Little is known about Daniel Purinton’s (circa 1710-1764) red earthenware production in Essex County, Massachusetts today, although he may have been working for a time at Joseph Osborn’s (circa 1702-1780) business in South Danvers, Massachusetts. But Purinton is cited as a “potter” in a deed dated March 2, 1738; at other times he is called “glazier,” such as his probate record from July 12, 1764.
Purinton was born about 1810 in Salisbury, Massachusetts; he was the son of James (circa 1663-1718) and Lydia Mussey Purinton (circa 1669-1737). He married Sarah Osborn (1707-1755) at the Salem, Massachusetts Meeting House on February 2, 1726.Members of Daniel and Sarah’s family eventually joined the industry in Bristol County, Massachusetts, as early as 1753, when their son Clark (1731-1796) established a business in Somerset, Massachusetts. Surviving wares from this industry are celebrated today for its accomplished refined forms and often dynamic colorful glazes: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-celebrated-industry-the-historic-wares-of-southeastern-massachusetts-bristol-county-and-cape-cod/.
Among the most significant examples of red earthenware made at the Purtinon Pottery in Bristol County are a pair of slip-decorated red earthenware vases, decorated with birds and hearts, and inscribed with the names George Purinton and Debby Purinton. George Purinton was a member of the Purinton family of Quaker potters in Somerset, and the vases were made for George and Deborah by a member of the Purinton family on the occasion of their marriage in January 1809. The Purinton Pottery is credited with initiating the manufacture of red earthenware production in Somerset, an industry that would eventually lend its name to an area of the town: Pottersville. Clark established the pottery, and his sons, including George, continued the family business. Clark first appears in Bristol County when he married Sarah Shove on August 4, 1750.
Interestingly, Clark Purinton filed a loyalist claim in 1776 for relief, compensation, or other payments for losses sustained in the American Revolution because of loyalty to the British crown. This claim was filed in Nova Scotia. Most White Loyalists were able to successfully reintegrate into society after the American Revolution. They made their case through decisions to stay and petition for amnesty, which was helped by demonstrating that they embodied republican civic virtues and by making amends with their community. Clark Purinton died in Bristol County in 1796.
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Quaker marriage record for Daniel Purinton
(1710-1764) and Sarah Osborn (1707-1755), dated February 2, 1726. Sarah
was related to Joseph Osborn, who established the original Osborn family
red earthenware business in South Danvers, Massachusetts in 1736. The Purinton
family eventually migrated to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where they were
one of the Quaker families involved with that industry in the eighteenth and
nineteenth century.
Clark Purinton filed a loyalist claim in 1776
for relief, compensation, or other payments for losses sustained in the American
Revolution because of loyalty to the British crown. This claim was filed in
Nova Scotia. Most White Loyalists were able to successfully reintegrate into
society after the American Revolution. They made their case through decisions
to stay and petition for amnesty, which was helped by demonstrating that they
embodied republican civic virtues and by making amends with their community.
Red earthenware marriage jars made for George and
Debby Purtinton in Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1809; George was the grandson
of Daniel and Sarah Purinton.
Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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