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Wathen 19.5.1793 see Wharton, John

Watkins 1.6.1805 at Philips

Perhaps John Watkins DNB fl1786-1831 whose Universal Biographical & Historical Dictionary was printed in 1800 for Richard Phillips, a second edition came out in 1808

call with M(ary) J(ane) on Watkinson 13.9.1805 / 11.12.1809 call on Watkinson / 20.8.1810 Watkinson at examination of Sir R(ichard) P(hillips) / 5.10.1810 Watkinson adv at Raine's / 8.10.1810 call on Watkinson / 22.10.1810 write to Blackhall. Watkinson calls / 2.11.1810 call on Watkinson / 17.11.1810 again / 8.5.1811 Watkinson adv at Raine's / 26.8.1814 seek Russell & Watkn

Rev Robert Watkinson born 18.10.1775 died 21.2.1869 (see Boase & Alum Cantab) was assistant master at Charterhouse school 1799-1826 and housemaster there 1805-1826. His address in Holdens 1811 was given…

Watley 28.12.1794 at Foulkes' (with Hutchinson), & Watley jr 21.6.1795, 17.7.1795, 7.8.1795 there & Watley 8.5.1796 at Foulkes' (with Hutchinson).

Joseph Clifford Whatley attorney at Fairford, Glos in 1800 Law List, agent J Foulks (Foulkes was agent for only 3 or 4 out of hundreds of country attorneys) may well be Watley jr; a John Whatley married Elizabeth Clifford at Leyton, Essex in 1778. The Rev George Kemble Whatley of Hones Green, Wokingham, Berks (will PCC 1840) subscribed to Robert Robinson's Researches 1792 and Winterbotham's America 1795

 

mrs Watson 1.5.1796 at John King's, between mrs Grattan & miss Edgworth / 25.6.1799 Watson at Sarah Elwes / 9.7.1799 Watson adv at Sarah Elwes' & mrs Sims & mrs Holcombe / 11.11.1802 general Watson at Raphael Smith's / 27.12.1810 call on Watson with T(homas) T(urner) / 9.6.1817 trial of Watson senior / 16.6.1817 Watson acquitted  / 14.12.1817 Watson of the Stuart Papers adv at Hayward's / 18.1.1818 Watson adv at Hayward's / 19.4.1819 dr Watson calls / 26.4.1819 call on dr Watson

The first three entries above were possibly the same woman but it seems more likely the…

HCR diary 14.2.1821 "I went after nine to the Aders - I found Miss Flaxman and Miss Denman, a Frenchwoman agreeable as a Frenchwoman can be - and the young Watsons"

                    18.2.1821 at the Aders "the Watsons there"

                    25.2.1822 Mrs Aders on night of coronation 19.7.1821 "was called by Miss Watson into the back drawing room to see a ball or luminous body which…

2.7.1794 at Barnard's / 11.7.1796 there

Mr George Watson of Norwich Socy for Const Inf "wealthy miller & Baptist" (Trials for Treason & Sedition 6.483). He married Mary Barnard 28.10.1779 at St George Colegate. Bury & Norwich Post died 5.10.1827, buried 9.10.1827 Saxlingham Thorpe aged 69. Subscribed 1788 to Wm Gordon's America. His mill and home were at Saxlingham, he was a member of St Mary's Baptist church Norwich (Norfolk Chronicle 5.1.1793,; Jewson p 29,38, 98, 138)

1761 John Burton appr to George W Saxlingham miller / George W buried 7.9.1761 Saxlingham…

George Watts chymist of the Strand proposed Society for Constitutional Information 4.5.1792 by Frederick Charles Walsh 2nded John Horne Tooke

George Watts (Lowndes 1784) chymist 469 Strand. An unusually well-sourced Ancestry user-submitted tree (Adams/Homeyard) shows he was born 18.4.1755 Chard Somerset son of William (died 1788) and Dinah (nee Vivers). His brothers Charles died 1822 and Gilbert Henry died 1830, his grandfather Henry died 1770. Another Ancestry user-submitted tree (RTDeaton) which I haven't checked and the two trees seem unaware of each other, suggests his…

5.8.1792 tea at Watts's / 21.7.1794 Watts's at Reveley's / 25.7.1794 at Reveley's adv Banks's & Watts's / 21.9.1794 at Holcroft's adv Ritson, miss Cooper & miss Watts / 22.10.1794 call on Watts / 1.1.1795 W Watts calls / 21.2.1795 at Holcroft's with Richters & Watts's / 1.7.1798 meet Watts / 8.12.1800 again / 28.5.1801 call on Watts / 28.7.1806 Thomas Turner sups; adv Watts, eng / 12.9.1814 Watts calls / 14.3.1815 call on Watts (Sion College) / 22.12.1819 Thomas Turner & Watts call / 18.10.1823 Watts calls / 25.11.1825 at Reynolds's adv Sinclair & 2 Watts / 23…

miss Weale 1.1.1801 breakfasts & dines (? at Mary Elizabeth Robinson's, Englefield Green) / 3.3.1811 Weele at mrs Topping's / 14.8.1811 Wele at Topping's / 17.6.1812 Weale calls / 7.12.1812 Weale at E Topping's / 21.7.1813 again / 26.12.1817 Weale calls / 4.1.1818 Weale dines / 2.2.1818 sup at Weale's / 19.4.1818 Weale (& Carlton) call / 22.4.1818 sup at Weale's (& Carlton) / 3.5.1919 Weale dines / 29.5.1818 adv Weale at dinner / 16.8.1818 Weale sups / 29.12.1818 adv Weale at dinner

William St Clair in The Godwins and the Shelleys speculates that Weale, being someone…

Webb 13.7.1800 call on / 20.7.1800 dine at Webb's / 21.7.1800 sup at Webb's / 13.1.1802 at Wycombe's (& Curran)

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1773 F Webb

Francis Webb DNB 1735-1815. General Baptist minister and a steadfast radical whig, the DNB article states he was Deputy Searcher at Gravesend 1766 -77. In Godwin's autobiographical notes (on microfilm Duke MF 75 Bodleian Library) directly after his examination by Stafford, an Arian, he wrote "F Webb - T Pade - Hulls", and a bit later "Disputed with mrs Hull at cards - rewrite her poem".  Richard Hull (will PCC 1780 of Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex) was the brother of Godwin's mother Ann. He married Grace widow of Pierce Dixon and sister of…

Webbs Hammersmith 25.12.1794 at Foulkes'.

There were plenty of Webbs in Hammersmith, including chairmakers John of Fulham died 1795, his sister Martha and nephew Henry of the Creek, Hammersmith, and tobacco pipe maker Edward Webb of Shepherds Bush, and a Thomas Webb gentleman who died 1803 and his wife Mary. Why were they at Foulkes' on Christmas day?

 

Event tag 20.11.1788. Nathaniel Webb Esq of St James (see his younger brother Webb, Willis) married Eden Hoare, minor, with the consent of Cecilia Hoare, widow at St George Hanover Square on 20.11.1788. He was clearly identifiable along with his wife on 25.12.1791 and as the Capt. on 28.4.1789. Boyle's 1792 Nathl Webb Esq 42 Albemarle St

 

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Richard Webb 39 Poland St (Crispin) ratebooks 1771-81 / Richard Webb = St James 30.4.1770 Betty Langshaw botp wits Stephen Webb, Wm Russell / William bapt 27.1.1771, Richard bapt 21.11.1774, Thomas bapt 9.3.1776 St James of Richard & Betty Webb / coroners jury 1771 Richard Webb publican Poland St / Richard Webb victualler Poland St voted 1774 Mountmorres & Mahon / Daily Advertiser 18.5.1776 ad for lost silver watch Mr Webb Old Crispin Poland St / 1777 coroners inquest at house of Richard Webb, Crispin, Poland St /…

7.4.1788 &c. Willis John Webb was baptised at St James Piccadilly in 1770 son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth. His older brother Nathaniel was baptised in 1760 at St Marylebone. His parents married at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol on 1758. His father was MP for Taunton 1768-75 and Ilchester 1775-80 and supported North, never spoke in the house, lived at Savile Row and in Montserrat, West Indies and died at Bath in 1786 (History of Parliament). Willis was admitted at St John's College Cambridge and at Lincolns Inn in 1788, got his BA in 1792 and was called to the bar in 1795 (Alum Cantab). He…

James Webber of Milk St, Cheapside original member of Society for Constitutional Information 12.5.1780

Born about 1740 probably at Brompton Regis, Somerset, married at Holborn 7.4.1768, as bach of St Lawrence Jewry, Dorothy Lawson otp sp by lic wits Christopher Lawson, Sarah Trimby, Ann Goldar. Christopher Lawson was a founder and ironmonger of Fetter Lane, Dorothy Lawson was bapt 2.1.1742 at St Bride Fleet St dau of Christopher & Dorothy of New St. In "An account of the Society for promoting religious knowledge among the poor" 1769 edition Mr James Webber of 22 Milk Street was…

2.2.1806 Weber at Phillips'



Possibly Henry William Weber (DNB 1783-1818). He studied in Germany in 1805 and 1806 and was mostly based in Edinburgh where his works were published BY Murray and others

write to David Webster 20.12.1807

David Webster was a weaver of Leslie, Fife whose letter to Godwin dated 7.12.1801 is in Bodleian Abinger c7 f78-9 who wrote a pamphlet "The God of the Jews characterised from his own Writings" which was sent to Godwin by a Mr Jameson portrait painter

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Webster 21 Poland St ratebooks 1790-5 / Boyles City Guide 1794 cabinet maker / (Joseph Webster tailor Poland St voted Maxwell 1818) / John Webster = St James 12.10.1785 Mary Berry botp by banns (wits Andrew Berry? Ann Hurst?) / John Webster = St James 10.3.1778 Jemima Sherry botp by banns / John Webster = St James 30.3.1788 Hannah Wright botp by banns (wits Richd Wyatt his mark, Ruth Wyatt) / Mr Webster of Poland St subscriber to Royal Universal Dispensary, Featherstone Bldgs, Holborn (1791-5)