John Jervis
The name Jervis has been linked with the influx of Dutch religious and political refugees to Sheffield in the sixteenth century (Leader, 1875). However, this is no more than tradition. A published pedigree traced the family to Hansworth and Tinsley, where the first Jervises were farmers. John Jervis (1712-1784) and his son, John (1741-1823), appeared in the 1774 directory of Sheffield as cutlers at Peacroft (with individual marks). John (presumably Jun.) registered a silver mark in the following....
