Hi Heths
The Apprentice and Freemans list has only 2 John Mallisons
1. s o Thos Attercliffe c dec to Smith Philip Attclf c 7.5 1734 F 1743.
2. S o John, t (tailor) to Vickers Wm sc 8.5 1768
The first one was born around 1720 so unlikely to be yours.
The second was born around 1756 and never purchased his freedom. He apprenticed to a scissorsmith (which is a cutler).
Here is his baptism:
Baptism Sheff Cath 18th Feb 1756, John s o John Mallison, Taylor
He appears to have had a few siblings, none of whom are in the Apprentices and Freemens List. So John was the only one who went into cutlery.
Baps Sheff Cath
1749 Matthew s o John Mallison Taylor
1751 Mary d o John Mallison Tailor
1754 Eliz d o John Mallison Tailor
1758 Jonas Rich s o John Mallison Taylor
1767 Sarah d o John Mallison Taylor
1768 James s o John Mallison Taylor
When I'd looked for possible baptisms for Sarah there was one in 1810 which I'd discounted, because the birthdate of 16/11/1810 was too young to be her and it was also the wrong time of the year. That 1810 baptism had parents John and Mary, and for some reason (I can't remember why? did the baptism say he was from Pitsmoor??) I had it in my head that the John in Pitsmoor in 1841 was the one who was married to Mary.
Anyway, I got the digital image today (thank you Kevin for the tip!) of the 1844 death of John from Pitsmoor. The informant was a Mary Mallinson, presumably a wife, a daughter-in-law or an unmarried daughter. I think this points to the Pitsmoor guy as being the one who married Mary, because the one who married Martha only had two children, both girls, Hannah and Sarah.
Now, in 1841 Sarah had a William Mallinson (cutler, age rounded to 60) living with her. At first I did wonder if William was her father, but there are no baptisms to back that up. The baptism with parents John and Martha is a perfect fit birthday wise in terms of her age in the census and at time of death. That made me wonder if William was an uncle. William died in 1847 aged 69. I got the digital image for his death as well (praying that the informant might have been Sarah, and that a relationship would be given) but unfortunately the informant was the master of the Union workhouse, so no joy there.