Fifth Generation

As you saw before in the previous post, the children of Ann Magruder, Catherine’s sister, moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee. The Wades were among the first to settle there. William Wade who was James Wade’s brother went first and later settled in Gibson County and had 15 children! James Wade left Maryland around 1819 and set up a farm near Murfreesboro, TN. The Watkins cousins, sons of Catherine also settled around Murfreesboro. My mother has done extensive research on these Rutherford County ancestors. She has more information than I have.

Levi and Samuel Magruder Wade, sons of Ann Magruder and James Wade moved to Rutherford County with their father in 1819. Levi became a successful businessman, banker, and even politician and Samuel, a Harvard graduate, became a doctor.

This is Joseph Magruder Watkins my third great grandfather and father of Annie Elizabeth Watkins. He married first Lavinia Penn and second my third great grandmother, Margaret Linster the daughter of Thomas Wells Linster and Mary Campbell. He is a cousin of Levi and Samuel Wade.

This is Annie Elizabeth Watkins, Joseph Watkins’ daughter. This is the only picture I could find of her. She moved her brothers to Lauderdale County, Tennessee after marrying William Tucker and building Tucker Hill.

This is Joseph Watkins’ half brother and Annie’s uncle Samuel Brewer Watkins. His mother was Mary Magruder. He also moved to Rutherford County and married Mary Ann Wade who is related to his aunt Ann Wade’s husband’s family.

Joseph had other brothers, Wilson Lee Watkins whose family went to Gibson County, Tennessee. He married Carolina Wade daughter of William Wade and Cassandra Jones of Gibson County, Tennessee.

Green lived in Maryland and worked with his father, Thomas Watkins. Green and Samuel Brewer were very close. White died before 1858 in Maryland unmarried. Green took care of his father in his old year got most of Thomas Watkins estate in Maryland. I do not know if Green ever left and what happened to him.

Thomas S. Linster is not related to the Magruders, Watkins, or Wades. He was from North Carolina and moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee after the death of his father, Moses Linster. Thomas soon married Mary Campbell, the daughter of Samuel Campbell and Nancy Mann and they had two daughters, Ann and Margaret. Thomas died when Margaret was one year old and Mary had to raise two young girls by herself. She never remarried. Ann Linster married Edwin Slater when she was 22 years old. Her daughters were known for their beautiful singing voices and talent for learning languages. Margaret stayed with her mother and even traveled with her to visit her North Carolina Linster relatives. She was 26 when she married the 45 year old widower Joseph Watkins. She had four children, Annie, Harry,Wilson Lee, and Elizabeth who must have died very young. Annie went to school in Murfreesboro and became a teacher. She got a job in Ripley, Tennessee where she met the young Virginian, William Tucker. Her mother and brothers soon joined her in Ripley.