c. Legh Richmond Watts, b. 12 Dec 1842; m. 26 Nov 1869 to Mattie Peters: Issue: 1. Mary Watts, b. 17 Feb 1871; m. Goodrich Hatton, Issue: Mary and Susan. 2. Ann Maupin Watts, b. 25 Dec 1872. 3. Mattie Watts; m. William Riddick. Had son, Legh W. 4. Samuel Watts, b. Jun 1876. 5. Marjorie Watts, married Edward Maupin. See G. W. o. Maupin (40b). 6. Winifred Washington Watts (40a) William Gabriel- married Ann Foley (40b) George Washington Opie- married Ann Augusta Cocke. FIFTH GENERATION WILLIAM GABRIEL MAUPIN (40a) Son of Dr. George Washington Maupin (15), grandson of Gabriel (5), of Gabriel (2), of Gabriel (1 ). William Gabriel Maupin was born 11 Jul 1820, d. 10 Jan 1892; m. 10 Dec 1844, to Anna Foley, b. 4 Nov 1825, daughter of James and Anna Dawson Foley. Their home was in Portsmouth, VA. Anna died 12 Apr 1908. Their children: 1. Anna Marie Maupin, b. 15 Nov 1845; d. 18 May 1922, unmarried. 2. William G. Maupin, Jr. b. 18 May 1847, d. 21 Jan 1926. 3. James Foley Maupin, b. 23 Mar 1848; m. Nov 1888 to Edmonia Fitzhugh Tomlin, b. 3 Jul 1857, daughter of Robert and Hester Braxton Tomlin of Hanover Co. VA. He died 23 Aug 1915, she died 11 Aug 1923. They had one child, Lucy, b. in 1892 who lived a short time and William Gabriel, b. 8 Feb 1890, d. 13 Feb 1951; m. 23 Jan 1924, to Florence Mary Brayley of Devonshire, England, b. 19 Oct 1892, d. 16 Dec 1977. They had twin daughters born 26 Aug 1930, names Florence Mary Maupin who lives in Washington, D.C. and Portsmouth, VA and Gabrielle Carter Maupin who married Hans Bielenstein on 12 Jan 1954, in Portsmouth, VA. They have two daughters: Danielle Erika Mary Bielensteir), b. 29 Jul 1960 and Andrea Johanna Gabrielle Bielenstein, b. 7 Jul 1966. Gabrielle Bielenstein lives in New York and at the family home in Portsmouth. These two sisters Florence Mary and Gabrielle have done much to 428
preserve their family history and where their writings can be found is recorded in the beginning of the Chapter on Gabriel, son of the emigrant Gabriel Maupin. 4.
Edward Griffith Maupin is the fourth child of William Gabriel and Anna Foley Maupin, b. in 1850 and died unmarried on 18 May 1937. He was a physician who practiced medicine in New York City for many years but spent his later years in Portsmouth, VA.
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Matilda Dawson Maupin, b. 21 Dec 1852; d. 11 Jan 1927, unmarried. Samuel Dawson Maupin, b. 12 Mar 1854 Mary Maupin, b. 4 Nov 1856, d. 6 Apr 1874. Alliene Maupin, b. 21 Oct 1858 Ruth Maupin, b. 15 Feb 1860; d. 17 Feb 1938, unmarried. George Washington Maupin, b. 26 Nov 1860; d. 2 Jan 1942, unmarried.
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******************** GEORGE WASHINGTON OPIE MAUPIN (40b) Son of George Washington (15), grandson of Gabriel (5), of Gabriel (2), of Gabriel (1 ). George Washington Opie Maupin born 26 Feb 1822, In Portsmouth, VA; d. 28 Jun 1888. He was the son of Dr. George Washington Maupin and Ann Moffatt. Married Oct 1844, to Anne Augusta Cocke, daughter of John and Anne COCke. He was educated at Hampden-Sidney College; U. S. Military Academy, West Point; one year M.D. at University of Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine in Portsmouth and in 1855 while serving the stricken people of his city, contracted yellow fever and recovered. At this time he and Dr. Truigen were in charge of the temporary hospital erected in Portsmouth for the yellow fever victims. Their children: 1. George Washington Opie Maupin, Jr., b. 14 Sep 1845 in Portsmouth, VA; d. 17 Sep 1912; m. 1870 to Mary A. Wilson, daughter of William Holt Wilson. He was educated at University of Virginia, M.D. at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1869. Elected fellow of Medical Society of Virginia, 1873, member of Norfolk Medical Society. Said to be the first health officer ever elected by the people of Portsmouth and appointed "coroner for life by Governor Lee". He was one of the founders of Portsmouth's first hospital in 1896. (The medical information for this father and son 429