Watson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 10011
Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscript material created by or related to the Watson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Included are various autograph manuscripts, indenture releases and a mortgage, poetry, legal manuscripts, a passport, two diaries belonging to John and Martha Watson, and a manuscript containing a personal memoir and a Native American speech.
Dates
- circa 1700, 1792-1878
Creator
- Watson Family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of copyrighted materials beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
The Watsons were a prominent Irish Quaker family from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Watson, Jr. (circa. 1698-1729) married Elizabeth Smith (b. circa 1700) in 1720. Sarah Watson (b. 1725) is the child of Thomas Watson, Jr. and Elizabeth Smith. John Watson (1767-1841) and Martha Watson (1774-1844) were active in the Quaker community in Bucks County, where John worked as a surveyor and the two kept an active farm.
Extent
.25 Cubic feet (11 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mortgage deeds Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Quakers -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Quakers -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 18th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Watson Family (Family)
- Title
- Watson Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hannah Sabal
- Date
- 7/26/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository