Family and Education
b. c. 1640, o. s. of Christopher Watlington of Cambridge by da. of Thomas Paske, DD, of Much Hadham, Herts., master of Clare Hall, Camb. 1621–45 and archdeacon of London 1625. m. (1) 17 Apr. 1677, Margaret, da. of James Thompson of Huntingdons, Trumpington, Cambs., sis. of Anthony Thompson*, 1s. 1da.; (2) 29 July 1691, Dorothy Dillingham, 1s. 3da. Berry, Berks. Gen. 82–84; The Gen. iii. 313; A. Gibbons, Ely Episcopal Recs. 368; Cambs. Par. Reg. ed. Phillimore, ii. 33; Watlington’s marriage to Dorothy Dillingham was reported by a fellow Cambridge alderman to be his fourth, but no evidence has been discovered to substantiate the claim: Diary of Samuel Newton (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. xxiii), 105.
Offices Held

Freeman, common councilman and alderman, Cambridge 1684– Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688–d., mayor 1686–7, 1698–9. C. H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 603, 637; Cambs. RO (Cambridge), Cambridge bor. recs. common day bk. 1681–1722, pp. 56, 105, 133; F. Blomefield, Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, 227.

Main residence: St. Mary the Great, Cambridge.
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Commons 1690-1715
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WATLINGTON, Isaac (c.1640-1700)

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