Bristol Potters - E
Research by Reg Jackson
ENGLAND John
Born c1868 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery labourer, lodging at 31 Avon Street, Temple parish (23) (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter’s operative, 55 Colston Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (34), living with his wife Louisa (27) and children Lily (9), George (7), John (5) and Violet (2), all born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter’s dipper, 8 Colston Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (42), living with his wife Louisa (39) and children Lily (19), George (17), John (15), Violet 11, Gladys (7), Alice (5), Doris (2) and Henry (1 mth) (11C). |
ESSEX Arthur
Born c1872 in Whitchurch, Somerset (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery clerk, 36 Queens Square, St Stephen’s parish (19) (91C). |
EVANS Christopher
Born c1862 in Denbigh, Wales (91C).
| 1891 | Terra cotta finisher, 38 Crews Hole, St George (29), living with his wife Emma (29), born in St George (91C). |
EVANS David James
Born c1826 in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Potter’s apprentice, Temple Place, Temple parish (15) (41C). |
| 1849 | 25 Mar. Redcliff Hill, St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1851 | Journeyman stone potter, 27 Montague Street, St James’s parish (24), living with his wife Joanna (34), born in Bristol, and son James (51C). |
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, 33 Temple Street, Temple parish (35), living with his wife Joanna (34) and children (61C). |
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, 22 Upper Somerset Terrace, Bedminster (45), living with his wife Joanna (44) and daughter Florence (71C). |
| 1881 | 69 Victoria Street, Temple parish (55), living with his wife Joannah (54) born in Bristol and child Florence (23) (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
| Children: James William, bapt 25 Mar 1849 (RPR), Marion, born c1852 in Bristol (61C), Florence, born c1858 in Bristol (81C) |
EVANS George
| 1732 | 13 Dec. A potter of Brislington, he was bondsman to a licence granted to George Drake, collar maker (M). |
| 1757 | 19 Feb. He was described as a potter of Bristol, when his son, Joseph, was apprenticed to William Reeve, rope maker (A). |
EVANS George Rock
Born c1812, the son of John Evans II (A).
| 1826 | 11 Dec. He was apprenticed to Charles and Elizabeth Price, aged 14 (A, Ao). |
EVANS John I
The son of Lot Evans of Bristol, shipwright, deceased (A).
| 1756 | 4 Aug. He was apprenticed to Joseph Tayor I. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
| 1768-71 | Possibly the John Evans who stood surety of £5 each for Ann Powell, James Roades, John Fry, Thomas Lewis and Joseph Bettington to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1774 | 4 Oct. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1781 | Potter, Deptford, Kent (P). |
| 1784 | Potter, Chelsea, Middlesex (P). |
| Rate book entry: 25 Mar 1776-25 Mar 1777 John Evans Lewis’s Buildings (Temple-W) |
EVANS John II
The son of Richard Evans of Bristol, potter, and the father of George Rock Evans.
| 1791 | 17 Oct. He was apprenticed to John and Elizabeth Hope (A, Ao). |
| 1802/3 | Elizabeth, the wife of John Evans of Great Gardens, potter, received £1 from Ann Whitson’s Charity for Poor Women in Child Bed (JW). |
| 1804 | 18 Jul. He became a free potter (F). |
| 1812 | Potter, Barton Hill, St Philip and Jacob out parish (P). |
| 1813 | Catherine, wife of John Evans of St Philip and Jacob parish, potter, received £1 from John Whitson’s Charity for Poor Women in Child Bed (JW). |
| 1814-22 | Potter, Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1826 | 11 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son George Rock Evans was apprenticed to Charles and Elizabeth Price (A). |
| 1830 | 3 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Catherine married Joseph Powell, cabinetmaker (Burgess Book No. 20, p.207, G.E. Weare Collection, Original Oath, p.33). |
| 1830, 1832 & 1834 | Potter, Temple Street, Temple parish (P; List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Potter, Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1837 | Potter, Barton Hill, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |
| 1838 | 10 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza Cartwright Evans married Joseph Goodridge, a toll proprietor of Clifton Gate (MLPBT). |
| 1840 | 6 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Ann married John Baker Jones, a plumber (PaPR). |
| Children: George Rock (or Roach), aged 4 mths, bapt 1 May 1814 (PPR), Richard, aged 5 mths, bapt 25 Aug 1816 (PPR), Mary, aged 10 wks, bapt 11 Oct 1818 (PPR), Ann, aged 7 mths, bapt 7 Apr 1822 (PPR), Catherine, marriage 3 Aug 1830 (Burgess Book, etc), Eliza Cartwright, marriage 10 Dec 1838 (MLPBT) |
EVANS John William
Born c1832 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s apprentice, 1 Court, near Cross Key, Temple Street, Temple parish (19), living with his mother Elizabeth Evans (51C). |
| 1856 | 2 Mar. Broad Mead, St James’s parish, baptism of his daughter Elizabeth Mary. Wife Elizabeth (JaPR). |
| 1861 | Greengrocer, 11 Bond Street, St James’s parish (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (34), born in South Molton, Devon, and daughter Elizabeth (61C). |
EVANS Maud
Born c1892 in Tunstall, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery hand, 30 Wood Road, Kingswood (19) (11C). |
EVANS Richard
| 1791 | 17 Oct. He was described as a Bristol potter when his son, John Evans II was apprenticed to John and Elizabeth Hope (A, Ao). |
| 1798 | A potter living on the south side of Pile Street (Q). |
EVANS Robert I
The son of Thomas Evans of Bristol, button maker (A), the father of Robert Evans II (RPR) and the father-in-law of James Bradshaw (F).
| 1714 | 25 Nov. He was apprenticed to Thomas and Sarah Dickson (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1722 | 13 Oct. He became a free gallypotmaker as he was the son of a freeman (F, G). |
| 1731 | 15 Mar. Mary, the daughter of Robert Evans, potter, baptised (RPR).
It has been stated that the baptism register showed Robert Evans as ‘belonging to the pot-house at St Anne’s’ (Ray 1968, 46). However, no trace of this wording could be found in the register. |
| 1734 | Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1739 | Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1744 | 11 Oct. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to John Prym, victualler (M). |
| 1745 | A pot-painter of Bristol, he was bondsman for John Adams of Bedminster, Shipwright (Adm.). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1774 | 31 Oct. He was dead when his son, Robert Evans II, became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1781 | 15 Feb. James Bradshaw, potter, obtained his freedom because of his marriage to Hester, daughter of Robert Evans, deceased (F, G.). |
| Rate book entries: 25 Mar 1750 Robert Evans Redcliffe Hill and Guinea Street (SMR-W) [29 Sep 1760-29 Sep 1761] Robert Evans/late Taylor Redcliffe Hill and Pit (SMR-Wa) |
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| Children: Mary, bapt 15 Mar 1731 (RPR), Margaret, bapt 12 Aug 1733 (RPR), Hannah, bapt 13 Apr 1735 (RPR), Robert, bapt 17 Jun 1739 (RPR), Elizabeth, bapt 24 Jun 1739 (RPR), Hester, 15 Feb 1781 (F, G) |
EVANS Robert II
The son of Robert Evans I (RPR) and brother-in-law of James Bradshaw (F).
| 1739 | 17 Jun. The son of Robert Evans I, baptised (RPR). |
| 1774 | 31 Oct. He became a free potter as he was the son of Robert Evans I, deceased (F, G). |
| 1774 & 1781 | Potter, Lambeth (P). |
| 1784 | Potter, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Surry (P). |
EVANS Roger
| 1837 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1840 | 8 Mar. St Nicholas, baptism of his daughter Sophia. Wife Elizabeth (JaPR). |
EVANS William I
| 1715 | 30 Aug. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Mary Child, widow (F, G). |
EVANS William II
| 1715 | 22 Dec. A potter of Castle Precincts, he was granted a licence to marry Mary Brittain, a widow, of the same parish, at St Philip and Jacob (M). |
| 1720 | 8 Feb. Either William Evans I or II was bondsman for Mary Child, widow (Adm.). |
EVERSON Edwin
Born c1857 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 11 Oxford Road, St Philip’s parish (14), living with his father, Robert, a labourer (71C). |
EYRES William Endicott
Born c1836 (PPR).
| 1868 | 1 Jun. Trinity Street, St Philip’s parish (32), the son of Phineas Eyres, shoemaker, he married Elizabeth Ellen Sellick (32) of Regent Street, the daughter of John Sellick, cabinet maker (PPR). |