Jennie was my 3rd great grandmother.
UPDATE: William E. Jones, born 1784 in Botetourt, VA and died 1860 in Sullivan County, TN was the father of Jennie's children.
According to local legend in TN, Jennie was married to no one, and she had all of her children with William "Billy" Jones, with the exception of her first born Andrew Bowser, who later changed his name to Watkins.
One of Jennie's daughter's death certificate names her mother as Jennie Watkins and father as William Jones.
The real proof though is DNA. One of our Watkins second cousins tested his Y-DNA. It matches that of a Jones descendant.
In addition, we don't know where Jennie is buried. Minnie is not Jennie. Minnie McClain was the niece of his second wife, Delcina Nelson, who along with her two sisters, were living with Rufus and Delcina. Minnie was three years old when she died a year before Rufus.
The following information is taken from "Tootsie`s Family Album", by Dorothy Tootsie Prater. Although Jennie was never married, she had five children, all with the Watkins name. All the children were raised on a mountain across the road from Double Springs Baptist Church in Kingsport. Jennie died at age 62 at the home of her son Rufus Watkins in Kingsport. She is buried at Fairacres Cemetery(Samuel Bachman Cemetery)on Linville Street in Kingsport. At his request, Rufus was later buried at the same cemetery.
UPDATE: William E. Jones, born 1784 in Botetourt, VA and died 1860 in Sullivan County, TN was the father of Jennie's children.
According to local legend in TN, Jennie was married to no one, and she had all of her children with William "Billy" Jones, with the exception of her first born Andrew Bowser, who later changed his name to Watkins.
One of Jennie's daughter's death certificate names her mother as Jennie Watkins and father as William Jones.
The real proof though is DNA. One of our Watkins second cousins tested his Y-DNA. It matches that of a Jones descendant.
In addition, we don't know where Jennie is buried. Minnie is not Jennie. Minnie McClain was the niece of his second wife, Delcina Nelson, who along with her two sisters, were living with Rufus and Delcina. Minnie was three years old when she died a year before Rufus.
The following information is taken from "Tootsie`s Family Album", by Dorothy Tootsie Prater. Although Jennie was never married, she had five children, all with the Watkins name. All the children were raised on a mountain across the road from Double Springs Baptist Church in Kingsport. Jennie died at age 62 at the home of her son Rufus Watkins in Kingsport. She is buried at Fairacres Cemetery(Samuel Bachman Cemetery)on Linville Street in Kingsport. At his request, Rufus was later buried at the same cemetery.
Jennie was my 3rd great grandmother.
UPDATE: William E. Jones, born 1784 in Botetourt, VA and died 1860 in Sullivan County, TN was the father of Jennie's children.
According to local legend in TN, Jennie was married to no one, and she had all of her children with William "Billy" Jones, with the exception of her first born Andrew Bowser, who later changed his name to Watkins.
One of Jennie's daughter's death certificate names her mother as Jennie Watkins and father as William Jones.
The real proof though is DNA. One of our Watkins second cousins tested his Y-DNA. It matches that of a Jones descendant.
In addition, we don't know where Jennie is buried. Minnie is not Jennie. Minnie McClain was the niece of his second wife, Delcina Nelson, who along with her two sisters, were living with Rufus and Delcina. Minnie was three years old when she died a year before Rufus.
The following information is taken from "Tootsie`s Family Album", by Dorothy Tootsie Prater. Although Jennie was never married, she had five children, all with the Watkins name. All the children were raised on a mountain across the road from Double Springs Baptist Church in Kingsport. Jennie died at age 62 at the home of her son Rufus Watkins in Kingsport. She is buried at Fairacres Cemetery(Samuel Bachman Cemetery)on Linville Street in Kingsport. At his request, Rufus was later buried at the same cemetery.
UPDATE: William E. Jones, born 1784 in Botetourt, VA and died 1860 in Sullivan County, TN was the father of Jennie's children.
According to local legend in TN, Jennie was married to no one, and she had all of her children with William "Billy" Jones, with the exception of her first born Andrew Bowser, who later changed his name to Watkins.
One of Jennie's daughter's death certificate names her mother as Jennie Watkins and father as William Jones.
The real proof though is DNA. One of our Watkins second cousins tested his Y-DNA. It matches that of a Jones descendant.
In addition, we don't know where Jennie is buried. Minnie is not Jennie. Minnie McClain was the niece of his second wife, Delcina Nelson, who along with her two sisters, were living with Rufus and Delcina. Minnie was three years old when she died a year before Rufus.
The following information is taken from "Tootsie`s Family Album", by Dorothy Tootsie Prater. Although Jennie was never married, she had five children, all with the Watkins name. All the children were raised on a mountain across the road from Double Springs Baptist Church in Kingsport. Jennie died at age 62 at the home of her son Rufus Watkins in Kingsport. She is buried at Fairacres Cemetery(Samuel Bachman Cemetery)on Linville Street in Kingsport. At his request, Rufus was later buried at the same cemetery.
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