Samuel Wentworth Sr. (abt. 1640 - 1691)

Born about 1640 in Cochecho, Dover, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Benning) Martyn — married 1664 in Province of New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1691 at about age 51 in New Hampshire

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Biography

Died March 25 1690 age 50 according to gravestone, but apparently a mistake for 1691 (will). [March 25th would have been in double year so both 1690 and 1691 are correct]

Samuel (2. I.), son of Elder William Wentworth is supposed to have been the eldest son, and to have been born about 1640. He was on the tax list in Dover, N.H. from 1659-1668 and was a juror there in 1669. He was given, 3 March 1670-1, at Portsmouth, N.H., "Libertie to entertain strangers and to sell & brew beare.: This license was renewed as late as 1677. On the 7th of October, 1678, "Samuel Wentworth, of Great Island, 1678, "Samuel Wentworth, of Great Island [now New Castle, N.H.]," sells his tavern stand to which "the sign of ye dolphin is now affixed." He was one of the selectmen of Portsmouth, N.H., in 1684, and foreman of the grand jury there in 1686.

In the "Point of Graves" burial-ground, at Portsmouth, N.H., there lies flat upon the ground, after the ancient custom, a slab of granite, from which can be read with difficulty the following items:

Samuel Wentworth Sr. died March ye 25th 1690 in the Fiftieth year of his age.

Daniel Wentworth died January ye 5th 1690 in ye 22nd year of his age.

Same year above, Hanna Wentworth, wife to Samuel Wentworth, jr., died February ye 21st, in the 24th year of her age.

The will of Samuel is among the Probate records at Exeter, N.H., dated 13 March, 1690-1 in which he describes himself as sick of the small-pox. He died of the disease. In the will he gave to his son Samuel the house and lands where on he (son Samuel) lived; to his wife Mary, half of his dwelling-house and one third of his movable estate, in fee simple; to his sons John and Ebenezer and daughters Mary and Dorothy, £80 each if there be sufficient and if more, the balance to Samuel. The overseers were Richard Martyn (who married his widow and Samuel Penhallow: witnesses, Richard Gerrish, Edward Melcher and Elisha Briard.

Lieut. William Fitzwilliam (988) Wentworth, of the British navy, son of Benning, Grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of Lieut.-Gov. John, sent the following from the old family record in England:

Samuel Wentworth born at Cochecho. He married, in 1664, Mary Benning, who was born at Tatmour High Cross, in London.

The widow of Samuel became, as early as 1691, the wife of Hon. Richard Martyn, one of the overseers named in her husband's will. He died in 1693, having no children by her.

The children of Samuel and Mary (Benning) Wentworth were:

1. Samuel, born 9 April 1666. Lived and died in Boston, aged about 70 [died about 1736]^[1]
2. Daniel, born 21 Oct 1669; died, unmarried, 5 January 1690 at Portsmouth^[1]
3. John (Lieut.-Gov), born 16 January 1671. Lived and died in Portsmouth, aged about 59.^[1]
4. Mary, born 5 January 1673; married 1st. Samuel Rymes, 2d Dr. John Clifton. lieve and died at Portsmouth, aged about 70 ^[1]
5. Ebenezer, born 9 April 1677 lived and died in Portsmouth, aged about 70^[1]
6. Dorothy, born 27 June 1680; married Henry Sherburne. lived and died at Portsmouth, aged about 74 ^[1]
7. Benning, born 28 June 1682 and died before his father's death ^[1]

^[2]

Name

Samuel Wentworth^[3]

Birth

16 JAN 1671^[4]

Occupation

Sea Captain^[4]

Residence

Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire^[4]

Death

12 DEC 1730^[4]

Burial

Point of Graves, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Wentworth: Page 67
2. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Volume 007 (1853) https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/2129/32608_234069-00136/178665
3. ↑ Roberts: Vol 1 - p75
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Wentworth: Page: 17
5. ↑ Find A Grave

• Brewster, Charles. Rambles About Portsmouth (Lewis W. Brewster, Portsmouth, 1873) Page 99: "He died of the small pox in 1690."
• Tibbetts, Charles W., ed. The New Hampshire Genealogical Record (Charles W. Tibbetts, Dover, N.H., 1903) Vol. 2, page 18
• Wentworth, Edward Norris, Jr. The Genalogy of Edward Norris Wentworth Junior (Chicago, Cook, Illinois, June 1928) Special Project Submitted in Courses in Community Life and Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicago
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Notable Kin (Carl Boyer, 3rd; Santa Clarita, California; 1998) Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Vol 1 - p75
• Wentworth, John, LL.D. The Wentworth Genealogy Comprising The Origin of the Name (Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, Mass, 1870) p. 62-67
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7348854