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William WATTS
(-1572)
Margaret
(-1566)
Jarvis GIBBON
(-1578)
Unknown
(-Aft 1550)
John WATTS
(1540-1620)
Elizabeth GIBBON
(-1601)
William WATTS
(1582-1628)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susanne READER

William WATTS 2

  • Christened: 22 Oct 1582, St George, Benenden, Kent 1
  • Marriage (1): Susanne READER on 8 Feb 1608 in St George, Benenden, Kent 1
  • Buried: 22 Jan 1628, St George, Benenden, Kent 1
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bullet  Notes:

William was the only son. He married Susanne Reader (qv) in 1608, and had four children. Their eldest son John died when he was only 13. Their eldest daughter Susan (qv) married John Watts (qv) of Sandhurst. Their younger daughter Margaret was provided for in her father's will, did not marry and died when she was 17. Their younger son Reader inherited the Manor House and land in Benenden, was probably a puritan ('a man of fanatic principles'), and was indicted for recusancy in 1679. He was listed with seven hearths for the 1664 Hearth Tax. Reader had six children with his first wife Katherine Gynder, but no grandchildren, and most of the family property was inherited by his great-nephew Reader Watts (qv), who had moved to London where he was a tobacconist.

Additional sources:
William Watts, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury ref PRC/17/67/393b, proved 1-3-1628
Haslewood, F. (1889) Parish of Benenden, privately printed, p221. SoG ref KE/M 35
Public Record Office (1997). Calendar of Assize Records, Kent Indictments 1676-1688. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.
BRS Vol 116 Hearth Tax of Kent 1664
PCC: Reader Watts PROB11/702 dated 18-4-1740 (2xgreat-nephew)

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William married Susanne READER, daughter of John READER and Susanne LEES, on 8 Feb 1608 in St George, Benenden, Kent.1 (Susanne READER was buried on 4 Oct 1652 in St George, Benenden, Kent 3.)

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Sources


1 Church Register, Transcript of Benenden, SoG ref KE/R 49.

2 Church Register, Transcript of Benenden, SoG ref KE/R 49 (baptism of daughter Susan).

3 Church Register, Benenden, FHL(L) ref 2228346.


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