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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: John Cole Potter marriage to Frances ?
« on: Monday 09 March 15 21:37 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Freda,

Thank you for the information and the offer of more information. Have I explained that your John Cole who married in London and moved to Bristol as a potter, has a very similar history to our Daniel Cole who became established as a potter in Islington about the same time. It seems very likely there is a connection. Daniel married An Moss at St Pancras in 1792 and had issue including a John in 1807 who was baptised at St Pancas in 1808. I will be pleased to sent a copy of all my notes if you would contact me
I would like to know as much as possible about John and Frances in the period before they moved to Bristol. Could you give me the details of baptisms of their children in London? You said that he  was already a master potter, but where did this record come from?
There is an old family story that our Coles in Islington and then Tottenham were related to Martins in Bristol, but I think that story and connections to the Coles in Bristol will be best found through the relationship in London before say 1807, and I would like to concentrate on that.
I have emailed your information to Pat Cryer who has the cole-potteries website and she too is keen to look into this further.
Best wishes,
Bruce

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: John Cole Potter marriage to Frances ?
« on: Thursday 11 April 13 08:31 BST (UK)  »
We have been looking at our Cole family of potters in Tottenham for many years. They began with a Daniel Cole who married a lady from Gloucestershire in 1792 and moved to London where he was a potter from at least 1808. His third son John Cole, also our ancestor, was a potter at Tottenham all his life and became a pottery owner. Many other family members were potters, in Middlesex and in Kent.
We have not confirmed Daniel's origins yet, but he may be the Daniel, son of Thomas, baptised at Chippenham in Wilts in 1768. He named his sons Daniel, Thomas and John. There seem to be a number of parallels with your family, although this may be just coincidence. Have you found the birth of your John Cole yet? Could he be a brother of our Daniel?

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