Ancestors of Anna Frederica Watts

Generation Six

25. WILLIAM⁶ WATTS (George Wattson, #31);¹⁸⁰^,¹⁸¹^,¹⁸² born before 22 Jun 1740 at Hempstead, NY;¹⁸³ baptized 22 Jun 1740 at St George's Church, Hempstead, NY; named William Wattson at that time;¹⁸⁴ married Ann Van Noorstrandt (see #26), daughter of John Van Nostrand and Lametie Ryerson, 29 Jan 1762 at St George's Church, Hempstead, NY;¹⁸⁵ died 1792;¹⁸⁶ his estate was probated 21 Apr 1792; Will mentions son George Watts and brother John Watts.

He appeared on the census of 1790; 1-1-2-0-1 William, age 50, a boy under 16, 2 females and a slave. Living on ranch land, per Randy under the name of his son George (father is also George). The young male is probably Thomas, age 6.¹⁸⁷

Children of William⁶ Watts and Ann Van Noorstrandt (see #26) were as follows:

i. GEORGE⁵ WATTS JR;¹⁸⁸^,¹⁸⁹^,¹⁹⁰ baptized 1763 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY;¹⁹¹ born before 21 Aug 1763;¹⁹² married Hannah Ann Hewlett, daughter of Colonel (--?--) Hewlett, 9 Jan 1785 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY.¹⁹³

He appeared on the census of 1790; 1-2-2 Neighbor to his father. The land on the other side of theirs belongs to John Hewlett, possibly his wife's father.¹⁹⁴
ii. JOHN WATTS JR;¹⁹⁵^,¹⁹⁶^,¹⁹⁷ born 1765;¹⁹⁸ married Jane Smith 18 Feb 1788 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY.

He appeared on the census of 1790; 1-2-1.¹⁹⁹
iii. ABIGAIL WATTS;²⁰⁰^,²⁰¹^,²⁰² born circa 1767;²⁰³ married Samual Smith 19 Feb 1790 at St Georges Church, NY.
iv. DAVID WATTS;²⁰⁴^,²⁰⁵^,²⁰⁶ born either 1772 or 5 Feb 1774;²⁰⁷ married Fannie Brower circa 1796.

He appeared on the census of 1850 at Hempstead, NY; David 77, Fannie 74, farm.²⁰⁸
v. CLEMENT WATTS;²⁰⁹^,²¹⁰^,²¹¹ born 1774;²¹² married Martha Hutchings 24 Dec 1797 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY.
vi. JOSEPH WATTS;²¹³^,²¹⁴^,²¹⁵ born 1776;²¹⁶ married Hannah Pearsall 31 Dec 1803 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY.
vii. WILLIAM WATTS;²¹⁷^,²¹⁸^,²¹⁹ born 1779;²²⁰ married Mary Hendrickson 1804.
viii. SUSANNA WATTS;²²¹^,²²²^,²²³ born before 9 Aug 1782 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY;²²⁴ married Nicholas Smith jr 1799.
16 ix. THOMAS W. WATTS.
x. JOSEPH HEWLETT WATTS;²²⁵^,²²⁶^,²²⁷ born before 16 Oct 1786; or John;²²⁸ married Harriet Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell, 18 Feb 1807 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY; died 1822.

He left a will on 23 Mar 1822 at Hempstead, NY; #1200.

26. ANN⁶ VAN NOORSTRANDT (John Van Nostrand, #33);²²⁹^,²³⁰^,²³¹ born 1741 at NY;²³² baptized 1742 at DRC, Jamaica, NY;²³³ married William Watts (see #25), son of George Wattson and Judith Lambertson, 29 Jan 1762 at St George's Church, Hempstead, NY;²³⁴ died 1811.²³⁵

She appeared on the census of 1800 at South Hampton, NY; Ann Watts and two other females (husband had died).²³⁶

27. CHARLES⁶ FROST (William, #35);²³⁷^,²³⁸^,²³⁹ born 1749;²⁴⁰ married Mary Rushmore (see #28);²⁴¹ died 1820.²⁴²

Children of Charles⁶ Frost and Mary Rushmore (see #28) were:

18 i. STEPHEN⁵ FROST.

28. MARY⁶ RUSHMORE;²⁴³ born 1760;²⁴⁴ married Charles Frost (see #27), son of William Frost and Jemima Coles;²⁴⁵ died 28 Apr 1837.²⁴⁶

29. JOHN ?⁶ CURTIS (William, #37);²⁴⁷^,²⁴⁸^,²⁴⁹ born 1789 at South Hempstead, NY;²⁵⁰ married Sarah ? Wiggins (see #30) 31 Dec 1811 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY;²⁵¹ died 15 May 1841 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY.²⁵²

He was an owner and/or driver of stagecoaches.²⁵³ He was also known as Jake Curtis.²⁵⁴

Children of John ?⁶ Curtis and Sarah ? Wiggins (see #30) were:

20 i. WILLIAM JR ?⁵ CURTIS.

30. SARAH ?⁶ WIGGINS;²⁵⁵ born 1792 at Hempstead, NY;²⁵⁶ married John ? Curtis (see #29), son of William ? Curtis and Sarah ? Bedell, 31 Dec 1811 at St Georges Church, Hempstead, NY;²⁵⁷ died 1875.²⁵⁸

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