Wentworth, John, Jr. (1745-1787)

Name:

Wentworth, John, Jr. (1745-1787)

Title:

Graduate, Harvard, 1768
Committee of Correspondence for Dover, 1774
Signer, original articles of confederation, 1778
Delegate, Continental Congress,1778, 1781
N.H. Congress

Other Names:

Hon. John Wentworth, Jr. / Col. John Wentworth

Born:

07/17/1745

Birthplace:

Somersworth, NH

Died:

01/10/1787

Death Location:

Dover, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH
Dover, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer

Father:

Wentworth, John (Judge)

Mother:

Wentworth, Joanna Gilman

Relations:

Grandson: John Wentworth, of Chicago (donor).
Siblings:
Wentworth, Paul
Wentworth, John B. (d.1869; m. Statira Goodwin; 9 children)
Wentworth, Paul R. (no children)
Wentworth, Abra (or Afra) (m. Durell)
Grandparents: Elizabeth Leighton and Benjamin Wentworth (of Dover; d.1725)
Great grandparents: Elizabeth and Ezekiel Wentworth

Spouse:

Frost, Margaret

Children:

7 children, all born in Dover, NH:
Wentworth, John (1772-1819; no children)
Wentworth, Margaret (1773-1801; no children)
Wentworth, Elizabeth (1774-1836; m. Hon. Daniel Durell; 8 children)
Wentworth, Joseph (1775-1798; no children)
Wentworth, Meshech Ware (1777-1799; no children)
Wentworth, Dorothy Frost (1779-1849; m. Hon John Harvey; 3 children)
Wentworth, Paul (1782-1855; m.Lydia Cogswell; 5 children)

Notes:

Born at house at Salmon Falls, built by his uncle Col. Paul Wentworth
Married 1771
Religion: Member, Congregational Church
Buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, NH
Chairs 1977.34.9.1-2: According to an early printed label, "this chair is one of eight that originally belonged to Hon. John Wentworth Jr." See Accession File for label which traces history of chair through several owners to its purchase in 1965 by John Wentworth of Chicago, a grandson of the original owner. The original owner, a Harvard graduate (1768) read law in Portsmouth before settling in Dover at the time of his marriage in 1771.
SEE ALSO (father): Wentworth, John (Judge)
SEE ALSO (wife): Wentworth, Margaret Frost
SEE ALSO (son): Wentworth, Paul
SEE ALSO (daughter-in-law): Wentworth, Lydia / Cogswell, Lydia
SEE ALSO (grandson): Wentworth, John (Chicago)
SEE ALSO (grandson): Wentworth, George W.