When William Harskin Watts was born in 1774, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Watts, was 16 and his mother, Sarah Stubblefield, was 21. He married Sarah Sally Divine on 9 July 1794, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1841, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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