William Watson (Doctor - Surgeon)

born - 17 Oct 1773 Staindrop, Co. Durham
died - 9 Nov 1858 North Adelaide, aged 86.

Mother - Rachel (Grainger) Watson
Father - Joshua Watson - surgeon and apothecary

married Martha Waterhouse 16 Jul 1800 Liverpool England

children
Henry Watson born 26 June 1802 died 16 July 1894
​Ann Watson born 1804 died 26 Oct 1824
Bridget Watson (Hack) born 27 Jul 1806 Liverpool died 20 Jul 1881 in Semaphore South Australia
Jane Winter Watson born 1808 - died in infancy

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+10505

Arrived in Australia  in March 1839 - with his wife, son (Henry), daughter in law and 2 grandchildren.
His eldest daughter died age 20 in Liverpool prior to his emigration to South Australia.
His daughter Bridget Watson (Hack) emigrated to Australia in 1838. She died in South Australia 
20 July 1881.

Headstone Inscription
William Watson
Born 1772 Died 1859
And His Wife
Martha (Waterhouse) Watson
Born 1770 Died 1855
Came to South Australia in Ship
Catherine Stewart Forbes
in 1839, With Their Son
Henry Watson and His Family
They were parents of Henry Watson who carried on business as a chemist in North Adelaide for many years
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Death of his daughter in SA

Adelaide Times Thu 22 Feb 1855