When Christopher Wentworth was born in 1533, his father, Thomas Wentworth, was 14 and his mother, Elizabeth Flinthill, was 26. He married Elisabeth Baxter about 1553. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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English:
habitational name from Wentworth in Yorkshire. The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Wintra + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
habitational name from Wentworth in Cambridgeshire, which has the same etymology as the placename in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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