Ebenezer Smith and Co
of Chesterfield, Iron Masters.
of 7 Swan Street, Manchester, Iron Masters.
Are these the same business, or two businesses with the same name in different towns?
1800 Joseph Read of Read and Lucas in Sheffield married (in London) Elizabeth Smith (b1778 in London), the daughter of Ebenezer Smith (and Elizabeth Cater Smith) of the Smiths Ironworks.
1825 Listed as Iron founders, iron merchants, and ironmongers in Manchester[1]
1828 Listed under "Iron master and iron and brass founder" and as "steam engine maker" at Adelphi and Calow Works, Chesterfield.
1834 Listed in Pigot's Directory of Manchester as Iron & Brass Founders, 21 Oak Street, Swan Street
In the 1830s, the Smiths Ironworks, Chesterfield, failed.
1758 Elizabeth Cater was born in Solihull[2]
1777 Ebenezer Smith married Elizabeth Cater in London[3]
1778 Birth of daughter Elizabeth in London[4]
1800 Elizabeth Smith married Joseph Read in Old Brampton, Derbys.
1821 Elizabeth Smith, widow of Ebenezer Smith senior, of Chesterfield, was buried in Derby age 63[5]
1827 Ebenezer Smith of Chesterfield, age 71 was buried Old Brampton, Derbyshire[6]
1835 The will of Ebenezer Smith, iron founder, of Chesterfield, was proved by application of his sons Ebenezer Smith, William Cater Smith and Joseph Bright Smith[7]