Whittington families » Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795)

Personal data Josiah WEDGWOOD 

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Household of Josiah WEDGWOOD

He is married to Sarah (Sally) WEDGWOOD (WEDGWOOD).

They got married on January 25, 1764 at Astbury Church, Cheshire, he was 33 years old.

Spouse: Josiah Wedgwood
CHAN: NOTE 13:25

Child(ren):

  2. John WEDGWOOD  < 1766-1844 
  5. Thomas WEDGWOOD  1771-1805
  6. Catherine WEDGWOOD  1774-1823


Notes about Josiah WEDGWOOD

12th child, (5 died as infants).

He developed a knee problem which became infected, so badly that he could not walk, at the age of 37, he decided to have his leg removed with only Laudanum to deaden the pain. Whilst in this state, his wife lost her son Richard whowas just a year old.

Joseph survived this trauma but his eyesight was also deteriorating, so badly tjat he learnt to read with his fingers.

He was also a anti slavery campaigner.

Josiah lastly developed a toothache which became malignant, so Joseph locked himself in his bedroom and died, peacefully in his sleep.

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  1. Geni World Family Tree, via http://www.myheritage.com/research/colle...

    Josiah Wedgwood
    Gender: Male
    Birth: July 12 1730 - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
    Marriage: Spouse: Sarah Wedgwood - Jan 25 1764 - Astbury, Cheshire
    Death: Jan 3 1795 - Etruria,Staffordshire
    Father: Thomas Wedgewood, III (born Wedgwood)
    Mother: Mary Stringer-Wedgwood (born Stringer)
    Wife: Sarah Wedgwood
    Children: Susannah Sukey Darwin (born Wedgwood), John Wedgewood II (born Wedgwood), Josiah Wedgwood II, Thomas Wedgewood (born Wedgwood), Catherine Wedgwood, Sarah Wedgwood, Mary Anne Wedgwood
    Siblings: Thomas Wedgwood, Ann Wedgwood, Margaret Wedgwood, John Wedgwood, Catherine Wedgwood, samuel wegdewood, abner wegdewood, Sarah WEDGWOOD, mary wegdewood, richard wegdewood, Jane Wedgwood

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    Josiah Wedgwood, I
    Gender: Male
    Birth: July 12 1730 - Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
    Death: Jan 3 1795 - Etruria, , Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire, England
    Father: Thomas Wedgwood
    Mother: Mary Stringer
    Wife: Sarah Wedgwood
    Children: Susannah Sukey Darwin (born Wedgwood)Josiah Wedgwood, II

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Birthday July 12, 1730

  • The temperature on July 12, 1730 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1730: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
    • July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
    • October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
    • October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
    • November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.

Day of marriage January 25, 1764

  • The temperature on January 25, 1764 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen donker. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
    • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
    • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
    • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of death January 3, 1795

  • The temperature on January 3, 1795 was about -11 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: helder windstil. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1795: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 31 » French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
    • June 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
    • August 3 » Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
    • September 15 » Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
    • October 24 » Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
    • November 25 » Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.


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