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Reuben WATKINS^[1]
1779 - 1835

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• Birth	13 May 1779	Sussex County, Virginia   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	19 Oct 1803	Sussex County, Virginia   [5]
  	Granted certificate to marry
  	Address: Blackwater Monthly Meeting
  	'Reuben granted certificate to Jack Swamp Monthly Meeting, N.C. to marry.'
  Misc	23 Apr 1806	Sussex County, Virginia   [6]
  	Address: Blackwater MM
  	'Reuben reported that he had taken from him a pair of saddle bags under the militia law during the past year.'
  Misc	19 Sep 1807	Sussex County, Virginia   [7]
  	Complain about in Seacock Particular Meeting
  Misc	16 Apr 1808	Sussex County, New Jersey   [7]
  	Fined
  	Reuben had taken from him by Richard Rogers $7.90 in cash for [militia] muster fines this year.
  Misc	1810	Sussex County, Virginia   [7]
  	Paid muster fines
  	"Reuben had taken from him by William Atkinson,$9.53 for [militia] muster fines for this year."
  Misc	1811	Sussex County, Virginia   [7]
  	Fined for failing to attend muster
  	'Reuben had taken from him by Benjamin Bratcher, $2.50 for militia fines.'
  Died	17 Sep 1835	Logan County, Ohio   [2]
  	Hinshaw reported that Reuben's death was 17 Sep 1835. Since Anna appears to be listed alone with three of their children in 1840 census, it seems that the 1835 date might be correct.
  Buried	Aft 17 Sep 1835	Goshen Friends Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio   [2]
  Person ID	I121	Watkins
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	James WATKINS, Sr.,   b. Abt 1744, Virginia or England ,   d. 11 Oct 1799, Sussex County, Virginia
  Mother	Anne WHITE,   b. 14 Jan 1754, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1813
  Married	11 Oct 1770	Blackwater Meeting House, Sussex, Virginia
  Misc-Fam	15 Dec 1770	Sussex County, Virginia
  Residence	2 Jun 1790	Sussex County, Virginia
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna PATTERSON,   b. Abt 1781, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Nov 1803	Richsquare Meeting, Northhampton County, North Carolina   [2]
  Residence	1810	Sussex County, Virginia   [8]
  Misc-Fam	21 Sep 1811	Sussex County, Virginia   [7]
  	Transferred
  	'Reuben and wife, Anne, and children, Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennett, & William, removed [presumably from Seacock Particular meeting], [and] granted certificate to Still Water Monthly Meeting, Belmont County, Ohio.'
  Misc-Fam	26 Nov 1811	Belmont County, Ohio   [9]
  	Family received
  	Address: Stillwater Monthly Meeting
  	'Reuben and wife, Anna, and children: Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennet, and William, received on certificate from Gravely Run Monthly Meeting, Va. dated 1811,9,21.'
  Residence	1820	Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio   [10]
  	Farmer
  	Head of household was listed as 'Rubin Wadkins' Census shows: Four males under 10: Bennett, William, James, and Joel Two males 10 and less than 16: Lemuel and Edwin One male 45 and upward: Reuben (actually he would have been 41) Three females under 10: Susanna, Unity and ? One female 26-45: Anna who would have been about 39
  Residence	1830	Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio   [11]
  	He was listed as "Ruben Watkins." Census listed: One male between 5 & 10: ? One male between 10 & 15: Joel (14) Two males between 15 & 20: James (18) and William (20) Four males between 30 & 40: Unclear who these would be One male between 50 & 60: Reuben (51) Two females between 5 & 10: (Perhaps these were grandchildren?) One female between 15 & 20: Unity (13) One female between 30 & 40: (Probably the wife of one of the sons) One female between 50 & 60: Anna (49)
  Misc-Fam	24 Sep 1832	Belmont County, Ohio   [12]
  	Granted certificate to Goshen MM
  	Address: Somerset MM
  	'Reuben & wife, Anna, and children, James, Susanna, Joel, Unity and Lucinda, granted certificate to Goshen Monthly Meeting, Ohio.'
  Children	1. Lemuel WATKINS,   b. 4 Feb 1806, Sussex County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Aug 1883, Goshen Friends Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio   2. Edwin WATKINS,   b. Abt 1806, Sussex County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ira WATKINS,   b. 1808, Sussex County, Virginia ,   d. 29 Aug 1852, Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio   4. Bennett WATKINS,   b. 1809, Sussex County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Jan 1873, Byhalia, Washington Township, Union County, Ohio   5. William WATKINS,   b. 1810, Sussex County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Jun 1867, Kansas   6. James WATKINS,   b. 23 Dec 1812, Belmont County, Ohio ,   d. 12 Jun 1901, Pickerelltown, Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio   7. Susannah WATKINS,   b. 2 Oct 1814, Belmont County, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Joel WATKINS,   b. 30 Mar 1816, Belmont County, Ohio ,   d. 19 Jan 1856, Logan County, Ohio   9. Unity WATKINS,   b. 31 Dec 1817, Belmont County, Ohio ,   d. 25 Feb 1884, Harrison Twp., Logan County, Ohio
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  Reuben Watkins (1779 - 1835) Husband of Anna Patterson Watkins Status: Located

  
  

  Histories		WATKINS - The Watkins Family and the Society of Friends This narrative consists of three sections each of which is found on a separate page: (1) Background about Quakers in Virginia, (2) Early Virginia Quakers with the Watkins Surname, and (3) James and Anne Watkins, Surry/Sussex County Quakers.
  		WATKINS - Migration of Some of the Children of James and Anne White Watkins of Sussex County, Virginia Historians report that migration in the early United States tended to be a family matter with families of multiple units migrating from one state to another in search of a better way of life. Land was often the attraction. Sometimes land was free; other times it was relatively inexpensive; and often times it had richer, more tillable soil.

  
  

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  [S1] Imported GEDCOM file. [S127] James C. Watkins. [S130] Goshen Monthly Meeting, Page 28. [S255] Doris Fountain, Watkins Genealogist, From Watkins Bible Record. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 119 Blackwater Monthly Meeting. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 124. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 143. [S209] 1810 Federal Census, Page 23. What is shown on the census is one male and one female each between the ages of 28 thru 44 and four males under 10 years of age. This conforms to the genealogy of the Reuben Watkins family. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Stillwater Monthly Meeting, Page 452. [S128] 1820 Federal Census, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio Ancestry page 5 of 7. [S129] 1830 Federal Census, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio Ancestry page 5 of 24. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Somerset MM, Page 598.