The son of John Harwell of Bristol, potter (F).
| 1774 | 5 Oct. He became a free potter as he was the son of John Harwell, gallypotmaker, deceased (F, G). |
| 1774 & 1781 | Potter, St James’s parish (P). |
| 1784 | Potter, St Nicholas parish (P). |
| 1788 | 19 May. He was described as a potter when his son, William, was apprenticed to William Jefferies, carpenter (A). |