James B. Watkins^{[1, 2, 3]}

1728 - Abt 1798  (70 years)

• Name	James B. Watkins
  Born	1728	Chickahominy, Henrico Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1798	Wilkes [now Elbert Co] Georgia
  Person ID	I17163	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	William Watkins,   b. Abt 1685, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia ,   d. 1784, Cornwall Parish, Charlotte County, Virginia  (Age ~ 99 years)
  Mother	Martha Herndon,   b. Abt 1704, Chesterfield Co., Virginia ,   d. 1765  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	Abt 1726
  Family ID	F6034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Signature James Watkins 17163SignatureJamesWatkins.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S170] Family Tree DNA, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watkinspedigrees/watkins.html. William Watkins, b circa 1690 Curles Plantation, Henrico Co, VA, d circa 1791 Cornwall Parish, Charlotte Co, VA James B. Watkins, b 1728 Chickahominy, Henrico Co, VA, d 1798 Wilkes Co, GA Isham Watkins, b 1774, d 1820 Meridianville Co, AL Benjamin Taliaferro Watkins, b 1799, d 1872 Thornton Tolliver Watkins, b 1828, d 1910 Benjamin T. Watkins, b 1852, d 1890 Singleton Beauregard Watkins Jr., b 1888 Arlington, TX, d 1953 Vaughan Co, MS Troy B. Watkins, b 1925 Vicksburg Co, MS, d 2003 Natchez, Adams Co, MS [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. [S85] Virginia Chancery Records, http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=083-1793-021. Apr 1792 - Debt James Watkins; bond held by Theodorick Carter, who bought it from Philip Vass, who purchased it from John Cason. Still searching for Theodorick in Sept 1792; Watkins ordered to pay. This suit demonstrates a relationship between this Theodorick Carter and Philip Vass, whose granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Shepard married Richard Elijah Carter. Richard Elijah is the s/o Spencer Carter, who is the s/o Richard Carter, the Gunsmith and his wife Frances Walters.