Mott, John Wall and Humphrey Wall.
Abraham Watson and Elizabeth Wright had an illegitimate child.
Freehold Records.
1756, May 31. Will of Abraham Watson, yeoman; proved Aug. 11, 1756, mentioned:
Wife, Elizabeth; three grandchildren, Abraham, Sarah, and Elizabeth Watson, who share alike. Witnesses: Thomas Walling [his mark], Joel Bedle, Edward Taylor.
Executors: John Burrowes and Wm Hendrickson, Esq., of Middletown.
He signed his name: ABRAM WATSON.
Issue 5 John Watson
4 JOHN WATSON, supposed son of John Watson, I.
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In 1721, John Watson, evidently a sea captain, bore a letter from Thomas Paul, of Edinburgh, Scotland, to James Paul, his brother, residing in Middletown, N. J., and, in 1724, John Sout [Stout?], of Middletown, made his will to which John Watson and Elizabeth Watson affixed their signatures as witnesses.
1730, Oct. 10. John Watson, William Bowne and James Bowne, Jr., were witnesses to the will of James Paul, miller, of Middletown, N. J., on this date. James Paul left all of his property to the four youngest children of Obadiah Bowne. The executors of the will were Jeremiah White and John, son of Obadiah Bowne.
This John Watson I conceive is the supposed son, John Watson, above mentioned. He was, probably, the John Watson, ship-master, sailing his vessel from Perth Amboy, N. J.
5 JOHN WATSON, son of Abraham Watson, 3, died prior to 1749, for, in that year, his widow, Hope, became the wife of John Burrows, of Middletown. She was born, Hope Taylor, in the year 1721 and died 1792, and was buried, in the yard of the defunct Presbyterian Church, Middletown, N. J., next to her second husband, John Burrows, and adjacent to her father-in-law, Capt. Abraham Watson.
Tradition has it that Capt. John Watson, her husband, was drowned at sea, and I judge it was between 1747 and 1748.
The following record is from an old Bible, owned by Mr. Asher Holmes, of Wicka- tunk, N. J. Where the elipsis appears, the original record has become much worn and illegible.
John Watson & Hope Taylor joyned i .
Bands of Holy Matrimony ... ye 15tb D. . .
& in ye Year of our Lord 1737/8
Samuel Watson: Son of John Watson: & Hope Watson was Borne ye 26th Day of November about Nine or Ten of ye Clock in ye Morning & in ye Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Eight.
. amuel Watson Son of John Watson & ..... Watson Departed this Life this twelfth Day of . .... oq Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty . . . . n Months & Sixteen Days.
Watson: Daughter of John . .... tson & Hope Watson ..... of a Monday Evening about Sun Set it being ye . . . . . of March in ye Year of Our Lord One Thousand Hundred & Thirty Nine Forty.
. h Watson Daughter of John & Hope Watson ..... was borne about Ten a clock in ye morning . . . . the First Day of February in the Year of our Lord MDCCXLA. . m Watson Son of John & Hope Watson was Born . .... day about Four o'clock in ye afternoon it being the 13th .... . MDCCXLIIV or 1747.
am Watson Son of John & Hope . . Departed this Life the 10th Day of
Sept™ . k in the afternoon in ye Year of our Lord one . .... seven hundred and sixty seven Aged twenty . .... month and twenty Seven Days.
1745, July 23. John Watson's wife, Hope, Henry van Hook, Jeremiah Bonham, John Leming, Jun', and Schenck Job, on their petitions, allowed to be Public House Keepers.
Records of Court of Sessions & Pleas, Freehold, N. J.
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Hope Taylor, by her second husband, John Burrows, had quite a number of children who are traced in the History of the Burrowes Family.
1798, June 16. Jon" Forman was appointed administrator, on the estate of Hope Burrowes. The sureties were Tho& Henderson and Tunis Forman. The bond was for £200.
Issue
6 Samuel Watson born 1738; died an infant.
7 Sarah Watson born 1740; died 1830; buried in Holmdel Baptist Church- yard; married Col. Asher Holmes.
8 Elizabeth Watson born 1744; died 1826; buried in Baptist Churchyard, Middletown; married John Stillwell, of Garrat's Hill.
9 Abraham Watson born 1747; died 1767.
9 ABRAM WATSON, son of John Watson, 5, was born in 1747 and died in 1767. 1756, Dec. 9. Abram Watson recorded the cattle-mark of his grandfather, Abram Watson, in the Middletown Town Book. At this date, he was but nine years of age and it was probably, entered by the order of his guardian. Later, this mark was con- veyed to John Burrows.
1787. Samuel Dorset took oath that Sarah and Elizabeth were the granddaughters and only heirs of Capt. Abram Watson.
The following memorandum probably refers to Abram Watson.
Hope Burrows lost her only grown son. A letter, of great beauty of expression and pathos, written by her, was found, some years since, among the effects of Cyrus Bruen, whose daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Conover, of Marlboro, N. J., had it for some time. She loaned it to the late Judge Bennington H. Randolph, of Jersey City, who dying, it was lost, or mislaid, among his numerous papers. The substance and text of it, as recalled by Mrs. Conover, is:
Today I have written thus that if in the future any of my children or grand children shall see this paper they will know the sufferings of my heart. This is the anniversary of the death of my son John [Abraham?], who died at the house of his master, in New York," etc., etc.
It is my impression that the son alluded to, was Abram Watson, her son by her first husband. The statement that he was at the house of his master, in New York, may have referred to a marine master, i. e. shipmaster or owner.
The other Watson Family, in Monmouth County, descended from:
1 PETER WATSON, probably a Scotchman, who came to Perth Amboy, August, 1683, as an indentured servant, to serve four years. New Jersey Archives, Vol. I, p. 465. In 1686, Peter Watson and James Reid are mentioned, as part of the "stock," belonging to the Proprietors. New Jersey Archives, Vol. I, p. 512.
In 1700, Peter Watson was in Monmouth County, where he, with other Scotchmen, bought land on Matawan Creek.
Peter Watson was one of the founders of the "Old Scots," (now Tennent), Church. 1708. He was one of the trustees of that church, and was the Rev. John Boyd's executor.
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1710, Aug. 14. Peter Watson bought land of Wm Hoge, being the plantation and land where William Hoge then lived, together with stock, crops, goods and chattels, paying therefor £250. This land was one of the Wickatunk lots, and was formerly John Reid's. The Hoge plantation remained in the Watson family until 1762, when it was deeded to Agnes (Watson) Freneau. It is still called The Freneau Place, and is at Freneau, N. J.
1715, May 3. Peter Watson bought land from John Johnson, near Lochiell's tract.
1715, May 18. Peter Watson, of Freehold, sold his share of land, on Matawan Creek, to John Drummey, which Peter Watson, and others, had purchased of Thomas Warne, Mch. 22, 1700, and Feb. 8, 1707.
1718, Jan. 3. Peter Watson bought land, on Millstone Brook, where the Indian Path crosses the Brook, from his son, Richard Watson, and Martha, his wife.
Freehold Records, Lib. C., p. 168, Lib. E., pp. 131, 157 and 339.
1725/6. Peter Watson made his will, which was probated in 1727, and wherein he called himself of Middletown, and mentioned:
wife, Agnes, (who was probably his second wife); sons, William, the eldest, Richard, Gawin, David, Peter; deceased.
Agnes Watson, widow of Peter Watson, dying in 1728, left all of her property away from the Watson family and among her friends and relatives, hence it does not seem as if she were the mother of Peter Watson's children. It seems as if his first wife's name might have been Euphemia, as his four sons each had a daughter by that name. James Steen, Esq., of Eatontown, N. J., states, positively, that Peter Watson married the daughter of Alexander Napier, who, in his will dated Feb. 7, 1744, speaks of grand- children :- David, Margaret, Agnes and Elizabeth Watson, but as these names do not correspond with the names of the children mentioned in Peter Watson's will, and as the dates of the wills are so far apart, I am inclined to think that it was Peter Watson's son, David, who married ..... Napier.
Issue
2 William Watson; "eldest son," in his father's will.
3 Richard Watson
4 David Watson 5 Gavin Watson
6 Peter Watson died in 1712
2 WILLIAM WATSON, son of Peter Watson, I.
1751, Nov. 8. Will of William Watson; proved Mch. 12, 1752, stated that he was a resident of Freehold, yeoman, sick, etc., and mentioned:
daughter, Euphemea Johnson; daughter, Margaret Watson; brother, Gawen Watson, with Jno. Anderson, to divide the estate for his two children. In event of their death, the estate to go to Peter and Gawen Watson, sons of "my brother, Gawen Watson."
Executors: Friends, Joseph Ker and Wm Tapscott.
The testator signed his name to the will.
His personal inventory amounted to £225-19-I.
Issue 7 Euphemia Watson 8 Margaret Watson
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3 RICHARD WATSON, son of Peter Watson, I. He is mentioned in a deed, dated Jan. 3, 1718, as selling land, on Millstone Brook, to his father, Peter Watson, which land he, Richard, had bought from his father May 9, 1705.
In 1709, he was a debtor to an estate in Monmouth County.
In 1718, he had a wife Martha, but she probably died before 1736, as she is not mentioned in her husband's will.
1727. Richard Watson was one of the trustees of the "Old Scots" Church.
1733, Mch. 28. Richard Watson mortgaged land, in Freehold, for £12-10-0, to the Commissioners.
1736, September. William Watson died.
1736, Sept. 13. Will of Richard Watson, of Freehold, yeoman, sick, etc .; proved Sept. 22, 1736, mentioned:
son-in-law, Wm Jolly 40 shillings for the use of their eldest son, when he becomes of age, and and daughter, Jean Jolly J 10 shillings for themselves.
Daughter, Margaret. Watson, goods; son, James; children, Peter Watson, James Watson, Richard Watson, Margaret Watson, Euphem Watson, Anne Watson and Mary Watson.
Executors: Brothers, Wm Watson and Gawan Watson and Joseph Furman, of Freehold, who were also appointed guardians of his three children, James, Richard and Mary.
The testator signed the will.
1736, Sep. 22. Inventory of Richard Watfon, late of Freehold, Monmouth County, appraised by Gideon Crawford, Timothy Lloyd and Robert Newell; proved on the same date, amounted to £59-II-O.
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