Sarah (Allen) Wentworth (1676 - 1770)

Born 9 Feb 1676 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1770 at age 94 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

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These are the wrong parents of Sarah (Allen) Wentworth. Both The Wentworth Genealogy and the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH [Noyes, Libby, Davis] have Sarah (Allen) Wentworth (1679-1770) as the daughter of Edward and Sarah Allen of Dover Neck, NH. [See p. 62 of the Genealogical Dictionary.]

Sarah was m. to Benjamin Wentworth about 1697 and had 12 children. Their oldest child, William, was b. 14 Aug 1698, and their youngest, Mark, was b. 30 May 1720. Benjamin Wentworth was drowned on 25 July 1728 -- "at 11 o'clock at night, going home from Dover Neck, he missed the boom and drove into the river." His wife Sarah was appointed administrator of his estate. In January 1756, she gave her age as 76 when she was deposed; Dover records show that she died on 12 July 1770, age 91. Her parents were EDWARD ALLEN Sr circa 1648 – after 1704 and SARAH KIMBALL c 1635 – 1690. Sarah (Allen) Wentworth was born 1679 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Her grandparents were Hope Allen Sr 1625 – 1677 and Rachel Knight 1626 – 1667 -and Richard Kimball 1595 – 1675 and Ursula Scott 1597 – 1675.

Mother of William Wentworth; Sarah Plummer; Tamsen Riggs; Benjamin Wentworth; Ebenezer Wentworth; Susannah Harford; Joseph Wentworth; Elizabeth Yeaton; Dorothy Wentworth; Martha Hayes; Abra Chadwick and Mark Wentworth

This is *NOT* the Sarah Allen daughter of John Allen and Mary Pike. She married to John Gordon (1670 – 1717). She was born 09 FEB 1676 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

About her father: Source: "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire" [Noyes, Libby, Davis], p. 62: EDWARD ALLEN, received from his father, Hope Allen (wife Rachel), of Boston, a large part of Portland [Maine], bought from Mr. Cleeve, and sold it to George Bramhall and Henry Kirke. Apparently came first to Berwick, and was fined in York Court, July 1673, for being absent from meeting, but soon settled on Dover Neck below Thompson's Point. Prison keeper, 1678, probably bookkeeper for Major Waldron. In 1703-1704. he visited Lynn to assist the widow about his brother Capt. Benjamin's estate. His wife, Sarah, died about 1720. Children: 3 sons and "several daughters"...

[Two of the sons are identified as Edward Jr., later of Nantucket, and Joseph of Dover. The daughters are identified as Rachel (Allen) Twombly, Sarah (Allen) Wentworth, Leah (Allen) Canney, and Mary (Allen) Pinkham. A third son, unidentified, "went to sea" and likely died there.]

http://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Allen/6000000001212768497?through=600000000083 4490210

to do - choice of two birth dates to resolve

Biography

Name

Sarah Allen^[1]

Birth

09 FEB 1676 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[1][2]

1679

Marriage

1697 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States^[1][2]

Husband: Benjamin Wentworth

Child: Ebenezer Wentworth

Child: Benjamin Wentworth

Death

12 JUL 1770 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA^[1][2]

1770

Massachusetts Births and Christenings:

Name Sarah Allin

Gender Female

Birth Date 09 Feb 1676

Birthplace Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Father's Name Jno. Allin

Mother's Name Mary (note: maiden name is PIKE)

Massachusetts Marriage Record:

Name John Gordon

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 23 Dec 1697

Event Place Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Gender Male

Spouse's Name Sarah Allen

Spouse's Gender Female

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Public Member Trees
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} OneWorldTree

• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) Vol. 1, Page 32
• OneWorldTree (The Generations Network, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA) Record for Benjamin Wentworth
• Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2006) Record for Ebenezer Wentworth & Benjamin Wentworth

Footnotes

• 1676 Massachusetts Birth Record: ["Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL1-4ZZ : 4 December 2014), Sarah Allin, 09 Feb 1676; citing Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, 8; FHL microfilm 877,468.]

• 1697 Massachusetts Marriage Record: ["Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN4-8VM : 13 July 2016), John Gordon and Sarah Allen, 23 Dec 1697; citing Marriage, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,105.]