The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
Watts, Joseph John
Sawyer and groom who was tried at the Northampton Assizes in England on 4 March 1833 for housebreaking and transported for life to New South Wales. Watts later owned Randwick's Newmarket Precinct during its early days and became a prominent citizen of the Sydney suburb of Smithfield, initiating the district's first religious service.