John Wentworth (lieutenant governor, born 1671)
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John Wentworth | |
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Lieutenant governor of New Hampshire | |
In office 1717–1730 | |
Monarchs | George I (1717–1727) George II (1727–1730) |
Preceded by | George Vaughan |
Succeeded by | David Dunbar |
Personal details | |
Born | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | January 16, 1671
Died | December 12, 1730 Portsmouth, New Hampshire | (aged 59)
Spouse | Sarah Hunking |
Children | 14, including Benning |
Parent(s) | Samuel Wentworth Mary Benning |
Occupation | Sea captain, merchant, judge, politician, colonial administrator |
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John Wentworth (January 16, 1671 – December 12, 1730) was an American sea captain, merchant, judge, politician and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.[1][2]
Early life
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He was a grandson of "Elder" William Wentworth (born at Alford, Lincolnshire, England, in 1615; died in Dover, New Hampshire, March 16, 1697),[1] an early settler in New England. William was a follower of the Rev. John Wheelwright. With him and 33 others, William signed, August 4, 1639, “A Combination for a Government at Exeter, N. H.” William moved to Wells, Maine, with Wheelwright; and when the latter went to England on the accession of Oliver Cromwell to power, William moved to Dover, where he was a ruling elder and often preached. On his death, he left a widow, nine sons, and one daughter.[3]
Political career
John Wentworth was raised to be a sea captain. In 1712 he was appointed by Queen Anne a councillor for New Hampshire; in 1713 he became a justice of the common pleas, and late in 1717 lieutenant governor.
Family
On October 12, 1693 Wentworth married Sara Hunking. The couple had thirteen children, three of whom (Samuel, Benning, and Mark Hunking Wentworth) would become prominent themselves. Benning Wentworth was later the first directly appointed royal governor of New Hampshire. Mark's son in his turn would also become the last royal governor, Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet.
References
- ^ a b John Norris McClintock, Colony, province, state, 1623-1888: History of New Hampshire, (1889), p. 174 at: Google Books accessed August 27, 2010
- ^ "Publications - A Guide to Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governors on Public Display at the Legislative Office Building and the State House Concord, New Hampshire, to 1998" http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/wentjohn.html accessed June 25, 2010.
- ^ The American Cyclopædia.
- ^ John Wentworth, Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, 1878, vol. 1, pp.178-183 as found at Google books.