***He died in Wales and is evidently buried there. Since the system would not accept a cemetery in Wales, we used his New York birth for locations to get the system to accept the burial in Wales. ***John Watts was one of the most prominent and wealthy land holders in the colonies. He was the son of Robert Watts and Mary Nicoll. Robert was an immigrant from Scotland. John married Anne deLancy, the daughter of Stephen deLancy, an immigrant from France whose original name was Etienne deLancy. See his wife's cyber grave for the names of their children. John was a Loyalist and he and his wife went back to Wales in 1775 as the Revolution approached. His lands were confiscated. Some were bought back by his two sons after the Revolution was over. John Watts, subject here, was one of the original founders and trustees of the New York society library in 1754, presented its first clock to the New York exchange in 1760, and was elected the first president of the New York city hospital in 1760. Though John and Anne deLancy Watts never returned to America, several of their married children did remain and/or return and are prominent in the history of New York City, the state of New York and on the National scene as well.
***He died in Wales and is evidently buried there. Since the system would not accept a cemetery in Wales, we used his New York birth for locations to get the system to accept the burial in Wales. ***John Watts was one of the most prominent and wealthy land holders in the colonies. He was the son of Robert Watts and Mary Nicoll. Robert was an immigrant from Scotland. John married Anne deLancy, the daughter of Stephen deLancy, an immigrant from France whose original name was Etienne deLancy. See his wife's cyber grave for the names of their children. John was a Loyalist and he and his wife went back to Wales in 1775 as the Revolution approached. His lands were confiscated. Some were bought back by his two sons after the Revolution was over. John Watts, subject here, was one of the original founders and trustees of the New York society library in 1754, presented its first clock to the New York exchange in 1760, and was elected the first president of the New York city hospital in 1760. Though John and Anne deLancy Watts never returned to America, several of their married children did remain and/or return and are prominent in the history of New York City, the state of New York and on the National scene as well.
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