Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Samuel Watson Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 154 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Watson 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Baldwin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Jan 1785 
  • Birth Location:
  • Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Feb 1818 
  • Death Location:
  • Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Craig
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 24 Aug 1811 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Laura A. Watson (Ahnentafel No:77 )

• Sources for Samuel Watson Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A027258.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/23/2023).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 228, Marriage intention for Samuel Watson Jr. and Mary Craige.
  • ⁴ Washburn, Emory, Historical Sketches of the Town of Leicester, Massachusetts, During the First Century from Its Settlement, Boston: John Wilson and Son (1860), 412.

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