M. Hunter & Son Ltd
The Hunters came from Ecclesfield and liked naming their sons Michael. Three became Master Cutler in the late nineteenth century. Michael Hunter I (1724-18 June 1771) was a prosperous factor or ‘hardware man’. He later moved to Sheffield – possibly in about 1760 – and sold materials to cutlers from a warehouse in Milk Street (Sheffield Independent, 4 November 1876). His son, Michael Hunter II (1759-1831), also became a merchant. Presumably, the latter was the cutler li....
