Deacon Samuel Wentworth

• The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
• https://archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent
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• XX. WILLIAM WENTWORTH, who was baptized at St. Peter at Gowts, in the City of Lincoln (where his parents were married the preceding year), on the 8th of June, 1584, and who was mentioned as such, and still living, in his father's will, in 1628.
• Down to this point, every step in the descent from the first Saxon Wentworth is abundantly substantiated, and we have as positively traced the last representative named, Christopher Wentworth, till his death at or near Alford. Feeling confident that there must have been some special reason for ending his days in that neighborhood, the writer set earnestly about the task of discovering it; and to that end spent several weeks in a close examination of the Parish registers of that place and of the towns immediately adjacent, as well as of the Transcripts in the Bishop's Registry at Lincoln, whenever the originals were defective; and although, perhaps, unable to adduce what would be required at evidence in a court of law, believes that a chain of circumstances so strong and clear can be presented that there need be little hesitation in adopting his conclusions.
• The Alford parish registers show that a William Wentworth was living there certainly from 1614 to 1620, and those of Rigsby that he was of that parish in the following year; and the object is now to show that he was identical with this William, eldest son of Christopher Wentworth and Catharine Marbury.
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• The first mention of him in the Alford register is in the record of his marriage, which took place the 28th of November, 1614, when, if our theory be correct, he would have been about thirty years of age. The name of his wife is given as Susanna Fleming. She was, however, a widow; and an examination of the register, confirmed by various wills, reveals the following facts: Her maiden name was Carter, and so far as can be ascertained, she was the daughter of Edward Carter, of Well, a small village two miles southwest from Alford, who was probably a small farmer. On the 1st of July, 1613, she was married at Alford to Uther Fleming, son of Robert Fleming, of Alford, and his wife Jane. This Robert Fleming, who died in 1599, calls himself, in his will, a shoemaker. From the character and extent of his bequests, it is evident that he was what would be called in England, a "well-to-do tradesman." Uther Fleming lived but little more than six months after his marriage, as he was buried at Alford on the 22d of January, 1613-14; and on the 29th of May following, their only child, a posthumous daughter named Anne, was baptized. (This child was buried at Alford, the 27th of November 1619.) Six month later, the young widow married William Wentworth.
• .... etc.
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• XXI. WILLIAM WENTWORTH, who it is believed, was identical with the New England emigrant, afterwards known as Elder Wentworth. As has been seen, he was baptized at Alford on the 15th of March, 1615-16, and, assuming the identity, it is a curious fact that he died on the eighty-first anniversary of his baptism, viz: the 15th March, 1696-7.
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• If there were two wives and the name of one was not Elizabeth, the first must have died prior to 18 November, 1666-7. There is a family tradition that when he was quite advanced in years he married a second wife, who was very young even to be married, and that he had children by both wives.
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• We first find Elder William with a wife Elizabeth in 1666-7. The same tradition that gives Elder Wentworth a second wife also gives Elizabeth as her first child, and Timothy as the last child of the previous wife; and also that he had children after he had had grandchildren. The first grandchild whose birth has been found recorded was born 1666; so it may be inferred that if he had a second wife he married her between 1660 and 1665, and that Mrs. Elizabeth Tozer and sons Ephraim and Benjamin were her children.
• The order of the birth of the prior chldren would seem to be as follows: Samuel, John, Gershom, Ezekiel, Paul, Sylvanus, and Timothy. We know he had a child in 1640; and there is every probability that Ephraim and Benjamin were born after 1670, making a difference of over thirty years in the births of children, and creating a probability that there were two wives. And there may have been other children. Indeed under the head of the "Daughters of Elder William," the claims of Sarah, wife of Benjamin Barnard, to be his daughter, upon the ground that her children, left fatherless, call Paul Wentworth their uncle, are canvassed.
• .... etc.
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• Children:
  • 2. I. Samuel,2 born in 1640. [11]
  • 3. II. John,2 [18]
  • 4. III. Gershom.2 [26]
  • 5. IV. Ezekiel.2 [29]
  • 6. V. Paul.2 [36]
  • 7. VI. Salvanus.2 [49]
  • 8. VII. Timothy.2 [50]
  • 9. VIII. Elizabeth,2 married Richard Tozer, jr. (54 after Timothy.2)
  • 10. IX. Ephraim.2 [54]
  • 11. X. Benjamin.2 [63]*
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• Timothy (8. VII.), son of Elder William Wentworth. It is difficult to arrange the exact order of Elder William's children. But, with the tradition among the descendants of Timothy that Elder William was twice married, there is also the tradition
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• that Timothy was the last son of the first wife. The date of his birth can only be approximated. ............. his birth must be dated as early as 1673. He was probably born before that time.
• .... etc.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n302/mo...
• Timothy had wife Sarah. The whole family concur in giving her name as Sarah Cromwell.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n304/mo...
• ..... as her great-grandson, Ebenezer (647) remembered seeing her, she must have died after 1750. Timothy made his will at Berwick, 3 May, 1719. It was proved 8 July following, his son Timothy executor. He willed to his wife one-half of his estate during her natural life, and after her death, the whole to his sons Timothy and Samuel. ..........
• Timothy and Sarah (Cromwell) Wentworth had children:
  • 51. I. Timothy. [242]
  • 52. II. Samuel. [245]
  • 53. III. Sarah, married, 1st Benjamin Hossum; 2d John White. [250]
  • 54. IV. Mary, married James Gerrish. [254]
• .... etc.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n428/mo...
• SAMUEL3 (52. II.), son of Timothy2 and Sarah (Cromwell) Wentworth, lived in Berwick, Me., on the homestead. He was constable in 1731 ; collector of taxes for several years ; and Deacon of the North Parish church in Berwick, Me., from its organization, 3 April, 1755, until his death. He married, 29 August, 1725, Joanna, daughter of John and Deborah (Church) Roberts*
  • * This John Roberts was doubtless of the family of Thomas Roberts, the emigrant, of Dover, N. H. ; but the connection is not clear. He married, 1st, 26 October, 1704, Deborah Church : 2d, 17 May, 1720, Frances Emery. He made his will 7 April, 1749; proved, 28 July, 1756. He had by his first wife :
    • I. Joanna, born 20 October, 1705; married Deacon Samuel Wentwortb, as above.
    • II. Sarah, born 18 February, 1707-9; married Ebenezer (68) Wentworth, son of Benjamin.2
    • III. Mary, born 30 July, 1711.
    • IV. Phebe, born 20 S'eptember, 1716 ; married Ebenezer Tuttle, youngest son of Judge John and Mary Tuttle.
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• of Somersworth, N. H. She was born 20 October, 1705. Deacon Samuel died 4 July, 1780 ; his wife died but a few hours after him, and both were buried in one grave, on the homestead. Their funeral service was held in the large barn upon the farm, and was attended by a concourse immense for those days.
• Deacon Samuel3 and Joanna (Roberts) Wentworth had children :
  • 246. I. Samuel,4 born in 1728. [656]
  • 247. II. Mary,4 born in 1742 ; married Jabez Ricker. [663]
  • 248. III. Timothy,4 born 22 January, 1747. [673]
  • 249. IV. Deborah,4 born 14 August, 1749 ; married Joseph Ricker. [686]
  • 250. V. Anna,4 married, 27 January, 1772, Tristram Heard, of Berwick, Me., and died childless, 20 April, 1773.
• Through Deacon Samuel3 are the only descendants of Timothy2 Wentworth, in the male line.
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• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/250/mod...
• TIMOTHY4 (248. III.), son of Deacon Samuel and Joanna (Roberts) Wentworth, born 22 January, 1747 ; lived and died on the old homestead of Timothy.2 He was a lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution ; he married, 29 November, 1770, Amy, daughter of Thomas Hodgdon, of Berwick, Me. ; she was born 6 September, 1751 ; died 16 July, 1840, He died 29 November, 1842, aged 95 years.
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• Timothy4 and Amy (Hodgdon) Wentworth had children :
  • 674. I. Phebe,5 born 9 December, 1771 ; married Phineas Yeaton. [1916]
  • 675. II. Samuel,5 born 24 May, 1773. (1922]
  • 676. III. Thomas,5 born 8 December, 1774. [1933]
  • 677. IV. John, 5 born 10 September, 1776; died single, 13 April, 1847.
  • 678. V. Sally,5 born 20 March, 1778; married Ebenezer Hodgdon, son of Elder Thomas Hodgdon, of Berwick, Me. ; removed to Ossipee, N. H., and died 28 May, 1847. She left a large family, mostly daughters, one6 of whom married Rev. Nympas Turner, of Bingham, Me.
  • 679. VI. Betsey,5 born 4 January, 1780 ; married Samuel Pray. [1939]
  • 680. VII. Polly,5 born 14 November, 1781 ; married, 24 January, 1805, Isaac Hodgdon, and moved to Corinth, Penobscot County, Me. He was Captain in the 33d Regiment, U. S. Army, in 1813 to 1815. He was afterwards, in the Maine militia, Major, Lieut-Colonel, Colonel, Adjutant-General, and thirteen years Major-General. In 1820, he was one of the Justices of Sessions. From 1821 to 1837, he was Clerk of the Judicial Courts in Penobscot County. In 1840, he was one of the Electors, at large, for President and Vice-President. He and his wife lived in Exeter, Me., childless.
  • 681. VIII. Timothy,5 born 21 December, 1783 ; died 20 October, 1785.
  • 682. IX. Timothy,5 born 29 May, 1786. [1949]
  • 683. X. Joanna,5 born 17 September, 1788: married Stephen Ricker. [1954]
  • 684. XI. Nancy,5 born 29 April. 1791; married Hiram Butler. [1966]
  • 685. XII. Moses,5 born 26 December, 1792. [1973]
  • 686. XIII. Daniel,5 born 20 June, 1795. [1982]
• .... etc. ________________

Deacon Samuel Wentworth, birthdate unknown, d. 4 July 1780 in Berwick, ME, m. 29 Aug 1725 Joanna Roberts, b. 20 Oct 1705, d. "but a few hours after her husband" on 4 July 1780, also in Berwick..

Samuel was son of Timothy and Sarah (Cromwell) Wentworth and grandson of Elder William and Elizabeth. Joanna was daughter of John Roberts and Deborah Church and granddaughter of Gov. Thomas Roberts.

My sources are the 1878 Wentworth Genealogy (I:248-249) and the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 738.

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• Marriage to Joanna Roberts: (29 Aug 1725 — Age: 27) Berwick, York, Maine, United States* Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Deborah WENTWORTH by SmartCopy: Sep 10 2015, 0:06:24 UTC

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DNA match

Samuel WENTWORTH GEDmatch Ref: 5147246 : I15784

   Born: 1697, Berwick, York, Maine, USA

   Died: 04 JUL 1780, Berwick, York, Maine, USA

Father: Timothy Wentworth (b. 1658, d. 08 JUL 1719)

Mother: Sarah Cromwell (b. 1661, d. 1753)

Union with: Joanna Roberts b. 20 OCT 1705, d. 04 JUL 1780, m. 29 AUG 1725, Berwick, York, Maine, USA

Children:

   +Samuel Wentworth (b. , 1728d. OCT 1777)