When Samuel Watson was born in 1788, in Maryland, United States, his father, Walter Watson, was 27 and his mother, Rachel Stone, was 39. He married Elizabeth Watson on 12 October 1812. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 20 September 1855, at the age of 67, and was buried in Paint Memorial Cemetery, London, Madison, Ohio, United States.
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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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