John Panton was born to James Panton (a grocer’s porter born around 1786) in about 1804. He was christened at Saint Mary Magdalane’s Church in Lincoln on March 4th, 1804. John ‘s mother was called Rebecca and she was born in Kealby Lincolnshire in 1775. According to the 1851 census. James Panton died August 16th, …
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A Sum too Small for a Clever Mechanic..
Newspapers describe the theft from Edward Scrivener in great detail. It would seem it was not John Panton’s first such attempt. Mr Scrivener had encountered John Panton leaving with a sack. Upon being questioned Panton told his employer that the sack contained only tallow croak.(I presume tallow croak would be the remnants from making the …
The Tallow Chandler
Having spent some time building up a structure, it now seems time to add some texture using some of my personal research experience. I have deliberately picked somebody I have not studied for sometime, so I too will be learning as I go along. My intention is to introduce my research into a character called …
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