Robert WILKINSON 3
- Born: Horsley, Northumberland 4
- Christened: 17 Dec 1712, St Mary the Virgin, Ovingham, Northumberland 5
- Marriage (1): Rebecca WATTS on 14 Feb 1745 in St Mary, Hornsey, Middlesex 1 2
- Died: 10 Apr 1775, City of London 6
- Buried: 19 Apr 1775, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Rd, Middlesex 6
 Notes:
Robert was the eldest son of a farmer in Horsley in Northumberland. He inherited his father's freehold farm when he was 30, but presumably sold or rented it out as he settled in London where he was a distiller and dyer. He was living in the Parish of St James Clerkenwell when he married at the age of 32. Most of his children were christened at the Presbyterian Church in Bishopsgate, and he was living in Crutched Friars in the City when he died in 1775.
Robert had eight children with his wife Rebecca Watts (qv). Their eldest sons Robert and Reader were druggists in the Minories in London: Reader married Sarah Jennings and had six children. Their next son John probably died in infancy. Thier next son Nathaniel married Georgina Goodwin, and is not known to have had any children. Their other sons were Watts (qv), and William who died in infancy. Their two daughters were Rebecca and Catherine: Rebecca married Rev Nathaniel Jennings (a non-conformist Minister in Islington and the brother of Rebecca's sister-in-law Sarah), and is known to have had two daughters; while Catherine (baptized as Elizabeth) did not marry and was buried in Bishops Stortford.
PCC: Robert Wilkinson PROB6/164 f290 dated 29-11-1788
Additional source: Will of John Wilkinson proved 4-10-1743, Diocese of Durham ref DPR/I/1/1743/W15/1-2 (father)
Robert married Rebecca WATTS, daughter of Reader WATTS and Katherine WIGHTMAN, on 14 Feb 1745 in St Mary, Hornsey, Middlesex.1 2 (Rebecca WATTS was born in 1727,7 died on 28 Feb 1781 in Islington, Middlesex 8 9 and was buried on 9 Mar 1781 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Rd, Middlesex 9.)
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