Benjamin Watkins (abt. 1698 - 1753)

Born about 1698 in Gentio, Goochland, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Watkins — married Oct 1726 in Henrico, Virginia

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1753 at about age 55 in Goochland County, Virginia

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Note on Birth Date

This profile - son born 1682 to Mary Crispe & attached to wife Jane Watkins (married in 1726) - had been in a proposed merge with Benjamin born 1698 to Mary Crispe (no other attachments). It is more likely they were nephew & uncle. So the other profile was changed to be son of Katherine and this one stayed son of Mary but the profile's birth years were swapped. They are now:

Benjamin Watkins b 1682 to Henry Watkins & Katherine Pride (b 1642)

Benjamin Watkins b 1698 to Henry Watkins & Mary Crispe (b 1662)

Note on Death Date

Death date is based on a will; Kay Haden thought the will may be for a different Benjamin: son of "brother" Thomas. I originally thought she must have meant his uncle (brother of his father), but I think that he may have had a brother Thomas as well, who died before his father's 1714/15 will (see the grandfather's profile for mention of a bequest to this Thomas and more of Kay's comments at the this changes page for Watkins-1004). However, if that Thomas also had a son Benjamin, I would have expected a bequest to him also. This Benjamin's uncle Thomas had a son named Benjamin, who is mentioned in his father's 1760 will (which argues that this 1753 death date is correctly attributed to this Benjamin, son of Henry and Mary).

Family

Benjamin Watkins, son of Henry and Mary Watkins,^[1] married his cousin Jane ("Jean" in her father's will), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Pride) Watkins.^[2]

Benjamin and Jane Watkins had at least 10 children. Their daughter, Lydia, was born in 1736/7 and in 1754 married John Johnson^[2] (1738-1827).^[1]

Benjamin left a will dated 1753; Jane's was dated 1778.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Watkins Family, on the website Our Southern Cousins (accessed May 3, 2016), citing information from an application for a "Daughter of the Pilgrims" for Benjamin's parents, wife Jane Watkins, dates of their wills, and information on daughter Lydia (b 1759, married John Johnson (1738-1827).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Watkins Family, continued (page 3), "The Children of Thomas Watkins “of Swift Creek" and Elizabeth Pride, on the website Our Southern Cousins (accessed May 3, 2016)

• "Henry (Jr.) WATKINS and Descendants" (pdf), on the website Our Southern Cousins (accessed May 3, 2016), includes citations.
• WikiTree profile Watkins-1004 created through the import of Haden for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden.
• Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), cited as source for WikiTree profile Watkins-1514 created through the import of Vogel Wiki Upload.ged on Jan 22, 2013 by Heath Vogel.

See the Changes page for the details of edits by Heath, Kay and others.