Benjamin F. WATSON

1730 - 1796  (66 years)

• Name	Benjamin F. WATSON  [1]
  Birth	14 Sep 1730	Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Benjamin Watson  [2]
  Occupation	[2]
  	Farmer
  Death	18 Oct 1796	Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Will	3 Nov 1796	Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  _FSFTID	2ZSC-2CX
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2ZSC-2CX
  _UID	7D586E5CCFA74DBE998CFBDF5F5F336B7B7C
  Person ID	I594777019	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Mark WATSON,   b. 1696, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England d. 9 Feb 1749, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Ann SOTCHER, Moon,   b. 27 Jan 1710, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. 18 Aug 1787, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1729	Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Alt. Marriage	23 Feb 1729	Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Family ID	F536731588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe CROASDALE,   b. 28 Apr 1738, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 29 Oct 1815, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1759	Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [4]
  Children	1. Hannah WATSON,   b. 1757, d. 1801 (Age 44 years)   2. Ann WATSON,   b. 12 Nov 1760, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. 19 Apr 1789, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 28 years)   3. Benjamin WATSON,   b. 18 Oct 1762, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. 1827, Virginia, United States (Age 64 years)   4. Elizabeth WATSON,   b. 5 Oct 1766, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1 Jun 1845, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 78 years)   5. Phebe WATSON,   b. 30 Dec 1768, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 10 Dec 1795, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 26 years)   6. Mahlon WATSON,   b. 16 Feb 1771, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 26 Mar 1854, Oxford Valley, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 83 years)   7. Grace WATSON,   b. 11 Nov 1772, Falls Twp., Bucks, Pennsylvania d. Bef 1815 (Age 42 years)   8. Lucy WATSON,   b. 12 Dec 1774, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 4 Nov 1845, , Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)   9. Marcy WATSON,   b. 1776, Oxford, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 1801 (Age 25 years)   10. Charles WATSON,   b. 6 Dec 1778, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 28 Nov 1845, , Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 66 years)   11. Joseph WATSON,   b. 25 Nov 1781, Falls Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 1844 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F536731586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin was born in 1730, the son of Mark Watson and his wife Ann.[1] In 1759 he married Phebe Croasdale.[2] Benjamin died in 1796. His will was probated 8 Nov 1796.[3] His will named his wife Phebe, son Benjamin, son in law William Blakey, sons Mahlon, Charles and Joseph, daughters Hannah, Elizabeth, Grace, Lucy and Mercy. Sources ? Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #156337 ? Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1754-1801; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305 Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #100001081 ? Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825; Probate Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania; Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Sep 2024), entry for Ann Watson, person ID LWYD-J89. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Sep 2024), entry for Benjamin F. Watson, person ID 2ZSC-2CX. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Sep 2024), entry for Mark Watson, person ID LH63-GC4. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Sep 2024), entry for Phebe CROASDALE, person ID 2ZSC-KC1. (Reliability: 3).