JOSIAH WATKINS

Born: 24 June 1818 Sussex Co., Delaware

Married: (1) Dec. 27, 1842 in Caroline Co., MD to DEBORAH WRIGHT daughter of WILLIAM WRIGHT and ELLENDER/ELEANOR DUKES
and (2) July 28, 1848 in Sussex Co., DE, to ELIZABETH J.W. GOWTY/GOOTEE, widow of William McKendree DAVIS and daughter of ABEL GOWTY/GOOTEE and ELIZABETH WHEALTON.

Died: May 21, 1894, in Green Hill, Warren Co., IN. He is buried in Davis Cemetery.

Parents: WILLIAM WATKINS and mother unknown.

Siblings: One full brother died as a child, name unknown.

Half-Siblings: WILLIAM HENRY WATKINS (b. Nov. 1824, Sussex Co., DE, d. Nov. 25, 1875, Green Hill, Warren Co., IN, married AMANDA MARIE DAVIS, Dec. 22, 1856, Caroline Co., MD)

JAMES THOMAS WATKINS (b. Aug. 1826, d. May 16, 1864, Warren Co., IN, married ELIZABETH VAULX Dec. 26, 1844, Kent Co., DE)

JOHN W. WATKINS (b. Aug. 20, 1828 Sussex Co., DE, d. May 3, 1900, Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN, married RACHEL SHARP Dec. 25, 1853, Sussex Co., DE)

ELIZABETH A. WATKINS (b. ca. 1830 Sussex Co., DE, d. unknown, possibly in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN, married THOMAS BRADLEY May 12, 1849, Caroline Co., MD)

Children:

By first marriage with Deborah Wright:
MARY ELLENDER WATKINS (b. Jan. 9, 1844, Caroline Co., MD, d. 13 March 1891, Lima, Allen Co., OH, married Oscar BUTTERFIELD)

By second marriage with Elizabeth Gowty:
HENRY CLAY WATKINS (b. June 4, 1848, d. Jan. 6, 1918, Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN, married JANE GERARD April 25, 1872, Warren Co., IN)

EMMA ELIZABETH WATKINS (b. Oct. 7, 1853, Caroline Co., MD, d. Oct. 1, 1915, Warren Co., IN, married WILLIAM HARMON July 26, 1875, Warren Co., IN)

JOHN G. WATKINS (b. September 1854, Caroline Co., MD, d. Dec. 6, 1940, Benton Co., AR, married ANNA E. RAYL Sept. 9, 1886, Warren Co., IN)

JOSEPHINE WATKINS (b. May 7, 1857, Caroline Co., MD, d. Feb. 27, Tippecanoe Co., IN, married GEORGE S. LAMB Nov. 21, 1878, Warren Co., IN)

Occupation: Farmer

Other Information: Josiah and his family left Caroline County in 1865 and settled in Green Hill, Warren County, Indiana, where other members of his family had settled earlier, beginning with his uncle, CLEMENT WATKINS who settled there ca. 1835.

Sources: Caroline Co., MD marriage records; Sussex Co. and Kent Co., DE marriage records; census records; Warren Co., IN marriage records; orphan's court record of estate of Heneritta Watkins, 1845, Sussex Co., DE; Will of John Watkins, 1842, Sussex Co., DE.; Obituaries, Tippecanoe Co., IN and tombstone inscriptions.