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  • 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)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n97/mod...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n166/mo...
  • (21) Thomas Wentworth, Esq., married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, Kt., and had issue, four daughters, viz: Elizabeth, who married Thomas Danby, Esq.: Barbara, who died unmarried; Margaret, who married, first Michael, son and heir of Lord Darcy, and secondly, Jasper Blythman, Esq.: and Catherine, who married Thomas Gargrave, Esq.; and an only son --
    • (22) Sir William Wentworth, who was created a Baronet, 29 June, 1611, and died in 1614. By his wife Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Atkins, Kt., he had eight sons and three daughters; of whom John, Matthew, Philip, Michael, and Robert, all died unmarried. Mary married Sir Richard Hooton, Kt.; Anne married Sir George Savile, Kt.: and Elizabeth married James Dillon, third Earl of Roscommon, and was mother of the celebrated poet, Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon.
      • The second son, Sir William Wentworth of Ashby Puerorum, in Lincolnshire, was knighted by Charles I., and fell in his service, at the battle of Marston Moor, 3 July, 1644. He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Savile, Esq., and was the ancestor of the Wentworths of Wentworth Castle, Barons Raby, Viscounts Wentworth, and Earls of Strafford of the second creation, which line terminated in an heiress, and which dignities expired on the death of the third Earl, 7 August, 1799. The eighth son, Sir George Wentworth, was also knighted by Charles I., and made General of his forces in Ireland, and died before 1667; he married Frances, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Ruishe, Kt., of the county of Kent, and had issue; but his line also terminated in an heiress, who married Thomas, Lord Howard of Effingham. The direct line continued through--
  • Elizabeth WENTWORTH
  • Born: ABT 1610
  • Father: William WENTWORTH
  • Mother: Anne ATKINSON
  • Married: James DILLON 1636
  • Children:
    • 1. Wentworth DILLON
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Elizabeth WENTWORTH4
  • The marriage, baptismal, and burial registers of the collegiate church or ... edited by Joseph Lemuel Chester
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=0RAwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=R...
  • Pg. 212
    • WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
    • BURIALS IN
  • 3 Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon, the celebrated poet. He was son of James, third Earl, by Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sir William Wentworth, first Bart., and sister of Thomas, the unfortunate Earl of Strafford. He married, first, Lady Frances Boyle, eldest dau. of Richard, first Earl of Burlington, and widow of Colonel Courtney; and, secondly, Isabella, youngest dau. and co-heir of Matthew Boynton, Esq. (second surviving son of Sir Matthew Boynton, first Bart. of Barmston, co. York), who survived him. ......
  • Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n258/mode...
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  • 3. ELIZABETH WENTWORTH, mar. 30 June 1603 to Jas. Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (the celebrated poet).
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wentworth-1961
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