Bristol Potters - M
Research by Reg Jackson
MILLER William I
With Benjamin Lund he established a porcelain factory in Bristol, c1749.
MILLER William II
Born c1851 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Boarding at 13 Bean Street, St Philip’s parish (30) (81C). |
MILLS Francis
| 1747 | 3 Jul. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Ann, daughter of William Watkins, hooper (F, G). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Thomas parish (P). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
MILLS Henry
Born c1842 (PPR).
| 1865 | 3 Jun. Queen Street (23) the son of Thomas Mills, a haulier, he married Elizabeth Ann Taylor (20) of Queen Street, the daughter of Luke Taylor, a carpenter (PPR). |
MILLS Thomas
Born c1848 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | Whitehouse Tavern, 30 Whitehouse Street, Bedminster (33), living with his wife Sarah J. (34), and children Thomas (12), M.A.E. (11), Caroline (4), all born in Bristol, James (3), born in Greenock, Scotland and Louisa (1), born in Tunstall, Staffordshire (81C). |
MILSOM George
Born in 1819 in Temple parish, the son of John Milsom (TPR, BPR).
| 1842 | 9 Jan. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Susannah (aged 1 mnth). Wife Sarah (PPR). |
| 1843 | 2 Jul. Boot Lane, Bedminster, the son of John Milsom, potter, he married Sarah Norman of Boot Lane, the daughter of William Norman, a farrier (JBPR). |
| 1851 | China and glass mender, 6 Bear Lane, Temple parish (31), living with his wife Sarah (30), born in Bristol, and children Susannah (8) and Samuel (4), both born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1861 | It is assumed that both George and Sarah were dead as their two children were living with their father-in-law James Wilkins (61C). |
| 1868 | 13 Jul. Noted as a potter when his daughter Susanna (27) of Charlotte Street married William Wilkins (JBPR). |
MILSOM John
See the Potteries List section for the 124 Temple Street Pottery and the Redcliff Street Pottery 3.
124 Temple Street Pottery
The Pottery was previously run by John Duffett I.
| 1821-36 | John Milsom ran the 124 Temple Street Pottery. |
John Milsom then moved his business to the Redcliff Street Pottery 3. The 124 Temple Street Pottery was then taken over by Edward and Francis Melsom.
Redcliff Street Pottery 3
| 1836-41 | John Milsom ran the Redcliff Street Pottery 3. |
He probably died in July 1841 and the Pottery then closed.
The son of Samuel Milsom of Bristol, victualler, and the father of George and Samuel John Milsom (A, BPR, TPR).
| 1791 | 3 Apr. Possibly the John Milsom baptised at St George, the son of Samuel and Christian Milsom (Ancestry website), |
| 1805 | 25 Jan. He was apprenticed to James I and Hannah (or Margaret?) Alsop with £15 (A, Ao). |
| 1807 | 12 May. He was discharged from his apprenticeship (A). |
| 1812 | 14 Oct. He obtained his freedom (F). |
| 1812 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1818 | ‘John Milsom’. He was one of eight journeymen potters who was convicted of entering into an unlawful agreement for ‘controlling and affecting Messrs. Wm. & Thos. Powell, being persons carrying on the manufacture trade or business of a potter, in the conduct or management thereof, & severally sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one month’. The Bright goblet to commemorate this event was made on 4 Dec. 1818 (Bristol Museum Acc. No. 2225). |
| 1815-29 | Temple parish (PaPR, TPR, PPR). |
| 1822 | John Milsom, 124 Temple Street, stoneware potter (MD). |
| 1823-26 | Milsom & Melsom, 124 Temple Street, stoneware potters and patent water pipe manufacturers (MD). |
| 1823 | Survey and Valuation of Temple parish. 124 Temple Street, Proprietor: Mrs Clements, Occupier: Edward Melsom, dwelling house stoneware shop and manufactory (BRO 04248, BRO Temple AJ2). |
| 1825 | 26 Nov. Partnerships dissolved ‘J & E Milsom of Bristol, brown stone potters’ (FFJ) |
| 1827-35 | John Milsom, 124 Temple Street, stoneware potter and patent water pipe manufacturer (MD). |
| 1830 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Street, Temple parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1833 | John ‘Melsom’ paid £1.15s.0d duty on his manufacture of stone bottles (from the ‘Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Management and Collection of the Excise Revenue [on] Stone Bottles and Sweets, London, 1834’). |
| 1836-40 | John Milsom, 56 Redcliff Street, stone ware potter and patent water pipe manufacturer (MD). |
| 1837 | ‘Thomas Milsom’, possibly a mistake for John Milsom, Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1839 | 1 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son Samuel John Milsom, a potter, of King Street married Sophia Fowler (JBPR). |
| 1841 | 25 Jul. Probably the John Milsom who was buried at Temple church (TPR). |
| 1843 | Noted as a potter when his daughter Matilda Christiana Milsom married John Caple, a wheelwright (MLPBT). |
| 1843 | 5 Jun. Noted as a potter when his daughter Emma, a tailoress of Rosemary Street, married John Hall (PaPR). |
| 1843 | 2 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son George Milsom, a potter, of Boot Lane, Bedminster, married Sarah Norman (JBPR). |
| 1852 | Noted as a potter when his son John Milsom (24) a labourer of Boot Lane, Bedminster, married Ann Reed (JBPR). |
| Rate book entries: 1822-23 John Milsom & Co. Temple Street (Temple-H) 1823-25 Milsom & Melsom Temple Street (Temple-Wa) 1826-35 Messrs Milsoms/John Milsom Temple Street (Temple-Wa) |
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| Children: With wife Rebecca Christian, bapt 13 Aug 1815 (PaPR), Samuel John, born 2 Feb 1817, bapt 24 Dec 1820 (TPR), Samuel, bapt 1 Feb 1818 (PaPR), George, born 12 Mar 1819, bapt 24 Dec 1820 (TPR), Rebecca, born 8 Aug 1820, bapt 24 Dec 1820 (TPR), John, born c1828 (JBPR marriage), Emma, bapt 8 Feb 1829 (PPR), Elizabeth Jane, bapt 18 Jul 1830 (PPR), Elizabeth Jane, bapt 8 Apr 1832 (PPR), Matilda Christiana, married 1839 (MLPBT) |
MILSOM Samuel
Born in 1839 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Samuel John Milsom (81C).
| 1839 | 23 Sep. Baptised the son of Samuel John and Sophia Milsom (PPR). |
| 1881 | 30 Tower Street, Temple parish (42), living with his parents Samuel and Sophia Milsom (81C). |
| 1901 | Potter, widower, Bristol Union Workhouse, Manor Road, Fishponds (55) (01C). |
MILSOM Samuel John
Born in 1817 in Temple parish, the son of John Milsom and the father of Samuel and William Edward Milsom (PPR, TPR, 51C).
| 1817 | 2 Feb. Born and baptised on 24 Dec 1820, the son of John and Rebecca Milsom (TPR). |
| 1839 | 1 Aug. King Street, the son of John Milsom, he married Sophia Fowler of King Street, the daughter of Richard Fowler, a brewer (JBPR). |
| 1839 & 43 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1845 | 2 Nov. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1848 | 20 Feb. John Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Potter brown stone, 4 Squires Court (otherwise Purnells Court), Temple parish (34), living with his wife Sophia (30) born in St Augustine’s parish, and children (51C). |
| 1852-59 | John Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, 31 Tower Street, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Sophia, and children (61C). |
| 1865 | 28 Apr. Noted as a stoneware potter when his son William Edward was apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell (Ao). |
| 1865 | 9 Jul. Noted as a potter when his daughter Rebecca (19) of 8 Canynge Street married Charles Gardiner (RPR). |
| 1871 | He was ‘away from home’, his wife Sophia (50), a charwoman, was living at 30 Tower Street, Temple parish, with their two children Alfred (21) and Mary A. (12) (71C). |
| 1873 | Noted as a potter when his son Alfred Henry (22) of Wellington Street married Jane Davies (JBPR). |
| 1881 | 30 Tower Street, Temple parish (64) living with his wife Sarah (62) a charwoman and his son Samuel (42) a potter (81C). |
| Children: Samuel John (aged 5 wks), bapt 23 Sep 1839 (PPR), Emma, born c1842 in Cork, Ireland (51C), Mary Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 24 Sep 1843 (PPR), Rebecca (aged 5 wks), bapt 2 Nov 1845 (PPR), William Edward (aged 5 wks), bapt 20 Feb 1848 (PPR), Alfred Henry, born c1850 in Temple parish (51C), Ann Sophia (aged 3 wks), bapt 30 May 1852 (PPR), Francis Edward (aged 4 mths), bapt 1 Apr 1855 (PPR), Mary Ann Susanna (aged 11 wks), bapt 2 Jan 1859 (PPR) |
MILSOM William Edward
Born in 1848 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Samuel John Milsom (PPR).
| 1865 | 28 Apr. William Edward Milsom son of Samuel Milsom of the city of Bristol, stoneware potter, apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell of the said city, stoneware manufacturer for 7 years. No premium. Friends to find everything. Wages 4s, 5s, 7s and ½ earnings (Ao). |
MILWARD Joseph
The son of Edward Milward of Bristol, Glassman, deceased (A).
| 1747 | 14 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle with £10, the gift of Edward Colston, deceased (A, Ao, Ar). |
MIRCHENS John
Born c1854 in Temple parish (81C).
| 1881 | Boarding at Foresters Arms, Great Avon Street, Temple parish (27) (81C). |
MITCHELL Arthur
The son of John Mitchell of London, sailor, deceased (A).
| 1717 | 18 Jul. He was apprenticed to Malachi and Sarah Barton (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1726 | 23 Aug. He became a free china man (F, G). |
MITCHELL Richard
Born c1817 (Ao).
| 1831 | 7 Oct. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao). |
| 1841 | 28 Sep. Church Street, Temple parish, the son of John Mitchell, a mariner, he married Charlotte Trevelyan the daughter of James Trevelyan, a labourer (MLPBT). |
| 1851 | Charlotte Mitchell, potter’s wife, husband out of work, works at the Pottery, 23 Avon Street, Temple parish (30), born in Temple parish, living with her children John Henry (7) born in Spain, British subject, and Charlotte (3) born in Temple parish. No mention of Richard Mitchell (51C). |
MITCHELL William
| 1832 | 21 Oct. St Paul’s on the baptism of his son William Joseph. Wife Mary (PPR). |
MOIST Alfred
Born c1862 in Bovey Tracey, Devon (91C).
| 1891 | Earthenware potter, 5 Speedwell Lane, St George (29), living with his wife Emma (29), born in Bovey Tracey, and children (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter’s thrower, Albion Street, St Thomas’s parish, Exeter, Devon (39), living with his wife Emma (39), and children (01C). |
| 1910 | 2 Aug. A potter of 16 Buddle Park, St Thomas’s parish, Exeter, he died, probate being granted to his widow, Emma. Effects valued at £2,697.5s.10d (Ancestery website). |
MOLINEAUX Charles
Born c1811, not in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Pipe Lane, Temple parish (30) (41C). |
MONKS Adelaide
Born c1876 in Fishponds (11C).
| 1911 | Pottery worker, 36 Channons Hill, Fishponds (35) (11C). |
MOORE Charles
| 1803 | 6 Aug. Charles Moore, potter (T). |
MOORE John
Born c1846 in Bath, Somerset (61C).
| 1861 | 20 Cumberland Street, St Philip’s parish (15), the son of George, a railway guard (61C). |