He was a machine maker and joiner at Nickass 
   Letter in 1878 re Platt ancestry:  
http://www.stanwardine.com/melyniog_letters/name/Joseph_Platt_Hall_-_born_1864.htm#162    Platts living at Bridge House, Platt Lane, Dobcross in 1797   
 Will proved 3 Dec 1817   
 Marriage source: 
 England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900," database, FamilySearch (
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F185-1X4 : 8 December 2014), Henry Platt, 15 Sep 1766; citing , , Cheshire Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm