Born c1801 in Bristol (41C).
| 1815 | 16 Nov. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1830 | Lower Arcade, St James’s parish (P). |
| 1830 | St James’s parish (JaPR). |
| 1832 | Lower Arcade, St James’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Lower Arcade, St James’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736) |
| 1835-42 | St James’s parish (JaPR). |
| 1841 | 13 Lower Arcade, St James’s parish (40), living with his wife Elizabeth (35) and children (41C). |
| 1861 | 18 Feb. Noted as a potter when his son Edward Cross (23) a mariner of Wellington Street married Isabella Matilda Chapple (JBPR). |
| Children: Eliza, born c1829 in Bristol (41C), Caroline, bapt 13 Jun 1830 (JaPR), Samuel, bapt 29 Apr 1832 (JaPR), Isaac, bapt 30 Aug 1835 (JaPR), Edward, born 20 Jul 1837, bapt 24 Sep 1837 (JaPR), Thomas, bapt 1 May 1842 (JaPR) |