Okely, John, London, cm (b.1752–c.1772). Born at Bedford in 1752 and app. to Abraham and David Roentgen at Neuweid, near Cologne, in 1766. He remained with the German cm at Neuwied near Cologne until 1772. Heal records him as Oakley at 13 Dean St, Soho, c. 1775–93. It has been suggested that the Okely who subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book in 1793 and was at St Paul's Churchyard may be the same person. Sheraton's subscriber may however have been George Oakley. [DEF; H. Huth, Roentgen Furniture, 1974, p. 10]