Robert Darwin - Family

Family

On 18 April 1796 he married Susannah Wedgwood, daughter of the pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood, at St Marylebone, Middlesex (now part of London), and they had six children:

  • Marianne Darwin (1798–1858), married Henry Parker (1788–1858) in 1824.
  • Caroline Sarah Darwin (1800–1888) married her cousin Josiah Wedgwood III
  • Susan Elizabeth Darwin (1803–1866)
  • Erasmus Alvey Darwin (1804–1881)
  • Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882)
  • Emily Catherine Darwin (1810–1866)

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