Rebecca John ELLIOTT^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1886  (64 years)

• Name	Rebecca John ELLIOTT
  Birth	9 Oct 1821	Stark County, Ohio, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  	Rebecca J. Elliott was born on 9 Oct 1821 in , Stark County, Ohio. She died on 14 May 1886 in , Logan Co., Ohio. Rebecca married William White Watkins on 22 Apr 1847 in , Logan Co., Ohio.
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1830	Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States   [5]
  Residence	12 Jul 1860	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  Residence	6 Jul 1870	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7]
  Residence	5 Jun 1880	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States
  Death	14 May 1886	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [8]
  Burial	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Address: Equality Cemetery
  Notes	"John" as middle name comes from Skidmore Family Bible. Clearly her mother's surname was given to her for a middle name.
  Person ID	I99	Watkins
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Joseph ELLIOT,   b. 1779, Chester County, Pennsylvania d. 30 Jan 1837, Marlboro Township, Stark, Ohio, United States (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth JOHN,   b. 20 Sep 1784, Menallen Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States d. 27 Jul 1862, Ohio (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1803	Pike Run, Washington County, Pennsylvania   [9]
  	Entry reads: "Elliott 1803, 9, 1. Joseph [Eliot], son of Isaac & Alice, Washington Co., Pa.; m at Pike Run, Elizabeth John, daughter of Joseph & Mary, Washington Co., Pa."
  Residence	1830	Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States   [5]
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William White WATKINS,   b. 13 Oct 1825, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 1 Nov 1897, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1847  [10, 11]
  	Marriage performed by J.W. Johnson, Justice of the Peace
  Residence	23 Sep 1850	Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [12]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. William Jasper WATKINS,   b. 10 Apr 1848, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 4 May 1930, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 82 years)   2. Charles Wesley WATKINS,   b. 3 May 1849, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 31 Mar 1922, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States (Age 72 years)   3. Nancy Elizabeth WATKINS,   b. 22 Dec 1850, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 4 Sep 1920, Jackson Township, Union, Ohio, United States (Age 69 years)   4. James Hamilton WATKINS,   b. 24 Oct 1852, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 28 Jan 1938, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 85 years)   5. Joseph Milton WATKINS,   b. 25 Apr 1854, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 16 Apr 1922, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 67 years)   6. Mary Melissa WATKINS,   b. 9 Jun 1856, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 13 Mar 1913, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 56 years)   7. Eliza Jane WATKINS,   b. 18 Feb 1858, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 2 Jan 1932, Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States (Age 73 years)   8. Isaac Newton WATKINS,   b. 14 Nov 1859, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 18 Jan 1936, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 76 years)   9. Harriet Adaline WATKINS,   b. 2 Dec 1861, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 3 Jan 1863, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 1 year)   10. Aaron Sherman WATKINS, D.D., Ph.D., LL.D,   b. 29 Nov 1863, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 9 Feb 1941, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Oct 1821 - Stark County, Ohio, United States Residence - 1830 - Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 23 Sep 1850 - Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - 12 Jul 1860 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - 6 Jul 1870 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - 5 Jun 1880 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Death - 14 May 1886 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Equality Cemetery - - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		rebecca_elliott_watkins.jpg
  		Rebecca John Elliott Watkins Wife of William White Watkins and mother of ten children
  		Watkins Reunion - 1894 The descendants of William White Watkins and Rebecca Elliott Watkins hold a reunion annually on the second Sunday of August. This photograph was taken at their 1894 reunion held at the home of William and Rebecca just east of Rushsylvania, Ohio.

  
  

  Headstones

  William White Watkins and Rebecca John Elliott Watkins William (1825 - 1897) Rebecca (1821 - 1886)

  
  

  Histories		WATKINS - The Nine Each year the descendants of William White Watkins and Rebecca Elliott Watkins hold a family reunion in Logan County, Ohio on the second Sunday in August. This poem was written to commemorate nine of William and Rebecca's surviving children at the time of one of the reunions.
  		WATKINS - William White and Rebecca Elliott Watkins' Family One of a collection of historical sketches and family histories compiled by members and friends of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Bellefontaine, Ohio

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Ancestors of Rebecca Elliott. [S154] Skidmore Family Bible. [S89] Royston Genealogy Page. [S91] Gravestone. Tombstone inscription, Equality Cem., East of Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio lists date of birth at 9 Oct 1821. [S129] 1830 United States Federal Census, Lexington, Stark, OH Page 29. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census. Rushsylvania, Rush Creek Township, Logan, Ohio Page 201 (28 of 47) [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census. Rush Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio Page 13 of 44 [S100] Cemetery Record, Equality Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio. [S317] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 30. [S10] Genealogy of the Watkins Family, Pg 1. [S93] Marriage Certificate, Logan County, OH Marriage Records, Book B, p. 31. See Marriage Record! [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Perry Township, Logan, OH Dwelling 53.