William & John Oakes
The Oakes family was involved in fine scissors manufacture at Pond Lane. Widow Oakes was listed in 1787, using a trade mark with symbols resembling ‘u . 3’. Her deceased husband may have been Enoch Oakes, a scissors maker, who was granted his Freedom in 1749. The parish register listed the burial of Enock [sic] Oakes on 1 September 1786, who was designated ‘poor’. The identification, as usual, is not entirely certain. Enoch apparently had at least one son: this was ....
