See the Pottery section for the Bedminster Pottery.
The Pottery had previously been run by Richard Room, who died in 1790.
| 1790-1821 | Peter Dean ran the Bedminster Pottery. |
He was succeeded at the Pottery by his wife, Margaret Dean.
The son of John Dean of Bristol, staymaker, deceased (A).
| 1753 | 25 Feb. Probably the Peter Dean baptised at St Michael’s church, the son of John and Jane Dean (Ancestry website). |
| 1768 | 29 Oct. He was apprenticed to William I and Mary Maynard with £10, the gift of Edward Colston, deceased (A, Ao). |
| 1780 | 8 or 9 Sep. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1781 & 1784 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |
| 1792-8 | Potter, Boot Lane, Bedminster (RD, MD). |
| 1805-07 | Potter, Bedminster (MD). |
| 1808-12 | Potter, Boot Lane, Bedminster (MD). |
| 1810 | 1 Oct. Potter, Bedminster (SRO Q/RJb 1810 – information from Marek Lewcun). |
| 1812 | Potter, Boot Lane, Bedminster (P). |
| 1815-21 | Brown ware potter, Boot Lane, Bedminster (MD). |
| 1815 | He exported 2 crates of pottery to Dublin (PB-EXP). |
| 1817 | He exported 2,300 pieces of earthenware to Dublin (PB-EXP). |
A memorial tablet remained until recently in St John’s churchyard, Bedminster: ‘In memory of Peter Dean of this parish, potter, who departed [illegible] Also [illegible but probably Margaret the wife of the] above Peter Dean who departed this life March the 26th 1823 Aged 65 Years. Also 4 of their Children who died in their Infancy. Also John son of the above Peter and Margaret Dean who departed this life Mar. 4th 1827 Aged 31 Years’ (Dawson 1979, 102).
| Children: Wife Margaret Elizabeth, born 11 Nov 1791, bapt 18 Dec 1791 (JBPR), Thomas, aged 5 years, buried 18 Jan 1792 (JBPR), Harriet, born 31 Jan 1794, bapt 30 Mar 1794 (JBPR), John, born 14 Feb 1796, bapt 24 Jul 1796 (JBPR), died 4 Mar 1827, James, born 30 Sep 1798, bapt 26 Oct 1801 (JBPR), William, born 2 Oct 1801, bapt 26 Oct 1801 (JBPR) |