William WEAVER was born in 1750. His father died before his first birthday.
He married Phoebe SMITH on 24th July 1773, and had nine children, five girls and four boys.
In the Universal British Directory of 1793-98, William is listed as a heel maker.
Worcestershire Quarter Sessions 1800 Easter "Examination of William Weaver, Bromsgrove, heelcutter, & Samuel Kimberley, Bromsgrove, yeoman: Weaver says on Saturday between 6 & 7 pm he saw John Jones come out of the brewhouse of Samuel Kimberley with a piece of iron in his hand & he took Jones into custody suspecting it had been stolen - Kimberley told him it was the property of Judith Climes who lately lived there. Kimberley confirms above". - ref. 1/1/559/56 [n.d.]
In the 1811 census of Bromsgrove, William is living on Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove with one female. He is described as a patten wood cutter. A 'patten' is defined as: any one of various types of wooden-soled footwear, such as a sandal, shoe, or clog, worn to increase one's height or to keep one's feet out of the mud.
In his Will dated 6th November 1819, he describes himself as a pattin wood and heel maker. There were other patten makers in Bromsgrove during his lifetime inluding Thomas SMALLWOOD and William MADELEY, a journeyman 'pattern wood' maker originally from Birmingham.
The family Bible, an edition dated 26th January 1813, was a treasured possession and he left it in his Will to his son John. He left his two houses in The Strand, Bromsgrove to John and his son-in-law William Kemsey.
The rest of his estate, including a house at Catshill, was divided equally between John, the children of Joseph, and his married daughters Sarah Kemsey, Ann Bromfield and Phoebe Lewis. Clearly, it would appear that by the date of this Will, his children Elizabeth, William, Joseph, Richard Smith and Mary Ann had died, although Joseph had obviously married and had children.