On 6th May 1786 Jesse Watts-Russell was born to Jesse Russell.
On 29th January 1811 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 24] and Mary Watts [aged 19] were married. She the heiress of a welthy wine merchant.
In 1812 [his son] Jesse David Watts-Russll was born to Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 25] and [his wife] Mary Watts [aged 20]. He married 4th June 1835 Mary Nevill Wright.
On 29th July 1816 [his father-in-law] David Pike Watts [aged 62] died. His daughter [his wife] Mary Watts [aged 24] and her husband Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 30] inherited Ilam Hall, Staffordshire.
On 28th March 1817 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 30] took the name of Watts before Russell by Royal Licence.
In 1819 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 32] was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. The interest of my visit to the mausoleum containing this affecting piece of sculpture, was considerably enhanced by the appearance of a most exquisite stone cross, which had just been erected in the adjacent village, by the benevolent proprietor [aged 32] of Ilam, in memory of his wife [aged 27], the lady above mentioned, one or two of whose children, with their father, the clergyman of the place, and Mr. Derrick, of Oxford, the architect, were at the moment inspecting the newly-finished work. This out door incident formed a touching commentary on the monument in the church! I have always understood that the elegant residence of Jesse Watts Russell, Esq., owes something of its architectural beauty to the taste of Chantrey [aged 37], who certainly designed the Parsonage House adjacent.
Before 21st June 1820 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 34] was elected MP Gatton which seat he held until 1826.
After 21st June 1820 Jesse Russell died. During his life he was described as a soap boiler, of Goodman's Yard, Minories, London and Walthamstow, Essex. His son Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 34] received a half-share of estates in Essex and a third-share of the residue of personalty sworn under £500,000; see PROB 11/1632/437; IR26/836/679. The date 21st June 1820 is based on his son Jesse Watts-Russell taking a fortnight's leave from Parliament on account of his father's illness
In 1821 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 34] commissioned James Trubshaw to build a Ilam Hall, Staffordshire to designs by John Shaw. Construction was completed in 1826.
On 31st May 1831 [his son-in-law] Norton Joseph Knatchbull 10th Baronet [aged 22] and [his daughter] Mary Watts-Russell were married.
On 4th June 1835 [his son] Jesse David Watts-Russll [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Nevill Wright were married. They had nine or more children.
In 1840 [his wife] Mary Watts [aged 48] died.
On 20th June 1843 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 57] and Maria Barker were married.
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On 30th October 1844 [his wife] Maria Barker died.
On 22nd November 1862 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 76] and Martha Leach were married.
On 3rd September 1874 [his daughter] Mary Watts-Russell died.
On 28th March 1875 Jesse Watts-Russell [aged 88] died. He left Ilam Hall, Staffordshire, which he had had rebuilt 'in the Gothic style' in the 1820s, and which Dyott deemed 'most magnificent' and 'splendidly furnished', together with estates in Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, to his eldest son, Jesse David Watts-Russll [aged 63].
[his daughter] Mary Watts-Russell was born to Jesse Watts-Russell and Mary Watts. She married 31st May 1831 Norton Joseph Knatchbull 10th Baronet, son of Edward Knatchbull 9th Baronet and Annabella Christiana Honywood, and had issue.