Reuben WATKINS^[1]

1779 - 1835  (56 years)

• Name	Reuben WATKINS
  Birth	13 May 1779	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	19 Oct 1803	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [5]
  	Granted certificate to marry
  	Address: Blackwater Monthly Meeting
  	'Reuben granted certificate to Jack Swamp Monthly Meeting, N.C. to marry.'
  Misc	23 Apr 1806	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [6]
  	Address: Blackwater MM
  	'Reuben reported that he had taken from him a pair of saddle bags under the militia law during the past year.'
  Misc	19 Sep 1807	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [7]
  	Complain about in Seacock Particular Meeting
  Misc	16 Apr 1808	Sussex County, New Jersey   [7]
  	Fined
  	Reuben had taken from him by Richard Rogers $7.90 in cash for [militia] muster fines this year.
  Misc	1810	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [7]
  	Paid muster fines
  	"Reuben had taken from him by William Atkinson,$9.53 for [militia] muster fines for this year."
  Misc	1811	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [7]
  	Fined for failing to attend muster
  	'Reuben had taken from him by Benjamin Bratcher, $2.50 for militia fines.'
  Death	17 Sep 1835	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [2, 8]
  	Hinshaw reported that Reuben's death was 17 Sep 1835. Since Anna appears to be listed alone with three of their children in 1840 census, it seems that the 1835 date might be correct.
  Burial	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Address: Goshen Friends Cemetery
  Person ID	I121	Watkins
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	James WATKINS, II,   b. 1744, Albemarle Parish Church, Surry County, Virginia, British America d. 11 Oct 1799, Sussex County, Virginia, United States (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Anne WHITE,   b. 14 Jan 1754, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Johnson County, North Carolina, United States
  Marriage Banns	21 Oct 1770	Surry County, Virginia, British America   [9, 10, 11]
  	Address: Blackwater Meeting
  	"At a monthly meeting held at Blackwater Surry County the 21st of the 10th month 1770 James Watkins and Ann White Declared their intetions of marriage with each the the first time. Lucy Baily and Elizabeth Bailey are appointed to inquire into Anne White's clearness in relation to marriage and make a report to the next meeting."
  Marriage Banns	17 Nov 1770	Burleigh, Prince George, Virginia, British America   [12]
  	"At a monthly meeting held at Burleigh in Prince George County the 17th 11th month 1770, James Watkins and Ann [sic] White declared their intentions of marriage the second time and all things appearing clear they are at liberty to consummate their marriage agreeable with the rules of the society. Guy Bailey and Elizabeth Bailey are appointed to attend their marriage for good order and make report to next meeting. No further business the meeting adjourns till the next in course at Blackwater."
  Marriage	15 Dec 1770	Sussex County, Virginia, British America   [13]
  	"At a meeting held at Black Water, Surry County the 15th of the 12th month 1770 one of the Friends appointed to attend the marriage of James Watkins and Ann [sic] White reported that it was 'decently accomplished' -- no further business the meeting adjourns till the next in course at Burleigh." ------------------------------------------------------
  Misc-Fam	15 Dec 1770	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [5]
  	'James reported [at the Blackwater Monthly Meeting] married to Ann White.' ------------------------------------------------------
  Residence	2 Jun 1790	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [14]
  	When Richmond was invaded, Virginia census records were destroyed. An attempt has been made to recreate the census by the use of tax records.
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna PATTERSON,   b. 8 Nov 1779, North Carolina d. 18 Feb 1873, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1803	Richsquare Meeting, Northampton, North Carolina, United States   [2]
  Residence	1810	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [15]
  Misc-Fam	21 Sep 1811	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [7]
  	Transferred
  	'Reuben and wife, Anne, and children, Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennett, & William, removed [presumably from Seacock Particular meeting], [and] granted certificate to Still Water Monthly Meeting, Belmont County, Ohio.'
  Misc-Fam	26 Nov 1811	Belmont County, Ohio, United States   [16]
  	Family received
  	Address: Stillwater Monthly Meeting
  	'Reuben and wife, Anna, and children: Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennet, and William, received on certificate from Gravely Run Monthly Meeting, Va. dated 1811,9,21.' -------------------------- "Friends' Stillwater Meeting House" by Jonathan Schofield Transcribed from "History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties" (Online at http://www.drwilliams.org/iDoc/index.htm?url=http://www.drwilliams.org/iDoc/stillwater.htm" "About one-half of the eastern part of Warren township was originally settled almost exclusively by Friends, commonly called Quakers. They came chiefly from the southern states, many of the pioneers being the heads of young and growing families, were stimulated to the movement by a desire to remove without the blighting influence of human slavery, against which their religious principles required them to bear a consistent testimony, and being unwilling that their children should grow up in the midst of its corrupting influences, they left, in many instances good lands in a genial clime, to set themselves down to a life of privations and hardships incident to pioneer life in the forest north of the Ohio river... In 1811, ... Reuben Watkins, wife and five sons, ..., from Dinwiddie county, Va. "
  Residence	1820	Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States   [17]
  	Farmer
  	Head of household was listed as 'Rubin Wadkins' Census shows: Four males under 10: Bennett, William, James, and Joel Two males 10 and less than 16: Lemuel and Edwin One male 45 and upward: Reuben (actually he would have been 41) Three females under 10: Susanna, Unity and ? One female 26-45: Anna who would have been about 39
  Residence	1830	Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States   [18]
  	He was listed as "Ruben Watkins." Census listed: One male between 5 & 10: ? One male between 10 & 15: Joel (14) Two males between 15 & 20: James (18) and William (20) Four males between 30 & 40: Unclear who these would be One male between 50 & 60: Reuben (51) Two females between 5 & 10: (Perhaps these were grandchildren?) One female between 15 & 20: Unity (13) One female between 30 & 40: (Probably the wife of one of the sons) One female between 50 & 60: Anna (49)
  Misc-Fam	24 Sep 1832	Belmont County, Ohio, United States   [19]
  	Granted certificate to Goshen MM
  	Address: Somerset MM
  	'Reuben & wife, Anna, and children, James, Susanna, Joel, Unity and Lucinda, granted certificate to Goshen Monthly Meeting, Ohio.'
  Children	1. Lemuel WATKINS,   b. 4 Feb 1806, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 27 Aug 1883, Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years)   2. Ira WATKINS,   b. 21 Apr 1808, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 28 Sep 1878, Union County, Ohio, United States (Age 70 years)   3. Bennett WATKINS,   b. 13 Dec 1809, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 25 Jan 1873, Byhalia, Washington Township, Union, Ohio, United States (Age 63 years)   4. William Henry WATKINS,   b. 1810, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 13 Jun 1867, Kansas, United States (Age 57 years)   5. James WATKINS,   b. 23 Dec 1812, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 12 Jun 1901, Pierceton, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 88 years)   6. Susannah H WATKINS,   b. 2 Oct 1814, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 19 Feb 1880, Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 65 years)   7. Joel WATKINS,   b. 30 Mar 1816, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 19 Jan 1856, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 39 years)   8. Unity WATKINS,   b. 31 Dec 1817, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 25 Feb 1884, Harrison Twp., Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 66 years)   9. Lucinda WATKINS,   b. 26 Nov 1819, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 8 Apr 1910, Carthage, Rush, Indiana, United States (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 6 Nov 1803 - Richsquare Meeting, Northampton, North Carolina, United States Misc - Fined - 16 Apr 1808 - Sussex County, New Jersey Residence - Farmer - 1820 - Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States Residence - 1830 - Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States Death - 17 Sep 1835 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Goshen Friends Cemetery - - Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  James and Anne White Watkins in Quaker Records This document contains copies of the original handwritten Quaker records listing the birth of the ten children of James and Anne White Watkins of Sussex County, Virginia.

  
  

  Headstones

  Reuben Watkins (1779 - 1835) Husband of Anna Patterson Watkins

  
  

  Histories		WATKINS - The Watkins Family and the Society of Friends This narrative consists of three sections each of which is found on a separate page: (1) Background about Quakers in Virginia, (2) Early Virginia Quakers with the Watkins Surname, and (3) James and Anne Watkins, Surry/Sussex County Quakers.
  		WATKINS - Migration of Some of the Children of James and Anne White Watkins of Sussex County, Virginia Historians report that migration in the early United States tended to be a family matter with families of multiple units migrating from one state to another in search of a better way of life. Land was often the attraction. Sometimes land was free; other times it was relatively inexpensive; and often times it had richer, more tillable soil.
  		WATKINS - Marriage of Reuben and Anne Patterson Watkins This an article from an unknown newspaper apparently written in 1903 reporting on the celebration of some of their descendants of their wedding in 1803.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Imported GEDCOM file. [S127] James C. Watkins. [S130] Goshen Monthly Meeting, Page 28. [S255] Doris Fountain, Watkins Genealogist, From Watkins Bible Record. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 119 Blackwater Monthly Meeting. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 124. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 143. [S455] Family Bible of Lemuel and Mary Taylor Watkins, Family Bible of Lemuel and Mary Taylor Watkins. [S211] Watkins, Early Quakers of Sussex County, Virginia. Indiana DAR GRC report: s1 v963: Watkins, early Quakers of Sussex County, Virginia by Sarah E. Eppard [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 124 Blackwater Monthly Meeting. [S24] Miscellaneous, Ancestry.com, U.S. Quaker Records, Sussex (Surry) Blackwater & Upper MM Page 64 of 118. [S86] ua, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Virginia, Sussex, Blackwater and Upper Meetings Minutes 1752-1775, Page 88. [S86] ua, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Virginia, Sussex, Blackwater and Upper Meetings Minutes 1752-1775, Page 89. [S207] 1790 Virginia Tax Record. [S209] 1810 United States Federal Census, Page 23. What is shown on the census is one male and one female each between the ages of 28 thru 44 and four males under 10 years of age. This conforms to the genealogy of the Reuben Watkins family. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Stillwater Monthly Meeting, Page 452. [S128] 1820 United States Federal Census, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio Ancestry page 5 of 7. [S129] 1830 United States Federal Census, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio Ancestry page 5 of 24. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Somerset MM, Page 598.