Wentworth, John (1720-1759)

Name:

Wentworth, John (1720-1759)

Title:

Esquire
Major -- attained rank while serving in the 1746 Canadian expedition

Other Names:

Esquire

Born:

1720-21

Died:

11/08/1759

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH (probably)

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Father:

Wentworth, Benning (1696-1770)

Mother:

Ruck, Abigail (1699-1755)

Relations:

Siblings:
Wentworth, Benning (c.1722; died young)
Wentworth, Foster (died young)
Cousins:
Wentworth, Sir John (1737-1820; 2nd Royal Governor)
Grandparents: Sarah Hunking and Lt. Gov. John Wentworth (1671-1730)
Great-grandparents: Mark Hunking; Mary Benning and Samuel Wentworth

Spouse:

(none)

Children:

(none)

Notes:

NOTE: Name, date of death, and age engraved on salver owned by Theodore Atkinson IV (1697-1779); Theodore was married to Hannah Wentworth, Benning's sister.
SEE ALSO (grandfather): Wentworth, John (Lieut.-Gov.)
SEE ALSO (father): Wentworth, Benning
SEE ALSO (father's 2nd wife): Wentworth, Martha
SEE ALSO (uncle): Wentworth, Hunking
SEE ALSO (uncle): Jaffrey, George
SEE ALSO (uncle): Atkinson, Theodore (IV)
SEE ALSO (aunt): Wentworth, Mary Mendum
SEE ALSO (cousin): Atkinson, Theodore (Jr)

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