Born c1805 (Ao).
| 1821 | 14 Aug. Aged 16 he was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1830 | St Michael’s Buildings, Kingsdown, St Michael’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | St Michael’s Buildings, Kingsdown, St James’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1847 | 24 Jan. Newfoundland Street, the son of Thomas Clark, labourer, he married Ann Willis the daughter of William Willis, pipe maker (PaPR). |
| 1851 | 12 Oct. Great George Street, St Philip’s parish, when his son Thomas (aged 3 wks) was baptised. Wife Ann (PPR). |
| 1851 | 18 Oct. Described as a potter living at 7 Narrow Weir. He had been apprenticed to Mr Pountney and had worked at the Bristol Pottery for ‘upward of 23 years’. He had designed a stained glass window which had appeared in the Great Exhibition (Bristol Times). |