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Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Robert's inheritance of Josiah's money enabled him to fund Charles Darwin's chosen vocation in natural history that resulted in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution. Subsequently, Emma's inheritance made the Darwins a wealthy family. Josiah Wedgwood married Sarah Wedgwood (1734–1815), and they had seven children, including:
These, Emma's mother, aunts and uncles, were the children of John Bartlett Allen (1733–1803), and his first wife (married 1763) Elizabeth (née Hensleigh, c. 1738-1790), Emma's maternal grandparents: Elizabeth Allen (1764–1846), mother of Emma Darwin and the wife of Josiah Wedgwood II.
Caroline was born on 14 September 1800 at Shrewsbury to Susannah (nee Wedgwood) and Dr. Robert Waring Darwin.She was the second of the six children. [3] [4]Caroline's father was a well respected physician, a shrewd businessmen and a keen gardener, described by many contemporaries as a talkative, liberal and freethinking person with a "theory for almost everything which occurred".
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Henrietta Emma "Etty" Litchfield (née Darwin; 25 September 1843 [1] – 17 December 1927 [2]) was a daughter of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood. Henrietta was born at Down House , Downe , Kent, in 1843.