The son of Benjamin Quarman of Bedminster, Somerset, victualler, and the brother of John Quarman (A).
| 1745 | 16 Sep. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Sarah Taylor, £10 paid with the apprentice. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1747 | 5 May. His apprenticeship was transferred to Thomas II and Bathsheba Cantle (A). |
| 1753 | 17 Jun. Presumably the potter of St Peter’s, Worcester, who was granted a licence to marry Ann Shore of St Philip and Jacob parish, at St Philip and Jacob. Bondsman: Joseph Thrall of St Philip’s, potter (M). |
| 1755 | A date between 2 Dec 1755 and 6 Jan 1756. ‘Joseph Stokes of the City of Bristol brewer Late Mary Rowell, Water Lane near Temple St: A Tenemt in the possession of Benjamin Quarman potter City Land alias Sir Thomas White [lands]’ (PBk). |
| 1756 | 21 Feb. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
| 1774 | Potter, Isleworth, Middlesex (P). |
| 1780 | 6 Aug. John, son of Benjamin and Ann Quarman, baptised (RPR). |
| 1780 | 2 Sep. Noted as a potmaker, deceased, on the freedom of his son, Benjamin, a cordwainer (G). |
| 1781 & 1784 | Potter, Isleworth, Middlesex (P). |
Benjamin Quarman was apparently the manager of the Isleworth Pottery (Ray 1968, 68).
| Tax book entries: [25 Mar 1756-25 Mar 1757] Benjamin Quarman Water Lane (Temple-L) [25 Mar 1756-25 Mar 1758] Benjamin Quarman Water Lane (Temple-L) |