Drury WATSON & Frances RICHARDSON

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Drury WATSON
Frances __?__

WARNING: secondary sources have this WATSON family, particularly the Drury WATSONs (there had to have been several of them) in a mess. I'm not descended from our subject, so I'm not going to take the time to sort them out. Caveat emptor.

Husband: Drury WATSON
Birth: 1770-75, Prince Edward Co., VA
Death: 1840-50, Prince Edward Co., VA

Marriage: 26 Nov 1791, Cumberland Co., VA

Wife: Frances __?__
Birth: 1770-75
Death: 1820-30, presumably in Prince Edward Co., VA

Children:

— child said to be:
. Drury Robinson WATSON, b. 1792, Cumberland Co., VA

— child may be:
. Jane E. WATSON, b. 1800-1810

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Sources (n.b., Cumberland and Prince Edward Cos. are adjacent; both were formed before 1790):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Watson, Drury Richardson, Frances 26 Nov 1791 Cumberland Co.

A secondary source asserts that Frances had a prior marriage, that she is really Frances (ALLEN) RICHARSON. I have no idea whether or not this is true, but short of proving it one way or the other, her maiden name should remain unknown — bad data are not better than no data.

2. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1790 VA census was lost.

3. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1800 VA census was lost

4. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #37 of 41; official enumeration date 6 Aug 1810; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1810 VA Prince Edward Co. Roll 70 p. 590 Ln. 3 Drury Watson 00010-10010-0/11/

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Drury (b. 1770-75)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Jane?

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Frances (b. 1770-75)

11 slaves all ages by 1810 = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Where is the alleged Drury Jr?

5. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 17; official enumeration date 7 Aug 1820; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1820 VA Prince Edward Co. Roll 131 p. 975 Ln. 7 Drury Watson 010001-00001 0-604 6220-3221

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 10-15 1804-1810 = ?

1 white male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Drury

1 white female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Frances

6 people engaged in agriculture

4 people engaged in manufacture

6 male slaves 13 and under 1806-1820 = ? ? ? ? ? ?

2 male slaves 14-25 1794-1806 = ? ?

2 male slaves 26-44 1775-1794 = ? ?

3 female slaves 13 and under 1806-1820 = ? ? ?

2 female slaves 14-25 1794-1806 = ? ?

2 female slaves 26-44 1775-1794 = ? ?

1 female slave 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = ?

The teenage male was not with them in 1810, so appears not to be their son. Where is Jane? Listed next to John WATSON, Sr. (æ 45+).

6. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #69 of 74; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1830 VA Prince Edward Co. Roll 201 p. 132 Ln. 14 Drury Watson 000 010 010 - 000 000 000 324020-122200

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 20-29 1800-1810 =

1 white male 50-59 1770-1780 = Drury (b. 1770-75)

male slave 9 or under 1820-1830 = ? ? ?

male slave 10-23 1806-1820 = ? ?

male slave 24-35 1794-1806 = ? ? ? ?

male slave 55-99 1730-1775 = ? ?

female slave 9 or under 1820-1830 = ?

female slave 10-23 1806-1820 = ? ?

female slave 24-35 1794-1806 = ? ?

female slave 36-54 1775-1794 = ? ?

. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #67 of 72; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1840 VA Prince Edward Co. Eastern Dist. Roll 584 pp. 236 Ln. 24 Drury WATSON 000 000 001 - 000 0000 00 160 300 - 020 230 070/10/000

Listed next to Joseph G. WILLIAMS and his wife, Jane E. WATSON, who is almost certainly Drury's daughter (they have a son named, Drury WILLIAMS).

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com). A

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