Eleventh Generation


2034. Robert WATSON died in 1637 in Plymouth, MA. He came to Plymouth in 1633. He was perhaps from London.

2035. Elizabeth COGGESHALL was born before 27 February 1572. She died on 23 February 1604 at the age of 31 in Halstead, Essex, England. She was buried in Halstead, Essex, England. There is a small mural brass to her memory, now fixed to the south wall of the south aisle of the church at Halstead. In it are two sons and three daughters.

Question as to whether she married Robert Watson of Plymouth. Not mentioned by Boyer in Ancestral Lines, Third Edition. Would have died before Frances was born.

Children were:

i.

Capt. George WATSON149 was born before 8 November 1602 in Holme On Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England. He was baptized on 8 November 1602 at Leeds - St. Peterr Church in Yorkshire, England. He died on 30 January 1689 at the age of 86 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He was a mariner and first settled in Penobscot, removed to Plymouth by 1634. He was the owner of Watson's Pond. He purchased a dwelling from Deacon Richard Masterson and became a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1637. He was one of those with interest in the town's lands at Punkateest and shared lot their with John Shaw, Sr.

An article on George Watson and his descendants appears in the NEHGS, 1864, p. 363ff.

ii.

Robert WATSON149 was born (date unknown). He lived in Windsor, CT.

iii.

Samuel WATSON was born (date unknown).

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iv.

Frances WATSON.