Balch, Edward snr (1769)
Balch, Edward snr, West Ham, London, joiner and upholder (1769). By his will, dated 13 September 1769 and proved 18 December 1769, he left to his wife Hannah ‘the shop & business of an Upholder to be carried on by my wife & grandson Edward Balch my apprentice’. [PRO, 953(406) p. 69]
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.