Career
He was a distant cousin of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood, of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons but their two businesses were separate concerns. Wedgwood married Jane Mattinson (1814-1880) in 1837. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy:
Edmund Mattinson Wedgwood (1840-1904), potter.
Charlotte (1843-?)
Alfred Joseph Wedgwood (1845-1846) died in infancy.
Alfred Enoch Wedgwood (1850-1894), potter. Wedgwood & Company was renamed Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited in 1965 and in 1980 it was taken over by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, who renamed it Unicorn Pottery.