Editing Jedediah Strutt (section)

==Family==
Strutt was the second son of William Strutt of [[South Normanton]] and Martha Statham of Handley near [[Shottle]], Derbyshire, England.<ref>From my house title deeds. Now called Handley Wood Farm</ref> In 1755, he married Elizabeth Woollatt. They had five children before Elizabeth's death in London in 1774. In 1781, Strutt married again, to Ann Cantrell, the widow of George Daniels of [[Belper]]. There were no children from this marriage.

Jedediah and Elizabeth's children were:
*[[William Strutt (inventor)|William]] (1756–1830), who married Barbara Evans, daughter of Thomas Evans (by his second wife), and who invented the [[Belper stove]]. Their son was the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician [[Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper]].
*Elizabeth (1758–1836), who married William Evans, son of Thomas Evans (by his first wife).
*Martha (1760–1793), who married Samuel Fox.
*George Benson (1761–1841), who married Catherine Radford, daughter of Anthony Radford of [[Holbrook, Derbyshire|Holbrook]].
*[[Joseph Strutt (philanthropist)|Joseph]] (1765–1844), who married Isabella Douglas, daughter of Archibold Douglas.

Jedediah died in Derby in 1797 and is buried in the [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Chapel in Field Row, Belper, which he had built in 1788/9.<ref>[http://www.belper-research.com/chapel/history/construct.html Strutt's Unitarian Chapel: Construction]</ref> His final home, Friar Gate House, Derby, is marked with a [[blue plaque]]. The house was designed by his son, [[William Strutt (inventor)|William Strutt]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25847367 "Derby blue plaque for inventor Jedediah Strutt unveiled"] BBC News; 22 January 2014</ref>