Rachel
Wentworth
Born in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Wentworth I
and Rachael (York) Wentworth
Sister of
Joseph Wentworth II
Wife of
Benjamin Wentworth
— married
1755 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Silas Wentworth, Sally (Wentworth) Carpenter, Benjamin Wentworth, Deborah (Wentworth) Lowd, Stimpson Wentworth, Lydia (Wentworth) Furbush, Tamsen (Wentworth) Fall and Rachel (Wentworth) Knox
Died
at about age 81
in Lebanon, York, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jul 2013
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Biography
Rachel Wentworth was born in 1737, the daughter of Joseph Wentworth and Rachael York.[1]
She married her first cousin, Benjamin Wentworth.[1] They lived in Somersworth, New Hampshire before moving to Lebanon, Maine. They had the following children:[2]
- Silas, b. 1 Mar 1756
- Sally, b. 28 Feb 1758; m. Thomas Carpenter
- Benjamin, b. 19 Feb 1762, in Somersworth, New Hampshire
- Deborah, b. 19 Apr 1765; m. Solomon Lord/Lowd
- Stimpson, b. 25 Sep 1767
- Lydia, b. 6 Nov 1771; m. Daniel Furbish
- Tamsen, b. about 1773; m. George Fall
- Rachel, b. Aug 1779; m. Henry Knox
She died on February 15, 1818, in Lebanon, Maine.[3]
Sources
- Wentworth, John. The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American (Little, Brown, & Co.. Boston, Mass. 1878) Vol. 1, Page 278, Pages 468-477
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Drew Armstrong for creating WikiTree profile Wentworth-688 through the import of AWAancestors.ged on Jul 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Drew and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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