Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Rev John William Watts

Title: Rev
Forenames: John William
Surnames: Watts
Date of Death: 14/08/1889
Burial Date: 20/08/1889
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 026 B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section C Plot 276a
Grave Description: Upright large stone, pointed shoulders. Inscription set back in recess. Two tier base, iron railings
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Slight erosion of lettering in base, railings rusty
Other Information: Information provided by Gill King in September 2010: John William Watts was born on 20 December 1806 in Chatham, Kent. Clara was his second wife. She was born in Bicester. His first wife, Rebecca, had died in 1872 and was buried in Bicester.
Old Website Grave ID: 7361

Inscription:

TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF
THE REV. JOHN WILLIAM WATTS. M.A.
FOR 38 YEARS VICAR OF BICESTER,
IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD
HE ENTERED INTO REST
ON AUGUST 14TH 1889
AGED 83 YEARS

"CALLED THROUGH DIVINE GRACE IN EARLY LIFE
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL,
HE COUNTED ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOR CHRIST,
AND SEEKING TO WALK IN HIS SAVIOUR'S FOOTSTEPS,
HIS HIGHEST HAPPINESS WAS IN THE WORK
OF STRIVING TO WIN SOULS TO HIM.
IN THIS LABOUR OF LOVE HE CONTINUED
UNTIL A SHORT TIME BEFORE HE WAS PERMITTED
TO ENTER HIS HEAVENLY HOME"
"AS FOR ME I WILL BEHOLD THY FACE IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS: I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN
I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENESS" PS.XVII,15

ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CLARA WATTS, RELICT OF THE ABOVE
SHE ENTERED INTO HER REST
ON MARCH 2ND 1915,
AGED 87 YEARS.

At base of main stone
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS,
AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM. REV XIV 13

Photographs:

David Earle
J Watts 07.11.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
J Watts
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
''The obituary and funeral report from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Marriage; Census; Probate.
''Reference from the General Registrars marriage records, entry from the 1881 census, and the listing from the National Probate Calendar.''

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