Bristol Potters - S
Research by Reg Jackson
SMITH Ann
Born c1831 in Birmingham (71C).
| 1871 | Transferer at pottery, 3a Cart Lane, Temple parish (40), living with her husband Eli James Smith, a labourer (71C). |
SMITH Charles Baynton
Born c1822 (Ao) or 1823 in Temple parish, the son of Hester Smith, a potter (51C).
| 1836 | 1 Jun. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (Ao). |
| 1841 | Potter’s apprentice, Crown Court, Temple parish, living with his parents Robert and Hester Smith (41C). |
| 1845 | 23 Nov. 7 Pipe Lane, Temple parish, the son of Robert Smith, a coachman, he married Sarah Porter (20) of 7 Pipe Lane, the daughter of James Porter, a cordwainer (TPR). |
| 1846-52 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1851 | Potter (handler), 7 Avon Street, Temple parish (28), living with his wife Sarah (25) born in St Mary Redcliffe parish and children Henry William (3) and Sarah Ann (9 mths) and his mother Hester (50), supported by son, born in St Augustine’s parish (51C). |
| 1852 | 19 Jun. ‘Charles Smith, potter, late apprentice of John Decimus Pountney, potter, a free burgess and indenture dated 1 June 1836 produced and certified by master’ (FM). |
| 1852 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1854 | 12 Feb. Dings, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| Children: Mary Ann Baynham, bapt 20 Sep 1846 (TPR), Henry William, bapt 20 Feb 1848 (TPR), Sarah Ann, bapt 11 Aug 1850 (TPR), Frederick Walter, bapt 22 Aug 1852 (TPR), Eliza Ellen (aged 5 wks), bapt 12 Feb 1854 (PPR) |
SMITH Charles
Born c1834 in Bristol, the son of William Smith I (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s labourer, 10 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (17), living with his parents William and Jane Smith, potter’s labourer, and siblings (51C). |
SMITH Daniel
Born c1811 in Bristol, the father-in-law of John Webb (41C, HTPR).
| 1829-31 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1833 | 30 Jun. Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1835-41 | Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potter, Ayres Lane, St Philip’s parish (30), living with his children and possibly his mother Catherine May (60), not born in county (41C). |
| 1843 | 30 Apr. Harris’s Lane, Great George Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1847 | 25 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza (18) of Great George Street married John Webb, a potter (HTPR). |
| 1853 | 29 Mar. Noted as a potter when his daughter Sarah Ann of Fox’s Terrace married George Lewis Thomas (HTPR). |
| Children: Wife Eliza Eliza, bapt 16 Aug 1829 (PPR), Sarah Ann, bapt 10 Jul 1831 (PPR), Louisa, bapt 30 Jun 1833 (PPR), Harriet, bapt 1 Mar 1835 (PPR), John (aged 1 mth), bapt 30 Apr 1837 (PPR), Mary Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 21 Oct 1838 (PPR), Daniel Henry (aged 3 wks), bapt 31 Jan 1841 (PPR), Selina (aged 3 wks), bapt 30 Apr 1843 (PPR) |
SMITH Edward Colston
Born c1822 in Bristol (51C).
| 1839 | 15 May. He was apprenticed to William and Constance Powell, aged 16 years (A, Ao). |
| 1841 | Apprentice potter, Temple Gate, Temple parish (19) (41C). |
| 1843 | 4 Jul. Mary-le-Port Street, St Mary-le-Port parish, the son of William Smith, a glass cutter, he married Elizabeth Williams, the daughter of John Williams, a cooper (MLPPR). |
| 1851 | 4 Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (29), living with his wife Elizabeth (28) born in Bristol and his niece Sarah Wilcox (6) born in Bristol (51C). |
| 1852 | Brick Yard, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1861 | Potter’s journeyman, 12 Brewers Place, Bedminster (40), living with his wife Elizabeth (39) (61C). |
SMITH Ellen
Born c1852, in Fenton, Staffordshire, the daughter of Levi Smith I and the sister of Samuel II, Levi II and Richard Smith (71C).
| 1871 | Potter presser, Victoria Terrace, St Philip’s parish (19), living with her parents and siblings (71C). |
| 1873 | 18 May. Waterloo Road (21) the daughter of Levi Smith, a potter, she married William Henry Gingell (24) a labourer of Whipping Cat Hill, the son of Stephen Gingell, a labourer (HTPR). |
SMITH Emma
Born c1835 in Bristol (51C).
| 1851 | Potter’s lathe turner, 13 Baptist Street, St Philip’s parish (16), the daughter of Charles, a cooper (51C). |
SMITH George
Born c1832 in Bristol (61C).
| 1853 | 2 Oct. Barton Street, St Philip’s parish (22), the son of George Smith, a shoemaker, he married Mary Jane Lake (20) of Barton Street, the daughter of James Lake, a millwright (PPR). |
| 1854-59 | Barton Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | 3 Barton Street, St Philip’s parish (29), living with his wife Mary Jane (28) born in Bristol and children (61C). |
| Children: Mary Jane (aged 1 mth), bapt 29 Oct 1854 (PPR), Theresa Elizabeth (aged 1 mth), bapt 20 Apr 1856 (PPR), Edmund James, born 2 Mar 1859, bapt 3 Apr 1859 (PPR) |
SMITH Henry I
Born c1829 (Ao).
| 1844 | 12 Mar. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 15 years (Ao). |
SMITH Henry II
Born c1846 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | 10 Harris’s Yard, Temple parish (15), living with his parents Charles and Jane Smith, a carter, of Bristol (61C). |
SMITH Herbert A.
Born c1888 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter’s labourer, 8 Tyler Street, St Silas parish (13) (01C). |
SMITH Hester
Born c1801 in Bristol, the mother of Charles Baynton Smith (41C).
| 1841 | Crown Court, Temple parish (40), living with her husband Robert, a labourer, and children Charles (18) a potter’s apprentice and Henry (18) a labourer (41C). |
SMITH Isaac
Born c1805 in St Philip’s parish (61C).
| 1819 | 22 Dec. He was apprenticed to James and Sarah Duffett (A, Ao). |
| 1826-29 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1850 | 24 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son Isaac (22) a brewer of St James’s Back married Esther Morgan (JaPR). |
| 1851 | Potter journeyman, Dolphin Street, St Woollos, Newport, South Wales (45), living with his wife Sarah (52), born in Bristol, and daughter Priscilla (51C). |
| 1856 | Dealer in brown ware, Orchard Street, Horton Street (KD). (It is not clear whether this is the same Isaac Smith). |
| 1861 | Potter, 40 Folly Lane, St Philip’s parish (56), living with his wife Sarah (60) born in St Philip’s parish and daughter Priscilla (32) a shoemaker, born in St Philip’s parish (61C). |
| 1871 | 1 Sidney Alley, St Philip’s parish (66), living with his wife Sarah and his daughter Priscilla (71C). |
| Children: Sarah Gowan, bapt 4 Jun 1826 (PPR), Priscilla, bapt 23 Sep 1827 (PPR), Isaac, bapt 31 May 1829 (PPR) |
SMITH James
Born c1826, not in Bristol, brother of Peter Smith (41C).
| 1841 | Pottery, Wigginton Court, St Philip’s parish (15), living with his parents James and Mary Smith, a shoemaker, and his brother Peter, occupation ‘Pottery’ (41C). |
SMITH John I
| 1728 | 11 Jul. A potter of Bristol, he stood surety of £10 for the appearance of Richard Owen at the next Sessions (T). |
| 1729 | 3 Jun. ‘Joseph Thrall agt John Smith, potter of Redcliff Hill. Thursday June 3 1729 Pltf. proved Deft. indebted to him 2s.2½d for Geneva and Tobacco sold. Ordered it be pd. with costs in a month’ (C). See also Joseph Thrall. |
| 1735 | 22 May. ‘Henry Hurd agst John Smith potter works at Mr Christophers Lime Kiln Lane. Thurs June 19th 1735 Debt proved 20s for signors ordered it be pay’d with costs …’ (C). See also Charles Christopher. |
SMITH John II
The son of William Smith of Bristol, staymaker (A).
| 1751 | 11 Mar. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle. Friends to find apparel and washing; paid with the apprentice £10 the gift of Edward Colston, Esq., deceased (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1756 | 26 Jun. His apprenticeship was transferred to William Taylor (A). |
SMITH John III
Born c1833 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | 4 Membury’s Court, Temple Street, Temple parish (28), living with his wife Hester (35) a tailoress, born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 21 Tyler Street, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Esther (50), born in Gloucestershire, and children Mary Ann (19) and Sarah Jane (19), both born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1873 | 24 Jan. Possibly the John Smith who ‘was charged with stealing a quantity of oats, valued 6d, the property of Mr John Ellis, of the Crown Pottery, St George’s. The prisoner had been in a position of trust for some years, during which time a great many things had been lost, but the present charge was the first proved against him. He was sentenced to two months’ hard labour’ (Western Daily Press). |
SMITH Jonathan
The son of Robert Smith of ‘Anton’, Oxford, farmer (A).
| 1700 | 4 Oct. He was apprenticed to William and Christian Andrews (A). |
| 1702 | 21 May. ‘The said Apprentice this xxi May 1702 by Consent of himselfe, his friends and Master is discharged of his apprenticeship and he to have noe benefit of his service already done and his Indenture to be cancelled’ (A). |
SMITH Joseph I
Born c1827 in Fenton, Staffordshire, the father of Joseph Smith II and the brother of William Smith II (71C).
| 1871 | 2 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s parish (44), living with his wife Sarah (36), born in Fenton, and children Mary Ann (12), Joseph (10), Sarah (7), Edward (5) and Adelaide (2), all born in Fenton, and William (1), born in St Philip’s parish, and his brother William Smith (71C). |
SMITH Joseph II
Born c1831 (PPR).
| 1856 | 7 Sep. Dings, St Philip’s parish (25), the son of Richard Smith, a blacksmith, he married Sarah Higgins (20) of the Dings, the daughter of James Higgins, an ostler (PPR). |