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Personal data John Watson 


Household of John Watson

He is married to Joane Margaret Sotheron.

They got married in the year 1529 at Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Watson  ± 1520-1550 
  2. John William Watson  ± 1517-1566
  3. John Watson  1517-1566
  4. John T Watson  ± 1520-1584
  5. James Watson  ± 1530-1616
  7. John Watson  1532-1559
  8. Alice Watson  1533-????
  9. Henry Watson  1534-1597
  10. Margaret Watson  1535-1560
  13. Maria Watson  1537-????
  14. Maria Isabel Watson  1540-1593
  15. Johne Watson  ± 1540-1623
  16. Sister Watson  1540-????
  17. Robert Watson  1543-1607
  18. Christopheri Watson  1548-1604

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Day of death August 31, 1568

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1568: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » The Edict of Torda prohibited the persecution of individuals on religious ground in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
    • March 23 » The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
    • May 2 » Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
    • May 13 » Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
    • May 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
    • May 23 » Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.

Day of burial September 10, 1568

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1568: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 23 » The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
    • May 2 » Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
    • May 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
    • May 23 » Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
    • July 21 » Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
    • October 20 » The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.


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