Ruth Emery

This Ruth Watson was not the daughter of John watson and Ruth Giffen. Further research on the Ruth Watson that was the daughter of John Watson and Ruth Griffen pretty much shows she was NOT the wife of James Emery .

A New England genealogical record shows John and Ruth Watson's daughter Ruth was baptized in Nov 1707, presumably the same year of her birth (as previously mentioned). John Watson died in 1710 and Ruth Griffen Watson married Thomas Ayer in 1716 [Sailsbury vital records pg. 509 as Wattson (Watson) Ruth [wid int] and Thomas Ayers of Haverhill, Nov. 14, 1716 nctbk*] and removed to Haverhill, Mass.

The Ruth Ayer that was the wife of Thomas Ayer, along with an unnamed daughter, was killed in an Indian massacre in about 1719 in Haverhill. Ruth's daughter Ruth was about 11 or 12 years of age at the time of the massacre and was probably still living with her mother. [The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 pg. 225]

I have not found any individual records of John and Ruth Watson's daughter Ruth after the date of her baptism.  

This does not solve the mystery of the Ruth Watson that married James Emery, but it should eliminate the daughter of John Watson and Ruth Griffen

New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial, Vol.1, pg. 84 gives the Watson family and the John m. Ruth Griffin

Some Documentation

on Pg. 502 of Newbury Vital Record - Marriages she is listed of Haverhill, Essex, Ma.

her parents are unknown

These have been given as speculation as to her heritage; I see both these families are listed as Ruth's parents and siblings on the MY HERITAGE side - several times:

Family 1

Watson, Clemons, Butterfield, Families by Hubert W. Clemons CS71 w34
1982 has a Ruth Watson bpt. 14 Nov. 1697 - She was dau. of John Watson b. 15 Nov. 1671 Rowley, Essex, Ma. m. 25 Feb. 1691/2 Bradford, Ma. Ruth Hartshorn, purchased land in Cape Porpoise in 1718, and was living there in 1719. Their children were born in Bradford, Ma.

• John d. 1753 other children were
• John b. 5 Dec. 1693 d. May 1700;
• Thomas b. 22 Aug. 1695;
• Abigail b. 20 AUg. 1699;
• Hannah; John b. Dec. 1705;
• Samuel b. 5 Jun. 1711;
• Shadrach b. 3 Feb. 1712/3;
• Ebenezer b. 7 May 1702 d. 1788

John was son of John Watson probably emigrated from Wales coming to Rowley in 1658 Eunice Barker b. 1645 Rowley, Ma. d/o James and Grace Barker. other children: Nathaniel b. 2 Dec. 1676; Eunice d. 26 Jul.1679; and Mary b. 1684

the dau. Ruth through other sources is:

Ruth b. d. Arundel, York, Maine; m. Bef. 04 Mar 1732 Samuel Averill b Bet. 1685-1691 D: 1747 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine d/o William Averill & Mary.
Ruth Watson dau. of John Watson of Arundel, who was there in 1713: (York Deeds, Vol. xviii, p. 1. 1735-'37) I
Samuel Averell of Arrundell ….in consideration of a certain Tract of Land which I have of my

Father-in- Law Mr John Watson of Arundel (have) sold unto him the s'd John Watson one Measuage of land in Arundel containing 41 acres which was a vote of the Proprietors of Arundel to Diyde (divide?) all the land on the Upper Road, and which was laid out to myself bearing date March 11, 1730.

Mr. John Watson, father of Mrs. Ruth (Watson) Averill, was a Welshman, and an Ensign in the

Arundel Militia, and had been a trumpeter in the King's service. He died 1753. Bradbury.

John was son of John Watson probably emigrated from Wales coming to Rowley in 1658 Eunice Barker b. 1645 Rowley, Ma. d/o James and Grace Barker. other children: Nathaniel b. 2 Dec. 1676; Eunice d. 26 Jul.1679; and Mary b. 1684

Descendants of William Averell III

3I. JOHN (THOMAS 1, JOHN 2) b. 19 Nov. 1671 Rowley, MA m. 25 Feb. 1691/2 Bradford, MA, RUTH HARTSHORN of Rowley, d. of John Hartshorn (no info. In Rowley Town Records) d. between June & Oct. 1737 Arundel, ME

Issue- all children born in Bradford, MA
• III. Ruth- bpt. 14 Nov. 1697 Bradford, m. Samuel Averill

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/WATSON.htm Ancestry of Shadrach Watson of Arundel, Maine]<br/>

Family 2

Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury by David Hoyt pg. 341-2 givesanother possible famliy:

• John of Sailsbury m. 22 Mar. 1687/8 Amesbury
• Ruth Griffin. He d. Apr. 25 1710 Salisbury.
• Children were
• Abraham b. Dec. 13, 1688 bp. Nov. 2 1707 prob m. 14 Mar. 1711/2 Mary Severence she b. 2 Jul. 1685 Salisbury d/o Ephraim and Ludia (Morris);
• John b. 11 Sep. 1690 d. abt. 1690/1;
• Hannah b. 5 Apr. 1695 d. 12 Apr. 1665;
• Jonathan b. 12 Oc t. 1696 bp. 2 Nov. 1707, m. Eleanor Flanders she d. 19 Jan. 1701/2 d/o Daniel and Sarah (Colby);
• Ruth bp. 2 Nov. 1707 liv. 1710 prob m. 14 Nov. 1716 Thomas Ayers [possibly her mother!, Newbury VR pg. 509 ; as widow when int. of marriage was filed]; Salisbury, Ma Marriages lists Watson John, and Ruth Griffen, at Amesbury, Mar. 22, 1687-8. & Ruth [ wid. int.], and Thomas Ayers of Haverhill, Nov. 14, 1716. NCTB
• Ebenezer m. 10 Jul. 1716 Newbury Martha Rollins/Rawlins she b. 5 Nov. 1692 Newbury d/o Nicholas and Rebecca (Long).

There is a sketch on this family in [http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_watson.htm The Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire ]  of this couple only one child is mention in it  as follows 

The name is exceedinly numerous in America, no less than eighteen different Watsons, five of them bearing the name of John, having come to the new world between 1623 and 1635. Few families have so early and comprehensive a representation in this country, but in many cases the record is very scanty.

(I) John Watson and Ruth Griffin were married at Amesbury, Mass., March 22, 1687. Among their children was Ebenezer, mentioned below.<br/>

(II) Ebenezer, son of John and Ruth (Griffin) Watson, lived at Newbury, Mass., and married Martha Rawlins.

Stanley History Project

232. Jonathan WATSON (RN=1770), b 12 Oct 1696 at Salisbury, Ma, d ca 17xx at Hampton, NH, m to Eleanor FLANDERS (RN=1538) 20 May 1726 at Amesbury, Ma, Source(s): FH105:43, 67; PH19:158-159, 343; PH27:38; FH321:C2, PH16:Ma:84151, 84175; PH181:383-384; MD3:1554-60.
233. Eleanor FLANDERS (RN=1538), b 19 Jan 1702 at Amesbury, Ma, d 1745+ at South Hampton, NH, Source(s): FH105:43, 67; PH19:158-159, 343; PH27:38; FH321:C2, PH16:Ma:84151, 84175; PH181:383-384; MD3:1554-60.
464. John WATSON (RN=1771), b ca 165x at England, d 25 Apr 1710 at Salisbury, Ma, m to Ruth GRIFFIN (RN=1814) 22 Mar 1687 at Amesbury, Ma, Source(s): PH7:785; PH16:Ma:84175; PH27:38; PH19:341, PH110:File29018.
465. Ruth GRIFFIN (RN=1814), b ca 166x at Amesbury, Ma, d ca 17xx at Salisbury, Ma, Source(s): PH7:785; PH16:Ma:84175; PH27:38; PH19:341, PH110:File29018