Born c1810 in Bristol (51C).
| 1824 | 26 Feb. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney, aged 14 years (A, Ao). |
| 1831 | 13 Feb. St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1833 | 7 Jul. Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potter, Bellaton Place, Bridgwater, Somerset (30), living with his wife Mary (30), and children (41C). |
| 1845 | 18 May. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Potter, Oxford Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset (40), living with his wife Mary (40), born in Bristol, and children (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter, widower, 33 James’s Street, Weston-super-Mare (51), living with his children (61C). |
| Children: Elizabeth Ann, bapt 13 Feb 1831 (PPR), Mary Ann Elizabeth, bapt 7 Jul 1833 (PPR), Sarah, born c1838 in Taunton, Somerset (41C, 51C), Elizabeth, born c1840 in Bridgwater, Somerset (41C, 51C), Thomas, born c1843 in Bridgwater (51C), Emily (aged 5 wks), bapt 18 May 1845 (PPR), born in Weston-super-Mare (51C), Eliza, born c1848 in Weston-super-Mare (51C), William, born c1850 in Weston-super-Mare (51C), George, born c1852 in Weston-super-Mare (61C), Henry, born c1856 in Weston-super-Mare (61C) |