Peter Wilson

1784 – 1832

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-05

Peter Wilson was born in Hull and baptised at Holy Trinity on the 5th of March 1784, the son of James Wilson the whitesmith and Elinor Shaw. He carried the family's metalwork from his father's fine cold trade to the heat of the forge: Peter was a blacksmith, and the records give him a place as well as a craft — the Foundry, Gibson Street, in Sculcoates. That street became the family's ground. His son and grandson would be iron moulders within a few doors of it, and his son James Henry would die at 16 Gibson Street more than half a century on; three generations of Wilsons lived, worked and were carried to church from the one short Sculcoates street.

On the 13th of March 1805 he married Ann Manby at Holy Trinity — 'Peter Wilson of this parish, Smith' — before her kin Robert and Elizabeth Manby. The register kept a small distinction the family would keep repeating down the generations: Peter wrote his name well; Ann made her mark. Their children were Hull-born and Sculcoates-christened — James Henry, through whom this line runs, then John, William and Ann.

He did not make old bones. Peter was buried at St Mary's, Sculcoates, on the 18th of May 1832, the register reckoning him forty-nine — the forge, the foundry and the Gibson Street rooms passing to a son not yet out of his teens.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-05

Baptism: March 5th 1784, Holy Trinity, Hull
Marriage: March 13th 1805 to Ann Manby, at Holy Trinity, Hull (Parish Records)
Burial: May 18th 1832 aged 49 years, St. Mary's Sculcoates (Parish Records)
Parents: James Wilson and Elinor Shaw
Siblings: Peter Wilson baptised March 5th 1784, Holy Trinity Elinor Wilson baptised July 5th 1785 burial August 20th1786 St. Mary's Hull [John Wilson born 1791, Hull* [Ann Dinnan Wilson born 1792 Hull* All baptised together May 20th 1795 Holy trinity [Elizabeth Wilson born 1795* Ann Dinnon Wilson baptised July 20th 1797, Holy Trinity Ann Dinnon Wilson baptised October10th 1799, Holy Trinity William Wilson baptised September 21st 1801, Holy Trinity *baptised together May 20th 1795
Children: James Henry Wilson baptised May 20 1815, Sculcoates John Wilson baptised June 7th 1818, Sculcoates William Wilson baptised October 1st 1820, Sculcoates Ann Wilson baptised August 28th 1825, Sculcoates
1805: Marries Ann Manby in Holy Trinity, Hull Peter Wilson of this parish, Smith, and Ann Manby of the same, Spinster, was married by banns, on the 13th day of March, 1805, in the presence of Robert and Elizabeth Manby Peter Wilson wrote his name well ; Ann made her mark (x)
Occupation: Blacksmith (Marriage and Baptism records)
Address: The Foundry, Gibson Street (Baptism records)

In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

JWFatherJames Wilsonb. 1761 ESMotherElinor Shaw

The children of James & Elinor

Peter Wilson b. 1784this page · · · · · · ·

Marriage

AMSpouseAnn Manbyb. 1785

Children

JWChild · the line continuesJames Henry Wilsonmain line1815–1888

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred

1784

Baptism — Holy Trinity, Hull, son of James Wilson & Elinor Shaw

5 March 1784 at Holy Trinity

Peter, son of James Wilson — March 5.— Baptism — Hull, Holy Trinity (5 March 1784)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Baptism — Hull, Holy Trinity (5 March 1784) — Peter Wilson, baptised at Holy Trinity, Hull, 5 March 1784, son of James — findmypast, Yorkshire Baptisms (East Riding Archives, PE158/4, page 118, record GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/BAP/500533998), the same register that holds his father James's own 1761 baptism. It confirms the link up the line to James the whitesmith. index entry — original not yet seen

1805

Married Ann Manby

13 March 1805

Peter Wilson, of this parish, Smith, and Ann Manby, of the same, spinster, were married by banns, on the 13th day of March 1805, in the presence of Robert and Elizabeth Manby. Peter Wilson wrote his name well; Ann made her mark ✕.— Marriage — Hull, Holy Trinity (13 March 1805)

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Marriage — Hull, Holy Trinity (13 March 1805) — Peter Wilson & Ann Manby, married at Holy Trinity, Hull, 13 March 1805, by banns — Mum's transcription of the register. The entry gives Peter's trade ('Smith') and the marks of literacy: he signed, she did not. The witnesses are her kin. from Mum’s research

1832

Buried

18 May 1832

May 18th 1832 aged 49 years, St. Mary's Sculcoates (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Burial — St Mary's, Sculcoates (18 May 1832) — Peter Wilson, buried at St Mary's, Sculcoates, 18 May 1832, aged 49 (Mum's record, parish register). He died young; his son James Henry was seventeen. from Mum’s research

Occupation

Blacksmith (Marriage and Baptism records)— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Residence

The Foundry, Gibson Street (Baptism records)— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Our research

The Foundry on Gibson Street — and Ann Manby's people

Research · Sculcoates, Hull

Peter is the hinge of the family's trade — the whitesmith's son who became a blacksmith at a named foundry, and fixed the Wilsons on Gibson Street in Sculcoates for the three generations that followed. Mum drew his address, 'the Foundry, Gibson Street,' from his children's baptism entries; the original register leaves (Sculcoates, 1813–25, in the Rose's-Act format that records a father's abode and trade) would show it in the clerk's own hand — a scan worth adding.

Ann Manby

Ann Manby, his wife, is promoted here from a name to a person, but her own line is untraced — a Hull family (her kin Robert and Elizabeth Manby witnessed the 1805 wedding). To do: Ann Manby's baptism, c.1785, and the Manbys of Hull.