Born c1810 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the father of Ann, Sarah and Eliza Raby and the father-in-law of William Morgan (51C, 61C).
| 1834 | 13 Jan. He married Maria Holiston at Nucknall Cum Bagnall, Staffordshire (Ancestry website). |
| 1841 | Pottery squeezer, Bethesda Street, Swynnerton, Staffordshire (30), living with his wife Maria (30) and children, including Samuel (15), a pottery glazer (41C). |
| 1851 | Potter china, 12 Harris Yard, Temple parish (41), living with his wife Maria (44), a potter china, born in Stoke-on-Trent, and his children (51C). |
| 1856 | 11 Oct. Noted as a potter when his daughter Sarah, a varnisher of Park Street married John Shirley (HTPR). |
| 1857 | 1 Jun. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza Raby (21) a painter of Park Street married William Morgan, a printer (HTPR). |
| 1861 | Flower maker, Joiners Square, Hanley, Staffordshire (48), living with his wife Maria (47) and son Edward (61C). |
| 1861 | 23 Sep. Noted as a potter when his daughter Ann (20) of Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish married George Coles (PPR). |
| 1864 | Raby left the NBristol Pottery (Pountney 1920, 131). |
| 1867 | He died in Staffordshire (Pountney 1920, 131). |
| Children: Samuel, born c1826 in Staffordshire (41C); Sarah, born c1834 in Stoke-on-Trent (41C, 51C); Eliza, born c1836 in Stoke-on-Trent (41c, 51C); Ann, born c1841 in Stoke-on-Trent (41c, 51C); Edward, born c1846 in Stoke-on-Trent (51C) |
In 1846 the firm of Pountney and Goldney presented to the Bristol Museum a vase made by Edward Raby and coloured by William Fifield. Pountney (1920, 130) attributes another vase to Raby and states it was made in 1840, but it appears that Raby was still in Stoke at that time.
Pounteny (1920, 131) states his Edward Raby’s son Samuel worked at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, in 1856.