Born c1833 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, the father of William John Hamlin (61C, 91C).
| 1859 | 25 Apr. Windmill Hill (24), the son of William Hamlin, a tailor, he married Hannah Matthews (21) of Windmill Hill, the daughter of William Matthews, a sawyer (JBPR). |
| 1861 | Potter printer, Windmill Hill, Bedminster (28), living with his wife Anna (23) a waistcoat maker, born in Barnstaple, Devon, and daughter Anna (1) born in Bedminster (61C). |
| 1871 | His wife, Hannah, a waistcoat maker, who was living at 19 Byron Place, Bedminster, with her children Hannah/Anna (11) and William John (3), born in Bovey Tracey, Devon. She was married but her husband is not recorded in the census (71C). |
| 1881 | 6 Prospect Place, Bedminster (48), living with his wife and children, including Albert J. (7) and Mary E. (1), both born in Bedminster (81C). |
| 1891 | 31 Jan. ‘Died January 25, Mr William Hamlyn, 6 Prospect Place, Windmill Hill, Bedminster, aged 58, for 32 years at the Bristol Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |