When Thomas Watson was born on 1 September 1780, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Watson, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Satchell, was 33. He married Martha Parker on 11 April 1803, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died in October 1843, in his hometown, at the age of 63.
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The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
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