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Andrew, of Gotham, in Derbyshire ; and Felix (qy. Phillis), 

 married to Richard Hilders. The eldest son, John Wedg- 

 wood, married his cousin, Margaret, 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 eldest, who died in 1651, married Jane, 

 daughter of Sir Thomas Hazelrigg, of Mowseley, and brother 

 of the celebrated Arthur Hazelrigg, one of the five com- 

 moners in whom the generalship was invested by the Rump 

 Parliament, and who was impeached in 1641-2. He died 

 in the Tower of London, January 8th, 1661. He was 



" The activ'st member of the five, 

 As well as the most primitive." Hudibras. 



This John Wedgwood had issue by his wife, Jane Hazel- 

 rigg, four sons William, of Harracles, who died in 1677, 

 aged 42 ; John, Arthur, and Egerton ; and two daughters. 

 William Wedgwood,* the eldest son, married Elizabeth, 

 eldest daughter of Mills Cotton, of Bellaport, by his wife, 

 Joyce, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, of Holt Castle, 

 and had by her William, who died young ; and John, second 

 son, who succeeded his father in the estates ; and a 

 daughter, Joyce, who married John Hollins, of Mossleigh, 

 and was grandfather to Sir Brooke Boothby, whose family 

 eventually inherited the Wedgwood estates. John Wedg- 

 wood, who died January llth, 1757, aged 88, married 

 Susanna, daughter of Sir Charles Wolsley, Bart., and had 

 by her Charles Wedgwood, of the Inner Temple, who died 

 without issue, aged 35, in 1729; William Wedgwood, who 

 died in 1715, aged 19, also without issue; and five 

 daughters, three of whom, Elizabeth, Susanna, and Dorothea, 

 became his co-heiresses. Of these daughters, Elizabeth, 

 the eldest, married Robert Yenables, of the Mere, of the 



* This William Wedgwood, who died December 10, 1677, aged 42, was 

 buried at Leek, where his monument, still remaining, bears the arms of 

 Wedgwood and Cotton. 



