Ebenezer
Wentworth
Born in Province of New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Son of John Wentworth
and Sarah (Hunking) Wentworth
Brother of
Benning Wentworth, Hunking Wentworth, Hannah (Wentworth) Atkinson, Sarah (Wentworth) Jeffrey, John Wentworth, William Wentworth, Mary (Wentworth) Steele, Samuel Wentworth, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Elizabeth (Wentworth) Underwood, Rebecca (Wentworth) Packer, Daniel Wentworth and George Wentworth
Husband of
Mary (Mendum) Wentworth
— married
4 Dec 1746 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Father of
Rebecca Wentworth
Died
at about age 40
in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jan 2017
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Biography
Ebenezer Wentworth was born on August 1, 1714 in Province of New Hampshire, son of John Wentworth (1671–1730) and Sarah Hunking (~1673–1741).
Ebenezer was a merchant at Portsmouth. He was educated a physician, but in his Will called himself "shopkeeper".
He married, on 4 December 1746, Mary Mendum, daughter of Nathaniel and Frances (Lyde) Mendum, born 18 June 1723. (This Nathaniel Mendum was born 2 April 1690; married, in January 1712, Frances Lloyd, who was born 28 September 1690; he died 30 August 1771). Mrs. Wentworth died 13 June 1755, aged 32.
Their only child was Rebecca who married her cousin George, son of Daniel Wentworth.[1]
Ebenezer died in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire on 3 February 1757.
Sources
- ↑ * Marriage: "New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947"
New England Historical Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5241 #15869319 (accessed 16 April 2024)
Ebenezer Wentworth marriage to Mary Wentworth.
- Book: Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fitz-Gilbert), 1833-1913; New England Historic Genealogical Society, The New England historical and genealogical register
Boston : The Society; 1850; page: 337
Internet Archive (accessed 16 April 2024) - Book: Wentworth, John, 1815-1888, The Wentworth genealogy : English and American
Boston : Little, Brown & Co; 1878; page: 182
Internet Archive (accessed 16 April 2024)
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