Isaac Wentworth

Male1737–18 February 1828

Brief Life History of Isaac

Isaac Wentworth was born in 1737, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States as the son of Ezekiel Wentworth and Dorothy Wentworth. He died on 18 February 1828, at the age of 91.

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Family Time Line

Ezekiel Wentworth
1710–1787
Dorothy Wentworth
–
Isaac Wentworth
1737–1828
Phineas Wentworth
1740–1828
Ephraim Wentworth
1746–1795
Phebe Wentworth
1746–

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    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 39

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 39

    New Hampshire is 9th state.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 49

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    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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