Individual Details
Wilbert Watkins
( - 17 Jun 1775)
Posted by Elizabeth LaBozetta on Jan 23, 1999
Wilbert Watkins was a Quaker from Pennsylvania, a farmer and a blacksmith, who died June 17, 1775 at Breed's Hill in Boston, Massachusetts.
Wilbert Watkins was a Quaker from Pennsylvania, a farmer and a blacksmith, who died June 17, 1775 at Breed's Hill in Boston, Massachusetts.
Events
| Death | 17 Jun 1775 | at Breed's Hill, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |  |  |
Families
| Child | Jonathan Watkins (1758 - 1843) |
Notes
Death
Note: An elderly woman years ago who was descended from Lucy Alderman's brother, Hosea Alderman, said that Jonathan's father was Wilbert and that he died at Breed's Hill, but a list of men killed in that battle does not have him listed. Also, Jonathan is said to be a Quaker, and if they were Quakers, neither his dad nor him would have been in the Rev. War.There is a record of son Jonathan's service in the Revolution, enlisting January 1778 with the Pennsylania Troops. The claim of being a Quaker is not verified.
Endnotes
1. Heisner, Dan., GenForum message. (Dan Heisner