Watson Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Watson

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Watson history with Watson Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Watson
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of Watson

Septs of Watson

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Watson family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Watson family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The ancestors of the surname Watson lived among the Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled much of Britain. The name is derived from Wat, a diminutive form of the personal name Walter, with the addition of the patronymic suffix " -son," or patronymic prefix "Mac-." The name Walter derives ultimately from an Old German name, which meant "mighty army." It was introduced into England and Scotland during the reign of Edward the Confessor and became one of the most popular personal names of the times.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wattson, Watsone, Watsoun, Walterson, MacWattie, MacQuattie, MacWatty, MacWhatty and many more.

First found in the lowlands of Scotland, from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Watson who settled in Virginia in 1620; the same year as the "Mayflower"; Abraham, Alice, Elizabeth, Francis, Joe, Margaret, and William Watson, all settled in Virginia in 1635.

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Suggested Readings for the name Watson

The American Family of John Watson of the Narragansett County, Rhode Island by George C. Davis.
Ancestors and Descendants of John and Hannah (Goodwin) Watson of Hartford, Connecticut and Associated Families by Ralph Arthur Watson.
Genealogy and History of the Watson Family by Samuel E. Watson.

Some noteworthy people of the name Watson

James Craig Watson, American astronomer
John Broadus Watson (1878-1958), American psychologist
James Dewey Watson (b. 1928), American biologist
Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922), American politician
Thomas Sturges Watson (b. 1949), American golfer
Lord William Watson (1827-1899), Scottish judge
Alan Watson, Head of European Television
Sir Derek Watson,
General Gilbert Watson,
Professor James Watson, Psychiatry
Professor William Watson, Chinese Art
Thomas Augustus Watson (1854-1934), assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
Admiral Bertram Watson,
Sir Francis Watson,
General Henry Watson,
Sir Stephen Watson,
Foster Watson (1860-1929), English historian
Richard Watson (1737-1816), English theologian and scientist
Thomas Watson (1557-1592), English poet
Sir William Watson (1715-1787), English scientist
Sir John William Watson (1858-1935), English poet
Private Wilson Douglas Watson, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
Prime Minister John Watson (1867-1941), Australian Prime Minister in 1904 for a short time

Watson Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Watson
MacOuat, MacOuatt, MacQuat, MacQuatie, MacQuatt, MacQuattie, MacWat, MacWatie, MacWatt, MacWattie, MacWatty, MacWaty, McOuat, McOuatt, McQuat, McQuatie, McQuatt, McQuattie, McWat, McWatie, McWatt, McWattie, McWatty, McWaty, Waddson, Waddtson, Wadson, Wadtson, Wallterson, Walterson, Watson, Wattson, Wollterson, Wolterson and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Watson family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Watson coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Watson genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Watson Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Watson 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.