Biography:
1 John Wall started an Apprenticeship with the Master Worker on the 11th April 1797, and was a Private in the Volunteer Company However, it appears that he did not complete his Apprenticeship.
2. Wall was working in the Corning House as a Labourer with pay of 2/1d per day, and all Labourers received an additional allowance of 1/-d per night when it was their turn to watch - on average every 5th night (Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804).
3. Supply 5/224 dated the 30th January 1806 confirmed that John was still working in the Corning House, but stated his pay had risen to 2/2d per day. This document also recorded that he had 5 years' service at the Mills, which indicated that he either finished or quit his Apprenticeship in 1801.
4. List of Officers, Foremen and Artificers, etc. Employed (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807) recorded that Wall was still working in the Corning House earning 2/2d per day. In addition, Corning House men were allowed to watch in turn, for which they received 1/-d.
5. John was working as Saltpetre Refiner on the 23 August 1808 (Supply 5/227) and was paid 2/-d per day and also "allowed to watch in turn."
6. It would appear from Winters' book (p.75) that John Wall died in June 1813, and that "his distressed widow was awarded a donation of £0.2.2d."
