Deacon John Wadsworth

John Wadsworth, son of Christopher Wadsworth and Grace Cole, was the husband of Abigail Andrews (1647-1723).

Their children included Lydia Wadsworth Peterson (1679-1756) and Hopestill Wadsworth Brewster (1686-1773).

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was a descendant.

The following is quoted from the Duxbury, MA vital records: Deacon John Wadsworth - Deceased May the 15th Anno dom. 1700, very early in ye morning before ye dawning of ye day being about Sixty-two yeares of age."

Family

John was a Deacon.

Children:

1. Mary 1668, Soule
2. Abigail 1670, Tomson
3. John 1671,
4. Christopher, 1685, married Mehitabel Wormall
5. Ichabod 1687,
6. Isaac (1724-1749);
7. Lydia, Peterson
8. Sarah, Wadsworth
9. Grace (m. William Sprague),
10. Hopstill (M. William Brewster),
11. Mercy[4], Wadsworth
12. Hannah, Peterson

He passed away at Duxbury in May 15, 1700 aged "about sixty-two years". [5][6]

Children

According to an article published in "The Mayflower descendant", by George Earnest Bowman, all of the daughters are mentioned in the inventory of the estate of Abigail Andrews Wadsworth. The title of the article is "Aaron Soule's wife Mary Wadsworth and the Marriages of Five of Her Sisters" and details the probate records for Deacon John and his wife Abigail, as well as additional links between the sisters.

The names listed, by drawing lots, in Abigail's inventory of her estate are as follows: Mary Soul, Abigail Tomson, Sarah Wadsworth, Hannah Peterson, Lydia Peterson, Grace Sprague, Hopestill Brewster and Mercy Wadsworth[7]

References

• Wadsworth, Horace Andrew . Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth Family in America: Containing an Account of the Family Reunion, at Duxbury, Mass., September 13, 1882, and a Genealogical Register. Lawence: 1883. p 202. GoogleBooks
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10461197/john-wadsworth
• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Duxbury/Images/Duxbury_M325....

  ---

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Sep 18 2019, 16:39:53 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wadsworth-56
• The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history. By Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Publication date 1899. Pgs 246-248. Archive.Org
• https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/John_Wadsworth_(1638-1700)_