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John Wilkinson, as depicted on a 1793 halfpenny token struck by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint John married Ann Maudsley in 1759. Her family was wealthy and her dowry helped to pay for a share in the New Willey Company .
John Wilkinson married Ann Maudsley, daughter of a wealthy family , whose dowry helped John to secure a share in the New Willey Company. They had no children. After Ann’s death, he tied the knot with Mary Lee whose money helped John get a hold over his company by buying out his partners.
John Wilkinson (born 1728, Clifton, Cumberland, Eng.—died July 14, 1808, Bradley, Staffordshire) was a British industrialist known as “the great Staffordshire ironmaster” who found new applications for iron and who devised a boring machine essential to the success of James Watt’s steam engine.
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John Wilkinson © Wilkinson was an English industrialist who pioneered the use of cast iron, an essential new material of the Industrial Revolution. Wilkinson was born in Clifton, Cumberland.
Mar 3, 2011 · 1762 – Cartel formed between John Wilkinson, Isaac Wilkinson and Abraham Darby for agreed prices for castings for materials for fire-engines, cylinders, bored items and non-bored items. 1763 - John married Mary Lee, major shareholder at Bersham ironworks and sister-in-law of Edward Blakeway, one of his partners at Willey, They moved house to ...
Apr 30, 2022 · John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 – 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the use and manufacture of cast iron and cast-iron goods in the Industrial Revolution. Early life. John Wilkinson was born in Little Clifton, Bridgefoot, Cumberland (now part of Cumbria), the eldest son of Isaac Wilkinson and Mary Johnson.
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John Wilkinson married Mary Lee, a wealthy woman who was the main shareholder in the family ironworks. She provided him with the money to establish his own coke-fired furnace. Wilkinson developed a reputation for high-quality casting.
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