Family
William was born in 1722 in Glasgow, Scotland.
On 24 March 1749 William married Frances Altham, née Croke (10 April 1728 – 3 February 1812) in Calcutta, the twice-widowed second daughter of Edward Croke or Crook (1690 – 12 Feb 1769) the Governor of Fort St. David, 100 miles south of Madras and Isabella Beizor a Portuguese Indian Creole.
Watt died August 1764, leaving three surviving children (one child, William, died in infancy).
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