History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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John Watkins, son of Major Henry Walthall and Nancy [Mon-
tague 144] Watkins, b. Nov. 17, 1800, d. Nov., 1880, in Powhatan;
m., May 14, 1830, Jane Finney of Amelia Co., a niece of Watkins
Lee of Va. Her mother was a sister of Benj. Watkins Leigh.
CHILDREN.
1429. Lizzie Leigh, b. 1S32, d. Jan., 1857.
1430. Martha Ann, b. April, 1833, d. May, 1854.
1431. Mary Jane, b. Oct. 15, 1835.
1432. William Henry, b. 1837, resided in Manchester, Va.
1433. Lavinia, b. Aug., 1840, ;;/. Wm. Page of Saline Co., Mo.
1434. John Finney, b. Sept., 1844, resides in Columbus, Ky. He has
one child, Walter Wayne Watkins of Mobile,
Ala.
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Rev. Henry Walthall Watkins, son of Henry W. and Nancy
[Montague 144] Watkins, b. Dec. 28, 1801, d. March 19, 1872; m.,
Oct. 29, 1823, Miss Judith Farrar Hundley. She was b. Feb. 3,
1805, d. Nov. 18, 1879.
children.
1435. Joel Brown, b. Aug. 4, 1824, d. July 21, 1889; m., Dec. 21, 184S,
Bettie Sydnor Blair. They had six children,
alldaus., two only lived to womanhood, Mary
C, b. Jan. 18, 1855, m. Dr. Taliaferro of Chicago,
111., she d, Feb. 13, 1889, leaving two
infants, twins ; the other dau., Lena Custis,
b. Dec. 14, 1866, m. Edward Payson Hall of
Washington, D. C, and has two children,
Custis Lee and Elsie M. Mr. Watkins d.
July 21, 1889. He was a successful merchant
of Richmond.
1436. Virginia Elizabeth, b. April 3, 1826, d. June 24, 1855 ; m., Feb. 22,1849,
Mathew W. Ford. Their children are, Mary
Florence, who resides with her aunt, Mrs.
Yancey, in Mexico, Mo., and Virginia Wat-
kins Ford, who ;;/. July 8, 1875, Bedford C.
Beirne of Lewisburg, W. Va., and has three
children, two boys and a girl.
1437. Judith Ann, b. Aug. 5, 1827, d. June 3, 1832.
1438. Claiborne, b. Jan. 18, 1830, d. Jan. 24, 1892 ; ;;/., March 6, 1856
Miss Virginia Trent Abbott of Richmond.