Simon Watt1 
b. circa 1539
10th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
12th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Simon Watt was born circa 1539.1 He was buried on 19 October 1584 in Cockfield, Durham, England.1
Additional Data
On 16 December 1574 Simon Watt and his son Ralph witnessed the will of Richard Bayles, parson.1
The will of Simon Watt of Cockfield, Durham, made 14 October 1583, directs that he be buried in the parish churchyard. To my wife and children the tenement that I dwell upon jointly, and my wife to be head of it so long she liveth, and if she do not marry. After her death or marriage, my son Ralph shall have the charge, he to be a good helper to his younger brethren. To my son Richard Watt a piece of ground which I took of John Emerson, lying in Softley lordship and occupied by the indenture made between me and the said John Emerson. To my son William Watt all my title I have to the ground called Sodesclose. To Richard Watt my best filly and mare. To my daughter Elizabeth Watt six ewes, which shall stand for her child's portion, for that I have paid to her husband all those things which I promised him with her in marriage. To every of my daughter's children, one lamb. The rest of all my goods to my wife and my three children Ralph Watt, Richard Watt and William Watt, whom I appoint executors. Witnesses: Ralph Watt, George Lodge, Robert Dixon.2
The will of Simon Watt of Cockfield, Durham, made 14 October 1583, directs that he be buried in the parish churchyard. To my wife and children the tenement that I dwell upon jointly, and my wife to be head of it so long she liveth, and if she do not marry. After her death or marriage, my son Ralph shall have the charge, he to be a good helper to his younger brethren. To my son Richard Watt a piece of ground which I took of John Emerson, lying in Softley lordship and occupied by the indenture made between me and the said John Emerson. To my son William Watt all my title I have to the ground called Sodesclose. To Richard Watt my best filly and mare. To my daughter Elizabeth Watt six ewes, which shall stand for her child's portion, for that I have paid to her husband all those things which I promised him with her in marriage. To every of my daughter's children, one lamb. The rest of all my goods to my wife and my three children Ralph Watt, Richard Watt and William Watt, whom I appoint executors. Witnesses: Ralph Watt, George Lodge, Robert Dixon.2
Children of Simon Watt
- Elizabeth Watt2
- Ralph Watt+ 1 b. s 1560
- Richard Watt2
- William Watt2
Citations
- [S908] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Watts, of Cockfield, Co. Durham, and Scarborough," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 588, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
- [S908] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Watts, of Cockfield, Co. Durham, and Scarborough," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 589, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Miller (1939).
