WILSON, William (Grimwade p.706, 406)

[buckler]

Partner of William Playfair - for details of their partnership see
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Of his origins and apprenticeship : -
Grimwade states "Perhaps the son of John Wilson of the parish of St George ,yeoman. Apprenticed to James Coby 1 April 1761 and free 1st March 1769"
Goldsmiths Hall Apprentice Book 8 page 225 records the apprenticeship in 1772 of William Wilson, son of Richard Wilson to Thomas Vanes ,Weaver .

Connections ?
7th April 1780 - Thomas Wilson son of William Wilson , St Luke Old Street, Middlesex, silversmith, apprenticed to Robert Underwood, , Fishmongers' Company.

Evidence (see William Playfair above) suggests that Grimwade comment that he seems unconnected with William Wilson, bucklemaker, entered 1785, is incorrect.

[silverly]

16 November 1784 William Wilson of the Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex aged twenty-six years Batchelor and Silversmith bound in marriage to Isabella Barclay aged twenty-two years Spinster of the same parish.

[buckler]

The above marriage record indicates William Wilson's birth was around 1758. This is supported by the Goldsmiths Hall Apprentice Book recording his apprenticeship in 1772 to Thomas Vanes ,Weaver .

Thus Grimwades suggestion "Perhaps the son of John Wilson of the parish of St George ,yeoman. Apprenticed to James Coby 1 April 1761 and free 1st March 1769" is almost certainly incorrect.