Mark Watts Poet of Phillack, Cornwall

MARK WATTS, Poet of Phillack, Cornwall

Mark Watts, Poet and Miner of Phillack, Cornwall was born abt 1799 and died abt 1876 son of ancestor MARK WATTS 1760-1833 by his second wife Jane Watts (nee Wearne) 1762-1821. A few extracts of his poetry can be found further down this page.

Mark was a half brother of my gt, gt, gt, grandmother MARY WATTS d 1851 of Phillack, Cornwall (who was his elder half sister by his father's first wife Mary Hosking of Phillack). She married FRANCIS HOCKING UREN in 1811 at Phillack, Cornwall.

Mark Watts The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), Friday, February 28, 1862

The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), Friday, July 03, 1857; pg. 5; Issue 2819

Mark Watts married an Elizabeth Hosking of Phillack daughter of a Francis Hosking? (presumably a relation of his father's first wife and my ancestress) 8th October 1825, Phillack, Cornwall. Mark's son John Watts married Grace Hosking 18th May 1850 at Phillack, Cornwall. She was also the daughter of a Francis Hosking of Phillack.

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MARK WATTS.

LINES ON THE COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESS OF MINING Poem in twelve 4-line verses, giving a history of mining in Cornwall, from the time
The first poem lists 17 famous mines, with some inventive rhymes: 'Tincroft, Basset, and Roskear/Hundreds
are still employed there/East Pool South Crofty, both Wheal Setons/Are daily fill'd with boys and maidens.'

MARK WATTS

LINES ON THE KEENLY PROSPECTS OF CRENVOR AND WHEAL ABRAHAM MINES. Composed by Mark Watts, Ventonleague, Hayle, November, 1864. Single sheet size 15" x 10", laid on conservation tissue, small tear in left hand margin. 36 verses, in 3 columns, with three crude woodcuts at head, 2 of dolmens and one of men at engine house, etc. J.O. Harris, Printer, Hayle. 1864.
Not in Boase & Courtney's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis.
Tells the history of the mines 'Thousands of tons I'm bold to say\Were brought by mules down to Hayle quay.... William and Robert Kneebone too\For years had got this work to do....'

1871 Parish PHILLACK; District 4; Schedule 018 1871

WATTS, JOHN Head M 42 LAB IRON FACTRY PHILLACK, Cornwall
WATTS, GRACE Wife M 41 - TYWARDREATH, Cornwall
WATTS, MARK Father W 71 HAWKER PHILLACK, Cornwall
WATTS, JOHN F Son U 20 IRON MOULDER PHILLACK, Cornwall
WATTS, ELIZ A Daughter U 18 PHILLACK, Cornwall
WATTS, WM H Son - 11 PHILLACK,Cornwall
WATTS, GEO Son - 5 PHILLACK,Cornwall

ISAAC WATTS

IN MEMORIAM. Lines on the Death of Elizabeth Watts, written by her affectionate husband Isaac Watts, of Australia,
formerly of Hayle. Single 4 to sheet, printed on one side only, 24 quatrains in double columns, in a mourning border,
with line of typographic ornaments between the columns. J.E. Harris, Printer, &c, Hayle c1870.
See Boase & Courtney's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis Vol II p. 856.

Not certain how Isaac Watts is related, but confident that he is.

1871 Parish ILLOGAN WORK HOUSE; District 17; Schedule PG10

WATTS, MARK Inmate U 39 1832 PHILLACK, Cornwall
BARKER, ELIZ Inmate - 10 1861 PHILLACK, Cornwall
BARKER, ANN Inmate - 9 1862 PHILLACK, Cornwall
BARNES, JOHN Inmate U 46 1825 PHILLACK, Cornwall
CARTER, HARRIET Inmate - 8 1863 PHILLACK, Cornwall
CARTER, WM Inmate - 7 1864 PHILLACK, Cornwall
CARTER, JAS Inmate - 5 1866 PHILLACK, Cornwall
CHIRGWIN, JOHN Inmate W 77 1794 PHILLACK, Cornwall
FRIGGENS, JOHN Inmate W 77 1794 S.JUST WEST, Cornwall
GRAY, JOHN Inmate W 70 1801 GWINEAR, Cornwall
HILDERBRAND, ELIZ Inmate - 10 1861 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HILDERBRAND, ANNIE Inmate - 8 1863 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HILDERBRAND, SOPHIA Inmate - 7 1864 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HOSKING, MARY ANN Inmate - 12 1859 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HOSKING, SAML Inmate - 9 1859 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HOSKING, LOUISA Inmate - 8 1863 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HOSKING, THERESA Inmate - 7 1864 PHILLACK, Cornwall
HOSKING, JOHN Inmate - 6 1865 PHILLACK, Cornwall (perhaps this Hosking family of Phillack
is related to the Hoskings who married into the Watts family)
JACKSON, ELIZA JANE Inmate - 13 1858 ILLOGAN, Cornwall
MICHELL, ANN Inmate U 70 1801 PHILLACK, Cornwall
MILLS, JANE Inmate W 56 1815 REDRUTH, Cornwall
MILLS, SARAH Inmate - 11 1860 PHILLACK, Cornwall
PENBERTHY, WM Inmate - 7 1864 PHILLACK, Cornwall
UREN, WM JOHN Inmate - 8 1863 PHILLACK, Cornwall
WEARNE, CHARITY Inmate U 46 1825 PHILLACK, Cornwall (possibly related to Jane Wearne,
second wife of Mark Watts)