When Grace Wadsworth was born before 30 January 1759, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England, her father, Christopher Wadsworth, was 11756 and her mother, Ann Tatham, was 11756. She married Simon Whitaker on 19 November 1776, in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Wadsworth near Halifax, Yorkshire. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Wæddi (genitive Wæddes) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
History: William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT. — John Wadsworth (died 1787) was a fellow of Harvard College and is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. Peleg Wadsworth, born in Duxbury, MA, 1748, was a revolutionary war general and grandfather of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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