In the 18th century, he founded Samuel Enderby & Sons, a prominent shipping, whaling, and sealing company.
[1] The Enderby family had been tanners (leather workers) at Bermondsey, and supported Oliver Cromwell.
The family was granted forfeited estates at Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, which were sold in 1660.
[2] On 2 June 1752, Samuel Enderby II married Mary Buxton, a daughter of his business partner, at St Paul's Wharf in London.
[3] Samuel Enderby III (1755-1829) owned Britannia, the ship that made the first successful whale catch off Australia (10 November 1791).