Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 9, 1978
Ethnicity: English, Irish, more distant Welsh
Jesse Watters is an American critic on the Fox News Channel. He is the son of Anne Purvis (Bailey) and Stephen Hapgood Watters.
Jesse’s paternal grandfather was Franklin Benjamin Watters (the son of Franklin Benjamin Watters and Annie Muriel Cogland). Jesse’s great-grandfather Franklin was the son of Thomas David Watters and Ellen Cecilia Quinn. Annie was born in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Canada, the daughter of Thomas Cogland and Mary A. Gamble.
Jesse’s maternal grandfather was Morton Shelley Bailey III (the son of Morton Shelley Bailey and Jessica “Jessie” Burnett). Jesse’s grandfather Morton was the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens. Jesse’s great-grandfather Morton was vice president and advertising director of The Saturday Evening Post, whose own father, Morton Shelley Bailey, was chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, and whose own mother was Annie Lutie Wilkin. Jesse Watters’ great-grandmother Jessica was the daughter of Jesse Andrew “J. A.” Burnette/Burnett, who was Associate Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, and of Catherine E. “Kate” Purcell.
Jesse’s maternal grandmother is Marian.
Sources: Marriage announcement of Jesse’s parents – http://www.nytimes.com
Obituary of Jesse’s paternal grandfather, Franklin Benjamin Watters – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Jesse’s mother (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Jesse’s maternal grandfather, Morton Shelley Bailey III – http://query.nytimes.com