Sir
John
Wentworth
Bt
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Husband of
Frances Deering Wentworth
— married
about 1771 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 82
in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Preceded by John Parr |
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1792 - 1808 |
Succeeded by Lieut. Gen. Sir George Prevost |
Biography
John Wentworth Bt is Notable.
John Wentworth was born on August 9, 1737 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, son of Mark Hunking (1709– ) and Elizabeth Rindge (1717–1794).
John was the nephew of former Governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. John earned a B,A. in 1755 & a M.A. in 1758 while at Harvard - Married his cousin, Frances Deering and named two New Hampshire towns after her (Deering & Francestown). Last colonial Governor of New Hampshire. The Wentworths were forced to flee when the revolutionaries pointed a cannon at their front door - they sailed to England and then back to Halifax, Nova Scotia where John was eventually named Lt. Governor.
In 1767 he replaced his uncle as New Hampshire Governor just before the American Revolution. By May 1775 he left New Hampshire on the "Scarborough" for safety with the British. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Page 294-297 "Essays on the American Revolution" edited by Stephen G Kurtz and James H Hutson, published by the Inst for Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA...W W Norton and Co, NY 1973. Call #E208 E83.
- Judith Fingard, “WENTWORTH, Sir JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 8, 2014, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/wentworth_john_1737_1820_5E.html.
- "Lieutenant Governors of the Colony of Nova Scotia 1786-1867." Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. January 1, 2014. Accessed November 8, 2014. http://lt.gov.ns.ca/history/lieutenant-governors-colony-nova-scotia-1786-1867.
- New England Historical Society.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Wentworth,_1st_Baronet
- Book: Wentworth, John, 1815-1888, The Wentworth genealogy : English and American
Boston : Little, Brown & Co; 1878; page: 318
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From a biography perspective one interesting thing about him is that he and John Adams were close friends. He also had a bastard son.