John Marsden was a spring knife manufacturer. In 1841, he was living in Trafalgar Street, with wife Ann and an apprentice. He worked in Fitzwilliam Street between 1845 and 1860. John Marsden, cutler, Gate Field, died on 16 February 1866 (aged 77). He was buried in the General Cemetery. His wife, Ann, died at Fitzwilliam Street in 1865 (aged 61).