Ebenezer Wentworth (1683 - abt. 1760)

Born 18 Jun 1683 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Died about 1760 at about age 76 in Hinsdale, Hinsdale, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

RESEARCH NOTE: 21Aug2022 Carl Wentworth (Wentworth-702) Beginning a family at age 56 is not biologically impossible, nor is fathering children in one's 70s. Both are known to have occurred. So the record should not be rejected just for that reason. The seven children attributed to son Ebenezer (1741-1813) (Wentworth, 1878) are completely different than those attributed to Ebenezer (1683-1760). The more interesting question about Ebenezer's marriage in 1735 is whether it is his first marriage. He was born in Rowley MA, north of Boston, and next is located in Norwich CT in 1741 at the birth of his second child Ebenezer (with Ann Haskins) when he was 58. His move from Rowley to Norwich could well have been associated with the similar move of his father Paul (~1655-1750) from Rowley to New London in 1707, when Ebenezer was 24. That would have Ebenezer in the New London area for 32 years before the birth of his first child Daniel (d. 1743) with Ann Haskins in 1739. The further puzzle is explaining Ebenezer's presence in Norwich CT to buy land in 1757 and his death in Hinsdale MA three years later, while all his children seem to have remained in CT, except perhaps his son Ebenezer, who was 16 in 1757 and also died in Hinsdale (1813). Apparently Ebenezer left his wife and family behind, including son Daniel (then 3). Although Daniel also ends up in Hinsdale, he is considered the Daniel who, at age 18, with nine other Wentworth men, enlisted in Asahel Smith’s militia company from Stoughton MA and marched on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775. It appears that someone raised Daniel (presumably his mother) in CT and that by 1775 he had moved to Stoughton, nearly in MA, where there were numerous Wentworth families.

RESEARCH NOTE: It is very likely that the wife and children attributed to this Ebenezer are actually those of his son, Ebenezer Jr., (Wentworth-1606) whose records are imperfect. He is clearly the wrong age to be starting a first family at the age of 53, with their births continuing until he is nearly 80. _____

Ebenezer (40. IV.), son of Paul and Catherine Wentworth, born 18 June 1683. He bought of Ephraim Kingsbury one acre of land on Middle Hill, then in Norwich, now in Franklin, Conn., 24 October 1743. He bough of John Gager, 25 January 1750/1, land adjoining the above. He was living in Mansfield, Conn., 13 April 1753. He bought land in Coventry, Conn., in 1757, and sold it soon after. He died about 1760, but at what place is unknown. His wife was Ann Haskin, of Norwich, Conn., whom he married 1 June 1735.

Son of Paul Wentworth and Katherine. His birth is recorded in Norwich CT, which indicates the family traveled there at some time and the children's names were recorded together. It does not indicate where he was born. The baptisms of all the children of Paul Wentworth are recorded in Rowley MA.

Death

1760

Hinsdale,,Massachusetts,USA^[1]

The births of Paul's children were al recorded at one tome -- sometime between 1718 and 1721. There is an evident error somewhere in the dates given to the first two children, but the record reads as follows:

1. 37. William, born 25 December 1680 [184]
2. 38. Sylvanus born 28 February 1681 [185]
3. 39. Paul born 10 May 1682 [187]
4. 40. Ebenezer born 18 June 1683 [191]
5. 41. Martha born 9 February 1684/5; married in Kittery, Maine, Samuel Lord [198]
6. 42 Mercy born 18 July 1868; baptized in Rowley Mass, May 1697; Married 5 April 1707 John Chapman of Rowley. Nothing more is known.
7. 43 Aaron born 1 January 1687 [204]
8. 44 Moses born 17 April 1689, baptized May 1697, Nothing found of him afterwards.
9. 45 Mary born 25 Dec 1692; married Joseph Chapman of Rowley
10. 46 Katherine born 28 July 1694; married Daniel Chapman [221]
11. 47 Sarah born 8 April 1697. Married Colen Ffresior [232]
12. 48 Benjamin born 28 December 1698 [234]
13. 49 Edward born 20 June 1700 [241]^[2]

Ebenezer (40. IV.), son of Paul and Catherine Wentworth, born 18 June 1683. He bought of Ephraim Kingsbury one acre of land on Middle Hill, then in Norwich, now in Franklin, Conn., 24 October 1743. He bough of John Gager, 25 January 1750/1, land adjoining the above. He was living in Mansfield, Conn., 13 April 1753. He bought land in Coventry, Conn., in 1757, and sold it soon after. He died about 1760, but at what place is unknown. His wife was Ann Haskin, of Norwich, Conn., whom he married 1 June 1735.

Ebenezer and Ann (Haskin) Wentworth had children:

1. 192. Daniel, born 5 March 1739, died 5 December 1743
2. 193. Ebenezer, born 26 June 1741. [586]
3. 194. Ezekiel, born 20 June 1743 [593]
4. 195. Mehitable, born 26 December 1745; married 26 August 1755, John Hewett, and had 1. Roger Hewett, born 4 May 1756. 2. John Hewett, born 23 February 1758.
5. 196. Anna, born 21 May 1748
6. 197. Dorcas, born 7 October 1751
7. 198. Daniel, born about 1757 [595] ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2114937774 Note:
2. ↑ "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. pg 79-80
3. ↑ "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. pg 138-139

• Norwich CT vital records
• Primary Source, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Data Summary:

1. ) Rowley, Mass. Church Records; page 28: Baptism records for the children of Paul Wentworth, May 10, 1697 (all ten baptized on the same date):
   1. ) Sylvanus Wentworth
   2. ) Paul Wentworth
   3. ) Ebenezer Wentworth
   4. ) Aaron Wentworth
   5. ) Moses Wentworth
   6. ) Martha Wentworth
   7. ) Mercy Wentworth
   8. ) Mary Wentworth
   9. ) Catherine Wentworth
   10. ) Sarah Wentworth