Family:Whitney, Tabitha (1746-1831)
Tabitha5 Whitney (Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), daughter of Nathaniel4 and Hannah (Day) Whitney, was born 16 Mar 1744/5, Kittery, ME, baptized 25 May 1746, Kittery, ME, and died 13 Sep 1831, Gorham, ME.
She married, 5 Dec 1765, Gorham, ME,[1] John Watson, son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Phinney) Watson. He was born 23 Sep 1741, Gorham, ME, and died 26 Oct 1834, Gorham, ME.
Children of John and Tabitha5 (Whitney) Watson, all born Gorham, ME:
i. Mercy Watson; b. 15 Oct 1766; d. 18 Oct 1769, Gorham, ME. ii. Martha Watson; b. 22 Apr 1769; m. 12 Jun 1788, David Davis. iii. Edmund Watson; b. 17 Jan 1772; d. 13 Dec 1847, Gorham, ME; m. 26 Jun 1797, Betsey Cressy. iv. Coleman Watson; b. 23 Feb 1774; d. Apr 1841 or Apr 1849, Harrison, ME; m. 25 Jul 1802, Elizabeth Frost. He was also known as Coleman P. Watson. v. Miriam Watson; b. 24 Dec 1776; m. 19 Sep 1793, Stephen Murch. vi. Tabitha Watson; b. 16 May 1779; d. 27 Mar 1868, Waterville, ME; m. 5 Jan 1794 or 1797, Josiah Shaw. vii. Molly Watson; b. 9 Apr 1781. viii. Sally Watson; b. 19 Mar 1784; d. 8 Oct 1847, or 7 Oct 1849, Gorham, ME; m. 9 Dec 1802, David Cobb. ix. Greenleaf Clark Watson; b. 14 Mar 1786; d. 18 Dec 1863, Gorham, ME; m. 1 Jul 1812, Lydia Sands Thompson. x. Desire Watson; b. 5 Dec 1788; d. 11 Aug 1858, Gorham, ME; m. 30 May 1806, Gorham, ME, Nahum Chadbourne.
References
1.^ "Tabitha [Whitney] and John Watson, [married] Dec. 5, 1765," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).
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