Bristol Potters - S
Research by Reg Jackson
SHEPPARD Jim
Born c1881 in Bristol (81C).
| 1901 | Kiln drawer, potteries, boarding at 2 St Silas Street, St Silas parish (20) (01C). |
SHEPPARD George
| 1900 | 23 Feb. Aged 18, he was charged with stealing a quantity of earthenware articles, value 17s, the property of his employers, Pountney & Co. Ltd. of Feeder Road. On Tuesday morning P.C. Blackmore was on the Marsh Bridge and saw a cart being driven by George Nutt, a licensed hawker, who sometimes purchased seconds from Pountneys. The cart was empty. Later in the morning he saw the cart standing in a road at the back of the pottery. There was earthenware in the cart. Sheppard had given a box containing earthenware to Nutt and this was witnessed by Thomas Garbutt, a foreman at the pottery. Sheppard subsequently confessed that he had given the box to Nutt but Pountneys recognised Sheppard was a young man and said they would give him another chance in their employ, as they felt he had probably been misled. Sheppard was discharged but Nutt was sentenced to two months with hard labour (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901 | Possibly the George Sheppard, aged 18, a general haulier, living at Atlas Street, St Silas parish (01C). If so he was the son of Annie Sheppard and the brother of Lily Sheppard, both recorded as potters. |
SHEPPARD Lily
Born c1881 in Bristol, the daughter of Annie Sheppard (01C).
| 1901 | Potter, 18 Atlas Street, St Silas parish (20) (01C). |
SHEPPARD Mary
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 5.
The Pottery had previously been run by her husband, Samuel Sheppard, who died in October 1823.
| 1823-28 | Mary Sheppard ran the St Philip’s Pottery 5. |
The Pottery was advertised to let in 1828 and was taken over by Jonathan Flood, but it probably continued to be owned by the Sheppard family as William Sheppard was still paying rates on the property in 1833.
| 1825-28 | Mary Sheppard, brown ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1828 | 27 Sep. ‘To be let, and entered upon immediately, a red ware pottery, situate in Avon Street, St Philip’s, and for may years carried on by Mr Samuel Sheppard, deceased. Apply to Mrs Sheppard, on the premises’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1833 | Cheese Lane and Avon Street. Wm. Sheppard, beer shop £5; Pottery £5 (BRO EP/A/47). |
| 1842 | St Philip and Jacob parish, tithe apportionment: Henry Sheppard, house and garden; land, void; Pottery, void (PRO IR/29/13/155). |
SHEPPARD Robert
Born c1841 in Brislington, Somerset (61C).
| 1861 | 1 Great Avon Street, Temple parish (20), living with his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Sheppard, a labourer, born in Brislington (61C). |
SHEPPARD Samuel
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 5.
| 1801-23 | Samuel Sheppard ran the St Philip’s Pottery 5. |
He died in October 1823 and the Pottery was taken over by his widow, Mary Sheppard.
The son of Thomas Sheppard of Bristol, sawyer, deceased (A).
| 1786 | 27 May. He was apprenticed to Richard and Mary Room. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
| 1788-89 | He was paid the following wages at the Bedminster Pottery: 1788: 4 Oct 7s.11d; 11 Oct 6s.8d; 18 Oct 8s.2d; 25 Oct 8s.4d; 1 Nov 5s.2d; 8 Nov 7s.5d; 15 Nov 5s.11d; 22 Nov 6s.2d; 29 Nov 6s.9d. 1789: 27 Jun 4s.7½d; 4 Jul 9s.11½d; 11 Jul 12s.3½d. (Bedminster Pottery Day Book) |
| 1801 | 6 May. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (T). |
| 1801-02 | Samuel Sheppard, red glazed ware, chimney and garden pot maker, Bread Street (MD). |
| 1803-17 | Samuel Sheppard, red glazed ware, chimney and garden pot maker, Avon Street, Great Gardens (MD). |
| 1805 | 14 Aug. He became a free potter (F). |
| 1805 | 19 Aug. Potter, Castle Street (Ao). |
| 1807-19 | Potter, Queen Street (Ao). |
| 1812 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1816 | Potter, Avon Street (ED). |
| 1818-19 | Samuel Sheppard, red and glazed wares, chimney and garden pot manufacturers, Avon Street, Great Gardens (MD). |
| 1819 | 18 Oct. ‘To be let, and entered upon immediately, a stone pottery, with every requisite for immediate work, adjoining the Float. The premises may be applied to any other business requiring room. Apply to Mr M. Sheppard on the premises, Avon Street, out-parish of St Philip and Jacob’ (Bristol Mercury). [Presumably M. Sheppard was a mistake for S. Sheppard]. |
| 1820-24 | Samuel Sheppard, brown ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1821 | 23 Dec. Potter, Redcliffe Pit (RPR). |
| 1823 | 3 Oct. A potter of St Philip’s parish he made his will, leaving all his estate to his wife Mary and to their children on her death. The will was proved on 22 Mar 1824. Thomas Bawn Yabbicom (potter) was a witness to the will (PRO Prob 11/1683). |
| 1823 | 10 Oct. He was buried (Ancestry website). |
| 1823 | 11 Oct. ‘Died Monday, Mr Samuel Sheppard, potter, Avon Street, St Philips’ (FFJ). |
| Apprentices: Alone: Isaac Sweet, 19 Aug 1805 (A, Ao)-6 Oct 1812 (F) William Richards, 13 Feb 1807 (A, Ao) Philip Price, 14 Aug 1807 (A, Ao)-13 Jun 1818 (F) John Watkins, 9 Sep 1811 (A, Ao)With wife Mary: John Riddle, 1 Feb 1819 (A, Ao) |
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| Children: Samuel Lewis (born 12 Oct), bapt 23 Dec 1821 (RPR), Matilda, bapt 19 Oct 1828 (PPR) |
SHEPPARD William
Born c1836 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Works in potteries, 7 Melsoms Buildings, Temple parish (15), living with his father Thomas Sheppard, a messenger, born in Brislington, Somerset (51C). |
SHEPSTON (SHEPSTONE) Samuel I
| 1826 | 11 Aug. Noted as a potter when his son Samuel was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (A, Ao). |
| 1827-32 | Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1835 | 8 Mar. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| Children: Samuel, apprenticed 11 Aug 1826 (A, Ao) With wife Mary Henry, bapt 27 May 1827 (PPR), William, bapt 2 Aug 1829 (PPR), Charlotte, bapt 2 Aug 1829 (PPR), Eliza, bapt 2 Aug 1829 (PPR), Jane Ann, bapt 15 Apr 1832 (PPR), Louisa Welch, bapt 8 Mar 1835 (PPR) |
SHEPSTON Samuel II
Born c1812, the son of Samuel Shepston I (A, Ao).
| 1826 | 11 Aug. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (A, Ao). |
SHEPSTONE Elizabeth
Born c1851 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s assistant, 14 Albert Street, St Philip’s parish (20), the daughter of Lawrence, a police constable (71C). |
SHERBORNE Thomas
The son of Gregory Sherborne of Chew Magna, Somerset, carpenter, deceased (A).
| 1694 | 8 Nov. He was apprenticed to Isaac Davis ‘to be educated in the art of the potter’ (A). |
| 1696 | He was living in Castle Precincts with Isaac Davis (Ralph & Williams 1968, 9). |
| 1701 | 6 Dec. ‘Thomas Sherborne, Potter, is admitted into the Liberties of this Citty, for that he was apprentice to Isacke Davis, hath taken the oaths of obedience and payd 4s.6d’ (F, G). |
SHERWIN George
Born c1874 in Newhall, Derbyshire (11C).
| 1901 | Sanitary ware presser, 17 Wood Street, Church Gresley, Derbyshire (27), living with his wife Angelina (26), born in Wooley, Yorkshire, and daughter Daisy (4) (01C). |
| 1911 | Sanitary ware presser, 15 Forest Avenue, Fishponds (37), living with his wife Angelina (36), born in Leeds, and daughter Daisy (14), born in Church Gresley (11C). |
SHERWOOD Harriet Jane
Born c1883 in Bedminster (11C).
| 1911 | Printing transferer, pottery, widow, 6 Grove Park Terrace, Fishponds (28), living with her children Robert (3) and William (1), both born in Fishponds (11C). |
SHEWELL (or Sewell) John
| 1728 | 26 Aug. Potter (RPR). |
| 1729 | 10 Aug. ‘—- Sewell, potter’ (RPR) |
| 1731 | 10 Aug. ‘Mary Shewell, aged about 30 years’ buried (RPR). |
| Children: John, bapt 26 Aug 1728, buried 27 Aug 1728 (RPR), Sarah, bapt 10 Aug 1729 (RPR), Mary, aged 18 months, buried 15 Oct 1729 (RPR) |
SHILLIBEER Dorothy
Born c1828 in Exeter, Devon (51C).
| 1851 | Presser potter, 4 Henry Row, St Philip’s parish (23), living with her husband William, an engine fitter (51C). |
| 1861 | No occupation, Marsh Lane, St Philip’s parish (33), living with her husband William, an engine smith (61C). |
SHILLINGS Joseph
The son of Anthony Shillings of Clifton, Gloucestershire, shipwright (A).
| 1768 | 5 Mar. He was apprenticed to Thomas Taylor II, with £10 from the Gloucestershire Society (A, Ao). |
SHOCK James
Born c1812 (Ao).
| 1826 | 11 Aug. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (A, Ao). |
SHORT Richard
| 1881 | 31 Jul. William Street, Dings, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Arthur Richard James John (born 9 Jul 1871). Wife Selina (PPR). |
SHORT Simon
Born c1826 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | 3 Tailors Court, St John the Baptist parish (25) (51C). |
| 1861 | Seaman’s missionary, HMS Etna, Seaman’s Floating Chapel, Bristol Docks, living with his wife Susanna (34) and children Henry (11), Samuel (9), Emily (7), Frank (5), Helen (3) and Ada (7 mths), all born in Bristol (61C). |
SHORT Thomas
Born c1778 in Bristol (51C).
| 1841 | No occupation, West Street, St Philip’s parish (65) (41C). |
| 1851 | Formerly a potter, Dr White’s Almshouses, Temple Street, Temple parish (73), widower (51C). |