T. Flook - S. G. & T. Flook

Wine and Spirit Merchants

• Date:
• c.1792-1812: T. Flook, cooper and vinegar maker, 4 Gloucester Lane, St. Philip & Jacob, Bristol.
• c.1826-1831: Thomas Flook & Son. (Partnership dissolved 15 Oct. 1831).
• c.1832-1837: S. G. & T. Flook. (Brothers Samuel Gayner & Thomas, partnership dissolved May 1837).
• c.1841: Thomas Flook (Wine Merchant) and William Flook (Attorney) living at Pritchard Street, St. Paul's.
• c. Dec. 1844: Flook's old Gloucester Lane premises (in the occupation of Mr. Watkeys) sold by private contract. Thomas Flook trading from Ashley Place. Thomas retains a liquor shop at 23 Gloucester Lane.
• c. 1837-1861: T. Flook & Co.
• 14 Jan. 1862: Liquor shop license 23 Gloucester Lane transferred from Thomas Flook to James Drew.

Thomas Flook was born around 1763, his mother Anne died 14 Jan 1827 aged 90. Initially Thomas was a cooper and later a vinegar manufacturer at 4 Gloucester Lane, St. Philip and Jacob's, Bristol. Anne was buried here. Thomas had taken on apprentice coopers in 1804 and 1807.

Thomas Flook married Ann Gayner at St. Philip & Jacob’s on 8 Feb 1792.

Children:
Robert Land Flook, bapt. 16 Jun.1793 -21 Dec.1825 (died at Tilly Willy, St. Ann, Jamaica)
Harriett Flook, bapt. 27 Aug.1794 married 29 May1819 at St. Philip & Jacob's to William Jones, (died before 1838).
John Flook, bapt. 1 Jan. 1796
John Gayner Flook, bapt. 10 May 1798 died young & was buried  6 Aug. 1801 at St. Philip & Jacob's.
Mary Ann Flook, bapt. 10 May 1798,  married Thomas Jones (surgeon) 2 Mar.1824
Samuel Gayner Flook, bapt. 4 Aug.1802  at St. Philip & Jacob's, died 28 Jan.1839, buried 2 Feb. at St. Philip & Jacob's.
Olivia Gayner Flook, bapt. 4 Aug.1802, married Richard Parker (surgeon) 27 Mar.1824 at St. Philip & Jacob's.
Ellen Flook, bapt. 3 Apr.1806, married Robert Gomer Zincraft (spirit merchant) 4 Nov.1824 at St. Philip & Jacob's. Later she married William Jones (surgeon) 27 Sept.1832 at St. Philip & Jacob's.
John Gaynor Flook, bapt. 18 Apr.1808, married Eliza Mintorn, daughter of Mrs. Ellison, 10 May 1837.
Thomas Flook, b. 18.8.1809 married Charlotte Hutton nee Jeans (widow of Thos. Hutton, Stapleton publican) in Mangotsfield Church on 5 Oct. 1846.
William Clayfield Flook, born 26 Sept.1810, bapt.31 Oct.1810.
William Land Flook, bapt. 29 Sept.1813.

Eventually Thomas Flook moved into the Wine and Spirit trade, by July 1813 he was receiving cargoes such as 10 puncheons of rum from Jamaica. It seems he dealt mostly with the West Indies, his son Robert dying in Jamaica in 1825.

Thomas Flook (Snr.), Wine & Brandy Merchant, formerly of Gloucester Lane, St. Philip & Jacob, but late of Ashley Place, St. Paul's, (he'd retired when the partnership with Samuel was dissolved 15 Oct. 1831) died on 21 Oct. 1838 aged 75. He was buried at St. Philip & Jacob's on 26 Oct. The sons Samuel Gayner and Thomas continued in partnership until that was dissolved in May 1837

Samuel Gayner Flook died on 28 January 1839 and was buried in St. Philip & Jacob's church on 2 February. In 1830 he had been a liquor merchant living at Ashley Place with his brother Thomas. They were in the same area in 1837. After his death, his brother Thomas took over the business. Thomas was admitted to the Royal Clarence lodge of freemasons, Bristol, on 2 Mar. 1842.
The company was still trading in 1861 in Gloucester Lane but the license was transferred to James Drew on 14 Jan. 1862. Thomas died at Rudgeway (between Almondsbury and Thornbury near Bristol) on 28 April 1870, and was buried at Fishponds on 4 May, he was survived by his widow Charlotte.

One of Thomas Flook's last advertisements appeared in the Western Daily Press - Tuesday 18 December 1860, p. 4:

WINES AND SPIRITS.
THOS. FLOOK, Wine and Spirit Merchant,
GLOUCESTER LANE, Bristol, begs to invite his Friends
and the Public generally to a trial of his One Dozen 30s Case of
Wines and Spirits, containing the following:—
3  Bottles  OLD PORT.
3  Do. PALE SHERRY.
                           2  Do. Pale or Brown French BRANDY.
              2  Do. Scotch or Irish WHISKY.
  2  Do. London GIN.        
All orders enclosing a cash remittance will be punctually
attended to.

2 Gallon Saltglaze Brownware Flagon.
Impressed:  T. Flook Potter: Unmarked.

2 Gallon Saltglaze Brownware Flagon.
Impressed:  S G & T. FLOOK / BRISTOL. Potter: Unmarked.

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