John Aldam
According to Leader (1905-06)1, John Aldam was the son of William, of Daniel Hill, who was a tanner. John was apprenticed to cutler Robert Tricket, of Hillfoot, and was granted his Freedom in 1789 (by which time his father had died). Further geneaological details appeared in Joseph Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium (Clay, vol. 3, 1895), which show that John Aldam (born on 25 June 1768) was baptised as a Quaker at Balby, Doncaster. This source confirms that his father was William (1739-?) and his ....
