Benjamin of William Watkins^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1743 - 1808  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Benjamin of William Watkins
  Born	Abt 1743	Prob. Chesterfield Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	1808	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I17164	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	31 May 2017

  
  

  Father	William Watkins,   b. Abt 1685, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia ,   d. 1784, Cornwall Parish, Charlotte County, Virginia  (Age ~ 99 years)
  Mother	Ann [Barkabee] McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee,   b. 1700, Charles City County, Maryland Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Dec 1741	Baltimore, Maryland
  Family ID	F6226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S170] Family Tree DNA, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watkinspedigrees/watkins.html. William Watkins, b 1690 VA, d 1781 VA Benjamin Watkins, b 1748 VA, d 1808 VA Thomas "Jack" Watkins, b 1778 VA, d 1846 VA Thomas Gilley Watkins, b 1820 VA, d 1898 William Thomas Watkins, b 1851, d 1906 Robert Aubrey Watkins, b 1876 VA, d 1961 CA Robert Allen Watkins, b 1910 AZ, d 1984 HI [S86] Our Southern Cousins, http://oursoutherncousins.com/Descendants%20of%20WILLIAM%20WATKINS.pdf. William WATKINS & Descendants First Generation 1. William WATKINS was born 1685/1690 in Curles Plantation, Henrico County, VA. He died about 1781 in Cornwall Parish; Charlotte County, VA. Name of wife not known. A close search of records of Chesterfield and Charlotte might throw some light on the names of his wife and of his children, of whom there were six sons and two daughters. Of these the Family MS. preserved the names of but two sons; Richard and James Watkins. 'Virginia Historical Magazine' Vol. 9/327-328 Historical and Genealogical Notes and Queries: DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM WATKINS William Watkins living in Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1745, where he was sheriff before 1748, moved to Lunenburg and was of vestry of Cumberland parish, that part which fell into Charlotte County, 1764, when his home then became Charlotte County. Wife, Martha. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://www.oocities.org/heartland/ranch/8428/watkins_marriages_va.html. Maryland Marriages: Watkins, Benjamin Spouse: Elizabeth Sheckels [Echols?] Marriage date: 16 Apr 1780 [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.