This page gives brief details some of the main characters involved in English drinking glass making and selling 1642 - 1702. Alphabetical S-Z.
Scott. The Silkstone glass house site was owned by William Scott. John Pilmay junior married his son's widow Abigail in 1658. A John Scott arrived in Salem,USA in 1648 where there was a glass house. It is not recorded if he was a glass maker, but that would not be inconsistent with the use of the term 'servant' at that period. Savage states: he "may have gone to Providence, and by wife Rebecca there had Sarah, born 29 Sept. 1662; ....".
Smith. A William Smith was recorded in Scotland in 1682 as being a London Glassmaker. A Richard Smith was recorded as being a glassmaker and emigrating to Hamburg in 1690.
Shepherd. A Richard Shepherd was recorded in Scotland in 1682 as being a London Glassmaker.
Southwick. Lawrence Southwick was "a glass blower...". at Salem in USA. He, with wife Cassandra, joined the church there and he was admitted freeman on 6 September of that year [1639]. On the 6 December following [they] had [children] John, Josiah, Daniel, and Provided baptised at once". John would have been fifteen years old then, old enough to have started working with his father in the glass house. They suffered great persecution for their faith in Massachusetts; fines and imprisonment fell on all, and the daughter Clarissa was subjected to great severity. When the fines of Daniel and Provided were unpaid, the tender-hearted General Court, with intent to magnify the glory of God, ordered them to be sold for slaves to any Christians in Virginia or Barbados. We are permitted to rejoice, that the sentence was not enforced and the father with his flock found refuge at Shelter Island near the east end of Long Island where in peace he made his will of 10 July 1659. Lawrence Southwick was born about 1600 and had married Cassandra Shattuck (Burnell in another source) in Kingswinford in 1623 (although there is a vague reference to their marriage in 1619) and they had at least six children christened there between 1624 and 1637. The eldest child John, appears to have been born about 1620 in Lancaster. Two other children Provided and Lawrence appear to have been born in Lancashire shortly before the family sailed for America, but the dates and places are uncertain. Of these, three, Ananias, Lawrence and Debbora do not appear to have survived to travel with their parents to Salem.
Stubbs. Charles Stubbs was involved in the Recliffe Backs glasshouse at bristol for a while. Charles was probably a Bristol merchant. A Charles Stubbs married Hestor Web in Bristol in 1683. By 1696 he was living in the centre of Bristol and was described as a Merchant in the surtax category. He may well of sold the glass house to Edward Lowden because of the downturn in glass business caused by the war tax on glass. In 1695 he took on two apprentices, Nicholas Lockier and John Hardick. There is no record of them being transferred to another master or of them living in St Mary Redcliffe Parish in 1696, so Stubbs may have moved to another glasshouse.
Tailor. A Philip Tailor (Tyler) was recorded in Scotland in 1687 as being a London Glassmaker, lately of Dublin.
Taynton. A Robert Taynton was involved in the Woolwich glasshouse.
Tilson. Thomas Tilson took a licence for glass making in 1662 on behalf of the Duke of Buckingham.
Tyttery. A glass making family of French descent, of whom a number were probably vessel glass makers. Daniel 1 probably married Ann, daughter of Ann Thompson of Holloway End, Stoubridge and they probably had children Daniel 2, Ann and Zachariah 1 who are not recorded as being christened in parish records. Son Paul 1 was christened in 1627 and Joshua 1 in 1636. Daniel 2 had children Mary, Daniel 3, Paul 2, Thomas, and Joshua 2 christened between 1647 and 1657. Zachariah 1 had children Zachariah 2 in 1656 and Zacharias in 1665. Paul 1 had children Anne in 1656 and Zachariah 3 in 1658. The family may have been involved in Holloway End from its opening. Joshua 2 subsequently went to Newcastle on Tyneand then to Philadelphia. Daniel 2 probably also went to Newcastle. Daniel 1 was said to have been master of the Hooe glass-house, until his death in 1641 and to have founded Holloway End glass-house. One Daniel (2?) took out a lease on the Western glasshouses at Newcastle on 21 September 1678, and was working there at the Haining Shoat Glass House in 1694. Joshua's (1?) son Jonathan was christened in Newcastle-on-Tyne, at All Saints Church, on 12 October 1667. Joshua 2 arrived in Philadelphia in August 1683 and died in 1708 or 1709. Daniel 3 and sons Daniel 4 and Nathaniel were making glass in Scotland from 1698 to1707. Daniel 3 was then described as formerly being in Newcastle. In July 1709 he was described as a glass maker in Bristol and had unsuccessfully sought financial backing from Edward Shippen (who became mayor of Philadelphia in autumn 1701, the year it received its charter as a city) and other merchants to erect and work a window glass house in Philadelphia. In 1723 he and was described 'of Philadelphia, Glass-maker deceased, who was the brother of Joshua Tittery of Philadelphia'.
Tyzack. A famous glass making family of French descent, usually associated with the window glass trade during the 17th Century. It is possible that John Tyzack recorded in Scotland in 1681 was a vessel glassmaker.
Visitella. Cornelies Vesintello was an 'Italian' glass maker working for Robert Mansell in 1630, who is recorded as having absconded along with others. He was probably the son of 'John Visitell and Magdelen his weiff' who were living in Blackfriars, London in 1599. Cornelius Vizitelli (also refered to as Christopher Visitella) was present at a meeting to discsuss setting up a Scottish glass house in 1647. It is possible that he was involved in glassmaking in Scotland at least until 1649. A Jacob Visitalia married Kathrine Hawker in Bromsgrove in 1656 and Abraham Wistolia was overseer of the poor there in 1655. Benjamin was also mentioned there and the extended family probably moved to Old Swinford in about 1655 or 1656, where all three are recorded as having children christened. Jacob Visitella was recorded as making drinking glass at Westpans in Scotland, from October 1662 until sometime in 1663. Whether this is the same person is uncertain, but it is not impossible, since the Stourbridge Jacob was recorded as having children christened in Old Swinford in 1659, 1661, 1662 (April) and then again in 1667.
Warde. A John Warde alias Montgomery was recorded in Scotland in 1678 & 1682 as being a London Glassmaker.
West. A Thomas West was recorded as being a glassmaker and emigrating to Hamburg in 1690.