Reason:Letter written by his father Edward in 1748....to Virginia
Reason:Burial of Spouse lists him as a surgeon
Reason:Died on the way to Bath
See https://dkcook2.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/edward-watkins-17461809-surgeon-brother-of-mary-ford/ and of Wookey, Somersetshire, who died 29 Aug of the same year. He received his medical training under Dr. John Ford, then in practice at Bristol. At an early age he settled as a surgeon in London, was admitted a member of the court of assistants of the Royal College of Surgeons, acquired an excellent practice, and was greatly liked.pensary, which office he resigned, after more than twenty years' service, on 16 July 1801. At this time, the finances of the charity being very low, Ford generously presented it with the arrears of his salary, amounting altogether to four hundred guineas, and his example was followed by the physicians to the institution, Drs. Foart Simmons and Robert Bland.et, when on his way from Weymouth to Bath.e added some Remarks on White Swellings of the Knee … illustrated by cases and engravings, 8vo, London, 1794, of which revised editions were published in 1810 and 1818 by his nephew and successor Thomas Copeland, to whom he bequeathed his house in Golden Square, London, and a considerable legacy.ied. His first wife, Sarah Frances, daughter of Hugh Josiah Hansard, died in 1783, and was buried at Hillingdon, Middlesex.blic domain: "Ford, Edward (1746-1809)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ford_(surgeon). Note wrong father
https://dkcook2.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/edward-watkins-17461809-surgeon-brother-of-mary-ford/
Thomas Ford was Edward Ford's (Surgeon born in 1747 and died in 1809) grandfather. His real father was named Edward Ford also and was a vicar in Duntisbourne Rouse. His real father died when he was very young and was likely raised in part by his grandparents.
Edward Ford |
Added via a Smart Match
MyHeritage family tree
Family site: Watkins
Family tree: 602594721-2