Joshua and William Perkinton (Perkington)
The Perkintons (or Perkingtons, as the name was sometimes spelled) were table knife manufacturers – a trade they often combined with running pubs and beer houses. Joshua Perkinton (1812-1858) and William Perkinton (1816-1876) were brothers, who were the sons of Joshua Perkington (1785-1835) and Elizabeth née Allen (1790-1834). Joshua Perkinton Sen. was listed after 1822 as a victualler at the Red Lion, 54 Holly Street, and a table knife manufacturer. He died of apoplexy on 25 September 1835, ag....
