This cutlery manufacturer can be traced the activities of Samuel Eaton, who was a table knife manufacturer in Hawley Croft. According to the records of the Company of Cutlers, Samuel Eaton was the son of Thomas, a cutler in Sheffield. Samuel was apprenticed in 1777 and became a Freeman in 1796. Samuel was listed in directories in Hawley Croft after 1816. He married Hannah Wigfall and they had a son, Thomas Wigfall Eaton (1792-1853). Samuel and Thomas traded together in the 1820s, but th....