Bristol Potters - C
Research by Reg Jackson
COX Abraham
| 1674 | 15 or 22 Jul. He was described as a Bristol potter, deceased, when his son, Thomas, was apprenticed to Mary Everard, tobacco cutter (A, Ar). |
COX Alice
Born c1870 in Bristol, the sister of Kate Cox (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 11 Cart Lane, Temple parish (21) (91C). |
COX Charles
Born c1846 in St Philip’s parish, the brother of Maria and William Henry Cox I (61C, 71C).
| 1861 | Potter’s packer, lodging at 5 Taylors Court, Temple parish (15), living with Maria Cox (61C) |
| 1871 | Packer in ware pottery, 49 Weare Street, Bedminster (25), living with his wife Eliza (23), born in Temple parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Earthenware packer, 67 Weare Street, Bedminster (34), living with his wife Eliza (30) (81C). |
COX Edward
Born c1818 in ‘Boxall’ (Vauxhall?), London (51C).
| 1849 | York Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | York Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | 56 York Street, St Philip’s parish (33) living with his wife Mary Ann (28) born in Ireland, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | Printer, 12 Brewer Street, Westminster St James, London (42), living with his wife Mary Ann (38), and children (61C). |
| Children: William Alfred (aged 4 wks), bapt 8 Apr 1849 (PPR), Frederick George (aged 6 wks), bapt 19 Jan 1851 (PPR), Emma, born c1853 in London (61C), Edward, born c1856 in London (61C) |
COX Eliza
Born c1884 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Labourer at pottery, Deep Pit Road, St George (17) (01C). |
COX Emily
Born c1893 in Stapleton, the sister-in-law of Ernest Thompson (11C).
| 1911 | Ware sorter, pottery, 9 Richmond Place, Ridgeway Road, Fishponds (18) (11C). |
COX George
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 4.
He probably succeeded Colston Pearce at the Pottery.
| 1823-27 | George Cox ran the St Philip’s Pottery 4. |
The Pottery was then taken over by Edward Melsom & Company.
Born c1789, the son of Abraham Cox of Bristol, shipwright (A).
| 1803 | 24 Jan. He was apprenticed to Edward Patience (A, Ao). |
| 1813 | 20 Jun. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1823 | 2 Feb. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1823-27 | George Cox, stoneware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1827 | 25 Feb. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1828 | 29 Jun. Bedminster (PPR). |
| 1830 | 13 Jun. Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | Temple Church Lane, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Church Lane, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Temple Church Lane, Temple parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Temple Church Lane, Temple parish (P). |
| 1837 | Orchard Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1841 | Orchard Place, Bedminster (P). |
| Children: Wife Hester Mary Ann (aged 4mths), bapt 20 Jun 1813 (PPR), Catherine (aged 1 mth), bapt 2 Feb 1823 (PPR), William, bapt 25 Feb 1827 (PPR), John, bapt 29 Jun 1828 (PPR), Ann, bapt 13 Jun 1830 (PPR) |
COX James F.
Born c1877 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s apprentice, 14 Victoria Street, St Philip’s parish (14) (91C). |
COX John I
| 1831 | 24 Jul. Noted as a potter of Bedminster when his son John was baptised. Wife Sarah (PPR). |
COX John II
Born c1831 in Trent, Somerset [now in Dorset] (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer, Trent, Somerset (38), living with his wife Mary (46), born in Sherborne, Dorset, and children Samuel (20) and Sydney (14), both born in Trent (71C). |
| 1881 | Packer at pottery, 13 Byron Place, Bedminster (50), living with his wife Mary (60) and children (81C). |
| 1891 | General labourer, 9 New Margaret Place, Bedminster (60), living with his wife Mary (70) (91C). |
COX Joseph
| 1828-34 | Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1836 | 9 Oct. Temple Street, Temple parish (PPR) |
| 1839 | 7 Jul. Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | He is not mentioned in the census, but his wife Mary (35), a green grocer, was living in Temple Street, Temple parish, with their children (41C). |
| 1841 | 11 Jul. Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1843 | Temple Gate (RPR). |
| 1851 | Beer retailer, Warwick Arms, Plumleys Bridge, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Mary Ann (44) and children (51C). |
| 1853 | 14 May. Noted as a potter when his son George (25) of Russell Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish married Catherine Miller (RPR). |
| Children: George, bapt 29 Jun 1828 (PPR), Edward, bapt 29 Nov 1829 (PPR), Ann, bapt 15 Jan 1832 (PPR), Joseph, bapt 3 Aug 1834 (PPR), Emma (aged 1 mth), bapt 9 Oct 1836 (PPR), Hester (aged 3 wks), bapt 7 Jul 1839 (PPR), Catherine, bapt 11 Jul 1841 (TPR), George, born 2 Mar 1829, bapt 27 Feb 1843 (RPR) |
COX Kate
Born c1872 in Bristol, the sister of Alice Cox (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 11 Cart Lane, Temple parish (19) (91C). |
COX Maria
Born c1842 in Bristol, probably the sister of Charles Cox (61C).
| 1861 | Potter’s assistant, lodging at 5 Taylors Court, Temple parish (19), living with Charles Cox (61C). |
COX Samuel
Born c1806, not in county (41C).
| 1841 | College Crescent, St Augustine-the-Less parish (35), living with his wife Hannah (30), not born in county (41C). |
COX Sarah
Born c1872 in Bedminster (91C).
| 1891 | Earthenware potter, 2 Rack Cottages, Crofts End, St George (19) (91C). |
COX William
Born c1801 in Whitchurch, Somerset (51C).
| 1818 | 23 Jul. He was apprenticed to John and Susannah Duffett (A, Ao). |
| 1824-26 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1828-35 | Bedminster (PPR, TPR). |
| 1830 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1832 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Colston Street, Bedminster (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1837 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1837-38 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1841 | 31 Jan. Bedminster (TPR). |
| 1841 | 3 Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1841 | Colston Street, Bedminster (40), potter, born in county, living with his wife Ann (40) born in county, and children (41C). |
| 1843 | 10 Dec. St Mary Redcliffe parish (TPR). |
| 1846-48 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1848 | 18 Jun. He was noted as a potter when his son William was apprenticed to Joseph Radford, brassfounder (A). |
| 1851 | Potter brown ware, 3 Colston Street, Bedminster (50) (51C). |
| 1852 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1854 | 12 Jan. Noted as a potter when his daughter Esther Cox married George Dando, shoe maker (SPR). |
| 1855 | 22 Apr. Noted as a potter when his son William Henry Cox (20) of Colston Street, brassfounder, married Mary Ann O’Burn (JBPR). |
| 1858 | 13 Oct. Colston Street (54) widower the son of John Cox, haulier, he married Lydia Ruddock (46) widow of Colston Street (JBPR). |
| 1861 | Potter, Cranham, Gloucestershire (58), living with his wife Lydia (49), born in Frome, Somerset, and daughter Harriet (14) (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter, The Potteries, Green Lane, Tottenham, London (67), living with his wife Lydia (59) (71C). |
| 1876 | 14 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son William Henry Cox of Totterdown, gasfitter, married Eliza Julia Hemmings (JBPR). |
| 1881 | Potter of garden flower pots, unemployed, Cottage at The Potteries, Green Lane, Tottenham (78), living with his wife Lydia (71) (81C). |
| Children: Mary Ann, bapt 10 Oct 1824 (TPR), Amelia, bapt 25 Dec 1826 (TPR), Edwin, bapt 2 Nov 1828 (PPR), Hester, bapt 12 Sep 1830 (PPR), Alfred, bapt 17 Feb 1833 (PPR), William Henry, bapt 1 Mar 1835 (TPR), Amelia, bapt 26 Feb 1837 (TPR), Matilda Ann, bapt 30 Sep 1838 (TPR), Matilda Ann, bapt 31 Jan 1841 (TPR), Rosa Isabella, bapt 10 Dec 1843 (TPR), Alfred John, bapt 6 May 1846 (TPR), Harriet Elizabeth, Bapt 16 Apr 1848 (TPR) |
COX William Henry I
Born c1850 in St George’s, Brandon Hill, the brother of Charles and Maria Cox, and the father of William Henry Cox II (61C, 91C).
| 1861 | 5 Taylors Court, Temple parish (11), living with his step-father Joseph Osgood, a nail maker, and his siblings Charles and Maria Cox (61C). |
| 1871 | Placer in pottery, 23 Church Street, Temple parish (21) he was living with his wife Mary Ann (22) sorter in a rag warehouse, born in Bristol, and daughter Sarah Ann (71C). |
| 1882 | 29 Jan. Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 28 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (41), living with his wife Mary A. (42), born in Temple parish, and children (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter, 27 Grafton Street, St Silas parish (51), living with his wife Mary Ann (52) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Caretaker pottery, 22 Atlas Terrace, Feeder Road, St George (61), living with his wife Mary Ann (62) (11C). |
| Children: William H., born c1872 in Temple parish (91C), Elizabeth Matilda, born 15 Jan 1880, bapt 29 Jan 1882 (PPR), Charles Arthur, born 10 Jan 1882, bapt 29 Jan 1882 (PPR), Edith, born c1884 in St Philip’s parish (91C), Albert, born c1888 in St Philip’s parish (91C) |
COX William Henry II
Born c1872 in Temple parish, the son of William Henry Cox I (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s kiln man, 28 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (19), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
CRATES John
Born c1829 in Bristol (51C).
| 1849 | 9 Sep. Conduit Place, the son of John Crates, fellmonger, he married Mary Ann Hensell, dressmaker, daughter of Samuel Hensell, fellmonger (PaPR). |
| 1850 | Probably the John ‘Crease’ of Stapleton (PPR) |
| 1851 | 5 Prospect Place, St Philip’s parish (22), living with his wife Mary Ann (20), dressmaker, and child Mary A. (51C). |
| 1858 | 12 Sep. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | 1 Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (32), living with his wife Mary (30) and children (61C). |
| 1867 | 13 Oct. Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1869 | 21 Mar. Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | His wife was a widow and a publican at the Golden Heart, 11 Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1885 | 26 May. Noted as deceased when his daughter Clara Crates (22) married Henry Jabes Brodribb (HTPR). |
| Children: Mary A., born 4 Jun 1850, bapt 30 Jun 1850 (51C), Isabella, born c1852 in Bristol (61C), Rosena, born 3 Dec 1854, bapt 13 Oct 1867 (PPR), Henry, born c1856 in Bristol (61C), John (aged 1 mth), bapt 12 Sep 1858 (PPR), Clara, born c1863 (HTPR), John, bapt 21 Mar 1869 (PPR) |
CRATES Joshua
| 1896 | 23 Mar. Noted as a potter, deceased, (not necessarily of Bristol) when his daughter Alice (31) married Joseph Thomas (RPR). |