[1] He was trained as a hosier and built a successful hosiery and linen drapery business but he moved into sugar refinery later in his life.
[5] The next year, however, he switched sides and was part of an opposing committee that promoted greater regulation for the trade.
In July 1791 he wrote to the Government after a letter had been received threatening that 900 mechanics would pull down all the Presbyterian meeting houses in the city.
Instructions were sent for detachments of the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon to be ready to assist the Bristol magistrates if called upon.
In 1795, John sold the Lewins Mead refinery and went into business with George Daubeny at Halliers Lane[9] John Harris died on Wednesday 20 May 1801[10] and was buried at Broadmead Baptist Burial Ground in Redcross Street on 29 May 1801