Sarah Wendell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 May 1762
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Death: 3 May 1841 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
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1. *Peleg Macy (11 Nov 1760 - 7 Oct 1838)
Marriage: 28 Oct 1784 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
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1. Peleg Macy (1787- )
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Father: John Hunt WENDELL
Mother: Sarah TILDEN
Sarah D Wendell
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1835 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 3 Dec 1848 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
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Cause of Death: consumpiton
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Father: Benjamin Wendell (1800- )
Mother: Anna Brewer (1800-1839)
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Sarah Wensley
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1673
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Death: 16 Dec 1753
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1. *Captain Isaac Winslow (1670 - 6 Dec 1738)
Marriage: 11 Jul 1700 - Marshfield, Massachusetts
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1. Penelope Winslow (1704-1737)
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Father: John WensleyMarriage Notes (Captain Isaac Winslow)
Mother: Elizabeth Paddy b: 12 NOV 1641 in Plymouth, MA
Children
Josiah Winslow b: 27 JUL 1701
John Winslow b: 27 MAY 1702 in Marshfield, MA
Penelope Winslow b: 21 DEC 1704 in Marshfield, MA
Elizabeth Winslow b: 3 DEC 1707
Anna Winslow b: 29 JAN 1708/09
Edward Winslow b: 7 JUN 1714 in Marshfield, MA
(utzing)
Governor Benning Wentworth
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Jul 1696 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Baptism:
Death: 14 Oct 1770 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Parents
Father: Lt Governor John Wentworth (1671-1730)
Mother: Sarah Hunking (Abt 1673-1741)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Ruck (Est 1700 - 8 Nov 1755)
Marriage: 31 Dec 1719 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Frances Wentworth (Est 1750-1813)
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Benning Wentworth (1696-1770) was the first Royal Governor of the colony of New Hampshire, and he was Governor for 26 years (1741-1767). He was born (and died) at Portsmouth (NH), one of 14 children sired by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth (1671-1730) and his wife. John Wentworth had responsibility for the Province of New Hampshire (his portrait hangs in Room 207); his son Benning attended Harvard College (Class of 1715) and on his return to Portsmouth he entered the merchant aristocracy, shipping timber, livestock, and provisions to the plantation economies in the Caribbean. Europe was at peace during the years 1713-1739, and the British Navigation Acts (which restricted the colonies' imports and exports to British-owned and operated ships) were routinely violated. Benning Wentworth had many Spanish customers, as did other British North American merchants.
In 1739 France declared that all shipping to and from Spanish possessions in the Caribbean would henceforth be in French-owned and French-operated ships. The weakened Spanish Empire had requested protection from France, and France was responding.
The British merchants who controlled Parliament were not about to allow France to freeze them out of Spanish markets. The War of Jenkins' Ear began. Proclamations of war against Spain were read throughout British North America. And Benning Wentworth was left with unpaid Spanish Caribbean bills and unhonored contracts. He faced financial ruin.
If Benning Wentworth failed in business his English creditors would also. They began a campaign to get Wentworth on the Royal payroll, as Surveyor of the King's Woods in North America and as Governor of New Hampshire. They succeeded.
source http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/glikeness/wentbenn.html
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Wentworth, Benning, 1696–1770, American colonial governor, b. Portsmouth, N.H. A leading merchant of Portsmouth, he served in the colonial assembly and council, and, when New Hampshire was established as a separate province, he was appointed (1741) governor; he served until 1767. With no legal justification he made vast grants of land W of the Connecticut River in the region claimed by New York, including among the beneficiaries his friends, his relatives, and himself. The New Hampshire Grants (later the state of Vermont) thus became a much-disputed area. Bennington, Vt., took its name from his first name.
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Wentworth enriched himself by a clever scheme of selling land now in the state of Vermont to developers, in spite of jurisdictional claims for this region by the Colony of New York. He often named the new townships after famous contemporaries in order to gain support for his enterprises (e.g. Rutland after John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland; Bennington he named after himself). Ultimately, this scheme led to a great deal of contention between New York, New England, and the settlers in Vermont. It created friction between the northeast colonies, and the dispute was hardly settled by the formation of Vermont as a state.
Wentworth also gave important government positions to relatives and gave them extensive grants of land. He was allowed to retire from office in 1766.
Fort Wentworth built in 1755 at Northumberland, New Hampshire was built by his order and named after him.
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m2. Martha Hilton, b c 1737 New Market, NH, d 28 Dec 1805
Martha m2 19 Dec 1770, Michael Wentworth, b Yorkshire, Eng.
Betsey Hopkins Wentworth
Sex: F
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Birth: 1 Jul 1804 - Orrington, Maine
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Father: Ephraim Wentworth (Est 1785- )
Mother: Hannah Rich (1788- )
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1. *Elisha Hinks (28 Sep 1800 - 14 Jan 1831)
Marriage: 7 Oct 1824
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Children:
1. Temperance Ann Hinks (1826- )
2. Elisha Albert Hinks (1828- )
3. Brigadier General Edward Winslow Hinks (1830-1894)
Elizabeth Wentworth
Sex: F
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Birth: Est 1860
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1. *George Randall (Est 1860 - )
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1. Sarah A Randall (1889- )
Ephraim Wentworth
Sex: M
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Birth: Est 1785
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1. *Hannah Rich (21 Sep 1788 - )
Marriage: 16 Mar 1803
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1. Betsey Hopkins Wentworth (1804- )
Frances Wentworth
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1750 - New Hampshire
Baptism:
Death: 14 Feb 1813 - Sunning Hall, Berkshire, England
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Father: Governor Benning Wentworth (1696-1770)
Mother: Abigail Ruck (Est 1700-1755)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sir John Wentworth Bart (9 Aug 1737 - 8 Apr 1820)
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Status:
Sir John Wentworth Bart
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Aug 1737 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Baptism:
Death: 8 Apr 1820 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Father: Mark Hunking Wentworth (1709-1785)
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1. *Frances Wentworth (Est 1750 - 14 Feb 1813)
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Governor John Wentworth
Written by Paul Wilderson
LAST OF THE NH ROYALS
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s last British leader did his best to keep peace, but John and Frances Wentworth had to flee. Royal Governor at the breaking point of the Revolution, Wentworth was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite his friendship with his citizens, Wentworth and his family were driven out of Portsmouth in 1775, never to see his homeland again.
In 1778 as war raged in America, John Adams was in France attempting to obtain military and material aid for the infant United States. One May evening he left his box at a Paris theater. Suddenly, as he later wrote, "a Gentleman seized me by the hand. I looked at him.--Governor Wentworth, Sir, said the Gentleman.-- At first I was somewhat embarrassed, and knew not how to behave towards him. As my Classmate and Friend at College and ever since I could have pressed him to my Bosom, with the most cordial Affection. But we now belonged to two different Nations..at War with each other and consequently We were Enemies."
Adams, aware that the French police were watching their every move and unsure of how to respond, was visibly relieved when Wentworth took the initiative and made small talk inquiring after his father and friends whom he had left behind in America. He then asked Adams about the health of Dr. Franklin and said he must come out to Passy to pay his respects. After Wentworth's visit several days later, Adams seemed pleased to be able to say of his old friend, "Not an indelicate expression to Us or our Country or our Ally escaped him. His whole behavior was that of an accomplished Gentleman."
John Adams was a man of volatile passions and maintained a bitter resentment against those Americans who had remained loyal to England. Yet here, in 1778, with the United States in the depths of a struggle for survival, Adams had kind words and an obvious warm feeling for exiled Governor John Wentworth of New Hampshire. Adams' reaction was not unusual, for John Wentworth engendered less ill-will among Americans than almost any other highly placed British official in the colonies. Yet, in spite of favorable sentiment, Wentworth could not avoid the decree of history and became one of the tragic figures of the American Revolution.
Among Portsmouth Royalty
Born in Portsmouth in 1737, John Wentworth came from New Hampshire's most politically prominent and powerful family. In 1751 at the age of fourteen John entered Harvard College, where he first met John Adams. Each class was ranked according to family social standing. Of twenty five members of the class of 1755, Wentworth was placed fifth; Adams, the son of a Braintree farmer, was fourteenth. Wentworth seemed to have little affection for Harvard and could not even generate enthusiasm for commencement, one of the few great regional holidays in New England. As his college days neared an end he wrote to a friend, "I shall promise myself the pleasure of your company to see me perform a number of ridiculous Ceremonies, which custom has rendered necessary if we intend to keep on good Terms with the World, & you know that is very necessary." With graduation out of the way, John returned to Portsmouth to work in the business of his father, Mark Hunking Wentworth, merchant, mast contractor and one of the wealthiest men in New Hampshire.
John Wentworth spent the next eight years establishing himself in Portsmouth's mercantile aristocracy. He had done so well by 1763 that when circumstances demanded the presence of someone in England to protect Wentworth family interests, he was chosen to go. John welcomed the opportunity, for it also provided a chance to round out his education. A trip to England was for young Colonial gentlemen the equivalent of the European "grand tour" enjoyed by sons of the English aristocracy.
In England, it was not long before John Wentworth made the acquaintance of Charles Watson-Wentworth, the second marquis of Rockingham, reportedly while betting on the noble man's horses at the racetrack. The two, who were distantly related, got along well and John soon became a frequent visitor at Wentworth-Wood house, Rockingham's country estate in Yorkshire.
As time went on, this friendship became increasingly important, not only for John but for the entire Wentworth family. When it became apparent that his aging uncle, Governor Benning Wentworth, was in trouble with the English government and about to be removed from office, John wrote a defense of his uncle's actions for Rockingham. As a result, the old governor was allowed to resign in dignity instead of being ignominiously dismissed.
The "Totally Obnoxious" Stamp Act
In the summer of 1765 Rockingham was placed at the head of the British ministry. Faced almost immediately with an explosive situation in the American colonies precipitated by the Stamp Act, he turned for advice to John Wentworth. In a long and detailed description of the colonies, Wentworth explained to Rockingham the hardships imposed on the Colonial economy by the Stamp Act and advocated its repeal for the good of all British trade. More directly, John wrote to Daniel Rindge in Portsmouth that the Stamp Act was "totally obnoxious" and clearly showed the previous administration's "ignorance of the Colonies." It is difficult to say how much influence Wentworth's opinion carried, but in the spring of 1766 the controversial act was repealed. And in the summer of that same year, before he went out of office, Rockingham saw to it that John Wentworth, at the age of twenty-nine, was appointed governor of New Hampshire to replace his departing uncle.
Despite some resentment that had built up against the Wentworths during their long control of New Hampshire politics, John Wentworth was extremely popular when he took office in 1767 and he remained well liked through most of his governorship. He bore none of the haughtiness often associated with his uncle Benning, and always seemed to maintain the common touch. He was small in stature but uncommonly handsome and consistently affable. On one of his many expeditions into the interior, a backwoods settler unabashedly told him he was "getting leetler and leetler." The governor just grinned.
In 1769 when he married his cousin, Frances Atkinson, just ten days after her first husband's funeral, this seeming breach of social decorum barely caused a stir. In a rather defensive letter written a year later to Rockingham, Wentworth explained his action as the result of pressure from his parents and uncle to get married.
As governor, John Wentworth accomplished much for the province and its people. Always interested in the development of New Hampshire's interior, he made the terms of land acquisition as easy as possible. In another matter, he sided with the House of Representatives against the Portsmouth merchant aristocracy that dominated the Council. Wentworth wanted to divide the province into five counties, thus sparing those living on the frontier the hardship of long trips to Portsmouth to conduct all their legal business. Wentworth eventually won. He was also among those responsible for the establishment of Dartmouth College in what was still the wilderness of the upper Connecticut River valley.
John Wentworth, of course, also had some enemies. If they had been able to form an organized opposition, they would have had a good chance to unseat him in 1772-73 when a disgruntled councilor, Peter Livius, brought charges in England against the governor for alleged misconduct. When both parties were ordered to produce evidence, Wentworth amassed an impressive pile of favorable depositions, including one from John Sullivan, who in a very short time would be one of the leaders against royal authority in New Hampshire. Livius also got depositions against the governor, but Wentworth was eventually exonerated.
The years of John Wentworth's governorship coincided with the period of rising conflict between England and her American colonies over colonial rights within the British Empire. As with the Stamp Act, Wentworth was distressed by what he considered stupid British policy, but he would not argue against it on constitutional grounds. Wentworth felt it was the British government's prerogative to pass any acts, right or wrong, concerning the colonies, and he told the provincial Assembly it was their duty to declare "their Obedience to the Authority of Parliament in all Cases." As governor, his job was to uphold that authority. In this, Wentworth was lucky, for there was little ferment in New Hampshire. There were no Patrick Henrys or Sam Adamses and little discussion of great political principles in this small northern colony. Thus Wentworth was able to maintain his authority for a relatively long time.
Escape to Halifax, Nova Scotia
But New Hampshire was one of the continental colonies and it could not avoid the onrushing events that eventually engulfed them all. John Wentworth was caught in the middle. He could not continue to uphold British authority and still retain the confidence of the people. When he tried to do both, he was caught. In October, 1774, he secretly hired New Hampshire carpenters, not telling them where they were going, to help Gen. Gage build barracks for his troops in Boston. When this uncharacteristic act of duplicity was discovered, John Wentworth's credibility was lost. In December, when he learned of an imminent attack on Fort William and Mary, he could find no one even willing to go and warn the small garrison stationed there. In the spring he attempted to "pack" the Assembly with friends, and as a result found a cannon aimed at his front door. In the night of June 13, 1775, he gathered up his wife and their five-month old son and fled to the fort in New Castle under the protective guns of H. M. S. Scarborough. In August when the Scarborough readied to sail for Boston, Governor Wentworth had no choice but to board and sail with her.
John Wentworth spent the war years in exile, waiting for the restoration of order and authority in New Hampshire. After the battle at Yorktown, however, he realized that he could never go back to his native province. He gave up his home, his position and all of his property for the royal cause, and for the rest of his life he remained a loyal servant of the king. In 1783 he returned to North America as surveyor general of the woods in Canada, and in 1792 received appointment as governor of Nova Scotia. When Wentworth retired in 1808 at the age of seventy-one, he and his wife returned to England to live out their days on a meager pension. Yet one last tragedy awaited him.
In 1812 creditors hounded him for payment of debts incurred in his official capacity in Nova Scotia. To avoid prison, Wentworth, at the age of seventy-five and with his wife ill, was forced to flee at night under an assumed name. From Liverpool he embarked for Halifax where he could sell some property to meet his debts. Sadly, Frances Wentworth died during his absence. With no reason to go back, John Wentworth remained in Halifax until he died in 1820.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Wilderson holds a Ph.D. in early American history from the University of New Hampshire. His book, Governor John Wentworth and the American Revolution: The English Connection, is available from the University Press of New England.
Originally published in "NH: Years of Revolution," Profiles Publications and the NH Bicentennial Commission, 1976. First published online at SeacaostNH.com in 1997.
also see http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/Wentworth.htm
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JOHN WENTWORTH, ESQ., of New Hampshire, afterward Sir John Wentworth, Bart., a surveyor of his majesty's woods and forests in North America, who had been lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, arrived at Halifax on Saturday, May 12, 1792, in H. M. frigate "Hussar," Rupert George, Esq., commander, after a five weeks' voyage from Falmouth, England. On Monday, May I4th, at one o'clock, he was sworn into office, In 1795 he was created a baronet, and June 16, 1796, he was still further honored with the privilege of wearing in the chevron of his arms two keys as an emblem of his fidelity. In 1808 he resigned his office, and the thirteenth of April of that year Sir George Prevost was sworn in, his successor. From June -, 1808, until his death, he received a pension of five hundred pounds per annum. He was a son of Governor Mark Hunking and Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth, was baptized August 14, 1736-37, graduated at Harvard College in 1755, and received the degree of M.A. there in 1758. He married at Portsmouth, November 11, 1769, his cousin, Mrs. Frances (Wentworth) Atkinson, widow of Theodore Atkinson, jr. Their only son who lived was Sir Charles-Mary Wentworth, at whose death the baronetcy became extinct. Sir John died at Halifax, April 8, 1820; Lady Wentworth died at Sunning Hall, Berkshire, England, February 14, 1813, in her sixty-eighth year. Benning Wentworth, brother of Lady Wentworth, and Sir Charles-Mary were successively secretaries of the province.
The period of Governor Wentworth's incumbency of this office, owing to the residence in the province at this time of the Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father, is the most conspicuous of any in the history of Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotians were dazzled with the presence of royalty among them, and the Prince was personally very popular. At Government House, where great state was maintained, he was a frequent visitor, and it was during his residence that Governor Wentworth was created a baronet.
On Sunday, May 31, 1795, His Royal Highness and all the officers of the garrison went to the levee at Government House to congratulate Sir John and Lady Wentworth on the Governor's newly-acquired title. Prince Edward was in command of the forces in British North America in 1793, and was then resident at Quebec. He arrived at Halifax, from St. Kitts, May 10, 1794. He left Halifax finally August 3, 1800. During his residence here his brother, Prince William Henry, then a young naval officer, afterward King William IV., repeatedly visited the province. The presence for so long a time in Nova Scotia of the father of her majesty, Queen Victoria, has undoubtedly always given Nova Scotians a feeling of greater personal loyalty towards the Queen than they could otherwise have had. In later years at least three of her children and two of her grandchildren have visited the province. The "Prince's Lodge," about six miles from Halifax, was, as we have said, the property of Sir John Wentworth, who, in 1793, built a cottage on this beautiful spot, which he called "Friar Laurence's Cell." The Duke afterward enlarged and improved this cottage, which Sir John later occupied as his villa. The Prince of Wales visited the spot in 1860. The Duke of Kent was all his life particularly kind to Nova Scotians. 3
Lt Governor John Wentworth
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1671
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Death: 12 Dec 1730 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Hunking (Abt 1673 - 1 Apr 1741)
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Status:
Children:
1. Governor Benning Wentworth (1696-1770)
2. Mark Hunking Wentworth (1709-1785)
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General:
Father: Samuel Wentworth b: 1640 in Dover, N.H.Marriage Notes (Sarah Hunking)
Mother: Mary Benning b: Abt 1648 in Tatmour High Cross, London, England
Children
Benning Wentworth b: 21 Jul 1696
Hunking Wentworth b: 19 Dec 1697
Hannah Wentworth b: 4 Jul 1700
Sarah Wentworth b: 24 Jun 1702
John Wentworth b: 19 Oct 1703
William Wentworth b: 10 Dec 1705
Mary Wentworth b: 7 May 1707
Samuel Wentworth b: 15 Jan 1708
Mark Hunking Wentworth b: 1 Mar 1709
Elizabeth Wentworth b: 16 Feb 1711
Rebecca Wentworth b: 16 Apr 1712
Ebenezer Wentworth b: 1 Aug 1714
Daniel Wentworth b: 5 Jan 1716
George Wentworth b: 12 Jun 1719
(jangaard)
Mark Hunking Wentworth
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Mar 1709
Baptism:
Death: 29 Dec 1785
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Parents
Father: Lt Governor John Wentworth (1671-1730)
Mother: Sarah Hunking (Abt 1673-1741)
Spouses and Children
Elizabeth Wesen
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1725
Baptism:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Ebenezer Hurd (Est 1723 - )
Marriage: 24 Aug 1747 - Chatham, Massachusetts 4
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Abigail West
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jun 1722
Baptism:
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Father: Abner West (1683-1756)
Mother: Jane Look (1680-1755)
Abigail West
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Jul 1716 - Middletown, Connecticut 5
Baptism:
Death: 28 Sep 1785 - Middletown, Connecticut 5
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Spouses and Children
1. *Nathan Harding (29 Oct 1711 - 27 Mar 1801) 6
Marriage: 15 Nov 1750 - Middletown, Connecticut 5
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Children:
1. Ephraim Harding (1752- )
2. Benjamin Harding (1756- ) 5
3. Abigail Harding (1762- ) 5 6
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nathan Harding)
Nathan and Abigail lived in Middletown and Chatham (now Portland), Connecticut.
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Abner West
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Jun 1683 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 13 Mar 1756 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
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Spouses and Children
1. *Jane Look (24 Dec 1680 - 1755)
Marriage: 17 Nov 1707 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Rev Thomas West (1708-1790)
2. Silas West (1710- )
3. Samuel West (1712- )
4. Elisha West (1714-1790)
5. Jane West (1716- )
6. Captain Peter West (1718-1757)
7. Elizabeth West (1720-1807) 7
8. Abigail West (1722- )
9. Stephen West (1724- )
Elisha West
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 May 1714 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 8 Jan 1790 - Rochester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abner West (1683-1756)
Mother: Jane Look (1680-1755)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Gibbs (4 Apr 1717 - Bef Apr 1779)
Marriage: 23 Jun 1736 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail Gibbs)
Children
Elisha West b: 9 JUN 1738 in Plymouth, MA
Francis West b: 13 MAR 1738/39
Abigail West b: 26 JUN 1742
Elizabeth West b: 24 APR 1744
Susannah West b: 3 NOV 1746
Lydia West b: 29 AUG 1747
Elisha West b: 27 JUL 1749
Gibbs West b: 25 JUN 1751
Jane West b: 15 MAR 1754
Mary West b: 13 MAR 1757
Abner West b: 13 APR 1759
Francis West b: 25 JUL 1761
Elisha West
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jan 1806 - Nova Scotia
Baptism:
Death: Oct 1858 - Lost At Sea
Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Barbee Ann (25 Feb 1815 - 1 Aug 1851) 9
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Harriet A West (1837-1853) 9
2. Maria W West (Cir 1839- )
3. James S West (1851-1851) 9
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Medical:
age 52-9
Elizabeth West
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jul 1720 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Jul 1807 - Rhode Island
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abner West (1683-1756)
Mother: Jane Look (1680-1755)
Spouses and Children
1. *Seth Daggett (5 Feb 1713 - 14 Apr 1779)
Marriage: 23 Dec 1734 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Peter Daggett (1738-1768) 10
2. William Daggett (1747-1834)
3. Captain Nathan Daggett (1750- )
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General:
Abner West, father of Elizabeth, wife of Seth, was the son of Thomas West and Grandson of Francis West who settled in Virginia in 1607. He was Rear Admiral in the British Army under the title of Sir Francis. His own son Thomas, came to Marthas Vineyard, from Plymouth in 1675, and settled in Chilmark. 10Marriage Notes (Seth Daggett)
Children
Mary DAGGETT b: Bef 2 Nov 1760 in Holmes Hole
West DAGGETT b: Bef 17 Jun 1764 in Holmes Hole
Peter DAGGETT b: 4 May 1738 in Tisbury, Massachusetts
Samuel P. DAGGETT b: 4 May 1738 in Tisbury, Massachusetts
Samuel DAGGETT b: 9 May 1745 in Tisbury, Massachusetts
William DAGGETT b: 1747 in Massachusetts
Nathan DAGGETT b: 1750 in Massachusetts
Seth DAGGETT b: 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Silas DAGGETT b: 14 May 1757 in Tisbury, Massachusetts
Jane DAGGETT b: 1765 in , , Rhode Island 10
Captain Francis West
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Oct 1586 - Buckhurst, Withyecombe, Sussex
Baptism:
Death: Feb 1634 - Virginia
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Parents
Father: Thomas West Lord De La Warr (1557-1602)
Mother: Anne Knollys (Cir 1553-After 1608)
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Captain Francis West, whose brief connection with the early political history of New England deserves a passing mention, was the fourth son of Sir Thomas and Lady Anne (Knollys) West, and was born 28 October, 1586, at Buckhurst, Withyecombe, Sussex. His father was second Lord De La Warr.
Captain Francis was "an ancient planter" of Virginia,
emigrating thither in 1608, and as early as 1610, was a local magistrate, governing "at the Falles." He held for many years a membership in the Provincial Council, being one of the subscribers to the stock of the Virginia Company, In 1623 he was commissioned Admiral of New England.
Shortly after his voyage to New England he returned to Virginia, where he resumed his connection with the political affairs of the province. Upon the death of Sir George Yardley, Governor of Virginia, November, 1627, he was chosen by his associates to fill the vacancy, in the absence of Sir John Harvey, who was named in Yardley's commission as his eventual successor.
In the quarrel between Harvey and the Councillors he took part against the Governor, but signed the treaty of peace, 20 December, 1631, between the factions. He last appears on
record at a meeting of the Council of Virginia in February, 1633. There is a family tradition that he met his death by drowning.
(Christorpher Levett, page 83)
Francis West, deputy Governor of Virginia from Nov. 14, 1627, on the death of Governor Yardley, to Mar. 5, 1629, when Dr. John Pott was elected Governor by the Council to take his place, West having been selected to go to England to represent the interests of the Colony, which was in an unsettled condition by the revocation of the Charter of 1624. He was born Oct. 28, 1586, and was a brother of Lord Delaware. When Captain Newport came over with the "Second Supply," in October, 1608, he was accompanied by Francis West; who was elected member of the Council there in August, 1609, after the arrival of the "Third Supply", sent out under the new Charter. During the "starving time" which soon followed, West attempted to get provisions from the Indians; but, being unsuccessful, he left the Colony to its fate and sailed away to England. After a few months he returned to Virginia; and after Percy left in 1612, he succeeded him as commandant at Jamestown, in which office he continued till 1617, when he was succeeded by Capt. Wm. Powell. He was a member of the Council again from April, 1619, to February, 1633. In conjunction with his brothers, Lord Delaware and John and Nathaniel, he owned lands in Westover and Shirley. In November, 1622, he was appointed Admiral of New England and went there to suppress illicit fishing but he found the New Englanders difficult persons to deal with. In 1624, Captain West was living on his estate at Westover, in Virginia, and soon after succeeded Sir George Yardley as deputy Governor. After Pott took charge in 1629, West went to England, but he was in Virginia again prior to December, 1631, when he attended a meeting of the Council, again in February and September 1632, and in February, 1633. After this last date he drops out of Virginia records, and there is a tradition in Earl Delaware's family that he was drowned.
(The Hunter Family of Virginia and Connections, page 93-94)
Francis West, Governor of Virginia (b. 1586-1634), married 1. Lady Margaret Reeves; 2. Lady Jane Davye; and 3. Lady Temperance Flowerdew.
Francis West (28 October 1586 - February 1634), was a Deputy Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.
West was the second son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (1618-?) of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire and his wife, Anne Knollys.
As Captain Francis West, he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in July 1608; he returned there on the Mary Ann Margett in 1610. From November 17, 1627 to March 5, 1629. He was elected to the Governor's Council in 1608. From 1612 to 1617 he was the Commandant of Jamestown. From July 30 through August 4, 1619 he served as an appointed representative in Jamestown's first Legislative Assembly. This was the first House of Burgesses appointed by Governor Sir George Yeardley. In 1622 he was appointed as Admiral to New England. He served as Deputy Governor of Virginia. He also served as Captain General of Virginia.
His land was in Elizabeth City, south of the land of James Knott in 1632.
He died in February 1634. His elder brother, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577-1618), had served as a governor of the Virginia Company of London from 1610-1611. His younger brother, Governor John West (1590-ca 1659) served as Crown Governor of Virginia from 1635-1637. A fourth brother, Nathaniel West died in Virginia in August 1623, aged 30.
(Wikipedia)
Francis West
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1606 - Salisbury, Wiltshire
Baptism:
Death: 3 Jan 1692 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Francis West (1586-1634)
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Margery Reeves (Cir 1608 - 2 Jan 1672)
Marriage: 27 Feb 1639 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Status:
Children:
1. Mary West (1640-1673)
2. Matthew West (1640- )
3. Samuel West (1643-1689)
4. Dr Thomas West (1646-1706)
5. Peletiah West (1647- )
6. Peter West (1648-1721)
7. Ruth West (1651-1741) 11
8. Francis West (1655-1695) 12
Notes
General:
"Francis West, a house carpenter by trade, being a single man, invited by a Mr. Thomas, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, left the town of Salisbury in England, and came to New England, and settled in Duxbury, Mass., and married there Margery Reeves, by whom he had five children, viz: Samuel; Thomas; Peter; Mary and Ruth." So writes Zebulon West (1707-70), a great-grandson of the emigrant, who probably learned these facts from his father, also named Francis (1669-1731), who lived with the emigrant in Duxbury until he grew up. He is spoken of as a carpenter in the Duxbury records, and the Plymouth colony records show that he made a pair of stocks for the town of Duxbury in 1640. In 1640 and 1642 he was a member of the grand jury; in 1642 he purchased a house and land in Duxbury (Millbrook); in 1643 he was on the list of those able to bear arms; he was admitted a freeman in Plymouth colony in 1656; in 1658 he was surveyor of highways in Duxbury; constable in 1661; and in 1662-69-74-78-80-81 was a member of the "Grand Conquest." During the last years of his life his son Peter took care of him, and his estate, which amounted to only sixteen pounds and fifteen shillings, was given to Peter by the probate court. He married, in Duxbury, February 27, 1639, Margaret Reeves, and died there January 2, 1692, aged eighty-six years. Children, probably born in Duxbury: Samuel, 1643; Dr. Thomas, 1646; Peter; Mary; Ruth, 1651, married Nathaniel Skiff and died December 31, 1741, aged ninety years.
(New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV, page 2036)
That this Francis was the son of Capt. Francis West who came to Virginia in 1608 is shown on a West family chart which is reproduced from Clayton Terrence, Winsten of Virginia and Allied Families, owned by Ruth Witt of Richmond, Virginia.
Pertinent information is: Sir Thomas West 2nd Lord de la Warr married Anne, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, who sired Capt. Francis West (Oct. 28, 1586-1634) married Margaret, the widow of Edward Blayney, who sired Francis West (1606 -Jan. 2, 1692)
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8. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
9. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).
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