Bristol Potters - Q

Research by Reg Jackson

The son of Benjamin Quarman of Bedminster, Somerset, victualler, and the brother of John Quarman (A).

1745	16 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Sarah Taylor, £10 paid with the apprentice. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar).
1747	5 May. His apprenticeship was transferred to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle (A).
1753	17 Jun. Presumably the potter of St Peter’s, Worcester, who was granted a licence to marry Ann Shore of St Philip and Jacob parish, at St Philip and Jacob. Bondsman: Joseph Thrall of St Philip’s, potter (M).
1755	A date between 2 Dec 1755 and 6 Jan 1756. ‘Joseph Stokes of the City of Bristol brewer Late Mary Rowell, Water Lane near Temple St: A Tenemt in the possession of Benjamin Quarman potter City Land alias Sir Thomas White [lands]’ (PBk).
1756	21 Feb. He became a free potmaker (F, G).
1774	Potter, Isleworth, Middlesex (P).
1780	6 Aug. John, son of Benjamin and Ann Quarman, baptised (RPR).
1780	2 Sep. Noted as a potmaker, deceased, on the freedom of his son, Benjamin, a cordwainer (G).
1781 & 1784	Potter, Isleworth, Middlesex (P).

Benjamin Quarman was apparently the manager of the Isleworth Pottery (Ray 1968, 68).

Tax book entries:
[25 Mar 1756-25 Mar 1757] Benjamin Quarman Water Lane (Temple-L)
[25 Mar 1756-25 Mar 1758] Benjamin Quarman Water Lane (Temple-L)

1869	10 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary (21) of Bishop Street married William May Walker (JBPR).

The son of Benjamin Quarman of Bedminster, Somerset, victualler, and the brother of Benjamin Quarman (A).

1748	25 May. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao, Ar).
1756	21 Feb. He became a free potmaker (F, G).
1757	He stood sureties of £5 for Thomas Patience, potter, and Edward Brent, potter, to keep alehouses in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL).
1771	25 Nov. He was described as a potter, late of Bristol, when his son, John, was apprenticed to Robert Vigor, glass maker (A).
1780	2 Sep. The freedom of ‘Benjamin Quarman, Cordwainer, son of John Quarman, Pottmaker, dec’d’ (F, G).
	Rate book entries: 29 Sep 1755-29 Sep 1758] —- Quarman Pile St (SMR-Wa)

1799	29 Oct. A potter of Bristol, he was a bondsman to the administration of the estate of Hester Hulbert of St Philip and Jacob parish, widow (Adm).