Watson Names
Huntingdon
County
From
the Wills at the Huntingdon County Courthouse
|
Will Book |
Name |
Page Number |
Date |
Location |
Wife/Husband |
Kids or People Named in Will |
Purpose |
|
6 |
John
C. Wattson |
19 |
4/17/1863 |
Huntingdon
Boro |
Caroline G.
Watson |
A. W. Benedict |
Caroline Wattson
renounced rights to A. W. Benedict |
|
6 |
Samuel
Wattson |
115 |
3/29/1865 |
Walker Township |
Catherine
(Lloyd) Watson |
Abner
Lloyd (father of Catherine) |
Catherine
Wattson renounced rights to Abner Lloyd |
|
6 |
James
Wattson |
233 |
5/13/1867 |
Jackson
Township |
Martha
Wattson |
Martha Wattson named
administrator |
|
|
7 |
John
Wattson |
168-169 |
4/8/1871 |
Franklinville,
Franklin Township |
Mary Ann Wattson |
Will of John
Wattson dated 4/8/1871; he was dead by 7/13/1871 |
|
|
7 |
Thomas
Watson |
332 |
9/30/1873 |
Jackson Township |
Children: Nancy Watson, Mary Jane married to George
Gray, Almira married to Robert Smith, Susan married to Calvin Shearer,
Peninah Watson; friend Thomas Mitchell |
Will of Thomas
Watson dated 9/30/1873; Thomas Mitchell named executor; Letters of Testimony on 10/17/1873 |
|
|
10 |
William
Watson |
19 |
11/11/1882 |
Huntingdon
Boro |
Mary
Watson |
Maggie Watson
(daughter), G. B. Armitage |
Mary and Maggie
Watson renounced rights to G. B. Armitage; William Watson died in October
1882 |
|
10 |
Joseph
Watson |
255,
261 |
February
1885 |
Huntingdon
Boro |
Eliza
Elizabeth Watson |
Brother
Metcalfe and his children: Albert,
Joseph, John M., Robert M., Sarah Ann; sister Margaret Wadsworth and her
children: Elizabeth Ann, Miranda,
Josephine, Norah, Florence, Arthur; sister Mary Child (deceased) and her
children; brother John Watson; brother Robert Watson; friend R. Bruce
Petriken; James Cullen; Frank Hefright |
Will of Joseph
Watson dated February 1885; Joseph Watson died 3/3/1885; James Cullen, Frank
Hefright, and Eliza Elizabeth Watson named executors |
|
12 |
John
P. Watson |
308-310 |
6/30/1891 |
Walker
Township |
Catherine
Watson |
Wilson
B. Watson (brother) |
Will of John P.
Watson dated 6/30/1891; witnessed by G. W. States and Ella Watson; John P.
Watson died on 7/14/1891. |
|
13 |
Eliza
E. Watson |
1-3 |
12/12/1891 |
|
Mary
Oestreich, only daughter |
Caveat protesting
will of Eliza E. Watson |
|
|
13 |
Elizabeth
E. Watson |
59 |
|
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|
13 |
Amanda
G. Watson |
213 |
Walker
Township |
|
James C. Watson |
James C. Watson
swore Amanda G. Watson died 2/9/1893 |
|
|
13 |
Eliza
E. Watson |
291-298 |
Huntingdon
Boro |
|
Daughter
Mary Watson married John Oestreich; brother William Decker and his daughter
Lola |
Will of Eliza E.
Watson |
|
|
13 |
Joseph
Watson |
387,
396 |
|
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Orphans
Court Document Index at the Huntingdon County Courthouse
|
Name |
Book |
Year |
Number |
Pages |
Recorded Information |
|
Robert
Wasson |
D |
S |
81 |
41 |
|
|
Samuel
Watson |
E |
1841 |
84 |
309 |
|
|
Samuel
Watson |
I |
1863 |
77 |
170 |
John
P. Watson petitioned estate of his father Samuel Watson of Walker Township;
Sam died with no widow and 8 children:
James C.; John P.; Simpson; Wilson; Samuel; Maria married Joseph P.
Heaton; Nancy married Valentine Fink and had children: Louisa Hess, Solomon, Margaret, Catherine,
Martha, Elizabeth, Louerrena; Mary Jane (deceased) married John F. Yocum and
had children: Lorenzo W., Mary C., Lettitia
J., Lewetta M.; dated 4/15/1863 |
|
Samuel
Watson |
I |
1863 |
162 |
193 |
|
|
Samuel
Watson |
I |
1863 |
229 |
215-217 |
|
|
John
C. Watson |
I |
1863 |
152 |
190 |
|
|
Samuel
Watson |
I |
1865 |
194 |
381 |
|
|
James
Watson |
K |
1867 |
201 |
114 |
|
|
William
Watson |
N |
1883 |
137 |
464 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
O |
1885 |
207 |
174 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
O |
1885 |
318 |
205 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
O |
1886 |
5 |
229 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
O |
1886 |
166 |
279 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
O |
1888 |
92 |
554 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1888 |
275 |
25 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1888 |
278 |
27 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1888 |
343 |
51 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1888 |
275 |
65 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1889 |
409 |
207 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
P |
1892 |
148 |
559 |
|
|
Eliza
E. Watson |
P |
1892 |
157.5 |
562 |
|
|
Eliza
E. Watson |
Q |
1893 |
293 |
167 |
|
|
Eliza
E. Watson |
Q |
1893 |
361 |
210 |
|
|
Eliza
E. Watson |
Q |
1893 |
365 |
213 |
|
|
Joseph
Elder Watson |
Q |
1893 |
295 |
300 |
|
|
Joseph
Elder Watson |
Q |
1894 |
217 |
305 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1894 |
277 |
330 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1894 |
217 |
305 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1894 |
278 |
330-331 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
58 |
385 |
|
|
John
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
58 |
385 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
31 |
161 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
32 |
163 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
33 |
164 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
169 |
438 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1895 |
170 |
438 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1896 |
79 |
435 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1896 |
80 |
535 |
|
|
Joseph
Watson |
Q |
1896 |
165 |
588 |
|
I stopped with Book Q