Joshua Twyford
Potter of Shelton
1640 Born at Shelton, near Stoke on Trent
1687 Married Sarah Low in Dilhorne, Stafford[1]
c.1690[2] Employed by John Philip Elers at his pottery near Burslem. Twyford learnt Elers' secret processes by subterfuge.
1680 Started making pottery at a site near Shelton Old Hall. He was the first of a long line of Twyfords to make commercial pottery.[3]
1729 Died in Stoke.
The precise date that production ceased at the factory is not known, but the Twyford family continued making earthenware in the district.[4]
The business continued under the direction of Joshua's son, John, but after that there are no records showing what happened until William Twyford who is known to have been a potter. His business was continued by his sons, Thomas and Christopher[5]
The Bath Street pottery was then carried on by a descendant of Joshua's, Thomas William Twyford.
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Sources of Information
- DNB