Thomas Wedgwood III
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Thomas Wedgwood III was an English
potter and the father of Josiah Wedgwood
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Thomas was born in Burslem
, the elder son and heir of Thomas Wedgwood II (born 29 August 1660, in Burslem
buried 16 June 1716, in Burslem) and Mary Leigh (christened 19 May 1663, Burslem
buried 23 February 1918 (1719) Burslem). He was master potter of the Churchyard Work, Burslem. He died in Burslem.
He married Mary Stringer (c 1690-14 March 1766, in Burslem) and they had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy:
England
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potter and the father of Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
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Thomas was born in Burslem
Burslem
The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...
, the elder son and heir of Thomas Wedgwood II (born 29 August 1660, in Burslem
Burslem
The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...
buried 16 June 1716, in Burslem) and Mary Leigh (christened 19 May 1663, Burslem
Burslem
The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...
buried 23 February 1918 (1719) Burslem). He was master potter of the Churchyard Work, Burslem. He died in Burslem.
He married Mary Stringer (c 1690-14 March 1766, in Burslem) and they had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy:
- Anne Wedgwood (christened 30 April 1712, Burslem-buried 1 January 1782, Burslem)
- Mary Wedgwood (13 January 1714, Burslem-buried 25 September 1716, Burslem)
- Thomas Wedgwood IVThomas Wedgwood IVThomas Wedgwood IV was an English master potter who taught his illustrious youngest brother Josiah Wedgwood the trade.Wedgwood was the son of the potter Thomas Wedgwood III and his wife Mary Stringer...
(1716, Burslem-23 February 1773, Burslem, Master Potter of the Churchyard Words and the Overhouse, BurslemBurslemThe town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...
, taught his younger brother JosiahJosiah WedgwoodJosiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
the potter's trade. - Samuel Wedgwood, (11 January 1919, Burslem-23 April 1719, Burslem)
- Margaret Wedgwood (24 April 1720, Burslem-p. 1777). She had a son Thomas ByerleyThomas ByerleyThomas Byerley partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm.He was the son of John Byerley and Margaret Wedgwood, the daughter of Thomas Wedgwood III and sister of Josiah Wedgwood. In 1768 he emigrated to America but returned in 1775 and became a clerk at Etruria, where he became a salesman...
, who became a partner of Josiah at the Etruria WorksEtruria WorksThe Etruria Works was a ceramics factory opened by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769 in a district of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which he named Etruria...
. The actor Cary ElwesCary ElwesIvan Simon Cary Elwes , known professionally as Cary Elwes, is an English actor. The son of Dominick Elwes and Tessa Georgina Kennedy, Elwes acted in off-Broadway plays during college and moved to the United States in the early 1980s. He is known for his role as Westley in the cult classic The...
descends from Thomas Byerley. - John WedgwoodJohn Wedgwood (1721-1767)John Wedgwood was an English merchant.He was the son of the potter Thomas Wedgwood III and his wife Mary. He made a considerable fortune as a merchant of Cateaton Street London, before becoming his younger brother Josiah Wedgwood's London agent for the Wedgwood pottery firm.In 1767 he was robbed...
(1721-1767), merchant. - Aaron Wedgwood (1722-1767)
- Abner Wedgwood (1724-1726)
- Richard Wedgwood (1725-1778).
- Catherine Wedgwood (1726-1804). Her daughter Mary Willetts was the mother of Sir Henry Holland, 1st BaronetSir Henry Holland, 1st BaronetSir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet FRS, DCL , was a British physician and travel writer.-Private Life:Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Holland was the son of the physician Peter Holland and his wife Mary Willets. Peter's sister Elizabeth was the mother of the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary was the...
- Josiah WedgwoodJosiah WedgwoodJosiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
(1730 – 1795) the potter.