Massie, According to book about Prestonpans entitled "Prestonpans and Vicinity" potteries were established during the last half of the 17th Century. There is an article about the only pottery in operation during the time of your "relies" appears to be Thompson and Fowler's Potteries. They began operation about 1750 and lasted to around the beginning of the 19th century. They employed about 40 to 50 men and boys and made Whiteware, including cups, saucers etc and drain pipes and satitary pottery at another site in Prestonpans. I hope this is of some assitance to you. Bill (Formerly from Prestonpans) Westbank, B.C. Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryegger" <campsie@tcsn.net> To: <SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 8, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] Prestonpans potteries > Dear listers, > > I found this comment when I clicked on to Prestonpans, East Lothian, on > Google. > > "In the past the area relied heavily on coal mining in the past. Other > industries were also important in the town, including the salt works, > soap- making, brewing, brick-making and pottery." > > Can anyone elaborate on the pottery industry in Prestonpans? My > forebear Robert Hillcoat was born in Prestonpans, and is listed as a > potter. His wife was Margaret Wylie from either Newcastle-upon-Tyne or > Durham. Robert's parents were Anthony Hillcoat and Helen Watson, > residing in Prestonpans mid-1700s. I do not know, however, if they > were from Prestonpans originally. > > The Hillcoat descendants thereafter ended up in Paisley, Greenock and > Glasgow as potters and weavers. This makes me wonder if the pottery > industry in Prestonpans might not have been too successful. > > I would appreciate any additional information. > > > Maisie Egger > > (formerly from Glasgow, Scotland) > > Paso Robles, California > > > > > > > > ______________________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 06/02/04

Dear Bill, Thank you very much for the additional information on the potteries in Prestonpans. My mother and two sisters moved from Glasgow to Haddington, East Lothian, in the mid-sixties, and we "tooled around" East Lothian quite a bit when I'd go home to visit my mother. At that time I had no idea that we had antecedents from Prestonpans, otherwise I would have paid far more attention to the area, hindsight being 20-20, as the saying goes. Before my mother died, she moved back to Glasgow to stay with my brother; both my sisters and one husband of the younger one are also dead, so there is little incentive for me to visit Haddington and airts when I go home. I don't know why I never considered that area as being involved with potteries; it just didn't click. Thanks for filling me in on this gap in my "education." Maisie -----Original Message----- From: bmcclelland [mailto:bmcclelland@shaw.ca] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:32 AM To: SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] Prestonpans potteries Massie, According to book about Prestonpans entitled "Prestonpans and Vicinity" potteries were established during the last half of the 17th Century. There is an article about the only pottery in operation during the time of your "relies" appears to be Thompson and Fowler's Potteries. They began operation about 1750 and lasted to around the beginning of the 19th century. They employed about 40 to 50 men and boys and made Whiteware, including cups, saucers etc and drain pipes and satitary pottery at another site in Prestonpans. I hope this is of some assitance to you. Bill (Formerly from Prestonpans) Westbank, B.C. Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryegger" <campsie@tcsn.net> To: <SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 8, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] Prestonpans potteries > Dear listers, > > I found this comment when I clicked on to Prestonpans, East Lothian, > on Google. > > "In the past the area relied heavily on coal mining in the past. Other > industries were also important in the town, including the salt works, > soap- making, brewing, brick-making and pottery." > > Can anyone elaborate on the pottery industry in Prestonpans? My > forebear Robert Hillcoat was born in Prestonpans, and is listed as a > potter. His wife was Margaret Wylie from either Newcastle-upon-Tyne > or Durham. Robert's parents were Anthony Hillcoat and Helen Watson, > residing in Prestonpans mid-1700s. I do not know, however, if they > were from Prestonpans originally. > > The Hillcoat descendants thereafter ended up in Paisley, Greenock and > Glasgow as potters and weavers. This makes me wonder if the pottery > industry in Prestonpans might not have been too successful. > > I would appreciate any additional information. > > > Maisie Egger > > (formerly from Glasgow, Scotland) > > Paso Robles, California > > > > > > > > ______________________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 06/02/04 ==== SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN Mailing List ==== Share your record transcripts by entering them in the Scotland BDM Exchange today. Go to http://www.sctbdm.com/ to search or submit births, deaths, and marriages. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Dear Bill, Thank you very much for the additional information on the potteries in Prestonpans. My mother and two sisters moved from Glasgow to Haddington, East Lothian, in the mid-sixties, and we "tooled around" East Lothian quite a bit when I'd go home to visit my mother. At that time I had no idea that we had Hillcoat antecedents from Prestonpans, otherwise I would have paid far more attention to the area, hindsight being 20-20, as the saying goes. Before my mother died, she moved back to Glasgow to stay with my brother; both my sisters and one husband of the younger one are also dead, so there is little incentive for me to visit Haddington and airts when I go home. I don't know why I never considered that area as being involved with potteries; it just didn't click. Thanks for filling me in on this gap in my "education." Maisie -----Original Message----- From: bmcclelland [mailto:bmcclelland@shaw.ca] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:32 AM To: SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] Prestonpans potteries Massie, According to book about Prestonpans entitled "Prestonpans and Vicinity" potteries were established during the last half of the 17th Century. There is an article about the only pottery in operation during the time of your "relies" appears to be Thompson and Fowler's Potteries. They began operation about 1750 and lasted to around the beginning of the 19th century. They employed about 40 to 50 men and boys and made Whiteware, including cups, saucers etc and drain pipes and satitary pottery at another site in Prestonpans. I hope this is of some assitance to you. Bill (Formerly from Prestonpans) Westbank, B.C. Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryegger" <campsie@tcsn.net> To: <SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 8, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] Prestonpans potteries > Dear listers, > > I found this comment when I clicked on to Prestonpans, East Lothian, > on Google. > > "In the past the area relied heavily on coal mining in the past. Other > industries were also important in the town, including the salt works, > soap- making, brewing, brick-making and pottery." > > Can anyone elaborate on the pottery industry in Prestonpans? My > forebear Robert Hillcoat was born in Prestonpans, and is listed as a > potter. His wife was Margaret Wylie from either Newcastle-upon-Tyne > or Durham. Robert's parents were Anthony Hillcoat and Helen Watson, > residing in Prestonpans mid-1700s. I do not know, however, if they > were from Prestonpans originally. > > The Hillcoat descendants thereafter ended up in Paisley, Greenock and > Glasgow as potters and weavers. This makes me wonder if the pottery > industry in Prestonpans might not have been too successful. > > I would appreciate any additional information. > > > Maisie Egger > > (formerly from Glasgow, Scotland) > > Paso Robles, California > > > > > > > > ______________________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 06/02/04 ==== SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN Mailing List ==== Share your record transcripts by entering them in the Scotland BDM Exchange today. Go to http://www.sctbdm.com/ to search or submit births, deaths, and marriages. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237