Josiah Wedgwood, F. R. S: His Personal History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Josiah Wedgwood F R S His Personal History Josiah Wedgwood was born in the house adjoining the Churchyard Works at Burslem Staffordshire in 1730 The actual date of his birth is not known but his baptism is recorded in the parish register of St John s Burslem in these words Josiah son of Thomas and Mary Wedgwood baptized 12th July 1730 Josiah s father was a potter like his forefathers before him He possessed a small estate including a pottery adjoining the Burslem Churchyard His mother s maiden name was Mary Stringer the daughter it is said of a nonconformist minister She was a small and delicately organized woman quick and sensible and kindly in her disposition Thomas and Mary Wedgwood had thirteen children in all seven sons and six daughters About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at www forgottenbooks com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses state of the art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works