When Sophia Watkins was born after 1786, in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Job Watkins, was 8248 and her mother, Mary Hitchins, was 8237. She married John Pope on 22 October 1804, in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 21 January 1821, in her hometown, and was buried in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England.
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