Edward Wentworth (1693 - 1767)

Born 1693 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Keziah (Blackman) Wentworth — married 17 Oct 1717 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Husband of Sarah (Hayward) Wentworth — married 22 Jan 1746 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1767 at about age 74 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

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Biography

8 years after the publication of the original "private" Wentworth Genealogy, the author, John Wentworth, revised his book with additions and corrections in 1878. In the 1878 publication he writes:

Of the children of John Wentworth, but three daughters are found (of whom nothing is known prior to their marriage), and four sons; but little as to the order of their birth. (All the descendants of John whose marriages were recorded up to 1 March 1753, were married by Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton; after that date by Rev. Jedediah Adams, of Stoughton) These children were:

19. John, died at Stoughton, 6 January 1772, aged 95. This makes him born about 1676, and he is undoubtedly the first-born.

20. Edward, born at Newbury, Mass. 1693

21. Charles, died at Canton, Mass, 8 July 1780, aged 96m and was therefore born about 1684.

22. Shubael, who died in 1759

23. Elizabeth, married, 16 May 1728, John Kenney

24. Abigail, married, at Dorchester, 30 Dec 1715, Benjamin Jordon of that place, and had

1. Abigail Jordon, married, 24 November 1746, her cousin Paul (114) Wentworth

24a. Mary, married, in Boston, Mass, 24 September 1712, James Wright, of that place, where he died 24 July 1725, aged 51; his widow was appointed administratrix, 6 August following. John, when he gave power of attorney to son John, was of Boston, and James Wright was a witness. The had:

1. William Wright, born 22 July 1716

2. Mary Wright, born 5 November 1719^[1]

Edward(20), son of John and Martha Wentworth, born at Newbury, Mass, in 1693, lived in Stoughton, Mass. In 1749, he was called "innholder." He married, 1st, Kezia, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Blackman of Stoughton, who was the son of John Blackman. She was baptized 18 June 1693 and died 16 October, 1745, aged 55. Her father survived her, making his will 14 November 1748, which was proved 11 July, 1749. Edward married, 2d, 22 January 1746, Sarah, daughter of John Hayward Jr., of Bridgewater, Mass, and widow* of Josiah Winslow of Freetown, Mass., whom she married in 1721. (Josiah Winslow, born 9 June 1697, was son of Josiah Winslow.). She survived him and administered upon his estate. He died at Stoughton, 12 February, 1767, age 74. His inventory amounted to £278 18s, 11d. Stoughton records say, "Granny Sarah Wentworth died 23 April 1779." She was buried at Boston, Mass. Edward Edward had children, by first wife:

1. 113. Zebediah, born 14 April 1718 [396]
2. 114. Paul, born 2 Sep 1720[402]
3. 115. Abigail, born at Dorchester, 15 September 1722, married, 6 August, 1746, Zebulon Jordon.
4. 116. Silas, born 25 July 1725 [410]
5. 117. Edward, born 1 July, 1729 [413]
6. 118. Hepsibah, born 19 November, 1731. She must have died before her father.
7. 119. Unity born 11 November 1733; married ----- Baxter, and died before her father, leaving children.

• Widow Sarah Winslow had, when she married Edward (20) Wentworth, four children, viz. --

1. Susannah Winslow, born 8 October 1724; married 1st, ----- Symmes, of Philadelphia, PA, and 2nd, her stepfather's son Edward (117) Wentworth.

2. Josiah Winslow

3. Ezra Winslow

4. John Hayward Winslow.

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(This profile is expanded upon with more information from the Revised edition of The Wentworth Genealogy published in 1878 that corrected some errors in the 1870 edition.)

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. In Three Volumes, Volume I." John Wentworth , LL.D. of Chicago Ill, Little, Brown and Company, 1878. p 119-122 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PypAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA119
2. ↑ "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. In Three Volumes, Volume I." John Wentworth , LL.D. of Chicago Ill, Little, Brown and Company, 1878. p 194 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PypAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA194

• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Name: Edward Wentworth

Spouse: Kezia Blackman

Parents: John Wentworth, Martha Miller

Birth Place: Essex, Newbury, MA

Birth Date: 1693

Marriage Place: Dorchester, MA

Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1717

Death Place: Stoughton, Norfolk, MA

Death Date: 12 Feb 1767

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Name: Edward Wentworth

SAR Membership: 36163

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 7 Nov 1921

Children: Paul Wentworth