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Alford (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
Dover, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16,ist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
John Wheelwright (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
William Wentworth (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
1697 AD (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
March 16th, 1697 AD (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
1636 AD (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
1615 AD (search for this): entry wentworth-william
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. Hist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
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