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| | Wedgwood and Clowes Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | William Clowes (1780-1851), son of Samuel Clowes, potter, and Ann, daughter of Aaron Wedgwood, was born at Burslem, Staffordshire, England, on March 12 1780, and was apprenticed at age 10 to the trade of potter, with uncle Joseph Wedgwood. |
 | | Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was the most brilliant member of a family of potters that stretched back through four generations to 1588 (Gilbert Wedgwood 1588-1678). |
 | | Josiah Wedgwood and William Clowes have a common ancestor, Gilbert Wedgwood of Biddulph, with Josiah being a direct descendant from the Burselm and later Etruria family tree while William was descended via the Aaron Wedgwood branch also known as the Wedgwood of the Red Lion and Big house. |
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