This branch of the Hague family came from Walkley.  Jonathan Hague (?-1795) was a file smith, whose sons were Jonathan Jun. (bapt.1763-1789) and John (bapt.1770-?).   Jonathan Jun. was apprenticed to cutler Joseph Shemeld and became a Freeman in 1784.  John Hague was apprenticed to his brother in 1784 and became a Freeman seven years later.  It seems likely that by the 1770s, Jonathan Hague Sen. was involved in a complex series of partnerships with members of the Staniforth, Parkin, and Shemeld families.  These partnerships revolved around the merchant and cutlery enterprise of Staniforth, Parkin & Co.  In the early 1790s, Jonathan Hague withdrew and for a few years became a cast steel manufacturer with John Parkin.  At the start of 1795, however, Jonathan Hague – merchant, cutler, dealer, and chapman – filed for bankruptcy.  Within months, a newspaper reported his death on 27 March 1795 at the house of his son-in-law, Mr Samuel Crowley, at Bradford (Leeds Intelligencer, 30 March 1795).  His son, Jonathan Jun., had died on 27 July 1789 at Wakefield (on returning from a visit to his sister in Bradford).  The cause of death was ‘inflammation in his bowels’ (Sheffield Register, 1 August 1789).  He was buried at Ecclesall.