Mary "Polly" WATSON
1816 - 1890 (~ 74 years)
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Name Mary "Polly" WATSON Born CA 1816 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census 1850, 1860 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census 1870 Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Died 17 Oct 1890 Roane Co, WV [2] Buried Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV [3, 4] Person ID I15775 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 4 Apr 2013
Father Jacob WATSON, b. CA 1787, Virginia , d. Bef Aug 1860 (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Sarah PRITCHARD, b. CA 1797, Allegheny Co, PA Family ID F5741 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John JETT, Jr., b. 1813, bur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Married 1836 Harrison Co, (W)VA [2, 5, 6, 7] Notes - At the age of seven, John Jett Jr. moved with his parents to Barbour County, where they purchased a farm. In 1849, he and his wife moved to Ritchie County, where they lived until 1875, moving then to Roane County, WV. They had ten children, three of whom died in childhood.
1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
John Jett, 37, farmer; Mary, 34; Wesley, 13; William, 10; Jacob, 8; Eliz, 6; Sylvester, 4; Alvin, 2.
1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
John Jett, 48, farmer; Mary, 44; William, 20; Jacob, 18; Sylvester, 14; Alvin, 11; Otha, 9; John M, 7; Wilson F, 5; Wesley, 23. [3]
Children 1. William M. JETT, b. 18 Jan 1840, Barbour Co, (W)VA , d. 5 Feb 1922, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 82 years)2. Jacob JETT, b. CA 1842, Barbour Co, (W)VA 3. Elizabeth JETT, b. CA 1844, d. YOUNG 4. Sylvester JETT, b. 29 Jul 1846, Barbour Co, (W)VA , d. 22 Jul 1923, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 76 years)5. Alvin JETT, b. CA 1849 6. Otha JETT, b. CA 1851 7. John M. JETT, b. CA 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA 8. Wilson Flavius JETT, b. 19 May 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9. George JETT, d. YOUNG 10. Sarah JETT, d. YOUNG 11. Mary K. JETT, b. CA 1861 Family ID F5622 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- At the age of seven, John Jett Jr. moved with his parents to Barbour County, where they purchased a farm. In 1849, he and his wife moved to Ritchie County, where they lived until 1875, moving then to Roane County, WV. They had ten children, three of whom died in childhood.
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Sources - [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
- [S1863] The Pritchard Family History, Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ
- [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 362.
- [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 257.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 100.
Marriage record consists of a list, submitted by the minister on Apr 1 1837, of all the couples that he had married in the preceding year. Among them were John Jett and Mary Watson, not further identified, married on an unspecified date in 1836. - [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 362.
Marriage date erroneously reported as Apr 1 1837. - [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
- [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.