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Family: William Watkins / Martha Herndon (F6034)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male William Watkins

  
  

  Born	Abt 1685	Curles, Henrico County, Virginia
  Died	1784	Cornwall Parish, Charlotte County, Virginia
  Buried
  Married	Abt 1726
  Other Spouse	Ann [Barkabee] McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee | F6226
  Married	9 Dec 1741	Baltimore, Maryland
  Father	Henry Watkins | F5965 Group Sheet
  Mother	Catherine Pride | F5965 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Martha Herndon

  
  

  Born	Abt 1704	Chesterfield Co., Virginia
  Died	1765
  Buried
  Father	Edward Herndon | F994 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Waller | F994 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male James B. Watkins

  
  

  Born	1728	Chickahominy, Henrico Co., VA
  Died	Abt 1798	Wilkes [now Elbert Co] Georgia
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Joseph Watkins

  
  

  Born	Abt 1738	Dinwiddie Co., Virginia
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary H. [Holt] Boisseau | F5535
  Married	Bef 1789	Prob. Dinwiddie Co., VA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male + William 'the Younger' Watkins

  
  

  Born	1739	King and Queen Co., Virginia
  Died	1821	Chesterfield Co., Virginia
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Osborne | F6051
  Married

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Our Southern Cousins, http://oursoutherncousins.com/Descendants%20of%20WILLIAM%20WATKINS.pdf. Children of William and Martha Watkins 1. John, died 1770? of Brier Creek, grandfather of Mr.s Jac Morton of Rockbridge 2. Richard, of Prince Edward County, VA and Mason's Grove Tennessee, m. Miss Spencer of Virginia. His descendants in Tennessee and Alabama, a Grandson, John Ruch Watkins. 3. James b. 1728 of Charlotte County and Elbert County, Georgia, m 1755, Martha Thompson of Chesterfield and Amelia. 4. Martha m. Breedlove 5. Elizabeth m. Breedlove living Hancock Georgia 6.Sally died 1813, m. 1762, James Bouldin, b. 1732, d. 1801, of Lunenburg and Charlotte counties, and had 1) Elizabeth, born 1763, m. 1788, James, b. 1757, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Collier, of Charlotte county, and moved to South Carolina. A son, Henry Watkins, b. 1801, Governor of Alabama; 2) Ephraim Bouldin; 3) William Watkins Bouldin; 4) Thomas Bouldin; 5) James Bouldin, m. his cousin Elizabeth Green Bouldin; 6) Sally Watkins Bouldin, m. Col. Henry Spencer, of Charlotte County. James Bouldin?s brother, Wood Bouldin, m. Joanna, sister of Governor Tyler. They were sons of Thomas Bouldin, the immigrant. 7. William 'the younger' died 1821, living in Chesterfield, 1745 probably married into the Osborne family, moved, perhaps to Charlotte and then to Dinwiddie County, 1768 when William Watkins was justice. A daughter married Lipscomb Ragland of Halifax Co., VA and wrote of her father's death in 1821 to Dr. John Watkins, of Burnt Corn, Alabama, son of Richard.