Bristol Potters - S
Research by Reg Jackson
STUCKEY (STUCKY) William Henry
Born c1847 in Bristol, the son of Jane Stuckey I (61C).
| 1861 | 9 Pump Court, Temple parish (14), living with his mother Jane (43), a potter’s transferer and siblings (61C). |
| 1865 | William Street (18), the son of William Stuckey, a cooper, he married Mary Jane Smalldridge (18) of William Street, the daughter of Robert Smalldridge, a labourer (PPR). |
| 1871 | Clouds Hill, St George (23), living with his wife Mary J. (23), born in St Philip’s parish, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter in earthenware, 5 Victoria Terrace, St Philip’s parish (33), living with his wife Jane (33), and children (81C). |
| 1882 | 1 Jan. St Silas Place, Church Street, Marsh, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1885 | 20 Dec. Noted as deceased when his son John Stuckey (19) married Hannah Sainsbury (PPR). |
| Children: John, born c1866, married 20 Dec 1885 (PPR); William, born c1867 in St Philip’s parish (71C); John, born c1868 in St Philip’s parish; Henry, born 21 Apr 1870, bapt 1 Jan 1882 (PPR); Arthur, born 10 Jan 1882, bapt 1 Jan 1882 (PPR) |
STUDLEY (STUDELEY) Edward
Born c1857 in Bristol (91C).
| 1891 | Pottery labourer, 17 George Street, St Philip’s parish (34), living with his wife Elizabeth (26), born in Mayo, Ireland, and children (91C). |
| 1891 & 93 | 17 George Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1901 | Labourer in pottery, 5 St Stephen Street, St Philip’s parish (43), living with his wife Elizabeth (37) and children (01C). |
| Children:
Edward, born c1886 in Bristol (91C); Charlotte, born c1888 in Bristol (91C); Reginald, born c1890 in Bristol (91C); Robert, born 16 Mar 1891, bapt 19 Apr 1891 (PPR); Thomas Alfred, born 15 Dec 1892, bapt 1 Jan 1893 (PPR); Albert, born c1895 in St Philip’s parish (01C); Willie, born c1898 in St Philip’s parish (01C) |
STYCHE Ernest Edward
Born c1860 in Cradley, Herefordshire (11C).
| 1901 | Engraver (copper plate for pot decoration), 1 Albert Terrace, Livingston Street, Worcester (31), living with his wife Fanny (29) (01C). |
| 1911 | Engraver for pottery decoration, 27 Coronation Avenue, Fishponds (51), living with his wife Fanny (49), born in Gillingham, Kent, and daughter Winifred (19), born in Worcestershire (11C). |
SULLY Annie
Born c1882 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Bristol Pottery, 2 Middle Terrace, St Peter’s parish (19) (01C). |
SULLY Thomas
Born c1854 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 5 Crown Court, Temple parish (17), living with his mother Sarah, a tailoress (71C). |
SULLY William
| 1799 | 29 Oct. Grand Jury Presentment about a common sewer, Temple parish, ‘beginning at and under a pavement at the back of the dwelling house of William Sully, potter, situate at the north side of Rose Street’ (Q). |
SUMMERHILL Florence A.
Born c1880 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Labourer in pottery, 7 Kilburn Street, St George (21) (01C). |
SUTER James
Born c1856 in Frome, Somerset (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 6 Court Lane, Temple parish (15) (71C). |
| 1881 | GWR fireman, 5 Regent Street, Bedminster (24), living with his wife Mary Jane (25), born in Devizes, Wiltshire, and children James (2) and Jane (5 mths), both born in Bristol (81C). |
SUTTON William
| 1830 | 14 Mar. St Augustine on the baptism of his daughter Eliza. Wife Mary Ann (JaPR). |
SWAIN John
| 1853 | 25 Jun. Noted as a potter on the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth (26) of Stapleton Road to Henry Morgan (PPR). |
SWAINE (SWAYNE) William
| 1841 | 8 Mar. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza Swayne of York Street married Thomas Hughes (PaPR). |
| 1858 | 15 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary Swaine (28) of Princes Street married William Higgins (JBPR). |
SWEARINGEN John
| 1739 | 5 Jun. He stood surety for the appearance of John Exenham, labourer, at the next Quarter Sessions to answer for an assault on his wife, Sarah (T). |
| 1740 | 10 Apr. John Swearingan of Temple, potter, petitioned for freedom (PF). |
| 1740 | 10 Apr. He became a free potter ‘by vote of the Common Council and a £10 fine’ (F, G, CCP). |
| 1741 | 4 Jul. ‘Mary, wife of John Swearingen, potter, St John’ buried (RB). |
| 1742 | He stood surety of £5 for William Price to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1743 | 26 May. A potter of Temple parish, he was granted a licence to marry Frances Ward, widow, of Henbury, Gloucestershire, at Henbury or Temple (M). |
Frances Ward was probably the widow of James Ward, potter.
| 1744 | He stood sureties of £5 each for John Weaver and Elinor Collins to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| Children: Wife Mary Mary, bapt 5 Oct 1738 (TPR), Hester, bapt 8 Apr 1741 (TPR) |
SWEENEY Stephen
The son of John Sweeney, late of Bristol, wine hooper (A).
| 1760 | 1 Nov. He was apprenticed to William Taylor with £10 from the Colston Society (A, Ao). |
SWEET Isaac I
The son of Samuel Sweet of Bristol, labourer, born c1791 in Bristol, and the father of Isaac Sweet II (A, 41C).
| 1805 | 19 Aug. He was apprenticed to Samuel Sheppard (A, Ao). |
| 1812 | 6 Oct. He obtained his freedom (F). |
| 1812 | Anvil Square, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1813 | 1 Aug. Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1814-17 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1820 | 9 Jan. Lawrence Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1822 | 10 Feb. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1824 | 14 Mar. Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1826 | 26 Mar. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1832 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1832-41 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | South Place, James’s Court, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Ann (50) not born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1842 | 30 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph Sweet, a baker, of Somerset Square married Mary Ann Williams (JBPR). |
| 1851 | Potter, 2 Alfred Street, St Philip’s parish (61), living with his wife Ann (64), born in Herefordshire, and children (51C). |
| 1853 | 21 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son Joseph Sweet, a confectioner, and widower of North Street married Ellen Jane Hampson (JBPR) |
| 1854 | 18 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas Sweet, a grocer, of Kingsland Road married Gertrude St Ledger Cleaver (HTPR). |
| Children: Wife Ann William (aged 4 mths), bapt 1 Aug 1813 (PPR), Samuel (aged 1 mth), bapt 30 Oct 1814 (PPR), Isaac (aged 3 wks), bapt 21 Apr 1816 (PPR), Joseph (aged 1 mth), bapt 21 Dec 1817 (PPR), James (aged 1 mth), bapt 9 Jan 1820 (PPR), Thomas Williams (aged 1 mth), bapt 10 Feb 1822 (PPR), Ann (aged 1 mth), bapt 14 Mar 1824 (PPR), Eliza, bapt 26 Mar 1826 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 17 May 1829 (PPR) |
SWEET Isaac II
Born in 1816 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Isaac Sweet I (PPR).
| 1835 & 37 | Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1840 & 41 | Barrow Lane, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1846 | 5 May. Penn Street (PaPR). |
| 1841 | Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (Isaac Sweet jnr) (P). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Barrow Lane, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Elizabeth (26), born in Bristol and son William (6) born in Bristol (41C). |
| 1850 & 51 | Dolemead, Bath (Widcombe Church PR, Bath – information from Marek Lewcun). |
| 1851 | Potter (journeyman), 2 Petersburgh Place, Bath (35), living with his wife Elizabeth (36) born in St James’s parish and children (51C). [He was possibly working at the Sants Pottery in Bath]. |
| 1861 | 3 Commercial Road, Temple Backs, Temple parish (45), living with his wife Elizabeth (46) and children (61C). |
| 1871 | 3 Commercial Road, Temple parish (54), living with his wife Elizabeth (53) and daughter Ellen (19) a pupil teacher at the Temple parish school (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter (unemployed), 21 Temple Backs, Temple parish (65), living with his wife Elizabeth (66) (81C). |
| 1891 | Burner at pottery, 1 Commercial Road/Temple Back, Temple parish (75), living with his wife Elizabeth (76) (91C). |
| Children: William, bapt 18 Jan 1835 (PPR), George James (aged 5 wks), bapt 21 May 1837 (PPR), Emma Jane (aged 7 wks), bapt 29 Mar 1840 (PPR), George (aged 1 mth), bapt 3 Oct 1841 (PPR), Elizabeth, born c1844 in St Paul’s (51C), Emma Jane, born 23 May 1846, bapt 5 May 1846 (PaPR), Amelia, born c1848 in St Philip’s parish (51C), Ellen, bapt 4 Apr 1850 (Widcombe PR, Bath), William, bapt 21 Feb 1851 (Widcombe PR, Bath), Ellen, born c1852 in Coleford, Gloucestershire (61C, 71C) |
SWEET James
Born c1816 in Bristol, the son of Thomas Sweet I and the brother of John and Thomas Sweet II (PPR, 41C).
| 1838 | 27 Sep. St Philip’s parish, the son of Thomas Sweet, a potter, he married Eliza Davis of St Philip’s parish the daughter of Samuel Davis, a bellows maker (PPR). |
| 1841 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1841 | Avon Street, Temple parish (25), living with his wife Eliza (35), born in Bristol (41C). |
SWEET John
Born c1820 in Bristol, the son of Thomas Sweet I and the brother of James and Thomas Sweet II (MLPPR, 41C).
| 1834 | 4 Mar. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (A, Ao). |
| 1840 | 13 Jul. 2 St Mary-le-Port Street, St Mary-le-Port parish, the son of Thomas Sweet, a potter, he married Ann Martin the daughter of Henry Martin, a brick maker (MLPPR). |
| 1841 | Goughs Court, Temple parish (21), living with his wife Ann (20) born in Bristol (41C). |
| 1846 | 28 Jun. Temple parish on the baptism of his children James Elizabeth and Sarah Ann. Wife Ann (TPR). |
| 1851 | Potter presser, widower, 11 Harris Yard, Temple parish (29), living with his children Sarah (8) and Jane (4) (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter, 47 Hotwells Road, Clifton (39), living with his wife Mary Ann (29) and daughter Jane (15), both born in Bristol (61C). |
SWEET Stephen
| 1838 | 11 Feb. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza Sweet of Wade Street, St Philip’s parish married George Pole (HTPR). |
| 1852 | 2 Mar. Noted as a potter when his daughter Harriet Sweet (36) of Hillgrove Street married George Henly (JBPR). |
SWEET Thomas I
The father of John, James and Thomas Sweet II.
| 1808 | 30 Nov. He obtained his freedom by marrying Elizabeth the daughter of John Tracey, a waterman (F). |
| 1821 | 27 May. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1823 | 16 Apr. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| 1825 | 10 Jul. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Street, Temple parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1834 | 4 Mar. Noted as a potter when his son John was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |
| 1838 | 27 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son James, a potter, of St Philip’s parish married Eliza Davis (PPR). |
| 1840 | 13 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son John, a potter, of 2 Mary-le-Port Street married Ann Martin (MLPPR). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth John (aged 3 wks), bapt 27 May 1821 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 10 Jul 1825 (PPR), James, married 27 Sep 1838 (PPR), John, married 13 Jul 1840 (MLPPR), Thomas, apprenticed 16 Apr 1823 (A) |
SWEET Thomas II
The son of Thomas Sweet I and the brother of James and John Sweet (A, 41C).
| 1823 | 16 Apr. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A). |