Richard Walton
Richard Walton (bapt.1756-1818) was a Quaker. His father was Richard; his mother was Sarah. Richard Jun. may have been apprenticed as a cutler in 1771. Apprenticeship records listed Richard Walton, the son of Richard (a grocer), who was trained by cutler Joseph Clarber (possibly Clarbour) and granted his Freedom in 1779. Certainly, Richard Walton was listed in Sheffield directories (1787, 1797) as a table knife maker at Whitecroft, with a cleaver (picture) and ‘WALTON’ as a trade mar....
