John Watkins (abt. 1727 - aft. 1768)

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Biography

John Watkins inherited family land in 1744 and, in 1784, that land was sold by the "executors of the estate of John Watkins of Buckingham County. Buckingham is a 'burned record county' but in 1859 a man wrote from that county to a kinsman that he had found in Buckingham Co Court the will of John Watkins made 8 Feb 1768, submitted to record 9 Mar 1768. The wife was mentioned but not named. Sons: John, Robert Bolling, Fleming, and Lewis. It referred to a will of David Watkins of Henrico Co."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Kay Haden research for Watkins-999

• The WikiTree profile Watkins-999 was created through the import of Haden for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden. It included the following source citation and note:
  • John Hale Stutesman, "John Watkins of Henrico County, 1743", Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol 4, No. 4, Feb/Mar 1996, pp.223-226 Note: <users.erols.com/tvf/watkins.html> (Wayback Machine capture, 13 May 2010; accessed 26 March 2024). Copy in my files. Repository: #R6: http://www.gentryjournal.org/index.htm (URL accessed June 4, 2014 but reference to Watkins not found).