Dewhurst (or Dewhirst), John (1766-1799)
Dewhurst (or Dewhirst), John
Liverpool, Lancashire; cabinet maker and timber merchant (fl. 1766–99)
Recorded in Thomas Street, 1766–73.
Apprenticed to James Robinson, joiner and admitted a freeman on 19 November 1767.
His son, Charles Dewhurst (b. 1776) was a sailmaker who petitioned freedom through patrimony in 1799 [Liverpool freemen register and committee book].
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.