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Joanna Wentworth (Roberts)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
Death: July 04, 1780 (74)
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States
Place of Burial: Berwick, York, Maine, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain John Roberts and Deborah Roberts
Wife of Deacon Samuel Wentworth
Mother of Samuel Wentworth, Jr.; Anna Wentworth; Mary Molly Ricker; Frances Wentworth; Lt. Timothy Wentworth and 1 other
Sister of Sarah Wentworth
Half sister of Ebenezer Roberts; Alexander Roberts and Jemima Abigail Maxwell

Managed by: Paul Douglas Van Dillen
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About Joanna Wentworth

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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Joanna Wentworth's Timeline

1705
October 20, 1705
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
1728
1728
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States
1739
1739
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States
1742
May 4, 1742
Berwick, York County, ME, United States
1745
September 30, 1745
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1747
January 20, 1747
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States
1749
August 4, 1749
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States
1780
July 4, 1780
Age 74
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States
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Wentworth Family Homestead Burial Ground, Berwick, York, Maine, United States