The Sisson/Chattock research path became quite crooked and complicated and would take several Post's to do it justice. It seems some of my cousins by marriage did very well for themselves.
The previously mentioned Edmund Alexander Parkes had a great grandmother by the name of Margaret Wedgewood born in 1720 in Burslem, Warwickshire, England. Margaret was the sister of...
Josiah Wedgwoood
Born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, the twelfth and last child of Thomas Wedgwood and Margret Wedgwood (née Stringer; d. 1766), Josiah was raised within a family of English Dissenters. By the age of nine, he was proving himself to be a skilled potter. He survived a childhood bout of smallpox to serve as an apprentice potter under his eldest brother Thomas Wedgwood IV. Smallpox left Josiah with a permanently weakened knee, which made him unable to work the foot pedal of a potter's wheel. As a result, he concentrated from an early age on designing pottery and then making it etc.
Josiah married a cousin Sarah Wedgwood...
They had seven children and lived at...
Etruria Hall
Their eldest daughter Susannah Wedgwood born 1765...
On April 19th 1876 Susannah married...
Robert Waring Darwin...
a Medical Doctor and they became the parents of...
Marianne Darwin (1798–1858), Caroline Sarah Darwin (1800–1888Susan Elizabeth Darwin (1803–1866)Erasmus Alvey Darwin (1804–1881)Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882)Emily Catherine Darwin (1810–1866
Yes, I am not kidding I can actually add Charles Robert Darwin to my Family Tree..
He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.
In recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence as a scientist, he was honoured by a major ceremonial funeral in Westminster Abbey, where he was buried close toJohn Herschel and Isaac Newton.[13] Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.
You just never know where the Family History Search can take you!
Growing up in England I was very familiar with the beautiful pottery of Josiah Wedgwood although my family was never able to afford to buy any I have memories of looking in shop windows and admiring it. Here are a couple of my favorite designs...
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Darwin - nice!!! I would love to drive that gorgeous road.
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