Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

William Watson

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1232 
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  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 7 Jun 1720 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Orr
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1695 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ireland 
  • Child:

  John Watson (Ahnentafel No:616 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Watson is often mistakenly identified as Matthew Watson. Probate records for his estate in 1720 clearly show his name was William and not Matthew.

• Sources for William Watson

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, 07 JUN 1720, Probate file for estate of William Watson.
  • ² Bemis, Julia Draper (Watson) and Alonzo Amasa Bemis, History and Genealogy of the Watson Family, Descendants of Matthew [sic] Watson, Who came to America in 1718, Boston: Press of W. S. Best and Co. (1894), 15-16.

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