Thomas Ransford

Thomas Ransford was a hat manufacturer in Wine Street, Bristol, Ransford lived at 8 Orchard Street. He was a leader in the Broadmead church, as was his father, Edward Ransford (1738-1813), who served as a deacon for the last 23 years of his life and left a legacy to the church (see letters 107 and 123). The younger Ransford married Ann Gay, a member of Broadmead, but she died in 1793. There was also an Edward Ransford, Jr., in the church, who was approved for baptism and membership on 9 October 1788. See Matthew’s Bristol Directory for 1794, 68; Broadmead Church Book, Bristol Record Office, 1779-1817, Bd/M1/3, ff. 57, 60.