Elkanah Watson

Occupation: blacksmith Thacher in his History of Plymouth (pg 173) states that he was supposed to be the richest man in the county at the time of his death.

Mayflower Descendant, 5:55 and 17:71, also Pilgrim Notes and Queries 5:109: Drowned. His widow administered his estate. Three of their children, John, Phebe, and Mercy, were mentioned by name in the probate proceedings.

http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/lost/i133.htm#i16233

It is related that in a storm on the 8th Feb, 1689-90, Edward Doty, with his son John and Elkanah Watson, another resident of Plymouth were drowned in Plymouth harbor or perhaps more properly by the wreck of the vessel in attempting to enter the harbor.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Watson-925

Elkanah Watson

Born 25 Feb 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Son of George Watson and Phebe (Hicks) Watson

Brother of John Watson, Phebe (Watson) Shaw, Mary (Watson) Leonard, William Watson, Elizabeth (Watson) Williams, Samuel Watson and Jonathan Watson

Husband of Mercy (Unknown) Freeman — married 26 Nov 1677 (to 8 Feb 1690) in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Father of John Watson Esq., Phebe (Watson) Freeman, Mercy (Watson) Freeman and Mary (Watson) Freeman

Died 8 Feb 1690 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 20 Jun 2020 | Created 13 Mar 2011

Elkanah Watson

Birth: 25 FEB 1656 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 8 February 1690 in Plymouth, Mass. Parents:

George Watson and Phebe Hicks.[1] Note

"In 1935 George Ernest Bowman demonstrated that the widow of Elkanah Watson did marry John Freeman, but he could find no evidence that she was Mercy Hedges [33:100-14]."[2] Evidence: He did marry Mercy HODGE OR BRADFORD OR Watson, on 26 November 1677 Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts[3]

Spouse and Children:

Mercy Hedge or Bradford or Watson m. 26 Nov. 1677 Plymouth, Mass. Phebe WATSON b, 1681 Mary WATSON b, 1688 Elkanah Watson b. 1672 Elkanah WATSON b. 1683 George WATSON b. 1676 William WATSON b, 1671 John WATSON b, 1677-1677 John Watson b. 1678-1767 m. Mercy Mercy WATSON b, 1683 (source listed above) Sources

↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, p. 1946: profile of George Watson: children of George Watson and Phebe Hicks: ... Elkanah b Plymouth 25 Feb 1656 [PCR 8:16]; perhaps m. Mercy Hedge, daughter of William Hedge. ↑ Anderson, op cit., p. 906 ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCBP-712 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCBP-712 : accessed 2016-08-13), entry for Elkanah WATSON. The Howland Homestead (Society of the Descendants of Pilgrim John Howland, of the Ship Mayflower, Boston, 1911) Page 9: "The Old Howland House" Watson, John Lee. Memoirs of the Marstons of Salem (Watson, Boston, Massachusetts,1873) Page 39 https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elkanah_Watson_%282%29

ELKANAH, 7th child of George Phebe (Hicks) Watson, was born in Plymouth 25 February 1656; perhaps m. Mercy Hedge, daughter of WILLIAM HEDGE. According to Savage, he was drowned in company with the second Edward Doty and his son John, by shipwreck. on the Gurnet's nose, in a passage from his Boston home, 8 Feb. 1690.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52424629

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@R900883306@ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0 Book Title: A biographical sketch of Elkanah Watson, founder of agricultural societies in America, and the proj 1,61157::3339408

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Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts

Biography ==Elkanah, the son of George Watson and Phebe Hicks, was born at Plymouth on February 25, 1655/6.<ref>Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England. Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1857. Page 29.</ref>

Robert Charles Anderson states he married "perhaps Mercy Hedge, daughter of William Hedge."<ref>Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.By Subscripton (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Page 1946.</ref> However, in 1935 George Ernest Bowman concluded that the widow of Elkanah Watson did marryJohn Freeman, but he could find no evidence that she was Mercy Hedge[s].<ref>Bowman, George Ernest. "John Freeman of Eastham and Harwich..." The Mayflower Descendant. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants Volume 33, 1935. By Subscription Page 100.</ref> The date and location of the marriage has not been located, but it would have occurred before the birth of their first child in 1678.

Children===# John b Oct 1678<ref>"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQK7 : 18 February 2020), Elkanah Watson inentry for John Watson, Oct 1678; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.</ref># Phebe b Jun 1681<ref>"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQLG : 18 February 2020), Elkanah Watson in entry for Phebe Watson, Jun 1681; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth,Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.</ref># Mercy b Oct 1683<ref>"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45W-HZ1 : 14 January 2020), Elkanah Watson in entry for Marcy Watson, 1683.</ref># Mary b Oct 1688<ref>"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQ58 : 18 February 2020), Elkanah Watson inentry for Mary Watson, Oct 1688; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.</ref># Elizabeth b 1690, probably after her father's death.<ref>"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQTW :18 February 2020), Elkanah Watson in entry for Elizabeth Watson, 1690; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.</ref>

During a storm on the 8th Feb, 1689-90, Edward Doty, with his son Johnand Elkanah Watson,<ref>Plymouth, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). By Subscription.Page 134</ref>were drowned in Plymouth harbor "by shipwreck on the Gurnet' nose" in a passage from Boston to Plymouth.<ref>Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1860. Page 437.</ref> Administration of the estate was granted to hiswife on March 3, 1689/90.

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• The Howland Homestead (Society of the Descendants of Pilgrim John Howland, of the Ship Mayflower, Boston, 1911) Page 9: "The Old Howland House"