John Watts wasn’t thrilled to have Balty as a son-in-law - L&M Companion describes Balty as "improvident, overbearing, and secretive." I would add immature and unskilled. What could possibly go wrong?īy December 18 Pepys records: “They dined at her father’s today, but for ought I hear he is a wise man, and will not give anything to his daughter till he sees what her husband do put himself to, so that I doubt he has made but a bad matter of it, but I am resolved not to meddle with it.” She claimed to come from money – he claimed to be a French nobleman. In early December 1662, Balty married Esther Watts, daughter of yeoman John Watts of Northamptonshire. I read all her Diary entries and wrote this synopsis – but since I haven't finished the Diary, I'm unaware of the end of Balty’s story, which would fill in missing Esther details. By July 1666, I was intrigued by Esther Watts St.
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