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Where did the English Watterson family come from? What is the English Watterson family crest and coat of arms? When did the Watterson family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Watterson family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Waterson, Watersone, Waterston, Watherston and many more.

First found in Ross-shire, Scotland where they held the lands of Waterson in the parish of Fern (Fearn) in that shire from very ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Watterson research. Another 142 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 1359, 1495, 1594, and 1656 are included under the topic Early Watterson History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 26 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Watterson Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Watterson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 213 words(15 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Watterson Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Arthur Watterson, who arrived in Arkansas in 1852

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  • William Boyd "Bill" Watterson (b. 1958), American cartoonist and the author of the influential and popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
  • Henry Watterson (1840-1921), American journalist
  • Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician
  • John Ambrose Watterson (1844-1899), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Peter Francis Watterson (1927-1996), American Catholic priest
  • Mike Watterson (b. 1942), former English professional snooker player, businessman and entrepreneur
  • Juan Paul Watterson (b. 1980), Manx politician


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  1. Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
  2. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  3. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  4. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  5. The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
  6. Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
  7. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  8. Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
  9. Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
  10. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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The Watterson Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Watterson Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 8 December 2011 at 15:56.

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