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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 949 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Hewetson family and Watson family genealogies

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Catalogue Description

Material given:

14 May 1991 Acc: 1991(D)

3 November 1993 Acc: 2173(D)

13 April 2005 Acc: 3128(D)

Catalogue Contents

First Deposit: The Hewetson Families of Ravenstonedale (Ref: D/X 949/1-4)

Their Origins, History and Descendants by Keith Lovet Watson


Volume One Contents Section 1: Origins and Early Settlements Section 2: The Westmorland Hewetsons including an account of the Whartons of Wharton Hall Section 3: Westmorland Life in Past Centuries Section 4: The Early Hewetsons of Ravenstonedale, 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Volume Two Section 5: The Two Presbyterian Brothers Section 6: The Hewetson Families of Lockholme Row Foot Section 7: The Hewetson Familes of Lockholme Foot, 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Volume Three Section 8: The Hewetson Families of Ellergill including an account of Richard Hewetson (1726-1800) and his nephew, Henry Hewetson (1755-1838) both of Covent Garden and both appointed (in succession) gold and silver laceman to King George III Section 9: The Hewetson Families of Street, including the establishment of an upholstery business in London 1828-1907, 1908-1913, 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Volume Four Section 10: The Hewetson Families in New Zealand of Westmorland Descent Appendices (including the Hewetson Families in New Zealand of Scottish Descent) Glossary Bibliography, 1991 Indexes
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Second Deposit: The Watson Families of Houghton-le-Spring, West Rainton, South Hylton and Middlesbrough (Ref: D/X 949/5-7)

Volume One Contents Section 2: Watson Settlement in County Durham Section 3: A history of the parish of Houghton-le-Spring and the Watson family Sections 6-9: The Watsons of West Rainton in the Nineteenth Century
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Volume Two Section 10: The Shipwrights of South Hylton, the Watson family during the Nineteenth Century Section 12-14: The Watson family of South Bank, Middlesbrough
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Volume Three Section 17: The virtuoso, Victor Albert Watson, 1886 - 1963 Section 18: John Nelson Watson, 1889 - 1945 Appendices: including notes on the descendants of John and Elizabeth Watson (nee Lovet) and outline genealogy of the Nelson family Bibliography, 1993 Indexes
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Third Deposit: The Hewetson Families of Ravenstonedale (Ref: D/X 949/8)

Keith Lovet Watson, The Hewetson Families of Ravenstonedale, Their Origins, History and Descendants , 1991; Keith Lovet Watson, Exposition, Development and Coda: A Genealogy of the Watson Family 1574 - 1992, Together with a study of the Origins and Development of Musical Virtuosity in the Family During the 19th and 20th Centuries , c.1992
(1 compact disk)