Person DS/UK/4138 Bakewell; Benjamin (1767-1844); glass manufacturer Bakewell Benjamin Male glass manufacturer 1767-1844 Pittsburgh, USA Benjamin Bakewell was born in Derby in 1767, the son of Joseph Bakewell and Sarah Woodhouse. He was an importer of French wares until trade was disrupted by the French Revolutionary wars in 1792. In 1793 he travelled to New York and set up an import business there, which also failed due to French and English trade disruption and American embargoes. In 1808, he purchased a flint glasshouse in Pittsburgh, which under his management became a highly successful glass company, known under the names The Pittsburgh Glass Manufactory, Bakewell & Page and Bakewell, Pears & Co. He married Ann White in 1791 at Edgbaston, Warwickshire, with whom he had several children: Thomas, Nancy, John and Euphemia. He died in Pittsburgh in 1844. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bakewell-94 Yes DERBYSHIRE\71010800 14/01/2022 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 14/01/2022 01cfe272-f556-4bf8-a41b-e8421c47d8c5