Hunking Wentworth (1697 - 1784)

Born 20 Dec 1697 in New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wibird) Wentworth — married before 14 Feb 1726 (to 27 Dec 1731) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Wentworth — married after 27 Dec 1731 (to 24 Feb 1742) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Husband of Margaret (Vaughan) Wentworth — married after 24 Feb 1742 (to 21 Sep 1784) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1784 at age 86 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Hunking Wentworth was born on December 20, 1697 in New Hampshire, son of John Wentworth (1671–1730) and Sarah Hunking (~1673–1741).^[1]

Not to be confused with his brother Mark Hunking Wentworth b. 1709

His siblings were:

1. Benning b 24 July 1696
2. Hannah b 4 July 1700 marr 1st Samuel Plaisted, marr 2nd Theodore Atkinson
3. Sarah b 24 June 1702 marr 1st Archibald McPhedris, marr 2nd George Jaffrey Jr
4. John b 19 Oct 1703
5. William b 10 Dec 1705
6. Mary b 7 May 1707 marr 1st Temple Nelson, marr 2nd John Steele
7. Samuel b 15 Jan 1708
8. Mark Hunking b. 1 March 1709
9. Elizabeth b 16 Feb 1710/11 marr 1st John Lowd, marr 2nd capt Benjamin Underwood. Died childless 19 Oct 1790
10. Rebecca b 61 April 1712 marr Thomas Packer (Sheriff). Died Sept 1738
11. Ebenezer b 1 August 1714

Mark (28) married Elizabeth Wibird (16) (born on August 27, 1709 in Portsmouth; daughter of Hon Richard Wibird and Elizabeth (Dew) Wibird) on February 14, 1726 in Portsmouth. Their daughter was Sarah Wentworth (1726–1773).

Mark (34) married Elizabeth Unknown (22) (born on August 27, 1709 in Portsmouth) on December 27, 1731 in Portsmouth. Their daughter was Elizabeth Wentworth (1739– ).

Mark (44) married Margaret Vaughan (32) (born on March 11, 1709 in Portsmouth; daughter of George Vaughan and Elizabeth (Eliot) Vaughan) on February 24, 1742 in Portsmouth. They had no issue.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "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". By John Wentworth, LL.D., of Chicago, Ill. In Two Volumes, Volume 1. 1870 Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, Mass. p. 96-101 https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n329/mode/2up
2. ↑ Book: Wentworth, John, 1815-1888, The Wentworth genealogy : English and American
   Boston : Little, Brown & Co; 1878; page: 294
   Internet Archive (accessed 16 April 2024)

• Register for nineteen hundred and twelve, with roll of members and their revolutionary ancestors, and other information of interest to the society (Honolulu: Hawaiian Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1912), 72.
• Peirce, Col. Joshua. "A Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Portsmouth, NH, from 1706 to 1742", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1869) Vol. 23.

• Page 270: "Hunking Wentworth ye son of Jno and Sarah Wentworth was born 20th Decr 1697."

• Wentworth, John: The Wentworth Genealogy, 2nd edn. (1878), 3 vols, page xxix, Table M, page 319, (88).
• Stanwood, James Rindge. The Direct Ancestry of The Late Jacob Wendell, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (David Clapp & Son, New York, 1882) Page 31. see footnote.