Francis Watts and Jane Means

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Husband Francis Watts ¹

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         Father: James Watts (      -1779) 1
         Mother: Ann Walker (      -      ) 1

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Wife Jane Means ¹

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         Father: Samuel Means, Jr. (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Clarke (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Watts ³

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           Born: 1790 - near Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 1
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           Died: 14 Dec 1830 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Henry Mercur (1786-1868) 3
           Marr: 10 Sep 1810 1

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General Notes: Husband - Francis Watts

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The Watts family were early settlers in central Pennsylvania.

He was a private in the Fourth Regiment of Light Dragoons, Colonel Stephen Moylan, in the Continental Army, and second lieutenant in Colonel Arthur Buchanan's battalion, of Cumberland County Militia, in 1777. He was captured by the Indians in their attack on Fort Freeland, July 28, 1779, but escaped the same day.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 381.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 382.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 380.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 383.