William Warburton was a student of Philip Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1741. He later served as an assistant minister at Northampton between 1753 and 1760 while also serving as minister to the congregation at nearby Creaton from 1753 to 1773. He then ministered at Angel Street in Worcester, 1777-78. He also subscribed to Volume 4 of Doddridge's Expositor.