Watters

The First Known Generation

·  WILLIAM WATTERS b. October 15, 1735 in Llanfair P.G. The Watters family came from a little village lying on the shore of Anglescy, which is about seven miles from Caernarvon in Wales. The town has the longest name on any railroad station in Wales. In Gaelic it is Llanfairpqillgygogyligogerychwrndrodwillllantsyiloigogogoch. The post office now uses a shortened form of the name, Llanfair P.G. The meaning of the name of the town is the CHURCH OF SAINT MARY IN A HOLLOW OF WHITE HAZEL NEAR THE RAPID WHIRLPOOL AND SAINT TYSILLIO'S CHURCH OF THE RED CAVE. The original church was dedicated to a Celtic saint, Tysillio, and as often happen in Wales, the church was rededicated to the Virgin Mary after the Norman Conquest, and somehow both names became joined.  The town is located on Anglesy Isle across the Menai straits on the northwest coast of Wales, and he married NAOMI ANN HOLMES on January 31, 1757 in Burlington Co., NJ.

WILLIAM WATTERS and NAOMI ANN HOLMES known children was:

The Second Generation

JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS b. May 22, 1759 in Burlington County., NJ married SARAH COLLINS in about 1782 while he was still in service. After the war was over, they lived in Culpeper County and then moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Joseph and Sarah had eleven children:

2. Bradford: B. ca, 1755, D. between 1805 & 1819 Wife: Jane Cain

3. Samuel: B. ca, 1775, D. September 7, 1848 Wife: Anna Radford

4. John:

5. Daughter:     Husband: Samuel Smith

6. Charity:  Husband: 1. Oglee; 2. Swan

7. Nancy

8. William: B. ca. 1760, D. October 20, 1829, Savannah, Georgia, Wife: Mary Brown

JOSEPH JAMES WATTERS and SARAH COLLINS known children were:

The Third Generation

GEORGE WASHINGTON WATTERS b. January 12, 1783 in Culpeper County, Virginia married ELIZABETH BESTY BLEDSOE on February 1, 1806 IN Oglethorpe County, Georgia.

2.* Susanna: B. March 17, 1784, Culpeper County, VA, Husband: 1. Benjamin Bennett I (father of Delilah Hinton) Husband: 2. Hugh M. Childres, Married: December 25, 1823

3. William: B. October 15, 1785, Culpeper County, Virginia, D. October 18, 1841, Talladega County, Alabama, Wife: Elizabeth Hinton, (Elizabeth married Burrell Brittain after William’s death.)1**

4. Anthony: B. May 29, 1788, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Wife: Nancy Bennett

5. Nancy: B. April 11, 1790, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, D. L842, Panola County, Mississippi, Husband: 1. George Eidson, Married: February 9, 1821, Wilkes County, Georgia, Husband: 2. James Hinton, Married: May 23, 1829 (return dated 25th), by R. E. Howard, J. B., Perry County, Alabama

6. Joseph: B. February 24, 1792, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, D. March 1, 1866, Floyd County, Georgia, Wife: Elizabeth J. (Polly) Aycock

7. James Butler: B. March 4, 1794, D. March 5, 1859, Wife: Mary (Polly) Wright

8. Thomas Collins: B. December 22, 1795, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, D. January 26, 1856, Talladega County, Alabama, Wife: Matilda Brittain

9.* Lucy: B. October 25, 1797, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, D. 1878, Gonzales County, Texas, Husband: James Butler Wright, Married: August 28, 1815

10. Sarah (Sally): B. March 15, 1800, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, D. October 27, 1857, Husband: Thomas Oaks

11. Hosannah (Joanne): B. May 17, 1784.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WATTERS and ELIZABETH BESTY BLEDSOE known children were:

The Fourth Generation

IRENE WATTERS b. ca. 1810 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, married ROBERT CLARKSON in Perry County Alabama on November 14, 1835.

► Interesting Web Links: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5576/watters.html  Not all the information is correct concerning Irene Watters and Robert Clarkson.