Wentworth, John (1671-1730)

Name:

Wentworth, John (1671-1730)

Title:

Justice, Court of Common Pleas, 1713-1718
Lt. Governor, Province of New Hampshire, 1717-1730

Born:

01/16/1671

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

1730

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Occupation:

Mariner, Merchant

Father:

Wentworth, Samuel (1641-1690)

Mother:

Wentworth, Mary Benning (1646/7-1724)

Relations:

Siblings:
Wentworth, Samuel (1666-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Daniel (1669-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Mary (1674-1744; b. Portsmouth; m. Samuel Rymes; children, including Christopher)
Wentworth, Ebenezer (1677-; b. Portsmouth)
Wentworth, Dorothy (1680-; b. Portsmouth; m. Henry Sherburne; res. Portsmouth; children)
Wentworth, Benning (b.1682, d.prior to 1690)
Parents: Mary Benning (1646/7-1724; b. Tatmour, London, England; d. Portsmouth, NH) and Samuel Wentworth (1641-1690; b. Rowley, MA; d. Portsmouth, NH); married 1664, Dover, NH
Grandparents: Elizabeth Kenney and William Wentworth
Great-grandparents: William Kenney; Susanna Carter and William Wentworth

Spouse:

Hunking, Sarah (1671/2-1741). Married Sarah Hunking (1671/2-1741), 1693, Kittery, Maine. Sarah was the daughter of Mark Hunking.

Children:

Wentworth, Benning (1696-1770; b. Portsmouth, NH; Governor; m1 Abigail Ruck; m2 Martha Hilton; 3 children, died young)
Wentworth, Hunking (1697-1784; b.d. Portsmouth, NH; m1. Elizabeth Wibird; m2. Elizabeth Keese; m3. Margaret Vaughan; children)
Wentworth, Hannah (1700-1769; m1. Samuel Plaisted; m2. Judge Theodore Atkinson)
Wentworth, Sarah (1701/2-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m1.__; m2. George Jaffrey II)
Wentworth, John (1702/3-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, William (1704/5-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Mary (1706/7-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Samuel (1707/8-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Mark Hunking (1708/9-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. Elizabeth Rindge, father of Gov. John)
Wentworth, Elizabeth (1709/10-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Rebecca (1711/12-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Ebenezer (1713/14-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, Daniel (1715/16-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Wentworth, George (1718/19-; b. Portsmouth, NH)

Notes:

SEE ALSO (in-law): Rindge, John
SEE ALSO (in-law): Packer, Ann Odiorne
SEE ALSO (sister): Sherburne, Dorothy Wentworth
SEE ALSO (brother-in-law): Sherburne, Henry
SEE ALSO (son): Wentworth, Hunking
SEE ALSO (son): Wentworth, Benning
SEE ALSO (son-in-law): Jaffrey, George
SEE ALSO (son-in-law): Atkinson, Theodore (IV)
SEE ALSO (daughter-in-law): Wentworth, Mary Mendum
SEE ALSO (nephew): Rymes, Christopher
SEE ALSO (grandson): Wentworth, John (Governor)
SEE ALSO (grandson): Wentworth, John (Major)
SEE ALSO (grandson): Atkinson, Theodore (Jr)

John Wentworth, The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. Volume I. (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown, And Company, 1878),