Woodin (or Wooding), Thomas (1746-1760)
Woodin (or Wooding), Thomas
St James's, Westminster, London and Charleston, South Carolina; carver and gilder (1746–c. 1760)
In 1746 Woodin bound Samuel Norman as an apprentice who was subsequently to make his name as a prominent furniture maker in the early years of George III's reign.
Woodin emigrated to South Carolina with his wife Rebecca c. 1760. In June 1767 he advertised in the South Carolina Gazette that he could teach ‘Drawing in all its Branches’ and had mahogany and bamboo furniture for sale. He undertook carving work in Charleston, South Carolina.
On his death in July 1774 he left his tools to his son John. [Boyd's Index of IR apprentice registers, vol. 22, p. 4284; Museum of Early Decorative Arts, Winston Salem, biographical indices].
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.