Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Watts and Ann Walker




Husband James Watts 1

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           Died: 28 Jul 1779 - Northumberland Co, PA 1
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Wife Ann Walker 1

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Children
1 M Francis Watts 1

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         Spouse: Jane Means (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - James Watts


He was a sergeant in Captain Arthur Taggart's company, Second Battalion, Cumberland County Militia. He was killed by the Indians in their attack on Fort Freeland, July 28, 1779.

He resided in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, prior to his removal to Northumberland County, during the Revolution. He is said to have been a brother of Gen. Frederick Watts, of Cumberland County, a prominent officer of the Continental Army, who was colonel of a battalion of the "Flying Camp" in the Jersey and Long Island campaign of 1776.


General Notes: Wife - Ann Walker


She was from a family prominent among the early settlers of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


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


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