Individual Details
Rachel Watkins
(Abt 1666 - Bef Feb 1729)
Married at the Henrico Meeting House. Quaker dating: 1710/11, 12, 9. Robert Woodson Jr. married Rachel Watkins.
[Robert Woodson had been married previously to Elizabeth Lewis and then Sarah Lewis for several years as he had at least 7 children before he married Rachel Watkins. It's possible Rachel has been displaced or her age is very wrong since it would be very unusual for a lady to marry for the first time at the age of 47. She may be a granddaughter of Henry & Katherine Pride and be much younger than Woodson. It's also signifant that she apparently had at least three children after she married Robert Woodson. The birth year is not from a reliable source, either - I believe it's wrong and she was several years younger, probably born more like 1675-1680. Even this later date would not exclude her as a possible daughter of the elder Henry - she isn't mentioned in wills of his sons either.]
Rachel Watkins and Robert Woodson had Jonathan, named in his father's will, but nothing else known about him; Elizabeth [Robert Woodson also had an older dau by Sarah Lewis named Elizabeth - she married John Povall] who married John Knight and settled in Lunenburg Co where Knight's will was proved in March of 1722 naming Elizabeth & 10 children; and Judith who married John Cooke.
Events
Birth | Abt 1666 | Henrico County, Virginia | |||
Marriage | 9 Feb 1711 | Henrico County, Virginia - Robert Woodson | |||
Death | Bef Feb 1729 | Henrico County, Virginia |
Families
Spouse | Robert Woodson (1660 - 1729) |
Child | Jonathan Woodson (1712 - ) |
Child | Elizabeth Woodson (1713 - 1784) |
Child | Judith Woodson (1715 - ) |
Father | Henry Watkins (1638 - 1715) |
Mother | Katherine ?Pride ( - ) |
Sibling | Henry Watkins ( - 1715) |
Sibling | Thomas Watkins ( - 1760) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Watkins (1669 - ) |
Sibling | Mary Watkins ( - 1736) |
Sibling | Edward Watkins ( - 1771) |
Sibling | Joseph Watkins ( - 1725) |
Sibling | William Watkins ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Bob Juch; WorldConnect, Rootsweb.com. GEDCOM; Woodson family; compiled by Bob Juch from World Family Tree files, Ancestry.com, Ancestral File, etc. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/.
2. Bob Juch; WorldConnect, Rootsweb.com. GEDCOM; Woodson family; compiled by Bob Juch from World Family Tree files, Ancestry.com, Ancestral File, etc. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/.
3. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Reprint of 1936 edition in 1969 by Genealogical Publishing Co includes Supplement by Thomas Worth Marshall, 1948.), Vol. VI Henrico Monthly Meeting, p.218.
4. Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, "Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1706-1624/5," (Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5; 3rd edition 1987), p.708 "Woodson".
5. Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. .