Born in Goochland County Virginia to Thomas Watkins and Mary Mayo, she married Samuel Dyer of Albemarle, Virginia on 7 Oct 1812 in Goochland County, Virginia. Her father died when she was not yet two years old and her sister Jane was not yet four. Her mother remarried in May 1799 to Col. John Trevilian and they had three children together.
Her sister Jane married Dr. Isaac B. Curd on 20 Dec 1808, she was 15 and he 25, she died in Callaway County in 1846, the mother of 10 known children, half of whom died before her.
In May 1823 the family left Virginia to start a new life in Missouri along with their four children. Her diaries, not complete but priceless, were presented to The University Of Virginia by a descendant and are housed in special collections at the Alderman Library. The entries show what life was like for the new settlers, the births, deaths, hard work, and social events of the time period. When Samuel died in March 1834 she was expecting their ninth child. Hazeltine was born in July and died 8 Feb 1836.
She became the matriarch of the family, doubled the size of her husband's estate and is buried on land she owned which was deeded to the city in 1861 by her surviving children.
Her sister Jane married Dr. Isaac B. Curd on 20 Dec 1808, she was 15 and he 25, she died in Callaway County in 1846, the mother of 10 known children, half of whom died before her.
In May 1823 the family left Virginia to start a new life in Missouri along with their four children. Her diaries, not complete but priceless, were presented to The University Of Virginia by a descendant and are housed in special collections at the Alderman Library. The entries show what life was like for the new settlers, the births, deaths, hard work, and social events of the time period. When Samuel died in March 1834 she was expecting their ninth child. Hazeltine was born in July and died 8 Feb 1836.
She became the matriarch of the family, doubled the size of her husband's estate and is buried on land she owned which was deeded to the city in 1861 by her surviving children.
Born in Goochland County Virginia to Thomas Watkins and Mary Mayo, she married Samuel Dyer of Albemarle, Virginia on 7 Oct 1812 in Goochland County, Virginia. Her father died when she was not yet two years old and her sister Jane was not yet four. Her mother remarried in May 1799 to Col. John Trevilian and they had three children together.
Her sister Jane married Dr. Isaac B. Curd on 20 Dec 1808, she was 15 and he 25, she died in Callaway County in 1846, the mother of 10 known children, half of whom died before her.
In May 1823 the family left Virginia to start a new life in Missouri along with their four children. Her diaries, not complete but priceless, were presented to The University Of Virginia by a descendant and are housed in special collections at the Alderman Library. The entries show what life was like for the new settlers, the births, deaths, hard work, and social events of the time period. When Samuel died in March 1834 she was expecting their ninth child. Hazeltine was born in July and died 8 Feb 1836.
She became the matriarch of the family, doubled the size of her husband's estate and is buried on land she owned which was deeded to the city in 1861 by her surviving children.
Her sister Jane married Dr. Isaac B. Curd on 20 Dec 1808, she was 15 and he 25, she died in Callaway County in 1846, the mother of 10 known children, half of whom died before her.
In May 1823 the family left Virginia to start a new life in Missouri along with their four children. Her diaries, not complete but priceless, were presented to The University Of Virginia by a descendant and are housed in special collections at the Alderman Library. The entries show what life was like for the new settlers, the births, deaths, hard work, and social events of the time period. When Samuel died in March 1834 she was expecting their ninth child. Hazeltine was born in July and died 8 Feb 1836.
She became the matriarch of the family, doubled the size of her husband's estate and is buried on land she owned which was deeded to the city in 1861 by her surviving children.
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