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be stated that one Thomas Benson was the first to make 

 the discovery of grinding flints in water. 



Samuel Astbury, son of the eminent potter, married 

 Miss Elizabeth Wedgwood, sister of Thomas Wedgwood, 

 father of Josiah, and thus the ability of the Astburys 

 was united to the genius of the Wedgwoods and their 

 descendants. 



