01. Joseph Watson** NB I have not researched these individuals extensively. This is just information I have gleaned in the course of researching my own line. **
This page was last revised on 2009-06-13.
01. Joseph Watson| 1809-05-29 | b. Newcastle upon Tyne. | PRO RG 6/628 |
| 1835-05-26 | cheesemonger of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; m. to Mary Carrick (1814-91, d. of David Carrick of Carlisle (deceased) & Sarah), at Carlisle; both signed. | RG 6/1155; Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920. York: Sessions Book Trust; source for date of Mary's death misplaced |
| 1836 | of Sedgwick Place, Gateshead. | John William Steel (1899) A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends ‘in Scorn called Quakers’ in Newcastle & Gateshead 1653-1898. London & Newcastle, Headley Bros. |
| Children: | William Joshua (1836-abt 1837), Thomas Carrick (1840-1918), Edward (1841-aft 1901) | RG 6/1149; censuses;Annual Monitor; Milligan (2007); source for William Joshua's death misplaced - GRO index has a William Joshua Watson dying in Gateshead in 1841 Q2 |
| 1841 | merchant, of 5 Claremont Place, Gateshead, living with wife, son, mother-in-law, and one servant. | HO 107/296/10 f48 p28 |
| 1847-06-30 | d. Bensham, Gateshead, of phthisis pulmonalis 2 months certified; informant Joshua Watson Jr in attendance, Bensham, Gateshead. | death certificate |
| of Claremont Place, Gateshead; d. at ‘the residence of his father, Bensham, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he was staying for the benefit of his health'. | The British Friend, The Friend V.56:160, Aug 1847 |
| 1811-05-18 | b. Newcastle. | PRO RG 6/628 |
| 1841 | paper stainer, of Bensham, Gateshead. | PRO H0 107/296/9 f34 p16 |
| 1844-06 | joint secretary for the Newcastle & Gateshead Temperance Bazaar, ‘for the sale of useful and fancy work, &c.’ | The British Friend |
| 1844-07 | joint Hon. Sec. of the Newcastle Temperance Bazaar. | The Friend II.7:158-9 |
| 1846-01 & -02 | Newcastle agent for The British Friend. | The British Friend |
| 1847-07-02 | of Bensham, Gateshead; informant of brother’s death. | brother’s death certificate |
| 1851 | paper stainer, painter and (?plasterer) empls 3 men 3 apps & 3 boys, of Bensham Grove, Gateshead. | HO 107/2492 f140 p58 |
| 1855 | jun.; paper hanger and paper stainer, 63 Newgate st, Newcastle. | Slater’s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire |
| 1858 | of 22 Cumberland row, Newcastle. | Kelly’s Directory of Northumberland and Durham |
| 1861 | painter (&c.?), of 22 Cumberland row, Westgate, Newcastle. | RG 9/3812 f19 p35 |
| 1871 | commission agent, of Bensham Grove, Bensham Rd, Gateshead, living with brother. | RG 10/5051 f64 p25 |
| 1881 | powder agent, of 6 Elysium Lane, Gateshead. | RG 11 |
| 1888-07-21 | d. | The Friend |
| . . . "well known as an unobtrusive supporter of local philanthropic movements." | Obituary in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, quoted in email to me from Peter Wright, 2001-10-26 |
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