Apprenticed to a scissorsmith in Sheffield in 1776

Worked as a scissorsmith in Sheffield, Yorkshire

Married 1787 (Aug 7) Sheffield, Yorkshire
    to Hannah Ash (c1762 - 1788)

Married 1799 (Feb 4) Sheffield, Yorkshire
    to Mary Ragg (c1758 - 1818)

Parents

Father worked as a barber (no details known)
  - buried 1801 (Jun 30) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Mother buried 1769 (Mar 1) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Spouses

Hannah Ash probably born in 1762 in Sheffield
    (father William Ash, mother unknown)
  - baptised 1763 (Jan 1) Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - buried 1788 (Jun 23) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Mary Ragg probably born about 1758 in Sheffield
  - buried 1818 (Oct 26) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Children

Mary probably born in 1788 in Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - buried 1788 (Jun 19) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Elizabeth baptised 1790 (Aug 15) Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - married 1815 (Mar 27) Sheffield to Michael Joseph
  - living in Sheffield, Yorkshire at 1841/1851 census
    (a widowed boarding house keeper at 1851 census)
  - buried 1851 (Apr 6) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Sarah baptised 1792 (Dec 30) Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - married 1813 (Aug 12) Sheffield to Henry Becks

Edward born 1802 (Jan 26) Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - baptised 1802 (Mar 17) Sheffield, Yorkshire
  - buried 1802 (Oct 13) Sheffield, Yorkshire

Not Known

Any further details of his parents and origins