Born in 1817 in Temple parish, the son of John Milsom and the father of Samuel and William Edward Milsom (PPR, TPR, 51C).
| 1817 | 2 Feb. Born and baptised on 24 Dec 1820, the son of John and Rebecca Milsom (TPR). |
| 1839 | 1 Aug. King Street, the son of John Milsom, he married Sophia Fowler of King Street, the daughter of Richard Fowler, a brewer (JBPR). |
| 1839 & 43 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1845 | 2 Nov. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1848 | 20 Feb. John Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1851 | Potter brown stone, 4 Squires Court (otherwise Purnells Court), Temple parish (34), living with his wife Sophia (30) born in St Augustine’s parish, and children (51C). |
| 1852-59 | John Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, 31 Tower Street, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Sophia, and children (61C). |
| 1865 | 28 Apr. Noted as a stoneware potter when his son William Edward was apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell (Ao). |
| 1865 | 9 Jul. Noted as a potter when his daughter Rebecca (19) of 8 Canynge Street married Charles Gardiner (RPR). |
| 1871 | He was ‘away from home’, his wife Sophia (50), a charwoman, was living at 30 Tower Street, Temple parish, with their two children Alfred (21) and Mary A. (12) (71C). |
| 1873 | Noted as a potter when his son Alfred Henry (22) of Wellington Street married Jane Davies (JBPR). |
| 1881 | 30 Tower Street, Temple parish (64) living with his wife Sarah (62) a charwoman and his son Samuel (42) a potter (81C). |
| Children: Samuel John (aged 5 wks), bapt 23 Sep 1839 (PPR), Emma, born c1842 in Cork, Ireland (51C), Mary Ann (aged 3 wks), bapt 24 Sep 1843 (PPR), Rebecca (aged 5 wks), bapt 2 Nov 1845 (PPR), William Edward (aged 5 wks), bapt 20 Feb 1848 (PPR), Alfred Henry, born c1850 in Temple parish (51C), Ann Sophia (aged 3 wks), bapt 30 May 1852 (PPR), Francis Edward (aged 4 mths), bapt 1 Apr 1855 (PPR), Mary Ann Susanna (aged 11 wks), bapt 2 Jan 1859 (PPR) |