The son of Edward Linford of Bristol, engraver, and the brother of Edward Linford (A).
| 1727 | 27 Aug. Probably the Joseph Linford baptised, the son of Edward Linford (St Mary Redcliffe; Ancestry website). |
| 1741 | 13 Oct. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Sarah Taylor. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1750 | 9 Dec. He married Elizabeth Kitchinman in St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey (information from Gay Brennan). |
| c1752-59 | He was living in Lambeth when his children were baptised: Mary, bapt 5 Nov 1752, Elizabeth, bapt 2 Jun 1754, Ann, bapt 5 Dec 1756 and Joseph, bapt 12 Mar 1758 (St Mary’s, Lambeth; information from Gay Brennan). |
| 1757 | 23 Jul. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
| c1761-64 | He was living in Mortlake, Surrey, when his children were baptised: Jane, bapt 2 Sep 1758, Samuel, bapt 3 May 1761, Martha, bapt 10 Oct 1762 and Edward, bapt 29 Jan 1764 (St Mary’s, Mortlake; information from Gay Brennan). |
| 1772 | 12 Sep. He had moved back to Lambeth by 1772 when his daughter Elizabeth was baptised (St Mary’s, Lambeth; information from Gay Brennan). |
| 1774 | Gallypotmaker, Lambeth (P). |
| 1780-93 | He was living in Vauxhall, Lambeth, occupying property owned by Sir Joseph Mawby, with a yearly value of £10 (Land Tax, Surrey, for 1780, 1781, 1785, 1787, 1789, 1792 and 1793, information from Gay Brennan). |
| 1781 | Galleypotmaker, Lambeth (P). |
| 1784 | Gallypotmaker, Vauxhall Stairs, Lambeth (P). |
| 1793 | 17 Nov. Living in Vauxhall, he was buried at St Mary’s church, Lambeth (London Metropolitan Archives, P85/MRY1, item 348; information from Gay Brennan). |