Ancestors, Family History, John Watson Haltwhistle Northumberland
In 1721 John was born, he starts this Family tree of Watson's and Associated Families with Roots back to Scalehouses Renwick Cumberland, History of which has the odd Secret and Mystery.
They are now spread to places like Haltwhistle, Northumberland, Tynedale, Hexham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Keilder, Carlisle, Penrith, Lake District, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America to name but a few, The Family History and Genealogy set out in these web pages I have tried to make as interesting as possible to those looking for there Forefathers and to visitors alike I hope you enjoy these pages
Best wishes John
Do you believe in Ghosts see for yourself
What Mystery is in Caleb's letter of 1890 on page 21 near the bottom of first paragraph he mentions the barn door read this click on page number to see original document then go to the picture of the oak tree enlarge it look closely at the door of the barn, for better views go to ghosts page what do you see I would be interested to know.
My ancestors came to Angerton now called Bankfoot a small hamlet beside the village of Greenhead then moved to Waterloo move again to Haltwhistle to help build the Steam Railway Bridges etc. liked the place and stayed. In my opinion is one of the most beautiful parts of England. Steeped in history, castles full of Secrets, Mystery and the odd ghost.
And is a central place for Tourists to stay, is within easy reach of the Lake District, Carlisle, Newcastle, Hexham and Gateshead Metro Centre (great place to shop) Keilder Water largest man made lake in England, Alston the highest market town in England, and also has a Steam Railway more about them in links page.
Best of all we are only about one and half miles from Hadrian's Wall a world heritage site and very near the four main sites Housesteads, Carvoran, Birdoswald and Vindolanda which is my favourite, A bit about these sites for disabled Housesteads is up a field not good Carvoran is a roman army museum on the level, Vindolanda is pretty good from west entrance, Birdoswald is best you can stop your car on side of the road reach out of the window and touch the wall its that close, More about them in links page,
Lets get back to Haltwhistle it is a great place to stay and some of the friendliest people in the world live here. We also class ourselves as being The Centre of Britain by calculations of latitude and longitude made by Mr David Taylor of the Centre of Britain Hotel formerly known as The Red Lion which was a hostelry in the old days of stage coaches, this building was also a Pele Tower fortified like castles in the days of the Border Reivers what about the secret tunnel and the mystery of where it goes,
If tourists have a must do list then Haltwhistle and Hadrian’s wall better know as the Roman wall is the place to visit and if you are a Watson with connections a visit to Renwick Cumberland must be on it or you have really missed out
What I am displaying on this web site at the moment is only a small part of a large collection of photo's letters and other bits and pieces, pages the most important thing is a book of Poems written by Thomas and published in 1860 in his memory, as far as I know there are only two copies in existence I have copied this onto the computer in JPEG files and I am prepared to give anyone a copy who can genuinely connect and add their tree to mine and be prepared to allow me to publish it with mine on the web site.
Caleb in 1890 wrote a letter to his relatives in Australia of which I have a copy kindly given to me by Mr & Mrs Jackson his earnest wish was that the information he provided would be used in research of Family History. The first draft of this tree was done by Dorothy Margaret Godson (nee Lattin). Then passed to her Uncle Francis Joseph Lattin in 1974. That side of the tree was passed to me by Miss Dorothy Irving when added to mine it now has over Nineteen hundred names and all the rest who have given of their family trees and preferred to remain anonymous
I have taken up that challenge and request your help, Caleb called it a Clan there is a Watson clan out there in the vastness of the Internet lets make it something that we and associated families can be proud of.
My Auntie Bee who is long since deceased always said that our ancestors father originated from Scotland and fought in the rebellion of 1715 they were beaten and put to flight and a farmer sympathetic to the course hid him until things settled down.
He fell in love with the farmer's daughter and married her, who was that Scotsman; Caleb mentions the mystery of the ancestry before 1721.
We have now got some leads more about this on the Ancesters page
Well I will shut up now and let you get on with what you came looking for your Ancestors, Family History, Roots and hopefully your Family Tree.
Best of luck
John
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