| Description | There are fourteen papers which include letters, agreements, a copy of the will of Thomas Watt and receipts for rent, repayments etc.
There are three notebooks, which appear to relate to the teaching activities of Thomas Watt. These include texts on mathematics and navigation. Notebook no. 3 may have belonged to one ‘Humphray Colquhoun’, who has signed it, possibly a student. |
| AdminHistory | Thomas Watt was the grandfather of James Watt. He was born in 1639 or 1642 and was a teacher of mathematics, accountancy and the principles of navigation in Crawfordsdyke (or Cartsdyke) near Greenock. At various times he served as a member of the Baillie of the Barony and as a church elder, and he acted as Clerk to the Baillie in 1703. He owned property in both Crawfordsdyke and Greenock. He died in 1727. |