Family |
John WATKINS, b. 1695, Henrico County, Virginia, British America d. 28 Jul 1743, Henrico County, Virginia, British America (Age 48 years) |
Marriage Banns |
1 Jan 1720 |
Charles City, Henrico, Virginia, British America [2] |
Address: Home of Henry Mosley |
- "John Watkins and Sarah Butler did also at this meeting propose their Intentions of Marriage. Epharim Gartrite and John Pleafonte are apointed [sic]
Inquire into the Clearness of the young man and Margaret Hunnicut and Agness Binford are apointed [sic] to Inquire into the Clearness of the young woman who are also to Return their Reports to our next Mo. Meeting.
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Marriage Banns |
2 Feb 1720 |
Charles City, Henrico, Virginia, British America [3] |
Address: Home of Edward Mosley |
- "The parties that were apointed [sic] by the Last Mo Meeting to Inquire into the Clearness of John Watkins and Sarah Butler make Reports to this meeting that they know nothing to the contrary but that they were cleare [sic] from all others on account of Marig [sic]. They were therefore suffered to proseed [sic] in their aforesaid intentions. Who did at this meeting publish themselves the second time according to the order of friends and have of this meeting to take each other in marriage when they and their friends see fitt."
"Rob Hunnicutt and John Binford are apointed [sic] to atend [sic] the Marig [sic] of John Wakins [sic] and Sarah Butler to see good orders and Make Reporte [sic] of the Marriage to our next meeting."
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Marriage |
4 May 1720 |
Henrico County, Virginia, British America [1, 4, 5] |
Those mentioned to attend the marriage of John Watkins and Sarah Butler were Andrew Crew, Nannah Elyson, Robert Hunnicut and John Beuford.
Source: "Quaker Records of Henrico Monthly Meeting" by F. Edward Wright, pages 1 - 11
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"There was a long-time Quaker family attending the Henrico [Quaker] Meeting by the name of Butler who had moved across the James River to what is now Dinwiddie and Surry Counties. The lands south of the Blackwater River were open for settlement in 1710. John Butler bought lands in Bristol Paris, St. George County, Virginia in 1718. The Butler family had a Quaker meeting known as "The Widow Butler's Meeting" in what is now Dinwiddie County. It was probably named after the mother or mother-in-law of John Butler. John Watkins, the eldest son of Henry Jr., must have known of them as in 1720, when he came of age, he married Sarah Butler at the Curles Quaker Meeting House.
Sarah ... was a daughter of John and Mary (Wallas) Butler of Surry and Dinwiddie Counties. John and Sarah's wedding was recorded in the Curles Meeting House Records. They [John and Sarah] probably lived at and worked the Malvern Hills plantation. They continued to be members of the Curles Meeting for many years. John and Sarah had at least ten children. Many were born at Malvern Hills, but younger children were probably born in Dinwiddie or Surry County.
Source: Watkins, James C., "Ancestors and Descendants of James Watkins of Sussex County Virginia," Linwood, Kansas, c. 1999, pg. 14.
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Children |
| 1. Frances WATKINS, b. 1720, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British America d. 1762, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, British America (Age 42 years) |
| 2. William WATKINS, b. 1721, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British America d. 24 Feb 1773, Poquoson, Virginia, British America (Age 52 years) |
| 3. Sarah WATKINS, b. 1722, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British America d. Charlotte County, Virginia, British America |
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Family ID |
F4506 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |