Born c1791, the son of Edward Appleford of Bristol, tobacco-cutter, deceased (51C, A).
| 1793 | 24 Nov. Probably the James Appleford baptised in St Philip’s, the son of Edward and Sarah Appleford (Ancestry website). |
| 1806 | 3 Jun. Appenticed to Edward Patience with £10 from Edward Colston Q.E.H. (A, Ao). |
| 1813 | 8 Apr. Married his wife, Charlotte (FM). |
| 1816 | 14 Apr. Jacob Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1818 | 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). He was named as ‘Joseph Appleford’ in the newspaper report of the trial (BG). |
| 1818 | 11 Jun. He became a free stone potter (F). |
| 1819 | 11 Apr. Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1821 | Stone potter, Temple Back, Temple parish (P). |
| 1821 | 5 Jul. Old Market, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1823-30 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830-35 | Stone potter, Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Stone potter, Avon Street, Temple (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Presumably the Edward Appleford, stone potter, Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1837-41 | Stone potter, The Dings, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1839 | 29 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter, Hannah Milsom, married George Sidney, an engineer (ThPR). |
| 1841 | East Buildings, Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Charlotte (55) and children (41C). |
| 1841 | 28 Jun. Noted as a potter when his son Edward I married Mary Ann Winmill (ThPR). |
| 1851 | Potter, widower, 22 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (60), living with his son, Edward I (51C). |
| 1852 | Temple parish (P). |
| 1853 | 9 Aug. Probably the James Appleford, aged 61, buried at Temple church (Ancestry website). |
| Children: Sarah, born 24 Mar 1816, bapt 14 Apr 1816 (PPR), Edward, bapt 11 Apr 1819 (aged 5 mths) (PPR), Thomas, bapt 15 Jul 1821 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), James, bapt 7 Sep 1823 (aged 3 wks) (PPR), John, bapt 18 Dec 1825 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 5 Dec 1830 (PPR), Hannah (Milsom) (ThPR – marriage) |