William 'the Younger' Watkins^{[1, 2, 3]}

1739 - 1821  (82 years)

• Name	William 'the Younger' Watkins
  Born	1739	King and Queen Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1821	Chesterfield Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I17046	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	24 Jan 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

  
  

  Family	Mary Osborne,   b. Abt 1745, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. 1821, Chesterfield Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Children	1. Lucy Ann Watkins,   b. 29 Aug 1759, Dinwiddie Co., Colonial Virginia   2. William Watkins,   b. 1790, Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1861, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia  (Age 71 years)   3. Mary [Osborne] Watkins,   b. Abt 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F6051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Census Virginia 1783-5, Early Virginia Residents 1783-5 Va Census.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  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 County, VA, and wrote of her father's death, in 1821, to Dr. John Watkins, of Burnt Corn, Alabama, son of Richard. Her descendants moved to North Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama. Richard has son, Dr. John Watkins, of Burnt Corn Alabama, who received a letter from the wife of Lipscomb Ragland of Halifax Co., VA [The Wife is a Watkins]

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Watkins-Family-Tree-2052. Lucy ann Watkins married Thomas Cole Spencer; Lucy is the d/o William Watkins and Mary Osborne. William Watkins is the s/o William and Martha Herndon Watkins(1719-1766) [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Watkins-Family-Tree-2052. 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. [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.