Elizabeth Wentworth

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wentworth-1659

Capt. Benjamin married, 23 September 1717, Elizabeth, daughter of John Leighton, of Kittery Me. She was born 20 May 1691; admitted to the Dover church "other than by immediate baptism," 22 January 1729, while a widow. By the will of her father, Capt. John Leighton, made 7 November 1724, she received £100.

The time of her death, which took place at the house of her youngest child, Mary, wife of Ebenezer Wallingford, is approximated by the record from the family Bible of her son Colonel John Wentworth: "My mother died last week in October 1779." This makes her eighty-eight years of age and to have survived her husband more than half a century.

Benjamin and Elizabeth (Leighton) Wentworth had children:

1. 160. John, born 30 March 1719. Married Elizabeth Wallingford.
2. 161 Elizabeth, born 15 Feb 1721, baptized 26 Dec 1722. She married her father's cousin Mark (75), son of Benjamin.
3. 162 Abigail, born 12 Feb 1723, baptized 2 Feb 1724. She married (first wife) Ichabod Rollins
4. 163 Mary, born 29 July 1725 married Ebenezer Wallingford. [1]

References

• http://www.mainegenealogy.net/maine_wills.asp?source=probatecourtvo... John Leighton's will 7 Nov 1724 probated 24 Dec. 1724 mentions "...my Beloved Daughter Eliza Wentworth one Hundred Pounds."
• A genealogical and biographical account of the descendants of Elder William Wentworth : one of the first settlers of Dover, in the state of New Hampshire Author Wentworth, John, 1815-1888. cn Page 11-12 Archive.Org
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~teschek/genealogy/wallingford/i00000...