Lived in Lancaster as early as 1821. John Seward was a weaver[1].
Sources
↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: 40D90/1/3/29; New Reference Number: BDP14, entry for marriage banns for Dorothy Seward and George Field.
See also:
"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ22-BKF : accessed 2 February 2016), John Seward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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