Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameAlice Euphemia Grissell 
, F
, FBirth Date1710
Birth PlaceHanover, VA
Death Date1799 Age: 89
Death PlaceChatham, Pittsylvania, VA
FatherThomas Grissell , M (~1670-~1716)
MotherMartha Margaret Talbot Phelps , F (1684-1747)
Spouses
Birth Date4 Mar 1710
Birth PlaceScotland Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Death Date19 Apr 1802 Age: 92
Death PlacePittsylvania, VA
Country of birthWales
ChildrenElizabeth , F (1725-1794)
Notes for Sir Thomas John (Spouse 1)
From Clonmel.
Thomas John Watson b. ~1708, Scotland, m. Euphemia Townsend , b. 1710, Hanover Co., VA, d. ~1799, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Thomas died 19 Apr 1802, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA, buried: Family Center, Chatham. Came to America 1730/45 after being sentenced to death for religious beliefs. Lived in Lunenburg Co., VA. Possibly a British Navy Admiral. Children: Thomas Cherrystone Watson, Sr. b. ~1731. John Abishua Watson b. 1730/35. William Bearskin Watson b. ~1750. Grisell Watson b. ~1740. Keziah Watson b. ~1752. Arphileda Watson b. 1732.
Second Generation Thomas Cherrystone Watson, Sr. (1.Thomas ) b. ~1731, Pittsylvania Co., VA, m. Elsie Alice Hughes , b. ~1765, Halifax Co., VA. Thomas died 20 May 1811, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Children: John Watson George Watson b. ~1763. Amos Watson Shemeiah Watson b. bef 1778. Nancy Ann Watson b. 1778
JOHN THOMAS WATSON - WILL
Will of John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Written 22 October 1794 Proved 19 April 1802
In the name of God Amen: I, John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, being of perfect health, body, and mind and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make, constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all, I recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it to me and as for my body, I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the direction of my executors, hereafter named, and as for my worldly goods wherewith ithath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and bequeath, devise and dispose of in the manner and form as following:
Item: It is my Will and I do order in the first place all my just debts be paid and burial charges paid and settled.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son, William and his heirs forever my dwelling plantation and all the land thereto belonging and as for my moveable estate, I also give and bequeath the whole I possess to my son William whom I constitute and ordain to be my only sole executor of this my last Will and Testament.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas and to my son John and to my daughter Grisel lFarthing to my daughter Ceziah Hughes and to my daughter Anphilda Tounsend and totheir heirs forever one shilling sterling to each of them their full shareof all my whole estate to be paid out of my estate by my executor as witnesswhereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this day and year. October 22,1794
/s/ John Watson
Witnesses: John Hammond, Josiah Ferguson and Elisha Burton
Teste Will Tunstall
According to his will, dated Nov. 15, 1802, Watson and his wife E. Alice Watson, had six children: Thomas (who inherited the plantation), John (who settled on Harper Creek northwest of Chatham near Red Eye), William (who went west), Grisell Farthing, Keziah Hughes and Anaphilda Townsend.
Thomas John Watson b. ~1708, Scotland, m. Euphemia Townsend , b. 1710, Hanover Co., VA, d. ~1799, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Thomas died 19 Apr 1802, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA, buried: Family Center, Chatham. Came to America 1730/45 after being sentenced to death for religious beliefs. Lived in Lunenburg Co., VA. Possibly a British Navy Admiral. Children: Thomas Cherrystone Watson, Sr. b. ~1731. John Abishua Watson b. 1730/35. William Bearskin Watson b. ~1750. Grisell Watson b. ~1740. Keziah Watson b. ~1752. Arphileda Watson b. 1732.
Second Generation Thomas Cherrystone Watson, Sr. (1.Thomas ) b. ~1731, Pittsylvania Co., VA, m. Elsie Alice Hughes , b. ~1765, Halifax Co., VA. Thomas died 20 May 1811, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Children: John Watson George Watson b. ~1763. Amos Watson Shemeiah Watson b. bef 1778. Nancy Ann Watson b. 1778
JOHN THOMAS WATSON - WILL
Will of John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Written 22 October 1794 Proved 19 April 1802
In the name of God Amen: I, John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, being of perfect health, body, and mind and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make, constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all, I recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it to me and as for my body, I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the direction of my executors, hereafter named, and as for my worldly goods wherewith ithath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and bequeath, devise and dispose of in the manner and form as following:
Item: It is my Will and I do order in the first place all my just debts be paid and burial charges paid and settled.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son, William and his heirs forever my dwelling plantation and all the land thereto belonging and as for my moveable estate, I also give and bequeath the whole I possess to my son William whom I constitute and ordain to be my only sole executor of this my last Will and Testament.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas and to my son John and to my daughter Grisel lFarthing to my daughter Ceziah Hughes and to my daughter Anphilda Tounsend and totheir heirs forever one shilling sterling to each of them their full shareof all my whole estate to be paid out of my estate by my executor as witnesswhereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this day and year. October 22,1794
/s/ John Watson
Witnesses: John Hammond, Josiah Ferguson and Elisha Burton
Teste Will Tunstall
According to his will, dated Nov. 15, 1802, Watson and his wife E. Alice Watson, had six children: Thomas (who inherited the plantation), John (who settled on Harper Creek northwest of Chatham near Red Eye), William (who went west), Grisell Farthing, Keziah Hughes and Anaphilda Townsend.