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Margaret <I>Gregg</I> Watts

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Margaret Gregg Watts

Birth
Death
1 Nov 1886 (aged 87)
Burial
Canton, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 4
Memorial ID
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Died age 87y 4m 23d (Cal birth = Jun 9 1799)

Married July 4 1823

Parents: Andrew Gregg 1763 – 1846 & Nancy Santee 1764 – 1838

Census of 1870 Canton, Bradford, PA
Ezra Williams 29
Catharine Williams 30
Charlie B Williams 3
V M Williams 1/12
Eveline Williams 10
Margaret Watts 73

Census of 1880 Canton, Bradford, PA
Andrew Watts 46
Samantha Watts 36
Frank Watts 13
Clarrence Watts 11
Margarett Watts 81

Her Children: (ancestry.com)
Thomas Murray Watts 1825 – 1899
Francis Watts 1826 – 1854
William Means Watts 1828 – 1920
Jane Watts 1831 – 1919
Andrew E Watts 1833 – 1904
Catherine Watts 1837 – 1910

"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 509

Samuel Means, born about 1735 (to John Means and ____McCord); died in 1780, Northumberland Co, PA. Samuel married ELIZABETH CLARK.

He served in the Revolutionary War receiving wounds at the Battle of Wyoming (3 July 1778) which attributed to his death.

Samuel's widow and children were forced to fee their home in Northumberland County to escape an Indian attack in which their home was burned. They moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania and were among the first settlers at Towanda.

Samuel's widow died soon after moving there. Following is their issue:

~ Jane, b 1758; d 1824
~ (son), b ca 1760; d 1778 (in the Wyoming Massacre)
~ Ellen, b ca 1763, married ________Diven of New York
~ William, b ca 1765; d 30 October 1829
~ Nancy, b ca 1768, married Anderson Warner
~ Elizabeth, b ca 1771
~ Mary, b ca 1775; d 3 November 1855
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Page 519
Jane Means, born in 1758; died in 1824. She married FRANCIS WATTS, born in 1754; died in 1809. The following is their issue:

~ John, b 1787; d 1859
~ Eleanor, b 1792; d 1870
~ Means, married Susan Bowman
~ James, b 1795; d 1834; married Rebecca Bowman, d 1870
~ Mary married Henry Mercur
~ Jane, married Oliver Newell
~ Squire, b 1800; d 1863
~ Elizabeth, b 1802; d 1875
~ Thomas, d young
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Page 528
Squire Watts, born in 1800, Pennsylvania; died in 1863. He married in 1824, MARGARET GREGG, born in 1789; died in 1867
Died age 87y 4m 23d (Cal birth = Jun 9 1799)

Married July 4 1823

Parents: Andrew Gregg 1763 – 1846 & Nancy Santee 1764 – 1838

Census of 1870 Canton, Bradford, PA
Ezra Williams 29
Catharine Williams 30
Charlie B Williams 3
V M Williams 1/12
Eveline Williams 10
Margaret Watts 73

Census of 1880 Canton, Bradford, PA
Andrew Watts 46
Samantha Watts 36
Frank Watts 13
Clarrence Watts 11
Margarett Watts 81

Her Children: (ancestry.com)
Thomas Murray Watts 1825 – 1899
Francis Watts 1826 – 1854
William Means Watts 1828 – 1920
Jane Watts 1831 – 1919
Andrew E Watts 1833 – 1904
Catherine Watts 1837 – 1910

"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 509

Samuel Means, born about 1735 (to John Means and ____McCord); died in 1780, Northumberland Co, PA. Samuel married ELIZABETH CLARK.

He served in the Revolutionary War receiving wounds at the Battle of Wyoming (3 July 1778) which attributed to his death.

Samuel's widow and children were forced to fee their home in Northumberland County to escape an Indian attack in which their home was burned. They moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania and were among the first settlers at Towanda.

Samuel's widow died soon after moving there. Following is their issue:

~ Jane, b 1758; d 1824
~ (son), b ca 1760; d 1778 (in the Wyoming Massacre)
~ Ellen, b ca 1763, married ________Diven of New York
~ William, b ca 1765; d 30 October 1829
~ Nancy, b ca 1768, married Anderson Warner
~ Elizabeth, b ca 1771
~ Mary, b ca 1775; d 3 November 1855
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Page 519
Jane Means, born in 1758; died in 1824. She married FRANCIS WATTS, born in 1754; died in 1809. The following is their issue:

~ John, b 1787; d 1859
~ Eleanor, b 1792; d 1870
~ Means, married Susan Bowman
~ James, b 1795; d 1834; married Rebecca Bowman, d 1870
~ Mary married Henry Mercur
~ Jane, married Oliver Newell
~ Squire, b 1800; d 1863
~ Elizabeth, b 1802; d 1875
~ Thomas, d young
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Page 528
Squire Watts, born in 1800, Pennsylvania; died in 1863. He married in 1824, MARGARET GREGG, born in 1789; died in 1867


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  • Added: Mar 7, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106347146/margaret-watts: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Gregg Watts (9 Jun 1799–1 Nov 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106347146, citing East Canton Cemetery, Canton, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by LDR (contributor 47171969).