Joshua Cawton
Several Cawtons had been Master Cutler: namely, Ezra Cawton (1706), Joshua Cawton (1736), and Joshua Cawton (1770). Leader (1905-06)1 recorded that the latter had literary tastes and a large library. He and his sons made table and pocket knives in Snig Hill and were listed in directories (1774, 1787, and 1797), using the mark ‘CAWTON’. In 1782, a silver mark was registered by Jossiah [sic?] Cawton, Snig Hill. One of Joshua’s sons, Benjamin, died on 18 May 1792. ‘In a fit ....
