He is thought to be a cousin of Jabez Vodrey, a potter who emigrated from Staffordshire to the United States in 1820.
Jabez Vodrey died in 1861 and his son John was killed in the Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia while fighting for the Union Army's 46th Pennsylvania Infantry on May 25, 1864.
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Together, the two men produced simple yellow ware and Rockingham Pottery.
Jabez Vodrey is a noted emigrant potter, the first English potter west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Jabez Vodrey (1795–1861) was the first English potter west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Jabez Vodrey | Jabez Balfour | Rosemary Vodrey | William Jabez Muckley | Michael Jabez Foster | John Jabez Thurston | John Jabez Edwin Mayall | Jabez Wright | Jabez W. Huntington |
Jabez Vodrey and his family are notable for having made Rockingham-style ware in East Liverpool, Ohio in the mid-19th century, while Edwin Bennett was also producing it in Baltimore.