Robert Williamson came to Staffordshire and built a pottery works at Longport c 1773 aged 23 years!! I deduce that he must have come from a reasonably well off family to be able to do this. There are no Igi's for this chap for Staffordshire. His dates of birth and death are well documented. I gleaned a clue from a book about James Brindley, that he came from North Cheshire, the only Igi is his christening at Ince Cheshire (west Cheshire). Other siblings Alice 1744, Mary 1747 and John 1740, father Robert Williamson. Does anyone have any knowledge of this family, to put me on the right track. Robert married Anne Brindley nee Henshall in 1775, had a large family and lived at Ramsdell hall in Cheshire. He must have been very wealthy being listed as a coal and iron master, along with his brother Hugh Henshall Williamson. My interest is purely local history. Robert' son Robert married Anne Kinnersley daughter of a Newcastle under Lyme banker, coal and iron master, who lived at Clough Hall, any clues appreciated Nel xx
