The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood, with memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families and a history of the early potteries of StaffordshireVirtue Brothers, 1865 - 436 pages |
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... daughter , then sheriff of the county , who , running away with a kinsman of our captain's , and her father pursuing her to the Marches , he great with justice , she great with jugling , they were both for the time turned into stone ...
... daughter , then sheriff of the county , who , running away with a kinsman of our captain's , and her father pursuing her to the Marches , he great with justice , she great with jugling , they were both for the time turned into stone ...
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... daughter of Daniel Van Mildret , a rich burgomaster of Amsterdam , with whom he is said to have received a tun of gold as dower . In the house of this burgomaster , the queen of King Charles I. , Henrietta Maria , is reported to have ...
... daughter of Daniel Van Mildret , a rich burgomaster of Amsterdam , with whom he is said to have received a tun of gold as dower . In the house of this burgomaster , the queen of King Charles I. , Henrietta Maria , is reported to have ...
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... daughter and heiress of John Shawe , and had with her Harecels ( Harracles , in the parish of Horton , near Leek ) , to which I shall have occasion again to refer later on . Richard Wedgwood of Harracles married Jane Shirrot , and had ...
... daughter and heiress of John Shawe , and had with her Harecels ( Harracles , in the parish of Horton , near Leek ) , to which I shall have occasion again to refer later on . Richard Wedgwood of Harracles married Jane Shirrot , and had ...
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... daughter and heiress of William Forde , of the Mosse , near Leek . He died April 5 , 1658 , aged 87 , having had by his wife , Margaret Forde , three sons - John , Egerton , and William - and four daughters . Of these , John , the ...
... daughter and heiress of William Forde , of the Mosse , near Leek . He died April 5 , 1658 , aged 87 , having had by his wife , Margaret Forde , three sons - John , Egerton , and William - and four daughters . Of these , John , the ...
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... daughter , This lady died in 1784 , without issue . Susanna , married John Fenton , of Newcastle , nephew of Elijah Fenton , the poet , of the old Staffordshire family of Fenton and Shelton , and had one daughter , Susannah Fenton ...
... daughter , This lady died in 1784 , without issue . Susanna , married John Fenton , of Newcastle , nephew of Elijah Fenton , the poet , of the old Staffordshire family of Fenton and Shelton , and had one daughter , Susannah Fenton ...
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