Constance (Watkins) Woodson (abt. 1716 - 1773)

Born about 1716 in Henrico County, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1773 at about age 57 in Prince Edward County, Virginia

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Biography

Constance (Constant^[1]) Watkins was born in Henrico County, Virginia^[2] in 1716.^[3]

She married^[4] in 1734.

Marriage

Husband: Obadiah Woodson

Wife: Constance Watkins

Child: David Woodson

Child: Richard Woodson

Child: Obadiah Woodson

Child: Judith Woodson

Child: Charles Woodson

Child: Jacob Woodson

Child: Daniel Woodson

Marriage: 1734, Henrico, Virginia^[2]

Death

Constance Woodson died in Prince Edward County, Virginia.^[5] She wrote her will in July of 1773, and it was probated in November same year.^[6]

CONSTANCE WATKINS. ^[7][8][9]

Born 1715 Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Map: Latitude: N37.5508. Longitude: W77.4042. ^[10][11]

Died St Patrick. 17 JUL 1773. Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA. Map: Latitude: N37.2183. Longitude: W78.4431. ^[12][13] 1748^[14] Found multiple copies of death date. Using 17 JUL 1773

Photo: M1764.

File M1764.

Marriage Husband @I29033@. Wife @I29034@. Child: @I23672@. Marriage 1734 Henrico, Virginia, USA. Map: Latitude: N37.5508. Longitude: W77.4042. ^[15][16][17]

N.B. I have removed two "external files that were originally at this location and placed them in a .pdf, which you can access by clicking here.

Death: BEF NOV 1773, Prince Edward County, Virginia; SDATE 31 OCT 1773

Note: Wrote her will in July of 1773, probated in November same year. Prince Edward Co Will Book 1.^[18][19]

Sources

1. ↑ from Watkins-995
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry sources S2320399308 and S2322510919; Submitter Code DPS (from Watkins-792).
3. ↑ Watkins-792 had 1712. Watkins-215 had birth in 1716 but no location. Watkins-995 had no birth information.
4. ↑ the Ancestry references have marriage in both Henrico County and Prince Edward County
5. ↑ Watkins-995, -792, and -215 all had this location. Watkins-995 and -215 had 1773 or earlier. Watkins-792 had death date of 21 April 1767, which can't be correct with Watkins-995's information from Prince Edward County Will Book.
6. ↑ from Watkins-995
7. ↑ Source: #S93 Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Record for Obadiah Woodson
8. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
9. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Judith Woodson
10. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
11. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Judith Woodson
12. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
13. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Judith Woodson
14. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
15. ↑ Source: #S93 Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Record for Obadiah Woodson
16. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
17. ↑ Source: #S478 Database online. Record for Obadiah Woodson
18. ↑ Source: #S656
19. ↑ Source: #S745 Page: p.708 "Woodson"

Book: Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, Part 1, p. 55, William Fuqua, whose will was probated 3 March 1761 in Lunenburg, Co., VA was the father of Moses Fuqua who married Judith Woodson, daughter of Capt. Obadiah Woodson & Constance Watkins - See Uploaded Attachment

• S-1492602156: Public Member Trees (Family trees submitted by Ancestry members).

• Source: S656 Abbreviation: Watkins of Henrico Co, 1743 Title: John Hale Stutesman, "John Watkins of Henrico County, 1743", Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol 4, No. 4, Feb/Mar 1996, pp.223-226

Repository: #R6

• Repository: R6 http://www.gentryjournal.org/index.htm (accessed April 28, 2014 but couldn't find a Watkins or Constance reference there)

• Source: S745 Abbreviation: Adventurers of Purse & Person VA Title: Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1706-1624/5, (Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5; 3rd edition 1987) Repository: #R12 Repository: R12 Birmingham Public Library-Tutwiler Collection, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203 (Note: M-T 9AM-8PM, W-Sa 9AM-6PM, Su 2PM-6PM; Phone Number: 205-226-3665).

• Source: S478 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: R9 Ancestry.com

• Source: S93 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: ncestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: R5 www.ancestry.com

Footnotes

Leads

Google search led to these links with information that might be worth pursuing:

Genforum post listing multiple Woodson generations, including:

Obadiah Woodson (Generation 4), Captain Va Militia, the French & Indian War

Constance Watkins Woodson begat

Jacob Woodson (Generation 5), Captain Va Militia Rev War

• Rootsweb post about daughter Judith's husband.

"...he m. Judith Woodson, daughter of Obadiah Woodson and his wife, Constance (Watkins) Woodson. The Woodsons descended from Dr. John Woodson who came with Governor Yeardley to Jamestown in 1619."

• Another Rootsweb page with information about daughter Judith.

• Woodsons and their Connections (available for sale online; an index of names is also available as a Word document - both accessed April 28, 2014 with apparently no ill effects to my computer.)

Acknowledgments

The WikiTree profile Watkins-59 was created through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged on 06 August 2010. Source citation: #S-1492602156.

The WikiTree profile Watkins-215 was created on 31 October 2010 through the import of Pioneer Stock.GED. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits to this profile.

The WikiTree profile Watkins-792 was created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco.

The WikiTree profile Watkins-995 was created through the import of Haden for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others. The gedcom included the user ID FC24814912F6134398FCA5DF3BD5843F33B1 and the following information: