Bristol Potters
Research by Reg Jackson
HUNT William
Born in 1848 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Henry and Caroline Sarah Hunt (PPR, 61C).
| 1861 | Providence Place, Bedminster (13), living with his parents Henry and Caroline Sarah Hunt and family (61C). |
HUNTINGTON Alice (formerly BENNETT Alice)
See under the Potteries List section for the Brislington Pottery.
The widow of Robert Bennett I, and the mother of Robert Bennett II, she ran the Pottery after her husband’s death in 1659. John Bissicke died in 1659 but Robert Collins retained an interest in the Pottery until his death in 1689.
| 1659-68 | The Brislington Pottery was operated by Alice, the widow of Robert Bennett I. She married Solomon Huntington between 1666 and 1668. |
The Pottery was then taken over by Robert Bennett II.
| 1659 | 22 Oct. John Bissicke bequeathed in his will: unto Alice Bennett widow her executors and assignes my Tenement with th’appurtennes in Brislington aforesaid in the holding of Em. Farthing Widdow … (PRO Prob. 11/297). |
| 1663 | 19 Feb. Whereas Solomon Huntington of the Citty of Bristol, m’ner [mariner] … hath granted and made over to John Woodward of Compton Dando in the county of Somerset, yeoman … A certen voyd ground and buildings situate in East Tucker Street neere Counterslipp there in the p’ish of Temple … Now wee the said John Woodward and Robert Collins doe hereby declare promise and agree that the Said Grante … is for to be made in trust and for the use of Alice Bennett of Brislington aforesaid widow … (Temple AB 196(3)). |
| 1666 | 27 Dec. Ann Bissicke mentioned in her will: a Lease or parcel of meadow ground called the Moore conteyning by estimacon one acre and a halfe now in the holding of Alice Bennett … (PRO Prob. 11/323).Sometime between 1666 and 1668 Alice Bennett married Solomon Huntington of Bristol, mariner. |
| 1668 | 26 Sep. Will: In the name of God Amen the twenty six day of September one Thousand six hundred sixty Eighte according to the computation of the Church of England I Alice Huntington of Brislington … widow … doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following vizt … Item I give unto my sonne John Bennett the new house in the Marsh in Kinge Streete being in Bristoll during the lives or lease that is now upon itt Item I give unto John Bennett one little meadow by estimacon one acre called by the name of Yohens Mead being in Brislington during the lives that is upon itt That is to say Mary Biss, Robert Bennett and John Bennett Item I give more unto my sonne John Bennett the somme of forty pounds To be paid within Twelve moneths after my decease which money is to be paid unto the overseers which I shall appoint and to put it to the best advantage for the said John Bennett until such tyme that the date of his Indentures of Apprenticeship shal be expired Item I give to him more the best featherbed in my house in Brislington with a paire of sheets and a greene seell rugge one bolster and two pillows and one brasir pott the best except one Item I give unto my sonne John Bennett all that soyle that lyeth by the barne to be bestowed upon the same ground where it lyeth Item I give unto my daughter Mary Biss and her daughter Mary all that house or tenement at Counter slyp in Temple street in Bristoll And shee the aforesaid Mary Bisse to pay the somme of forty shillings cheife rent by the yeare unto Robert Bennett her brother Item I give more unto my daughter one paire of dowlis sheets Item I give unto poore people the sum of tenne pounds and tenne shillings to bee bestowed in manner and forme as followeth That is to say unto Robert Wastfill and Richard Wilkins The somme of three pounds to be bestowed amongst poore friends where they sall thinke fitt Item to William Fourd of Bristoll Sergeweaver the somme of three pounds to be bestowed amongst poore friends where hee shall thinke fit Item unto the poore of Brislington the somme of twenty shillings to be bestowed as my executor shall think fitt Item unto my workfolke the somme of three pounds to be bestowed as followeth Unto Thomas Poope Twenty shillings unto Edward Mearne Twenty shillings unto John Mearne Twenty shillings unto Nathaniell Hix Tenne shillings Item I give unto Phillip Hix my prentis the somme of Twenty shillings Item all the rest of my houses Leases lands and Tenements and goods whatsoever I give unto my sonne Robert Bennett upon condicon that hee shall pay all my debts and legacies and doe make him sole executor of this my last will and testament … I doe desire my welbeloved frinds John Woodards and Robert Wasfil and Richard Wilkins to bee my overseers of this my last will and Testament … The marke of Alice Huntington sealed and delivered in the presence of John Allen Anthony Woodard (PRO Prob. 11/328) |
HURD Mary Ann
Born c1884 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter’s assistant, 3 Temple Back, Temple parish (17) (01C). |
HURST Joseph
Born c1871 in Dresden, Staffordshire (01C).
| 1891 | Potter’s engraver, patient in the North Staffordshire Infirmary (15) (91C). |
| 1901 | Potter’s engraver, boarding at 104 Bath Road, Knowle (30) (01C). |
| 1911 | Engraver (pottery), 86 Villier’s Road, Dresden (35), living with his wife Florence (24), born in Longton, Staffordshire (11C). |
HUSBAND John
The son of Bellishezar Husband of ‘Deal’ (probably Dale), Pembrokeshire, mariner (A).
| 1752 | 14 Jul. He was apprenticed to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
HUSSEY John
Born c1842 in Bristol, the father of John G. Hussey (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s carter, 1 Pump Court, Temple parish (49), living with his wife Elizabeth (49), born in Bristol, and son John G. Hussey (91C). |
HUSSEY John G.
Born c1874 in Bristol, the son of John Hussey (91C).
| 1891 | Potter’s carter, 1 Pump Court, Temple parish (17), living with his parents (91C). |
| 1901 | Builder’s carter, Chapter Cottage, Chapter Street, St Paul’s parish (25), living with his wife Elizabeth (20) and daughter Lillian (5 mths), both born in Bristol (01C). |
HUTCHINGS George
See the Potteries List section for the Pipe Lane Pottery
| 1883-1906 | It seems that George Hutchings may have been in partnership with William Hutchings II, who was possibly his brother. |
The Pottery then closed.
Born c1836 in Bristol, possibly the son of William Hutchings I and the brother of William Hutchings II.
| 1861 | Visitor at 10 Harris’s Yard, Temple parish (25), with his wife Elizabeth (26) born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1862 | 23 Nov. Stone potter, Bread Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his daughter Emily, born 6 Nov 1862. Wife Elizabeth (PPR). |
| 1883 | W. & G. Hutchings, Pipe Lane, Temple (WD). |
HUTCHINGS William I
See the Potteries List section for the Barton Hill Pottery, the Temple Back Pottery 1 and the Pipe Lane Pottery.
Barton Hill Pottery
The Pottery had previously been run by James Duffett II.
| 1856-c63 | Wm. Hutchings I ran the Barton Hill Pottery. |
The Barton Hill Pottery was then taken over by Alfred Niblett but Hutchings continued trading at the Pipe Lane Pottery.
Temple Back Pottery 1
The Pottery had previously been run by Leah Webb and was advertised for sale in 1859.
| c1859-73 | Wm. Hutchings I ran the Temple Back Pottery 1. |
The Pottery was advertised to let in 1873, and it was taken over by James George Hawley.
Pipe Lane Pottery
| 1856-78 | William Hutchings I ran the Pipe Lane Pottery. |
From 1870 the Pottery was trading as William Hutchings & Co., and from 1873 as William Hutchings and Son, the son being William Hutchings II. From at least 1862 the Hutchings family were also running a brick and tile works on St Philip’s Marsh.
William Hutchings II continued running the Pottery after his father’s death in 1878.
Born c1812 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the father of William Hutchings II and was possibly the father of George Hutchings (51C).
| 1851 | Accountant, North Street, Bedminster (39), living with his wife Martha Prout (39), born in St Thomas’s parish, and children, his mother Jane (62), born in Wells, Somerset, and Sarah Lane (14), a house servant (51C). |
| 1856-57 | Wm. Hutchings (late Duffett), red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple back and Barton Hill (MD). |
| 1857 | 17 Jan. ‘Red ware potters. Wanted, a thrower; a good workman will get constant employment and good wages. Apply to Wm. Hutchings & Co., Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple Back’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1857-61 | Residence: 12 Somerset Square (MD). |
| 1858-61 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back and Barton Hill (MD). |
| 1861-72 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware pottery, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1861 | Potter employing 20 men, 11 boys, 12 Somerset Square, Bedminster (49), living with his wife Martha P. (49) born in Bristol, his children and his widowed mother Jane (74), a farmer’s wife, born in Wiltshire (61C). |
| 1861 | 29 Jun. William Hutchings, pottery manufacturer of 12 Somerset Square, was executor to the will of Martin Mayes of 23 Hampton Park, Bristol (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1861-63 | W. Hutchings exported red ware to Guernsey, Jersey and Barbados (PB-EXP). |
| 1862-63 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back and Barton Hill, brick and tile manufacturer, St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
| 1864-69 | Wm. Hutchings, red ware, garden and chimney pot manufacturer, Pipe Lane, Temple Back, brick and tile manufacturer, St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
| 1866 | 20 Oct. Noted as a potter when his daughter Martha (19) of St Mary Redcliffe parish married William Johnson (RPR). |
| 1868 | Residence: 13 Redcliff Parade West (MD). |
| 1870-72 | William Hutchings & Co., red ware manufacturers, Pipe Lane and St Philip’s Marsh (MD). |
| 1870 | 11 Mar. ‘Red ware potters. Wanted, a man to set and burn kilns and make himself generally useful. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1870 | 3 May. ‘For sale, a lathe, cheap. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple Backs’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1870 | 19 Dec. Noted as a red ware manufacturer when his daughter Mary of St Mary Redcliffe parish married John Walters (RPR). |
| 1871 | Brick and tile manufacturer, 31 West Redcliffe Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish (59), living with his wife Martha P. (55) and children including his daughter Martha Johnston (23) and his widowed mother Jane (82) (71C). |
| 1871 | 28 Jul. ‘For sale, a large chaff machine. Apply at Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple backs’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1872 | 29 Jun. ‘Red ware potters. Steady man wanted, to set and burn kilns, etc. Apply Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1873-80 | William Hutchings and Son, red ware manufacturers, Pipe Lane and St Philip’sMarsh (MD, WD). |
| 1873 | 12 Apr. ‘Red ware pottery, Temple Back, to let. Apply W. Hutchings and Co., on the premises’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1873 | 7 May. ‘For sale, a waggonette, in good condition, or would exchange for a Whitechapel. Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1878 | 22 Apr. He died, described as a brick and tile manufacturer of 13 Redcliff Parade West and the Brickyard, St Philip’s Marsh. His will was proved on 6 May. Personal estate valued at under £1,500 (PRO National Probate Calendar, Index of Wills and Adminstrations, 1858-1966). |
| 1881 | 5 Mar. Mary Hutchings’ husband, John Walters, married her widowed sister, Martha Johnson, in Clifton, following Mary’s death in 1878. They emigrated first to Nova Scotia and then on to Massachusetts (information from Pamela Quinlan; Ancestry website). |
| A headstone for the Hutchings family survives in Arnos Vale Cemetery (information from Pamela Quinlan) and reads as follows: ‘In loving memory of Jane Hutchings: who fell asleep in Jesus January 18, 1876, aged 87 years … also of William Hutchings, son of the above, who entered into eternal rest April 22 1878, aged 66 years … also in loving memory of Martha Prout Hutchings, wife of the above named William Hutchings, who entered into her eternal rest May 17 1880, aged 68 years …’. | |
| Children: Possibly George, born c1836 (61C), Elizabeth, born c1844 in Bedminster (51C), William, born c1846 in Bedminster (51C), Martha, born c1848 in Bedminster (51C), Mary, born c1850 in Bedminster (51C), Ann, born c1850 in Bedminster (51C), Ann, born c1853 in Bristol (61C) |
HUTCHINGS William II
See the Potteries List section for the Pipe Lane Pottery.
Pipe Lane Pottery
William Hutchings II was in partnership with his father in the Pipe Lane Pottery from at least 1873 and ran the Pottery after his father’s death in 1878.
| 1873-1906 | William Hutchings II ran the Pipe Lane Pottery. |
From 1883 it seems he may have been in partnership with George Hutchings who was possibly his brother.
The Pottery then closed.
Born c1846 in Bedminster, the son of William Hutchings I and possibly the brother of George Hutchings (51C).
| 1871 | No occupation, living with his parents and siblings at 31 West Redcliffe Parade, St Mary Redcliffe parish (25) (71C). |
| 1873-80 | William Hutchings and Son, red ware manufacturers, Pipe Lane and St Philip’s Marsh (MD, WD). |
| 1878 | 12 Oct. ‘Mr William Hutchings, late of St Philip’s Marsh, brick and tile manufacturer, deceased … orders will be executed as usual at the manufactory, but the red ware pottery trade will be continued by the deceased’s son Mr William Hutchings, at Temple Back’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1879 | 9 Jan. Possibly it was Hutchings’ pottery in St Philip’s Marsh that was advertised for sale: ‘Extensive premises in St Philip’s, with steam engine, large yard, front and back entrances, suitable for pottery (lately used as such), glass house, foundry, saw mills, etc.’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1881-82 | William Hutchings, stoneware pottery, Pipe Lane (WD). |
| 1881 | Red ware potter, 7 Leicester Place, Clifton (35), living with his sister Elizabeth (37), who was living on income from property (81C). |
| 1882 | 17 Jun. ‘To potters. Wanted, a steady man, to make small ware garden pots. Apply Pipe Lane Pottery, Temple Back’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1883 | W. & G. Hutchings, Pipe Lane, Temple (WD). |
| 1884-1900 | William Hutchings & Co., Pottery, Pipe Lane, Temple Backs (WD). |
| 1891 | Red ware manufacturer, employer, 43 Springfield Road, St Andrew’s parish (45), living with his brother-in-law Alfred Campbell, a commercial clerk, who had married his sister, Annie (91C). |
| 1899 | 14 Jun. ‘To potters. Wanted, at once, good all-round red ware thrower. Pipe Lane Pottery’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901 | Red ware manufacturer, employer, 43 Sydenham Hill, St Andrew’s parish, Montpelier (55), living with his brother-in-law Alfred Campbell (01C). |
| 1901 | 5 Oct. ‘To pottery manufacturers and others. Freehold pottery and piece of land in Pipe Lane, Temple … Messrs C.H. Tucker & Co. are instructed by the trustees of the above estate to offer for sale … all that freehold property known as ‘The Pottery’, Pipe Lane, Temple … now and for many years past in the occupation of Mr Wm. Hutchins (whose lease expires on the 31 day of December next) at the yearly rent of £45. Also all that piece of freehold land at the rear of the Pottery, and let to the same tenant on an annual tenancy at the yearly rate of £12.10s. The old pottery premises comprise 2 kilns, moulding loft, drying shed, store rooms, and various sheds and buildings, with small office at entrance; and the piece of land in the rear … has been used by the tenant of the pottery for storing clay, etc. … All the machinery and plant are the property of the tenant’ (Western Daily Press). |
| 1901-06 | William Hutchings & Co., manufacturers of all kinds of garden and fancy pots and red ware, Pottery, Pipe Lane, Victoria Street (WD). |
| 1911 | Red ware pottery agent, 43 Sydenham Hill, St Andrew’s parish (65), living with his brother-in-law Alfred Campbell (11C). |
HUTCHINS James
Born c1816 in Langford Budville, Somerset (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, 19 Clark Street, St Philip’s parish (55), living with his wife Elizabeth (52) and son John (16), both born in Langford Budville (71C). |
HUTTON Thomas
| 1681 | 23 Mar. He was described as a potter of Bristol when his son, Thomas, was apprenticed to John Chamlice, a silk weaver (A). |
IFELL John
| 1774 | 4 Oct. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Harris, hooper (F, G). |
| 1774 & 1784 | Potter, Westbury-on-Trym (P). |
| 1793 | 16 Aug. ‘Sarah Ifield’ buried (WPR). |
| 1798 | 31 Oct. ‘Daniel Ithill’ buried (WPR). |
INKER David
| 1827-29 | Temple parish (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Mary Jane, bapt 18 Feb 1827 (PPR), James, bapt 18 Feb 1827 (PPR), George Jesse, bapt 3 May 1829 (PPR) |
INSALL (INSELL) Elizabeth
Born c1849 in Bristol, the wife of Henry Insall (71C).
| 1870 | 5 Jun. Pipe Lane, Temple parish (only her husband noted as a potter) (PPR) |
| 1871 | Transferer at pottery, 30 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (22), living with her husband Henry, a labourer (71C). |
| 1871 | 8 Jan. Thomas Street (only her husband noted as a potter) (PPR). |
| 1881 | Pottery woman, inmate at the Bristol City Workhouse, Stapleton (34), with her children Elizabeth (12) and William (3) both born in Bristol (81C). |
INSALL (INSELL) Henry
The husband of Elizabeth Insall (71C).
| 1870 | 5 Jun. Potter, Pipe Lane, Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Labourer, 30 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (24), living with his wife Elizabeth (22) and son John (5 mths), born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1871 | 8 Jan. Potter, Thomas Street (PPR). |
| Children: Elizabeth Ann, born 18 Nov 1869, bapt 5 Jun 1870 (PPR), John Henry, born 22 Nov 1870, bapt 8 Jan 1871 (PPR) |
IVEYE John
| 1727 | 27 Jul. He became a free potmaker as he was the son of John Iveye, deceased (F, G). |
| 1739 | Potmaker, St Nicholas parish (P). |
| 1754 | Potmaker, Redland, Gloucestershire (P). |
JACKSON Florence
Born c1886 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter (printer), 2 Arthur Street, St Silas parish (15) (01C). |
JACKSON Samuel
| 1865 | 3 Apr. Noted as a potter when his son Samuel (27) a soldier of 3 Clarke Street married Mary Ann Williams (EPR). |
JACKSON Sarah I
Born c1826, not in Bristol (41C).
| 1841 | Glass House Court, Temple parish (15) (41C). |