Robert WILKINSON 2
- Born: Horsley, Northumberland 3
- Christened: 17 Dec 1712, St Mary the Virgin, Ovingham, Northumberland 4
- Marriage (1): Rebecca WATTS on 14 Feb 1745 in St Mary, Hornsea, Middlesex 1
- Died: 10 Apr 1775, City of London 5
- Buried: 19 Apr 1775, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Rd, Middlesex 5
 Notes:
Robert is thought to have been born in Northumberland, but settled in London where he was a distiller, and dyer. He was living in the Parish of St James Clerkenwell when he married in 1745. 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). His eldest sons Robert and Reader were druggists in the Minories in London - Reader married Sarah Jennings and had six children. Little is known of Robert snr's sons John and Nathaniel, and his younges son William died in infancy. His other son was Watts (qv). Robert's 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
Robert married Rebecca WATTS, daughter of Reader WATTS and Katherine WIGHTMAN, on 14 Feb 1745 in St Mary, Hornsea, Middlesex.1 (Rebecca WATTS died on 28 Feb 1781 in Islington, Middlesex 6 7 and was buried on 9 Mar 1781 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Rd, Middlesex 7.)
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