Isaac, William

Market Street, Weymouth, Dorset; cabinet maker (fl.1779–98)

Isaac's insurance cover on utensils and stock rose from £100 in 1779 to £200 in 1785. By the latter year he had a warehouse and workshop which were insured for an additional £100.

In 1789 his dwelling house and shop and trade goods kept there were insured for £200 and a further £400 was taken out on a warehouse, outhouse and workshop and their contents. He also owned in this year a house in St Thomas's Street, tenanted by a T. Smith, a linen draper. In 1789 his business was described as an upholsterer, cutler and cabinet maker and in 1798 as a joiner, cabinet maker and auctioneer.

In 1789 he was described as William Isaac jnr. [Guildhall Library, Sun MS vol. 276, p. 204; vol. 330, p. 96; vol. 362, p. 601; vol. 386, p. 165].

Source: DEFM