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1.Thomas Watts of Buntingford., Hertfordshire, England, married with issue.

1.1. Sir John Watts, Kt, (1554-1616), merchant, Lord Mayor of London 1606-1607, Owner of Margaret and John ships in 1588, One of the Founders of East India Company 1601, Governor. Active Member of Virginia Company, married to Margaret Hawes, (d/o Sir James Hawes, Lord Mayor of London 1574)., with issue.

1.1.1. William Watts, First English Consul in Malta, (Testamente 1610 Notary Gio Simone de Lucia), married to Antonia Logiovanne, with issue.

1.1.1.1. Alberto Watts, married 1623 Valletta to Maria Chiantar, with issue.

1.1.1.1.1. Domenichella Vatz (Watts), married 1649 Valletta to Leonardo de Candia. 

1.1.1.1.2. Graziulla Vatz (Watts), married 1659 Valletta to Grazio Vella, with issue. 

1.1.1.1.2.1. Gio Maria Vella, married 1691 Vittoriosa to Lucrezia Caruana.

1.1.1.1.3. Giovanni Vatz (Watts), married 1656 Valletta to Argentina Onofrio. 

1.1.1.2. Giovanni (John) Watts, Consul of England in Malta (r1610-45), Testamente 1622 Notary Michele Ralli, 1664 Gio Francesco Cosbor, married to Nobile Lucrezia Barbara, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1. Nobile John Jacob Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, Consul of England in Malta (r1645-1660), married 1647 Valletta to Aloisea Camilleri de Modica, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Nobile Dr Giovanni Watts (Vatz), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1682 Valletta to Clara sives Chiara Azzopardi, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Nobile Dr Giacomo Watts (Vatz), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1719 Cospicua to Clara Micallef, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Nobile Rosaria Watts (Vatz), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1769 Senglea to Giuseppe Cachia, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Nobile Paola Cachia, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1784 Senglea to Giuseppe Farrugia.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Nobile Maria Cachia, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1789 Senglea to Antonio Briffa.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Nobile Maria Watts (Vaz), Hereditary Nobile of Hungary, married to Giovanni Randon.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Nobile Generosa Watts (Vatz), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married (1) 1730 Valletta to Sig Saverio Ducoss, married (2) 1735 Valletta to Abramo Sabani.

1.1.1.2.1.1.3. Nobile Angela Watts (Vatz) Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1737 Valletta to Barone Vincenzo Pizzuto.

1.1.1.2.1.2. Nobile Generosa Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Alexander Young, Consul of England in Malta 1714-1745, with issue.

1.1.1.2.1.2.1. Nobile Aloisea Young, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1738 Valletta to John Dodsworth, Consul of England in Malta.

1.1.1.2.2. Nobile Bartolomeo Robert Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, migrated back to England and settled in Hereford, (d. 1694), married with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1. Nobile Thomas Watts, (1664-1738), Vicar of Orpington, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Audria Olivier, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.1. Nobile Thomas Watts, (1689-1741), MP, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married (1) 1715 to Hannah Seede, married (2) 1729 to Susannah Gascoyne, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1. (First marriage) Nobile Thomas Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary.

1.1.1.2.2.1.1.2. Nobile Hugh Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary.

1.1.1.2.2.1.2. Nobile Olivier Watts, (1690-1697), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, dunm.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3. Nobile William Watts, (1691-1757), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married (1) 1712 to Mary Hills, married (2) 1726 to Ann Rous, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1. (First marriage) Nobile William Watts, (1722-1764), Governor of Fort William in Bengal, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Frances Crook, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1. Nobile Edward Watts, (d. 1828), of Hanslope, Bucks, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Florentia Wynch, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.1. Nobile Edward Watts, (1778-1800), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, dunm.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2. Nobile William Watts, (d. 1848), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1. Nobile William Watts, (1821-1853), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1843 to Caroline Apthorp, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1. Nobile Edward Hanslope Watts of Hanslope Park, (1845-, Lord of the Manor of Hanslope and Castlethorpe, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1868 to Sophia Edith Selby Lowndes, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1. Nobile Irene Watts, (1870-1943), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married (1) 1900 to Mark Saurin Poore, married (2) 1933 to Major Harry Grant-Thorold of Cranford Hall, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. (First marriage) Nobile Edward Poore, (1901-1916), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, dunm.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Nobile Robert Poore Saurin Watts, (1904-, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1945 to Rosemary Winstanley, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.1. Nobile Robert Poore Saurin Watts, (1946-1953), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, d.inf.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.2. Nobile Edward Richard Poore Saurin Watts, (1948-, Hereditary Noble of Hungary.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.3. Nobile Andrew Philip Poore Saurin Watts, (1951-, Hereditary Noble of Hungary.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.3. Nobile Louisa Florentia Poore, (1905-, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1932 to Leslie Woods Haslett, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.4. Nobile Sibyl Madeleine Poore, (1906-, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1935 to Major Charles Gilbert Davies-Gilbert, MBE, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.2. Nobile Caroline Florentia Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1867 to Henry Edward Bull.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.1.3. Nobile Frederica Annie Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.2. Nobile Henry Watts, (1822-1853), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, dunm.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.3. Nobile Elisa Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Rev W.H Apthorp, M.A, Vicar of Brierton, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.2.4. Nobile Louisa Rosa Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to Rev Augustine Pyne, MA, Vicar of Horning, Norfolk.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.3. Nobile Amelia Watts, (1780-1862), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, dunm.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.2. Nobile Amelia Watts, (1750-1770), Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married 1769 to Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.2.1. Nobile Sir Robert Jenkinson, (1770-1828), 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1812-1827), married (1) to Lady Louisa Hervey, married (2) 1822 to Lady Mary Chester, dsp.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3. Nobile Sophia Watts, Hereditary Noble of Hungary, married to George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.1. Nobile Edward Jenkinson Ricketts, (1793-), d.inf.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.2. Nobile Rev Frederick Poyntz Ricketts, DD, (1788-1843), married (1) to Mary Anne Stuart, married () Mary Anne D, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.2.1. (Second marriage) Nobile Frederica Louisa Ricketts, (1814-.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.3. Nobile Maudaunt Ricketts, (1786 – 1862), married to Marie Elizabeth Crommelin, married (2) to Charlotte Fitzgerald, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.3.1. (Second marriage) Nobile Maudaunt Ricketts, (1826 Charlotte, North Carolina -).

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.4. Nobile Charles Milner Ricketts, (1776-1867), married (1) to Fanny Gertrude Thompson, married (2) to Ellen Prendergast, married (3) to Henrietta Marie Folive, married (4) to Ellen Teresa Taylor.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.3.5. Nobile George Poyntz Ricketts, (1774-1815 Bengal, India), married to Sophia Sarah Jane Pierce, with issue.

1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.4. Nobile William Watts, d.inf.

1.1.1.2.3. Nobile Alfonsica Watts, married 1638 (Notary Michele Ralli) to Michele Ducoss.

1.1.2. Sir John Watts, served in Cadiz, married to Mary Bayning, with issue.

1.1.2.1. Sir John Watts, Knight 1642.

1.1.3. Magdalena Watts, married Sir Henry Appleton, Knight, Baronet.

References: 

1. Caruana-Gatto V. Malta Nobile Illustrata 1903, page 53.

2. Abela F & Ciantar GA, Malta Illustrata 1772, 1780, Lib IV, Not III, pg 525, para 43.

3. The Hauke connections found through the marriage of Maria Johanna Barbara. It seems Gaspar Hauck was in Malta with his master where he met his bride and married.

4. Reference to the Hauke Genealogy : – Genealogy of the Hauke family, by Baron Constantin Stackelberg – Washington, D. C.: 1955.

5. Five Generations of Ancestors of Maria Giovanna Barbara Hauck. – Press Here.

6. The Watts family reference – History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol III, 1836, London, by John Burke, Esq, pages 393 -397. [Link]