0 5 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁pot ter , ▁a ▁mak er ▁of ▁fine ▁j as per ware ▁shortly ▁after ▁its ▁development ▁and ▁introduction ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁market ▁by ▁Wed g wood . ▁ ▁Adams ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁north ▁Staff ord shire ▁William ▁Adams es ▁who ▁were ▁pot ters ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁time : ▁all ▁were ▁c ous ins ▁in ▁an ▁extended ▁Adams ▁family ▁of ▁pot ters ▁of ▁very ▁many ▁gener ations . ▁This ▁Adams ▁founded ▁the ▁Gre eng ates ▁Pot tery ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 9 , ▁producing ▁fine ▁j as per ware ▁table ▁sets , ▁pla ques , ▁med all ions ▁and ▁other ▁products ▁stamp ed ▁Adams ▁& ▁Co . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁friend ▁and ▁conf id ant ▁of ▁Jos iah ▁Wed g wood .< ref ▁name =" turn er "> Will iam ▁Turner , ▁William ▁Adams , ▁an ▁old ▁English ▁pot ter , ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁Chap man ▁& ▁Hall </ ref > ▁ ▁Biography ▁Adams ▁was ▁bapt ised ▁in ▁T unst all , ▁Staff ord shire , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁pot ter . ▁Born ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁he ▁was ▁raised ▁by ▁his ▁grand father , ▁also ▁a ▁pot ter , ▁who , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁National ▁Biography , ▁placed ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁with ▁John ▁Br ind ley ▁( bro ther ▁of ▁James ▁Br ind ley , ▁notable ▁as ▁a ▁pione er ▁of ▁can als ). ▁Other ▁sources ▁make ▁him