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Where did the English Wedgwood family come from? What is the English Wedgwood family crest and coat of arms? When did the Wedgwood family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Wedgwood family history?
The lineage of the name Wedgwood begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in Wedgewood, a township in Staffordshire. The place-name Wedgewood is derived from the Old English elements węthe, whcih means marsh or fen, and wuda, which means wood. The place-name taken as a whole means "place at the marshy wood." The township no longer exists.
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Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Wedgwood has undergone many spelling variations, including Wedgewoode, Wedgewood, Wedgewode, Wegewode, Wegewood and many more.First found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Wedgewood from ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.
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To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Wedgwood were among those contributors:
Wedgwood Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Helene Wedgwood, aged 37, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1905
- Josiah Wedgwood, aged 2, who arrived at Ellis Island from Burton on Lent, in 1905
- Sarah Wedgwood, aged 31, who arrived at Ellis Island from Burton on Lent, in 1905
- Violet C. Wedgwood, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Stoke on Trent, in 1906
- Joseph Wedgwood, aged 23, who arrived at Ellis Island from Southsea, in 1906
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- Ruth N. Wedgwood, American law professor
- Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), English potter, founder of Wedgwood Pottery
- Dame "Cicely" Veronica Wedgwood OM, DBE (1910-1997), English historian
- Laurence Wedgwood (1844-1913), Director of the Wedgwood pottery firm
- Francis Wedgwood (1921-1970), 2nd Baron Wedgwood
- Francis Hamilton "Frank" Wedgwood (1867-1930), English Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff
- Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805), early English photographer
- Geoffrey H Wedgwood, Artist Engraver
- Dame Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood DBE (1896-1975), Senator for Victoria, Australia
- Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood DSO, PC, DL (1872-1943), 1st Baron Wedgwood, British Liberal and Labour politician
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- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
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- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Wedgwood Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Wedgwood Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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