 Wathen akaberekwa musi wa 2 March 1762 muLondon kumurapi anozivikanwa weLondon Samuel Wathen nomudzimai wake Elizabeth Malthus, tete vaRev. Thomas Robert Malthus. Akashumira nokusiyanisa somukuru mukuru muduku wehondo muKukombwa kweGibraltar1782, uye ipapo muJamaica. Akasiya zvechiuto, zvichida munenge muna 1789, aine chinzvimbo chebrevet Major, izvo zvaireva kuti akasiya asati akwidziridzwa. Akaenderera mberi kuva mutambi anozivikanwa, muimbi uye maneja wemitambo, achiita pasi pezita rechikamu Captain Wathen, zvinonzi kuseka kwevamwe vatambi vake. Pakati pevamwe vake vekutanga kuita vatambi vaive Lord Barrymore ane mukurumbira 1769-1793. Basa raGeorge remauto, pamwe chete nemukurumbira wake semutambi uye maneja wenhandare, zvakamugonesa kugamuchira kugadzwa muna 1841 saMasoja Knight weWindsor kureva, muchengeti wekuremekedza wamambo uye pamwe panguva ino akazova Major Wathen. Akafa musi wa 21 Kubvumbi 1849, uye akavigwa saMajor Wathen muWindsor Castle. 