Biography:
1. William Adams (3) was employed as a Labourer by the Engineering Department in July, 1809 on work carried in the Manufactory between the 15th and 21st July 1809, and for this he was paid 17/-d (Supply 5/228).
2. WO54/516 dated the 19th February 1816 recorded that he was earning 2/8d per day in the Engineers' Department. He was a 46-year-old married man living in Waltham Abbey with 6 children, and had first started work at the Mills as a Casual Labourer on the 29th March, 1806.
3. He was still employed as a Casual Labourer in the Engineering Department earning 2/8d per day for a six-day week according to WO/54/512 dated September, 1812.
4. WO54/520 dated the 28th February 1817 confirmed William was a 47 year-old married man, a Casual Labourer in the Engineers' Department, who had first worked for the Board on the 29th March, 1806. He lived in Waltham Abbey, had 6 unmarried children, and at that date was paid 2/4d per day
