Ancestry of
Charles Darwin

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Richard Wedgwood

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Charles Darwin — 8th Generation
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  • Richard Wedgwood 
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  • Jane Shirrot   
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Boulton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Sep 1567 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Biddulph, Staffordshire, England 
  • Child:

  Gilbert Wedgwood (Ahnentafel No:112 )

• Sources for Richard Wedgwood

  • ¹ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for son Gilbertus Wedgwood.
  • ² England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Marriage record for Richardus Wedgwood and Margaret Boulton.
  • ³ Jewitt, Llewellynn, The Wedgwoods: Being A Life of Josiah Wedgwood; With Notices of his Works . . ., London: Virtue Brothers and Co. (1865), 72, especially chart on 158.