Perhaps the son of Samuel Hatton, although he is not mentioned in Samuel Hatton's will .
Inland Revenue Board of Stamps transcript records 24/120 of 1765 the apprenticeship of Edward Hatton to Samuel Hatton of St Annes Soho Silversmith with a premium of £3.
Parish registers of St. Katherine Coleman record the marriage of Edward Hatton to Eleanor Sanderson on 29th July 1771 .
14 June 1784- Grimwade records him entering a mark as bucklemaker at 9, Johns Court , Hanover Yard , which is just off Hanway Street.
A very interesting insight into this silverbucklemakers life is given a few months later by The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t17850223-121 of 23rd February 1785.
WILLIAM SMITH was indicted for assaulting Eleanor, wife of Edward Hatton and taking , one pair of silver shoe-buckles, value 30 s. the property of the said Edward .
ELEANOR HATTON sworn.
I live in Hanway-street, in the parish of St. Pancras; I am wife of Edward Hatton ; on Friday the 14th of January I was robbed, between eight and nine, in Hanway-street, .. .. .. I had been for a pair of silver buckles, they were very large, six inches and a half long; my husband is a silver buckle maker, and I had them to finish; I was standing at the corner of the street cheapening some sprats, and I was tapped on my right shoulder, and I thought it was some acquaintance; I turned about immediately, and the buckles were forced out of my right hand.
JOHN LANE , a little Boy.
I saw the prisoner running down Bambridge-street; my mammy sent me out for some sprats for her supper, about the hour of eight, and I saw the prisoner and another in company, the corner of Hanway-yard.
What part of the town was it that you saw him in these five or six times? - About Bambridge-street.
Was Bambridge-street near Hanway-street? - Yes.(Bambridge Street = Bainbridge Street)
What distance is there between Bambridge-street and Hanway-street? - It is about fifty yards apart.
Did you see the boy do any thing in Hanway-street? - I saw him look over Mrs. Hatton's shoulder, and I saw him tap her over the right arm, and she turned round to look, and he snatched a parcel out of her right hand.
Did you know Mrs. Hatton before? - I knew her before, because she kept a pork shop on one side of Oxford-road, and my mother used to buy pork of her.
HATTON, Edward (Grimwade p.389)
Moderators: buckler, MCB, silverly
Re: HATTON, Edward (Grimwade p.389)
It is possible that the Will of Edward Hatton, Silversmith of Saint Anne Westminster , Middlesex, proved at PCC on 15 November 1827, may be his although the date seems a little late. (ref TNA/PROB 11/1732/291)