Wentworth, Paul (1782-1855)

Name:

Wentworth, Paul (1782-1855)

Title:

Postmaster
Representative in Legislature, 1832-34, 1839-41

Born:

1782

Birthplace:

Dover, NH

Died:

08/31/1855

Death Location:

Sandwich, NH

Residence:

Dover, NH
Sandwich, NH, settled in 1812
Concord, NH, 1844

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Merchant at Dover Landing

Father:

Wentworth, John, Jr. (1745-1787)

Mother:

Wentworth, Margaret Frost (1747-)

Relations:

Descended from Ezekiel Wentworth, son of William the Immigrant

Spouse:

Cogswell, Lydia (1793-1872)

Children:

9 children:
Wentworth, John (b.1815; Chicago; m. Roxanna Marie Loomis, 1 dau. Roxanna)
Wentworth, Lydia Cogswell (1816-1855; m. Rev. Samuel Lee, children)
Wentworth, Joseph (b.1818; children: Paul, Moses, Sarah C.)
Wentworth, George W. (d. young)
Wentworth, Mary Frances (1822-)
Wentworth, Margaret Jane (1825-77;m. David L. Morril, son of N.H. Gov. Morrill; 4 children)
Wentworth, Abigail Cogswell (1827-8)
Wentworth, William B. (1830; d. young)
Wentworth, Samuel Hidden (b.1834)

Notes:

Buried in Concord, NH
Religion: Member, Congregational Church
Paul Wentworth was 5 when his father (John Wentworth Jr.) died. Paul went to live with his father's brother, Thomas Millet Wentworth, in Lebanon, ME.
Portrait of Paul Wentworth, 1838.2.1.
SEE ALSO (wife): Cogswell, Lydia / Wentworth, Lydia
SEE ALSO (father): Wentworth, John, Jr.
SEE ALSO (mother): Wentworth, Margaret Frost
SEE ALSO (father-in-law): Morrill, David Lawrence (Gov)
SEE ALSO (son): Wentworth, John (Chicago)
SEE ALSO (son): Wentworth, George W.
SEE ALSO (son-in-law): Morrill, David Lawrence (2)