(going back 9 generations to Northern Ireland and Scotland)
Family mottos:
“Insperata Floruit” (“Flourishing unexpectedly”)
“Esto quod esse videris” (“Men should be what they seem”)
“Mea gloria fides” (“Faith is my glory”)
(Click on first name for Vitals/spousal surname for associated tree)
Thomas Watson, Sr. ( )
Elizabeth Willson (1744-1781)
I
Thomas Watson, Jr.* (1779/95-1857)
Margaret ___ (1779- )
I
Hope Watson (1819-1879)
Daniel Cooper Fleming (1810-1880)
I
Susan/Susannah Ethel Fleming (1846-1931)
Joseph Myler Moon, Jr. (1835-1905)
I
Alice Virginia Moon (1865-1947)
Joseph Marshall Hill (1858-1939)
I
Bessie Reed Hill (1887-1974)
Wesley Herron Pearce (1876-1955)
I
Ralph Hill Pearce (1917-2002)
Ruth Elizabeth Gray (1917-2005)
I
Larry Edsel Pearce (1948- )
Susan Kay Miller (1949- )
^
Annie Rebecca Pearce Matthew Carter Pearce
(1971- ) (1973- )
*one source has Thomas Watson, Jr. dying in Casey, Kentucky in 1857
DOCUMENTATION:
Sir John Bernard Burke. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. London: Habeison & Sons, 1884
Rev. Samuel Fleming. “Historical Sketch of the Name.” 1868
Ken Gibbons. e-mail. 24 Nov. 2004
Internet source. http://venango.pa-roots.com
Various Public Member Family Trees & other documents. Ancestry.com
Last revised: 1/26/17