Josiah Wedgwood, III

Josiah "Joe" Wedgwood III, a grandson of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood.

Wedgwood was the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Allen. He was born nine days after the death of his grandfather. He was taken into the 1823 partnership in the Wedgwood business by his father and was employed there until 1842 when he retired to Leith Hill Place in Surrey.

He married his cousin Caroline Darwin (1800–1888), the daughter of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood, the sister of Charles Darwin. They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:

Sophia Mary Ann Wedgwood (1838–1839) died in infancy. Sophy Wedgwood (1842–1911) Margaret Susan Wedgwood (1843–1937), married The Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams and their son was the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Lucy Caroline Wedgwood (1846–1919)

GEDCOM Note

Category: Etruria, Staffordshire Category: Pottery Manufacturers

Biography

Josiah was born in 1795. He is the son of Josiah Wedgwood and Elizabeth Allen. He passed away in 1880.

Census==1861 U.K. census for Leith Hill Place, Ockley, Dorking, Surrey, England :<ref>"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-1HC5 : 12 December 2017), Josiah Wedgwood, Ockley, Surrey, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.</ref>
Josiah Wedgwood Head : Married : Age 66 : Landed Proprietor: Birth place Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Caroline Sarah Wedgwood : : Wife : Married : Age 60 : Birth place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Catherine E Sophy Wedgwood : Daughter : Unmarried : Age 19 : Birth place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Margaret Susan Wedgwood : Daughter : Unmarried : Age 17 : Birth place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood : Daughter : Age 14 : Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Sources

<references />*Josiah C. Wedgwood, <i>A History of the Wedgwood Family</i> (London: The St. Catherine Press Ltd., 1908), pgs. 188-191.* The Peerage.com (M, #532282)* Wikipedia entry for Josiah Wedgwood III

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQT4-XNC : 12 December 2017), Josiah Wedgwood in household of Josiah Wedgwood, Maer, Staffordshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.* "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGK6-WFG : 10 November 2017), Josiah Wedgwood, Ockley, Surrey, England; citing Ockley, Surrey, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.* "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNK-H4L : 10 December 2017), Josiah Wedgewood, 1871.