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Samuel Watson 1659 – 1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 APR 1659

Birth Location: ALBERBURY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND

Death Date: 21 APR 1732

Death Location: RICH HILL, ARMAGH, IRELAND

Father: John Watson

Mother: Sarah Briggs

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson

Children(s): JOHN WATSON, SOLOMON WATSON, Susanna Watson

According to available records, Samuel Watson was born in 1659 in ALBERBURY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, the child of John Watson and Sarah Ellen Briggs. Following those early years, Samuel Watson married Elizabeth Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, and their family grew to include JOHN WATSON, SOLOMON WATSON and Susanna Watson. In the later years of life, Samuel Watson died in 1732 in RICH HILL, ARMAGH, IRELAND.

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Parents

John Watson
1633 – 1680
Birth Location: Alderbury, Shropshire, England
JW
Sarah Briggs
1637 – 1676
Birth Location: Shropshire, England
SB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Thompson
1655 – 1712
Birth Location: Cleon, Wexford, , Ireland
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Elizabeth Thompson
1675 –
Birth Location: Cleon, Wexford, Ireland
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Children(s)

JOHN WATSON
1677 – 1680
Birth Location: Crane, , Wexford, Ireland
JW
SOLOMON WATSON
1680 – 1758
Birth Location: Kilconner, , Carlow, Ireland
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Susanna Watson
1680 – 1764
Birth Location: Kilconner, Carlow, Ireland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 APR 1659
    Event Place: ALBERBURY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND
    Record Source: Millennium File, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4539.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KHW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 21 APR 1732
    Event Place: RICH HILL, ARMAGH, IRELAND
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