Immigrant and early settler of Hartford. He was a juror in 1644 and surveyor of highways in 1647. May, 1645 he took the Oathe of Fidelity at the General Court in Hartford.
The inventory of his estate taken on June 4, 1650 by John White and John Barnard was valued at 126 pounds, 1 shilling, & 6 pence. His will was dated March 26, 1650 as follows:
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will and Testament: My debts being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow & swamp till my son John Come to Twenty years of age; and my will is that She should bring up my Children; and my will is that my son John Shall have my meadowe and swampe at the age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife should paye to my Daughter sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of age, and to my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age. And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before mentioned, that then the portion of that that dy shall be equally divided between them that are living. And my will is, in Case that my Children Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers dispose of them so they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to paye what shall be thought meete for bringing of them up. I ordayne my beloved friends John White and Gregory Wolterton to be overseers of this my will. Signed John X Watson. Witnessed by John Moodie and Francis Barnard.
Margaret Smith & John Watson were married about 1644.
Addendum: apparently there is some question as to exact birth date of his son John whose gravestone states he died at 74 years of age in 1725. According to his fathers will he was alive in March 1650, so birth date of 1651 would not be accurate.
The inventory of his estate taken on June 4, 1650 by John White and John Barnard was valued at 126 pounds, 1 shilling, & 6 pence. His will was dated March 26, 1650 as follows:
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will and Testament: My debts being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow & swamp till my son John Come to Twenty years of age; and my will is that She should bring up my Children; and my will is that my son John Shall have my meadowe and swampe at the age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife should paye to my Daughter sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of age, and to my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age. And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before mentioned, that then the portion of that that dy shall be equally divided between them that are living. And my will is, in Case that my Children Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers dispose of them so they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to paye what shall be thought meete for bringing of them up. I ordayne my beloved friends John White and Gregory Wolterton to be overseers of this my will. Signed John X Watson. Witnessed by John Moodie and Francis Barnard.
Margaret Smith & John Watson were married about 1644.
Addendum: apparently there is some question as to exact birth date of his son John whose gravestone states he died at 74 years of age in 1725. According to his fathers will he was alive in March 1650, so birth date of 1651 would not be accurate.
Immigrant and early settler of Hartford. He was a juror in 1644 and surveyor of highways in 1647. May, 1645 he took the Oathe of Fidelity at the General Court in Hartford.
The inventory of his estate taken on June 4, 1650 by John White and John Barnard was valued at 126 pounds, 1 shilling, & 6 pence. His will was dated March 26, 1650 as follows:
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will and Testament: My debts being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow & swamp till my son John Come to Twenty years of age; and my will is that She should bring up my Children; and my will is that my son John Shall have my meadowe and swampe at the age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife should paye to my Daughter sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of age, and to my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age. And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before mentioned, that then the portion of that that dy shall be equally divided between them that are living. And my will is, in Case that my Children Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers dispose of them so they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to paye what shall be thought meete for bringing of them up. I ordayne my beloved friends John White and Gregory Wolterton to be overseers of this my will. Signed John X Watson. Witnessed by John Moodie and Francis Barnard.
Margaret Smith & John Watson were married about 1644.
Addendum: apparently there is some question as to exact birth date of his son John whose gravestone states he died at 74 years of age in 1725. According to his fathers will he was alive in March 1650, so birth date of 1651 would not be accurate.
The inventory of his estate taken on June 4, 1650 by John White and John Barnard was valued at 126 pounds, 1 shilling, & 6 pence. His will was dated March 26, 1650 as follows:
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will and Testament: My debts being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow & swamp till my son John Come to Twenty years of age; and my will is that She should bring up my Children; and my will is that my son John Shall have my meadowe and swampe at the age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife should paye to my Daughter sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of age, and to my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age. And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before mentioned, that then the portion of that that dy shall be equally divided between them that are living. And my will is, in Case that my Children Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers dispose of them so they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to paye what shall be thought meete for bringing of them up. I ordayne my beloved friends John White and Gregory Wolterton to be overseers of this my will. Signed John X Watson. Witnessed by John Moodie and Francis Barnard.
Margaret Smith & John Watson were married about 1644.
Addendum: apparently there is some question as to exact birth date of his son John whose gravestone states he died at 74 years of age in 1725. According to his fathers will he was alive in March 1650, so birth date of 1651 would not be accurate.
