The Tin Plate Workers Court Book of 1715 at the Guildhall, London records on May 1719 (p37) – “Order’d that John Antony Dick-hough, a Dutchman be prosecuted for working at the Trade, he having no Rights so to do."
The parish records for St Sepulchre, Holborn record the baptism on 6th December 1719 of Anthony (born November 30th), a son of Anthony and Elizabeth DICHOUGH from Old Baily.
He is first mentioned in Isleworth is in the Poor’s Rates for 1727 (DICKUP). In 1729 he is described as Anthony DICKUP. In 1731 the Isleworth charity school paid Anthony Dickhoff 2/6, being a Moiety of 5 Sh. for a lamp and cover.”
On 4th April 1734 he attended a parish overseers meeting and signed his name as Antony DYCKHOFF. On 15th April 1734 (p142) he signed the vestry minutes as “Antony Dyckhoff Constable” – he was subsequently paid 15s for carrying out this role.
On 26th April 1736 he received 4 votes in the election of council officers but this was not enough to be elected. On 15th July 1736, however, he is named as the only Overseer of the Poor and on 26th July 1736 the Overseers Poor’s Rates book record that he and Edmund Smyth are the Overseers for 1736. In the rate book his name is entered as Mr John Anthony DYCKHOFF. His signature appears on many vestry minutes.
J Anthony DYCKHOFF was buried at All Saints, Isleworth on 8th December 1746. In his will he left everything to his wife Elizabeth with two attaching conditions. The first was that Elizabeth should pay his (their?) daughter, Margaret Landswift, one shilling per month for pocket money. The second was that she pay to the Church wardens the sum of fifty pounds to be placed out at lawful interest. The church wardens, in return, were to pay the interest to Elizabeth Dyckhoff during her natural life. After her decease the interest was to be paid to Margaret Landswift at one shilling a week during her natural life for pocket money. After the decease of his wife and daughter the sum of sum of fifty pounds and the interest arising was to be used for the poor of the parish. A trust was set up to administer this and there are a number of subsequent entries in the parish records about it. John Anthony Dyckhoff’s Gift is also mentioned in the Reports of the Commissioners – Charities in England and Wales relating to the county of Middlesex 1819-1837.