Jean Watson

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name
Jean Watson
aka
[Jane Watson, Jean Pattullo, Jane Pattullo]
sex
female
access
public
summary
A native of Prestonpans, East Lothian, she married Alexander Pattullo at Inveresk in 1806 and in 1823, as a Caledon local history has it, brought their children out to join him on his farm at Caledon, Upper Canada. Widowed in 1828, she died there in 1852, aged 83 by her gravestone. Mother of Halkett Pattullo and great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.
born
date
between 1768 and 1771
place
Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, online-tree-familysearch-short-pattullo]
note
Her gravestone has her "native of Prestonpans" and "in the 84 [?] year of her age" at her death in August 1852 (83, as the transcription has it), so born 1768 or 1769, as the FamilySearch tree has it (1768). WikiTree has 3 May 1771, from a baptism at Prestonpans, 5 May 1771, of Jean, daughter of James Watson and Jean Dickson (FamilySearch XY2G-V2K): hers if the stone overstates her age, which the birth of her son Thomas in 1817 makes likely, or a namesake's.
died
date
8 Aug 1852
place
Caledon, Peel County, Canada West
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
buried
place
Melville White Church Cemetery, Caledon, Peel County, Upper Canada
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
"Jane Watson his wife," on her husband's stone; Find a Grave 35766529 ("Jane Pattullo").
residences
date
1823
place
Caledon, Peel County, Upper Canada
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
Brought the children out in 1823 to join her husband on his farm at Caledon (Trimble's Caledon history).

Great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Prestonpans, she married Alexander Pattullo at Inveresk with Musselburgh in October 1806, and is named as the mother in the indexed baptisms of their sons James (1807), Halkett (1809) and Thomas "Pitully" (1817) (source). Her husband went out to Upper Canada in 1820, and in 1823 she followed with the children, James, Thomas, Halkett, Margaret and Jane, as Trimble's Caledon history tells it. She was widowed in December 1828, when Alexander was killed by a falling tree, and lost her son Thomas in 1849. She died at Caledon on 8 August 1852, a few weeks before or after the birth there of her granddaughter Mary, Halkett's youngest child, and is named on the stone Halkett put up in 1855 (source). WikiTree notes that she is not found in the 1851-52 census with any of her children.

Her eldest son James, at his second marriage in 1879, gave her name as "Mary" [?] Watson (record).

Research: Ruth Short's ancestry: the archive, the Ancestry tree, WikiTree and FamilySearch compared, Ellingwood line: the wives' families (Pattullo and Short, Adams and Deyoe, Rice and Sylvester).

Open questions

  • Her birth: 1768-69 (her gravestone's age) or 1771 (the Prestonpans baptism WikiTree gives her). If the 1771 baptism is hers, her parents were James Watson and Jean Dickson. The Prestonpans register for 1768-1771 would show whether there is another Jean Watson to choose between.
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  2. name: Jean Watson
  3. aka: [Jane Watson, Jean Pattullo, Jane Pattullo]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. A native of Prestonpans, East Lothian, she married Alexander Pattullo at Inveresk in 1806 and in
  8. 1823, as a Caledon local history has it, brought their children out to join him on his farm at
  9. Caledon, Upper Canada. Widowed in 1828, she died there in 1852, aged 83 by her gravestone. Mother
  10. of Halkett Pattullo and great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.
  11. born:
  12. date: between 1768 and 1771
  13. place: Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, online-tree-familysearch-short-pattullo]
  17. note: 'Her gravestone has her "native of Prestonpans" and "in the 84 [?] year of her age" at her death in August 1852 (83, as the transcription has it), so born 1768 or 1769, as the FamilySearch tree has it (1768). WikiTree has 3 May 1771, from a baptism at Prestonpans, 5 May 1771, of Jean, daughter of James Watson and Jean Dickson (FamilySearch XY2G-V2K): hers if the stone overstates her age, which the birth of her son Thomas in 1817 makes likely, or a namesake''s.'
  18. died:
  19. date: 8 Aug 1852
  20. place: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  24. buried:
  25. place: Melville White Church Cemetery, Caledon, Peel County, Upper Canada
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  29. note: '"Jane Watson his wife," on her husband''s stone; Find a Grave 35766529 ("Jane Pattullo").'
  30. residences:
  31. - date: "1823"
  32. place: Caledon, Peel County, Upper Canada
  33. basis: compiled
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  36. note: "Brought the children out in 1823 to join her husband on his farm at Caledon (Trimble's Caledon history)."
  37. ---
  39. Great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Prestonpans, she married Alexander Pattullo at
  40. Inveresk with Musselburgh in October 1806, and is named as the mother in the indexed baptisms of their
  41. sons [James](/people/james-pattullo-1807/) (1807), [Halkett](/people/halkett-pattullo-1809/) (1809) and [Thomas](/people/thomas-pattullo-1817/) "Pitully" (1817)
  42. ([source](/files/sources/index-familysearch-ellingwood-wives/)). Her husband went out to Upper Canada in
  43. 1820, and in 1823 she followed with the children, James, Thomas, Halkett, Margaret and Jane, as
  44. Trimble's Caledon history tells it. She was widowed in December 1828, when Alexander was killed by a
  45. falling tree, and lost her son Thomas in 1849. She died at Caledon on 8 August 1852, a few weeks
  46. before or after the birth there of her granddaughter Mary, Halkett's youngest child, and is named on
  47. the stone Halkett put up in 1855 ([source](/files/sources/gravestone-alexander-pattullo-1828/)). WikiTree
  48. notes that she is not found in the 1851-52 census with any of her children.
  50. Her eldest son James, at his second marriage in 1879, gave her name as "Mary" [?] Watson
  51. ([record](/files/sources/marriage-register-pattullo-trueman-1879/)).
  53. Research: `research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md`, `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Wives_Families.md`.
  55. ## Open questions
  57. - Her birth: 1768-69 (her gravestone's age) or 1771 (the Prestonpans baptism WikiTree gives her).
  58. If the 1771 baptism is hers, her parents were James Watson and Jean Dickson. The Prestonpans
  59. register for 1768-1771 would show whether there is another Jean Watson to choose between.
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