Bristol Potters - B
Research by Reg Jackson
BROWN William
The son of John Brown of Abbots Leigh, Somerset, yeoman and the brother of John Brown (A).
| 1731 | 4 May. He was apprenticed to William and Ann Pottery, £8 paid with the apprentice. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1739 | 29 Mar. A potter of St Augustine’s parish, he was granted a licence to marry Rebecca Fudge of the same parish at St Augustine’s or the Cathedral (M). |
| 1739 | 15 Oct. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
BROWNING Thomas
| 1751 | 25 Aug. A potter and widower of Temple parish, he was granted a licence to marry Grace Lander of St Mary Redcliffe parish at St Mary Redcliffe (M). |
| 1751 | 31 Aug. Thomas Browning married Grace Lander (RPR). |
| 1755 | A Thomas Browning was landlord of the Goat alehouse in Temple Street (McGrath & Williams 1979, 22). |
| 1760 & 61 | Joseph Ward, potter, stood surety for Thomas Browning to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1763 | 28 Jan. Thomas Browning buried (TPR). |
| 1763 | Joseph Ward, potter, stood surety for Grace Browning to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1764 | Grace Browning was keeper of the Goat alehouse in Temple Street (McGrath & Williams 1979, 22). |
| Rate and tax book entries: [25 Mar 1749-1763] Thomas Browning, Temple Street (Temple-W,L) [1764-1765] Grace Browning, Temple Street (Temple-W) |
BRUNT Albert
Born c1876 in Burslem, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Potter’s artist, 368 Waterloo Road, Burslem (25), living with his father and siblings (01C). |
| 1911 | Pottery designer, 7 Lodore Road, Fishponds (35), living with his wife Pemmie (34), born in Hanley (11C). |
BRUNT Elsie
Born c1894 in Hanley, Staffordshire, the daughter of Robert Brent and the sister of John Brunt (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s sponger, 22 Causeway, Fishponds (17), living with her parents and siblings (11C). |
BRUNT John
Born c1896 in Hanley, Staffordshire, the son of Robert Brunt and the brother of Elsie Brunt (11C).
| 1911 | Tile maker, pottery, 22 Causeway, Fishponds (15), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
BRUNT Robert
Born c1874 in Burslem, Staffordshire, the father of Elsie and John Brunt (11C).
| 1901 | Potter’s presser, 5 Charles Street, Hanley (29), living with his wife Martha (30), born Chesterton, Staffordshire, and children Elsie (7), John (5) and Lilian (3), all born in Hanley (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter dish maker, 22 Causeway, Fishponds (37), living with his wife Martha (38) and children Elsie (17), John (15), Lillian (13) and Martha (2) (11C). |
BRYAN Alfred
Born c1845 in St Clement’s parish, Worcester, the father of Bowker Wright Bryan and John Henry Bryan (01C, 11C).
| 1901 | Potter, 129 Pottery Street, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire (53), living with his wife Mary (52), born in Stoke, Staffordshire and children including Joseph (16), born in Worcester (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s saggar maker, Fishponds, Stapleton, Gloucestershire (65), living with his wife Sarah (59), born in Fishponds, and children Bowker Wright (23), potter’s presser, and John Henry (21), potter’s mould maker, both born in Worcester (11C). |
BRYAN Bowker Wright
Born c1888 in Worcester, the son of Alfred Bryan and the brother of John Henry Bryan (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s presser, Fishponds, Stapleton, Gloucestershire (23), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
BRYAN George John
Born c1843 in Bristol, the son of John Charles Bryan (61C).
| 1861 | Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (18), living with his parents John and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (61C). |
| 1871 | Pottery manager, 50 Capel Street, Newport, South Wales (28), living with his wife Florence Mary (28), born in Newport, and children Ernest (2) and George H. (1), both born in Newport (71C). |
| 1881 | Pottery manager, Florence Villa, 4 Beaconsfield Road, St George (38), living with his wife Florence Mary (38) and children Ernest Vigor (11) and George Herbert (10), all born in Newport, Monmouthsire (81C). |
| 1911 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
BRYAN Gertrude
Born c1895 in Worcester, the daughter of Sampson Bryan and the sister of Wilfred Bryan (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, 59 Grove Road, Fishponds (16), living with her parents and siblings (11C). |
BRYAN John Charles
Born 1822 in Bristol, the son of Uriah Bryan, the brother of Thomas Bryan and the father of George John Bryan (61C, TPR, A).
| 1821 | 11 Jun. He was born, the son of Uriah and Mary Bryan of Temple parish, bapt 19 Aug. 1821 (TPR). |
| 1837 | 9 Jan. The son of Uriah Bryan, potter, deceased, he was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A, Ao). |
| 1841 | Potter’s apprentice, Pipe Lane, Temple parish (20), he was living with his brother Thomas, a potter, and his family (41C). |
| 1841 | 22 Dec. Horsefair (21), the son of Uriah Bryan, grocer, he married Susan Vigors, daughter of Silvanus Vigors, clerk (JaPR). (Note: Uriah Bryan, potter, John’s father, had died by 1837 so this reference to Uriah Bryan, grocer is odd). |
| 1842 | 30 Oct. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1848 | 24 Dec. Stapleton (TPR). |
| 1853 | 31 Jul. St Philip’s parish (TPR). |
| 1859 | 5 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son Uriah William was apprenticed to Thomas Barnes, timber merchant (Ao). |
| 1859 | 23 Oct. A widower of Baptist Mills he married Mary Elizabeth Jenkins of Armory Square, the daughter of William Thomas Jenkins, excise officer (HTPR). |
| 1860 | 21 Oct. Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | Foreman at pottery. Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (39) he was living with his wife Mary Elizabeth (30) born in Manchester, and his children (61C). |
| 1862 | Baptist Mills, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Manager of pottery, East Street, Bedminster (49), living with his wife and children (71C). |
| 1881 | His wife was a widow (81C). |
| Children: George John, bapt 30 Oct 1842 (TPR), Uriah William, born c1845 in Gloucestershire (61C), Jane, born 26 Aug 1844, bapt 24 Dec 1848 (TPR), Jane Matilda, born 17 Jan 1848, bapt 24 Dec 1848 (TPR), Frederick, born c1850 in Gloucestershire (61C), Albert Edward, bapt 31 Jul 1853 (TPR), Annie Elizabeth, born 2 Sep 1860, bapt 21 Oct 1860 (PPR), Catherine Ann, born 3 May 1862, bapt 25 May 1862 (PPR) |
BRYAN John Henry
Born c1900 in Worcester, the son of Alfred Bryan and the brother of Bowker Wright Bryan (11C).
| 1911 | Potter’s mould maker, Fishponds, Stapleton, Gloucestershire (21), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
BRYAN Joseph Bagnall
Born c1886 in Worcester (11C).
| 1911 | Potter saggar maker, 31 Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (25), living with his wife Catherine (22), born in St Philip’s parish (11C). |
BRYAN Sampson
Born c1868 in Stoke-on-Trent, the father of Gertrude and Wilfred Bryan (11C).
| 1901 | Potter, 4 North Street, Worcester (34), living with his wife Frances (33) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter, 59 Grove Road, Fishponds (43), living with his wife Frances (43), born in Worcester, and children Gertrude (16), Wilfred (15), Sampson (13), Harold (7), Bert (6), all born in Worcester, and Alfred (11 mths), born in Bristol (11C). |
BRYAN Thomas
Born c1814 in Bristol, the son of Uriah Bryan and the brother of John Charles Bryan (A, Ao).
| 1828 | 16 Jan. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 (A, Ao). |
| 1834 | 29 Sep. Married Mary Ann …. (FM of his son Robert Lawrence Bryan on 30 Jul. 1868). |
| 1835 | 15 Jun. Free (FM of his son Robert Lawrence Bryan on 30 Jul 1868). |
| 1835 | 9 Aug. Bedminster (JaPR). |
| 1837 | 5 Mar. Bedminster (JaPR). |
| 1841 | Pipe Lane, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Pipe Lane, Temple parish (25), living with his wife Mary Ann and family and his brother John Charles (41C). |
| 1841 | 10 Jul. Thomas Bryan of Pipe Lane, Temple Back, alleged that he was dismissed from Pountney and Goldney, as in the election he had voted for a candidate named Berkeley, and not for one named Fripp as he had told Pountney he would. Evidence was given by Samuel Marsh, foreman of the pottery, that Bryan had discharged himself (Bristol Times). |
| 1842 | Temple Backs, Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1868 | 30 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son Robert Lawrence, accountant, became free (FM). |
| Children: Uriah Hawkes, bapt 9 Aug 1835 (JaPR), Thomas, bapt 5 Mar 1837 (JaPR), Edward, born c1838 in Bristol (41C), Robert Lawrence, born c1840 in Bristol (41C), Mary Ann Elizabeth (aged 3 wks), bapt 31 Jul 1842 (PPR) |
BRYAN Uriah
| 1820-22 | Uriah Bryant, potter, aged about 28 years (Methodist Class Book). |
| 1828 | 16 Jan. Noted as a potter of Bristol when his son, Thomas, was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A, Ao). |
| 1817 | 25 Dec. Temple parish (RPR). |
| 1821 | 19 Aug. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1837 | 9 Jan. ‘Late Bristol potter deceased’, when his son John was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| Children: Wife Mary: William, bapt 25 Dec 1817 (RPR), John Charles, born 11 Jun 1821, bapt 19 Aug 1821 (TPR) |
BRYAN Uriah William
Born c1845 in Gloucestershire, the son of John Charles Bryan (61C).
| 1861 | Clerk to pottery, Millpond Street, St Philip’s parish (16), living with his parents (61C). |
BRYAN Wilfred
Born c1896 in Worcester, the son of Sampson Bryan and the brother of Gertrude Bryan (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, 59 Grove Road, Fishponds (15), living with his parents and siblings (11C). |
| 1917 | 18 Jan. He was a saggar maker when he enlisted in the army and served in India and South Africa, before being discharged in 1920 (PRO British Army World War 1 Service Records, 1914-1920). |
BRYANT Charlotte
Born c1856 in St George (71C).
| 1871 | Working at pottery, Clay Hill, St George (15) (71C). |
BRYANT John Davis
Born c1832 in Warmley, Gloucestershire (51C).
| 1851 | Frances Place, St Philip’s parish (19), living with his mother, Sarah Bryant a laundress (51C). |
| 1856 | 24 Mar. St James Barton, St James’s parish (24), the son of Samson Bryant, carpenter, he married Sarah Jane Tecknell, seamstress (20) (JaPR). |