Born c1801 in Whitchurch, Somerset (51C).
| 1818 | 23 Jul. He was apprenticed to John and Susannah Duffett (A, Ao). |
| 1824-26 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1828-35 | Bedminster (PPR, TPR). |
| 1830 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1832 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Colston Street, Bedminster (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1837 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1837-38 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1841 | 31 Jan. Bedminster (TPR). |
| 1841 | 3 Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1841 | Colston Street, Bedminster (40), potter, born in county, living with his wife Ann (40) born in county, and children (41C). |
| 1843 | 10 Dec. St Mary Redcliffe parish (TPR). |
| 1846-48 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1848 | 18 Jun. He was noted as a potter when his son William was apprenticed to Joseph Radford, brassfounder (A). |
| 1851 | Potter brown ware, 3 Colston Street, Bedminster (50) (51C). |
| 1852 | Colston Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1854 | 12 Jan. Noted as a potter when his daughter Esther Cox married George Dando, shoe maker (SPR). |
| 1855 | 22 Apr. Noted as a potter when his son William Henry Cox (20) of Colston Street, brassfounder, married Mary Ann O’Burn (JBPR). |
| 1858 | 13 Oct. Colston Street (54) widower the son of John Cox, haulier, he married Lydia Ruddock (46) widow of Colston Street (JBPR). |
| 1861 | Potter, Cranham, Gloucestershire (58), living with his wife Lydia (49), born in Frome, Somerset, and daughter Harriet (14) (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter, The Potteries, Green Lane, Tottenham, London (67), living with his wife Lydia (59) (71C). |
| 1876 | 14 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son William Henry Cox of Totterdown, gasfitter, married Eliza Julia Hemmings (JBPR). |
| 1881 | Potter of garden flower pots, unemployed, Cottage at The Potteries, Green Lane, Tottenham (78), living with his wife Lydia (71) (81C). |
| Children: Mary Ann, bapt 10 Oct 1824 (TPR), Amelia, bapt 25 Dec 1826 (TPR), Edwin, bapt 2 Nov 1828 (PPR), Hester, bapt 12 Sep 1830 (PPR), Alfred, bapt 17 Feb 1833 (PPR), William Henry, bapt 1 Mar 1835 (TPR), Amelia, bapt 26 Feb 1837 (TPR), Matilda Ann, bapt 30 Sep 1838 (TPR), Matilda Ann, bapt 31 Jan 1841 (TPR), Rosa Isabella, bapt 10 Dec 1843 (TPR), Alfred John, bapt 6 May 1846 (TPR), Harriet Elizabeth, Bapt 16 Apr 1848 (TPR) |