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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1 Benjamin Wentworth, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
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1 Benjamin (Wentworth, ± 47 in Mar. 1716-7, ± 57 in June 1727, had deed from fa. in 1693, covering corn he had sown on his fa.'s lot, the black cow he had chosen, and the land his br. Sylvanus had liv. on. Dover surv. of highways 1703, 1717; constable 1711, 1713. … Wife Sarah Allen. He was drowned 25 July 1728; at 11 o'clock at night, going home from Dover Neck, he missed the boom and drove into the river. Adm. 10 Sept. 1728 to wid. Sarah, who depos. in Jan. 1756, ag. 76; d. 12 July 1770, ag. 91. Ch. rec: Capt. William, Somersworth, b. 14 Aug. 1698, m. 1st Mary Wentworth, m. 2d in Salisb. 25 Nov. 1737 Abra Evans; will 1778. Sarah, b. 16 Apr. 1700, m. Dea. Daniel Plummer. Tamsen, b. 4 Jan. 1701, m. Aaron Riggs of Glouc. Lt. Benjamin, b. 1 Dec. 1703, had the homestead, m. Deborah Stevenson, both d. 1790. Ebenezer, b. 9 Sept. 1705, m. 1st Sarah Roberts who d. 1770, m. 2d Elizabeth (Monroe) Young. Susannah, b. 9 Dec. 1707, m. Stephen Harford. Joseph, b. 22 Dec. 1709, d. 1765 leaving wid. Rachel and ch. See Y. D. 18: 1. Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1712, m. John Yeaton, jr. Dorothy, b. 26 July 1714, m. Ezekiel Wentworth. Martha, b. 25 July 1716, m. Elihu Hayes (John, jr.). Abra, b. 14 Feb. 1718, m. Wm. Chadwick (see Haskins 6, Philpott). Mark (Markes), b. 30 May 1720, m. Elizabeth Wentworth; inv. 1757.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Benjamin2 Wentworth, in Wentworth, John. The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1878)
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Benjamin2, son of Elder William1 Wentworth, was probably the youngest child, and, according to tradition, was son of a second wife. He inherited his homestead from his father, it being part of the Elder's large tract. … This homestead was about two miles northeast of Cochecho Falls. Dover, and east of Garrison Hill. It has never been out of the possession of the family. From Benjamin2 it passed to his son Benjamin3 (the other heirs conveying their rights to him. 22 June 1737); he gave it to his sons Benjamin4 and Bartholomew4, and it is now [1878] owned by Bartholomew5, son of Bartholomew4. … Benjamin2 was constable in Dover in 1711 and 1713, and surveyor of highways in 1703 and 1717. At the date of the deed from his father, 9 May 1693, Benjamin2 appears not to have been married. In a case regarding land title, 29 January 1756, his wife deposed that she was seventy-six years old, and that she came to live at Cochecho [Dover] fifty-nine years before. This would place her coming in 1697, and her age at that time to be seventeen years. Her descendants give her name as Sarah Allen, from what place does not appear, but tradition says from Salisbury, Mass. She died at the house of her grandson Bartholomew4, 12 July 1770, aged 91 years. The following, from the New England Journal of 5 August 1728, gives the only account known of his death : — "We are informed that some days ago, Mr. Benjamin Wentworth, riding over a bridge (otherwise called the boom) in the river in Cochecho, N. H., fell into the said river, where both he and his horse were drowned." The boom referred to was where the bridge, a few rods above the lower falls, in Dover, N. H., now [1878] stands. His wife, his son-in-law Daniel Plummer, and William Welland administered. His inventory amounted go £305, 7s. 6d.
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