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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/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-- ______________________
  • William WENTWORTH
  • Born: ABT 1563
  • Died: 1614
  • Father: Thomas WENTWORTH (Sir)
  • Mother: Margaret GASCOIGNE
  • Married: Anne ATKINSON
  • Children:
    • 1. Thomas WENTWORTH (1° E. Strafford)
    • 2. William WENTWORTH
    • 3. George WENTWORTH
    • 4. Anne WENTWORTH
    • 5. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
    • 6. John WENTWORTH
    • 7. Robert WENTWORTH
    • 8. Michael WENTWORTH
    • 9. Matthew WENTWORTH
    • 10. Phillip WENTWORTH
    • 11. Margaret WENTWORTH
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#William WENTWORTH6 _______________
  • 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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  • 6. MATTHEW WENTWORTH, bap. at Wentworth 25 Mar. 1605, d. 25 Jun 1635, being then a Fellow of University College. Will dated 9 Sept. 1629, and proved (C.P.C.) 15 Feb. 1635-6. ___________
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Matthew Wentworth's Timeline

1605
March 25, 1605
Wentworth, Yorkshire, Rotherham, England (United Kingdom)
1605
1635
June 25, 1635
Age 30