Benjamin & Joseph Raworth
This branch of the Raworth family hailed from Derbyshire, until Benjamin Raworth (died c.1805), a bricklayer, moved to Sheffield towards the end of the eighteenth century (Griffin, 20071). He apprenticed his sons into the cutlery trade. These included Benjamin Raworth (d. 1810), a silver-plater, who married Sarah Pyrah. Two of their sons became involved in cutlery manufacture. These included Joseph Raworth (1786-1862) and Benjamin Pyrah Raworth (1788-1867). The latter was apprenticed to scissor ....
