Samuel Merrill
Samuel Merrill first appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1797 as a pen knife cutler at Pond Street, using the trade mark ‘MY DESIRE’. He was also a victualler. In 1811, Samuel Merrill was listed as a fork maker at Pond Street. He was presumably related to other Merrill fork makers, such as Ralph Merrill. The records of the Company of Cutlers listed Samuel Merrill, the son of Ralph (a gardener at Pitsmoor), who was apprenticed to Robert Fisher, a knife maker, and granted his Freedom in 180....
