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William Wood (ironmaster)
William Wood (1671–1730) was a hardware manufacturer and mintmaster, noted for receiving a contract to strike an issue of Irish coinage from 1722 to 1724. He also struck the 'Rosa Americana' coins of British America during the same period.
Wood's coinage was extremely unpopular in Ireland as a result of the publication of Jonathan Swift's ''Drapier's Letters''. It was recalled and exported to the colonies of British America. Subsequently, he developed a novel (but ineffective) means of producing iron, which he later exploited as part of a fradulent investment scheme.
==Family life==
William Wood was born in Shrewsbury, son of Francis Wood, a silkweaver.〔see Treadwell (1976), p. 77〕 His family were supposedly descendants of Huguenots named Dubois who had fled France after the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572.〔Letters: Mary Howitt. The Times, Tuesday, Feb 07, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32302; col B.〕
William married Margaret Molineaux in 1690, daughter of Willenhall ironmonger Richard Molineaux. The couple lived in a large house in Wolverhampton, The Deanery, where they raised 14 children.
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