Newland Parish registers (General)

by Carmel Boyle , Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 04:26 (6816 days ago) @ Graham Davison

Hello Graham, I am researching the Watts family who lived in Whitecliff from the early 1800s through to the next century. John Watts operated a pottery in Whitecliff which was close to the Nags Head Inn and also close to the National School. John Watts (b. 1788) his son also John (born 1820) operated the pottery in the early 1800s and carried on until about 1880 or thereabouts. John Jnr. had a daughter, Lucy, who emigrated to Australia with her husband Enoch Herbert Drew in 1884 from whom I am descended!
The pottery was apparently a fairly large concern and in 1851 employed about 16 men and some boys. The Watts family seemed to live on site so there must have been living quarters attached to the pottery. I would be extremely grateful if you could supply any nformation about the Watts family.
Cheers from Oz, Carmel Boyle