John WOOLLETT
about 1738 - about 1787
watchmaker of Maidstone and London
Life History
about 1738 |
Born |
30th Jan 1738 |
Christened |
about 1787 |
Died |
8th Jul 1787 |
Buried in St Martin in the Fields, London |
Other facts
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Married Ann |
Notes
- Freeman 12 March 1768.
On watch papers engraved by his brother, "Watch Maker, Maidstone", "Watch and Clock Maker in Red Lyon Street, Clerkenwell, London".
John Woollett was not admitted as a freeman of the Clockmakers Company or of the Barber-Surgeons Company of London.
"His brother was a watchmaker, and lived in the middle row in Maidstone" - letter in Maidstone and Kent County Standard, Dec 1875.
3rd July 1753, apprenticed to Walter Partridge, watchmaker and barber-surgeon of London.
8th December 1758, apprentiship turned over to James Green, citizen and clockmaker of Fenchurch Street, London.
? Member of Clockmakers Guild circa 1790?