Wentworth is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 845 at the 2020 census, down from 911 at the 2010 census. The town...
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Wentworth Location is a township in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 28 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH-VT...
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Benning Wentworth (July 24, 1696 – October 14, 1770) was an American-born merchant and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New Hampshire from...
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New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730. He was a grandson of "Elder" William Wentworth (born at Alford, Lincolnshire, England, in 1615; died in Dover, New Hampshire...
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American Wentworths of New Hampshire are descended from Thomas' son Oliver. The Wentworth branch of Virginia and Maryland, and the Australian Wentworths, are...
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The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the colonial governor of the Province of New Hampshire...
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Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution...
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inhabitants joined the revolutionary cause. After Governor John Wentworth fled New Hampshire in August 1775, the inhabitants adopted a constitution in early...
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Wentworth was born in 1835 in Wakefield, New Hampshire, the youngest of eight children. He enrolled at Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) in Exeter, New Hampshire...
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Wentworth purchased a plot of land from his father Hopestill. His grandfather Richard is believed to be the first African American in New Hampshire to...
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