Born c1792 in Minehead, Somerset (51C).
| 1812 | 14 Oct. He became a free stone potter as he was the son of Shefner James, a mariner (F). |
| 1812 | Stone potter, Wilmot’s Buildings, Temple parish (P). |
| 1818 | 17 May. Stone potter, Temple parish (TPR). |
| 1824 | 18 Jul. Bedminster (PPR). |
| 1830-35 | Temple Gate, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1832 | Temple Gate, St Mary Redcliffe parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1841 | Dean Lane, Bedminster (P). |
| 1841 | Potter, Dean Lane, Bedminster (45), living with his wife Frances (45), born in county, and children (41C). |
| 1846 | 12 Jul. Paradise Row, Bedminster (JBPR). |
| 1851 | Brown stone burner, 7 Little Paradise, Bedminster (59), living with his wife Fanny (55), born in Liverpool, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | His wife was a widow (61C). |
| 1861 | 24 Sep. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary Naish (44) a widow of North Street married Solomon Samuel Brocks (JBPR). |
| Children: Mary (aged 2¼ yrs) bapt 17 May 1818 (TPR), Mary, born 1821 in Bristol (41C, 51C), Matilda (3 wks) bapt 18 Jul 1824 (PPR), Edwin, born c1835 in Somerset (41C), Fanny Naomi, bapt 12 Jul 1846 (JBPR) |