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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11484 people with the Watt surname? In that year Watt was ranked number 358 for popularity in the UK. |
Watt records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"WATT. A diminutive of Water, a form of WALTER, q.v. In 1446 there is mention of the seal of Wat of Camegy (REB., i, 108). Walter Wat held land in Brechin in 1586 (ibid., n, 356), and Alexander Wat was witness to a sasine in 1512 (Panmure, n, 282). Patrick Wat in Turriff was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1609 (NSCM., i, p. 106), and John Wat was retoured heir of Adam Wat, writer to the King's Signet, in lands in the parish of Stewartoun, etc., in 1663 (Retours, Ayr, 529). In a fishing village in Banffshire a number of years ago it was stated that of 300 inhabitants 225 answered to the name of Watt, and many Watts are still found in Aberdeenshire. The Watts of Rosehill are descended from John Watt of Rosehill, the blacksmith who distinguished himself on the king's side in the tumult of 17 December 1596, and was shot in revenge on 17 April 1601 ( (Calderwood, History, vi, p. 104). The grandfather of Alexander Watt (1837-1894), author and theatre-manager in Denmark, was a Scot who settled as a linen manufacturer in Copenhagen in 1796. Vatt 1506. As forename: Wat of Tulloch 1388 (Bamff, p. 22); Master Watt Ydill, vicar of Inverurie, 1428. Among the Scots Guards in France one named Watty Hamilton had his name spelled Ouatte Amiton. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Watt Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Watt Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Watt family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 14323 people with the Watt surname in the UK? Watt is now ranked number 403 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Watt surname in the USA? Watt is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Watt Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Watt family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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