Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Wadsworth was born on 15 June 1765, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Wait Wadsworth, was 50 and his mother, Abigail Bradford, was 36. He died in 1786, in At Sea, at the age of 21.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Elisha Wadsworth, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elisha Wadsworth in entry for Julia A Wadsworth Thayer, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
Parents and Siblings
1714–1799 Male
1728–1768 Female
Siblings (15)
1749–1816 Female
1750–1824 Male
1751–1800 Male
1753–1820 Male
1754–1840 Male
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Name Meaning
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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