Ephraim2, son of Elder William1 Wentworth, was one of the younger of the children, and, according to tradition, son of the Elder's second wife, Elizabeth. He lived in Dover, N. H., on or adjoining the Wentworth grants. … He was surveyor of highways in 1702; viewer of fences in 1709. He married, 1st, between 22 October 1696, and July 1699, Mary, daughter of Richard and Grace Miller, of Kittery, Me. She was sister of Martha Miller, who married his nephew John3, son of Ezekiel2, and also sister of Samuel Miller, whose mother was the wife of Christopher Banfield, of Kittery, Me., 22 October 1694. When the first wife of Ephraim2 died, does not appear; but in March 1735, and in November 1736, he had wife Elizabeth. She was probably the widow of Joseph Beard; for when Samuel Beard, of Dover, N. H., 5 October 1737, sold land belonging to his father Joseph Beard, deceased, Ephraim2 Wentworth and wife Elizabeth joined in the deed to "release any right of dower said Elizabeth might have therein." … Ephraim2 made his Will 16 March 1738; it was proved 29 June 1748. He mentions no wife, but all the children mentioned below [Ephraim, Spencer, Ezekiel, Samuel, Jonathan, Mary (Kimball), Anna (Ham), Martha (Twombly), Elizabeth], of whom there is no other record. All the daughters were married at the date of the Will, except Elizabeth. The homestead went to Ezekiel3.
