He worked at the Board of Ordnance based at the Tower of London from 1770, where he was the direct superior of Granville Sharp.
[2] Along with James Ware, Samuel Bosanquet and William Houlston, Boddington was involved in setting up the School for the Indigent Blind in St George's Fields, Southwark in 1799, housed in the former Dog and Duck tavern.
[3] Both he and his brother, Benjamin Boddington were West Indian merchants, based in 17 Mark Lane, London.
[4] His son, Benjamin eloped with his cousin Samuel Boddington's wife, Grace Ashburner.
After a court case which awarded £10,000 to Samuel, the couple divorced and Grace married Benjamin in 1798.