Robert Beatson of Rotherham, Secretary of Conference 1789, Committee 1790 / RB = 1.6.1778 Emley, Yorks Ann Beatson / subscr 1791 to Sullivan's Flights of Fancy / 1803 chemists, brewers & glassmen bankrupt / RB bur 7.2.1805 Ecclesfield Yorks / 1815, 1818 oil of vitriol manufacturers (Robert, John & Thomas B) / will PCC 1827 John B, chemists, Masbrough, Rotherham / 1828 fire in premises / RB jr born 1779 died 1850