It has been reported that John may have been born in Virginia or in South Carolina in the same area where he died.

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ID: I079235

Name: JOHN ELIJAH WATSON

Sex: M

Birth: 7 JUL 1718 in Prince George County, Maryland

Death: 16 AUG 1791 in Ridge Spring, South Carolina

Notes: John Elijah Watson and his brothers, Richmond, Arthur and Ezekil came by way of England(1730 ' s ) to New York ...then to Virginia,then through North Carolina and settled in the Edgefield District of SouthCarolina (present day Ridge Spring, South Carolina)1745.

The Watson Family: The following article is a copy of an article given to our co-editor, Mrs.L.G. Marsh, Several years ago by Mr. Sam Watson, Charlotte, N.C.taken from his family records.

In the sixteenth century, the Watsons came from Wales, by way of England, toNew York, from there to Va., Then through N.C., leaving some of the colony along the way at each of the places

named. They finally reached S.C. in 1745, where they settled, and their decendents have remained to present day, on lands granted by King George II and KingGeorge III, to which they added large acreage by purchase.

The Watson family owned by grant and Purchase sixteen square miles of land at one time; it lay between the Saluda and the Edisto Rivers. Our ancestors William and John Watson, six

generations from us, and the founders of our tract. He came to the ridge in 1745; he had one brother, no sisters of which we know, but with him were three Watson Brothers who were his first cousins. William's wife, we think, was names Penelope and was a sister of John Watson. John Watson's daughter, Martha, married Capt. Michael Watson, her first cousin. John Watson was a brother to William Watson's wife, also brother to Richmond, Arthur, and Ezekil. The oldest, John, of whom we have a record, came over in the seventeenth century, on the same boat with Elizabeth Smith, whom he rescued from drowning and on reaching New York, married. They settled in New York state.

Michael was the son of William and Penelope and had no brothers but four sisters, namely, Mary Perry, Patunes Anderson, Sarah Perry, and Keziah Willias.

Father: JAMES SR WATSON b: 12 JUL 1677 in Maryland

Mother: ANN PERRY b: ABT 1684 in Charles County, Maryland

Marriage 1 ANN BLAIR MURPHY b: 27 JUN 1722 in Virginia

Married: 20 JUL 1740

Children

John Watson b: 1741 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

WILLIS MURPHY I WATSON b: 4 APR 1743 in Ridge Springs, South Carolina

Arthur Watson b: 1745 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Jacob Watson b: 1747 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

William Watson b: 1749 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Charity Watson b: 1751 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Ceale Watson b: 1751

Martha Watson b: NOV 1753 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Lucresia Watson b: 1755 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Mary Watson b: 1756 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

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