Biography:
1. Jacob Lifts was employed as a Labourer, setting and drawing stoves and in the willow plantations, earning 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814).
2. Return dated the 25th June 1818 (Supply 5/231) recorded that Jacob was then employed as an Hoop Bender. He was a married man, aged 40, with 6 children, who lived in Cheshunt and earned 3/6d per day; he was also allowed to watch in turn, for which he received 1/-d per night.
3. In a letter dated September 1818 (Supply 5/231), it was stated "We respectfully beg leave to add the names and stations of those persons whom it will be necessary to discharge in consequence of this arrangement." The list included Jacob Lofts, Hoop Bender.
