Background
John Wedge was the son of Francis Wedge (1714–1784) and Elizabeth Knock (1713–1788) of Fernhill House, near Forton, Staffordshire, a prosperous farmer, and brother of Thomas Wedge of Chester and Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps.
John Wedge was the son of Francis Wedge (1714–1784) and Elizabeth Knock (1713–1788) of Fernhill House, near Forton, Staffordshire, a prosperous farmer, and brother of Thomas Wedge of Chester and Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps.
He established himself on the Church Farm, Bickenhill, in Warwickshire. He was churchwarden at Little Packington, one of the livings held by Jaques. Wedge owned various properties and prospered from agriculture, as well as taking up surveying (he helped survey the Grand Canal) and he also owned a brass factory in Birmingham.
In 1794 he wrote A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Warwick (London, 1794) for the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.
On 23 May 1793 John Wedge married Sarah Bennett (born September 1760), the daughter of Thomas Bennett, solicitor of Coventry. Their second child, John Jaques Wedge (1795–1836), was born February 1795 and was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.