William Risbridger

1713 — 1794
A brief biography

Ancestors


Risbrig — 1198 —
William de la Risebreage — 1276 —
Joham Rysbrugg — 1320 —
John atte Rysbrugg — 1425
Henry Ryesbrigger of Albury — 1430 —
John atte Rysbrygge — 1461 —
Johanna Risbridger — 1461 —
William Rysbrydger — 1553
Katherine —
John Rysbrydger of Shere ±1520 — 1563
Katherine Rysbrydger — 1597
William Risbridger 1546 — 1615
John Risbridger 1579 — 1631
John Risbridger 1624 — 1718
William Risbridger 1654 — 1718
William Risbridger 1687 — 1744
William Risbridger 1713 — 1794
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William Risbridger


Son of William Risbridger and Elizabeth Fenn. .

Born in 1713, the sixth year of the reign of Queen Anne, and died aged eighty in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of King George III

The last Clockmaker


William Risbridger was the last of four generations of Risbridger clockmakers in Dorking and Brentford.

His first wife Sarah Dudley died only ten years after they married in 1740. He then remained a widower for much of his life, only marrying again in 1790 at the age of 77.

The Apprentices

We know that William took on at least three apprentices in Dorking:

Robert Dorset, son of Sarah, apprentice clockmaker on 7/11/1745 for 7 years and the fee of £15.

James Hodges, son of James, apprentice clockmaker on 4/10/1752 for 7 years and the fee of £15-15s.

Peter Ratcliffe, apprentice clockmaker on 21/11/1762 for 7 years and the fee of £15. He married Mary Rose, the niece of William's wife Sarah.


The Church Warden


It is believed that this William Risbridger was Churchwarden for the Dorking Parish Church. There is a golden ball in Dorking Museum which once surmounted the church tower, and engraved on a band around the ball is recorded, William Risbridger, Church-Warden 1779

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