William Watkins

William Watkins was in Whitby 1755. He was a friend and contemporary of Francis Gibson (on this) whose fellow pupil he was with Lionel Charlton. George Markham Tweddell proposed to cover William Watkins (or at least The Watkinses) in a proposed 2nd or 3rd volume of Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham 1972. Tweddell covered Lionel Charlton in the first and only volume and so would be familiar with William.. The 2nd or 3rd volumes never came out but earlier in 1867 Rev Gideon Smales covered William Watson in Whitby Authors and their Publications. John Watkins, the Chartist writer was William's uncle. (Source

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

 By JOHN NICHOLS
His publications were -
Althelgiva - A Legendary Tale 1777
The Sailor - A Poetical Epistle to a Friend 1782
The Apology 1782 - A disguised satire on the people of the Town
Coucy and Adelaide 1784
The Whitby Spy - 30 periodical essays in imitation of the Spectator. 1784
Anomolice - 1797
Original Sonnets and Miscellaneous pieces
The Fall of Carthage
Poetical Remains