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Jedediah Strutt (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it – was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England. Strutt and his brother-in-law William Woollat developed an attachment to the stocking frame that allowed the production of ribbed stockings.
Inventor of the Derby Rib Machine. Jedediah Strutt was born 25 July 1726 in South Normanton, Derbyshire. He was the son of William Strutt, a farmer, and Martha Statham. After showing an early interest in mechanics, Strutt was apprenticed at the age of fourteen to Ralph Massey, a wheelwright from Findern near Derby.
Jedediah Strutt, 1726-97, was the son of a prosperous farmer and maltster. He was born in South Normanton and moved to Findern near Derby, when he became apprenticed to a wheelwright.
The sale of a horse for £5 was the unlikely catalyst for Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797) to become yet another Derbyshire industrialist who could lay claim to be one of the founders of the modern factory system.
Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797) was one of leading pioneer industrialists of the 18th century. He was born at South Normanton, Derbyshire, in the family of small farmers who belonged to a Presbyterian community with strong Nonconformist religious views.
1.2. Introducing the Strutt Family The Strutt family of Belper was headed by Jedediah Strutt who was born into a farming family from South Normanton, Derbyshire in 1726 (Power, 1999a). Jedediah was an important figure in the Zindustrial revolution [ as in 1757 his design, the
Jedediah died in 1797, leaving three sons, William George and Joseph to continue the very successful business interests in Derby, but Belper became the “Kingdom” of the Strutts. Jedediah Strutt and his sons transformed the economy of Belper, the lives of the people and the appearance of the town.
