Susan Wentworth

Brief Life History of Susan

When Susan Wentworth was born on 29 April 1793, in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Lemuel Wentworth, was 38 and her mother, Susannah Whittemore, was 28. She married Daniel Hilt on 13 November 1823. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Hope, Waldo, Maine, United States in 1850. She died on 2 January 1871, in Hope, Knox, Maine, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hope, Knox, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Hilt
1795–1869
Susan Wentworth
1793–1871
Marriage: 13 November 1823
Jesse Wentworth Hilt
1824–1899
Lucy Ann Hilt
1826–1897
Susan Fidelia Hilt
1829–1899
Mary Angenett Hilt
1832–1911

Sources (12)

  • Susan Hill in household of Jesse W Hill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Susan Wentworth, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Susan Hilt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1804

Historical Boundaries: 1804: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States 1860: Knox, Maine, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

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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