Background
He was the son of John Byerley and Margaret Wedgwood, the daughter of Thomas Wedgwood III and sister of Josiah Wedgwood.
He was the son of John Byerley and Margaret Wedgwood, the daughter of Thomas Wedgwood III and sister of Josiah Wedgwood.
In 1768 he emigrated to America but returned in 1775 and became a clerk at Etruria, where he became a salesman. After Josiah Wedgwood I"s death and after Josiah Wedgwood II moved away he was left in charge of Etruria Works. They had 11 children:
Josiah Byerley
Thomas Byerley
Frances Byerley
Maria Byerley
Sarah Byerley
John Byerley
Ann Byerley
Jane Margaret Byerley
Katherine Byerley (1797–1862), who married Doctor Anthony Todd Thomson
Francis Bruckfield Byerley
Charlotte Octavia Byerley.