6.8.1804
Joseph & Mary Godwin's youngest son William. Birth and baptism shown in Guildhall MS12818A/71 f45 (see Godwin, Joseph). He was admitted commoner at Christs Hospital on 10.9.1800 and "cloathed" in his blue coat the next day. He was presented by Lord Lauderdale for which see his letters to Godwin (Abinger c.5 f102-3 & 110-11).
28.10.1810 (event tag) at Christ Church Newgate, William Godwin of this parish married Harriet Gilbert spinster of St Marylebone by licence, witnesses William & Diana Gilbert. The mrs W of 21.7.1811 at Lamb's, 14.10.1821 at Joseph Godwin's, and 28.4.1826 at Mary Shelley's were probably his wife Harriet.
William Godwin schoolmaster and his wife Harriet baptised 6 children between 1814 and 1825; in 1814 at St Martins le Grand; in 1816 at Woolwich (Paris St); in 1818 at Enfield (Baker St); and from 1820 at Enfield (Enfield Highway). (On 11.5.1820 Godwin called on 'Jo G, Enfield'). When their son William married on 25.12.1838 his trade was given as Artificial Florist and his father's as Writing Master, but in the 1841 census his father was also an Artificial Florist living at Myddleton St, St James Clerkenwell with his wife and 3 daughters. In 1851 at 50 Myddleton Rd, William Godwin widower age 59, born Earsham Norfolk was an Artificial Florist, as was his son William at 41 Margaret Street, St Marylebone. On 12.5.1860 William Godwin of 146 Marylebone Road, aged 68 was buried at Kensal Green cemetery.