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WATSON, David
1707 - 1773 (66 years) Has no ancestors but 17 descendants in this family tree.
1709 - 1787 (78 years)-
Name WATSON, David Birth 1707 Gender Male Death 1773 Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England 
Burial 24 Mar 1773 Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England Person ID I1671 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family DOWAGER, Susannah, b. 1709, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England d. 1787, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England (Age 78 years) Marriage 12 Mar 1728/29 Fleet, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. WATSON, Stephen, b. 1730, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England d. Yes, date unknown2. WATSON, John, b. 1733, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England d. 1734, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England (Age 1 year)3. WATSON, John, b. 1738, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F921 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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DAVID WATSON 1707-1773
David WATSON of Moulton, Lincolnshire, married Susann (sic) DOWGER (sic) of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, at Fleet, Lincolnshire, on 12 March 1728/29.
(PR)
David WATSON witnessed the will of William DOWAGER of Whaplode, husbandman.
(LCC Wills 1763 75)
Will of David WATSON made on 13 November 1772:
In the Name of God Amen I David WATSON of Whapload in the County of Lincoln Innholder being something indisposed in Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding for which I thank the Almighty Being do make this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following
First I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Dear & Loving Wife Susannah WATSON All that my Copyhold Estate wherein I now dwell holden of the Manor of Whapload Abbots with the Rights Members & Appurtenances thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Whapload aforesaid together with all and every my Personal Estate of what Nature or kind soever the same shall or may consist of at the time of my Decease To hold the same Real and Personal Estates unto my said Dear & Loving Wife Susannah WATSON for and during the term of her Natural Life and from & immediately after the Decease I Give Devise & Bequeath the same Real & Personal Estates and every part thereof with their respective Appurtenances unto my Grandaughter Ann WATSON To hold to my said Grandaughter Ann WATSON her heirs and Assigns for Ever But in case my said Grandaughter Ann WATSON shall depart this Life before she shall attain the Age of twenty One years without Lawfull Issue living at her Death or born a reaseassonable time afterwards Then I Give Devise & Bequeath the same Real & Personal Estates unto my son John WATSON her Father To hold to him his heirs and Assigns for Ever Also I Give and Bequeath to my Grandson John WATSON the Sum of Five Pounds o of Lawfull Money of Great Britain Also to my Grandaughter Susannah WATSON the like Sum of Five Pounds Also to Mary WATSON my Grandaughter the like Sum of Five Pounds to be paid into the hands of my said son John WATSON within Six Months a afteter my Decease to be put out at Interest to and for their Use and Benefit & to be paid to them as & when they shall severally Arrive to their Respective Ages of twenty One years And I do hereby appoint my said Son John WATSON Guardian for my saiid Grandchildren & Wife Susannah WATSON Executrix of this my Will she paying my just debts the abovesaid Legacies & Funeral Expences And I do Revoke all former Wills by me heretofore made & Declare this alone my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I the said David WATSON have to this my said last Will set my hand & Seal this thirteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Seventy two
(signed) David WATSON
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator David WATSON as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto The oath of John KEY Ann LONGLANDS John FAULKS.
(LCC Will 1773/195)
(revised 19.06.2012)