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	John Wentworth (Lieutenant-Governor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wentworth ( 1671 - 1730) was an early settler in New England who served as Lieutenant Governor for New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.
		John Wentworth was first appointed Lt. Governor late in 1717, but for several years had little function in the government.
		Before New Hampshire got its own Royal Governor in 1741, it was administered under the guidance of the Governor of Massachusetts, and John was the Lieutenant Governor for New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wentworth_(Lieutenant-Governor)

	Benning Wentworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the son of the John Wentworth who had been Lieutenant Governor.
		Benning Wentworth ( 1696 â“ 1770) was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from ( 1741 - 1766).
		Wentworth enriched himself by a clever scheme of selling land now in the state of Vermont to developers, in spite of jurisdictional claims for this region by the Colony of New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benning_Wentworth

	Lt. Governor John Wentworth - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors
		This portrait, of Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth (1671-1730), shows the man most responsible for getting the Crown to act on terms favorable to New Hampshire.
		John Wentworth's portrait was painted by Joseph Blackburn in 1760, thirty years after Wentworth's death.
		Wentworth was a Massachusetts official, but he lived in New Hampshire and was responsible for administration of New Hampshire 1724-1728.
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/glikeness/wentjohn.html

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Governor, Sir John Wentworth (1737-1820).
		It is to be remembered that John Parr was named the full Governor of Nova Scotia in 1782; and, I might say at this point was to continue on as the governor until his death in 1791, at which time John Wentworth, finally, was named as the governor of Nova Scotia.
		Governor Wentworth, however, thought that he and his friends should just continue along with their outdated notion 31 that the prerogative rights of the crown, as Wentworth represented, were not to be affected by the resolutions of the elected assembly.
		John Adams (1735-1826), one of Wentworth's class mates, leaves and Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is sworn in as President of the United States; Jefferson was to serve from 1801 to 1809.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/Wentworth.htm

	First Royal Governor Benning Wentworth - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors
		He was born (and died) at Portsmouth (NH), one of 14 children sired by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth (1671-1730) and his wife.
		John Wentworth had responsibility for the Province of New Hampshire (his portrait hangs in Room 207); his son Benning attended Harvard College (Class of 1715) and on his return to Portsmouth he entered the merchant aristocracy, shipping timber, livestock, and provisions to the plantation economies in the Caribbean.
		Benning Wentworth (1696-1770) was the first Royal Governor of New Hampshire, and he was Governor for 26 years (1741-1767).
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/glikeness/wentbenn.html

	William Wentworth
		From 1776 till 1780 he served in the legislature, and was appointed by Governor John Wentworth register of probate for Stratford county, which office he held until his death.
		Her portrait by John Singleton Copley is considered an "excellent likeness and a rare picture." The towns of Francestown, Deering, and Wentworth, New Hampshire, perpetuate her name.--Their son, CHARLES MARY, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1775; died in Hingsand, Devonport, England, in April, 1844, was long private secretary to the Earl of Fitzwilliam.
		Governor Wentworth owned a large farm in Wolfsborough, New Hampshire, on which he erected in 1773 a mansion 100 feet in length and 45 feet in width and out-buildings of a corresponding size.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamwentworth

	WHITE PINES FOR THE ROYAL NAVY
		John Wentworth was the last provincial governor of this State.
		During the quarter century Benning Wentworth served as Governor of New Hampshire under the appointment of King George II and George III, the resentment of the Colonies toward the policies of the Royal Government in England steadily increased.
		Benning Wentworth was far less interested in protecting trees for the Crown than holding them for himself and his fellow landowners, especially his brother, Mark H. Wentworth.
	www.nhssar.org /essays/Whtpines.html

	The Church of England in Nova Scotia and the Tory Clergy of the Revolution (1891)
		JOHN WENTWORTH, ESQ., of New Hampshire, afterward Sir John Wentworth, Bart., a surveyor of his majesty's woods and forests in North America, who had been lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, arrived at Halifax on Saturday, May 12, 1792, in H. frigate "Hussar," Rupert George, Esq., commander, after a five weeks' voyage from Falmouth, England.
		GENERAL SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, fifth son of John Campbell, of Melfort, and his wife Colina, daughter of John Campbell, of Auchalader, born in 1776, was lieutenant-governor, of Nova Scotia from 1833 till 1839.
		John Adams, as senior councillor, began to act as lieutenant governor.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/canada/ns/eaton/16.html

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy
		Wentworth became leader of the opposition, which included all the elected members, and it was not long before he was in conflict with Governor Sir George Gipps.
		Wentworth in letters to the governor and secretary of state allowed his strong feelings to run away with him, and to some extent defeated his own object by the extravagance of his language.
		Wentworth made a long speech in which he admitted there was force in the argument, and that he had been a partisan for the liberty of the press, for trial by jury, and for an elected house of legislature.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html

	As I Please - Nine Historic Wentworth Homes" Filesen Room
		This was the showplace of Mark Hunking Wentworth, brother to Benning and father to unlucky Governor John Wentworth.
		The first John Wentworth was technically under the thumb of the governor of Massachusetts, but his son Benning was not.
		All three governors Wentworth were born here, descended from Elder William Wentworth, a farmer who arrived from England in 1638, settling first in Exeter, then at Wells, Maine, and finally in Rollinsford, NH.
	www.seacoastnh.com /arts/please021003.html

	NH Lakes Region Real Estate: Adam Dow, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
		Temple was incorporated in 1768 in honor of John Temple, lieutenant governor under John Wentworth.
		Governor Wentworth's ancestor, Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford, was married to Arabella Holles, daughter of John Holles, Earl of Clare.
		Governor John Wentworth named the town in honor of his cousin, fourth Earl of Strafford and Baron of Raby Castle, in County Durham, England.
	www.adamdow.com /content/Hillsborough_County_Towns/230

	Dave McNeely - Star 10/03/01
		That’s because the lieutenant governor’s biggest powers aren’t outlined in the Texas Constitution, which simply says the lieutenant governor shall be president of the Senate.
		But with the Senate with 16 Republicans and 15 Democrats, no incumbent elected lieutenant governor, and the possibility of electing one who isn’t a member of the legislative club, the time might be ripe.
		Even though he could easily outspend Cornyn, a dithering Dewhurst now may have boxed himself into sticking with his earlier plan to run for lieutenant governor.
	www.fortbendstar.com /Archives/2001_4q/100301/mcneely100301.htm

	AllRefer.com - Sir John Wentworth (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir John Wentworth 1737–1820, colonial governor of New Hampshire, b.
		See L. Mayo, John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire, 1767–1775 (1921); W. Abbott, Conflicts with Oblivion (1924, repr.
		Portsmouth, N.H. On the forced resignation of his uncle, Benning Wentworth, he was commissioned (Aug., 1766) to succeed him both as governor of New Hampshire and as surveyor of the king's woods in North America.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WentwortJ.html

	EarlyChicagoHOME
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	The Church of England in Nova Scotia and the Tory Clergy of the Revolution (1891)
		RICHARD CUNNINGHAM, of Windsor, probably a son of John Cunningham, appointed Indian Superintendent by Governor Parr, married "at the seat of Sir John Wentworth" in Halifax, August 22, 1809, Sarah Apthorp Morton, eldest daugther of the Honorable Perez Morton, of Boston, and niece of Lady Wentworth.
		SIR JOHN WENTWORTH, BART., was governor of Nova Scotia from 1792 until 1808, and an ardent Churchman.
		JOHN BEDLE, of Staten Island, New York, was born in 1757.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/canada/ns/eaton/14.html

	Colonial Hall: Biography of John Wentworth, Jr.
		His uncle was Benning Wentworth, who held the gubernatorial office twenty-five years, and who himself was the son of a lieutenant-governor.
		John Wentworth was the descendant and relative of the Wentworths who so long held the highest offices in :New Hampshire.
		The delegates from New Hampshire in the Congress which adopted the Articles of Confederation were Josiah Bartlett and John Wentworth, Jun. We have already given a biography of the first named statesman.
	www.colonialhall.com /wentworth/wentworth.php

	Dalhousie University Library -- Thomas Raddall Selected Correspondence
		Sir John Wentworth (1737-1820) was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1792-1808.
		John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, a prolific novelist and writer, was Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
		John Parr (1725-1791), soldier and administrator, was governor of Nova Scotia from 1782 until his death.
	www.library.dal.ca /archives/trela/indexes/309grantmyre15sep60.htm

	JOHN WENTWORTH, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
		An act was passed and approved by the lieutenant-governor, by which the existence of that and of succeeding assemblies was limited to three years, the magistrate at the head of the government having power to dissolve the assembly sooner than that, if he should deem it expedient.
		John Redman Tho he hath been a Serviceable member of this house--Resolved--That according to his Request he be Dismissed." Capt. Joshua Wingate was chosen his successor.
		John Redman, a representative from Hampton, having resigned on account of age and feebleness, the House, "Considering the great age and Infirmness of the Said M
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/history/dow/chap6/dow6_14.htm

	Sir John Wentworth plaque
		John Wentworth II: the last Royal governor of New Hampshire
		Joshua Wentworth House...John Wentworth's Wolfeboro house was palatial
		Governor Wentworth: letter to the Earl of Dartmouth 20 December 1774
	www.newscotland1398.net /hfxrm/wentworthj.html

	Tasmanian Branch of the Thomas Family and related families - pafn104 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		In the mean time, in April 1795 Skinner had been promoted lieutenant-colonel and authorized to raise immediately a regiment of fencible infantry for service in North America only, similar to those already raised in Nova Scotia by Sir John WENTÂWORTH and in New Brunswick by Lieutenant GoverÂnor Thomas CARLETON.
		The governor of Newfoundland was also, by virtue of his commission, commander-in-chief of the troops on the island, and successive governors had upheld this position against the claims of the senior army officers in North America.
		The strict disciplinary measures taken by Brigadier-General John SKERRETT, who was placed in command of the garrison in 1799 over the head of Skinner, brought increasing disaffection, many desertions, and a plot to mutiny and assassinate Skinner and his officers.
	www.microbiology.adelaide.edu.au /cthomas/pafn104.htm

	nhfr
		Wentworth family rule hit its stride in 1717 when John Wentworth became lieutenant governor, continued through the twenty-five years that John's son Benning held the post of first
		Governor John Wentworth, New Hampshire was united with Massachusetts Bay.
		royal governor of New Hampshire, and ended in 1775 when Benning's nephew Governor John Wentworth, fled his post under pressure from the Revolutionaries.
	www.nhptv.org /kn/nh/nhera2.htm

	History of Fort Constitution - part 1
		Repairs were made in 1722 under Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth, and additional repairs and more guns were added in 1757 under Governor Benning Wentworth.
		The Royal Governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth, and his family sought refuge inside the fort.
		It was named for and by Colonel John de Barth Walbach, originally from Germany, who served in the French Imperial Army until joining the American Army in 1799 as a lieutenant of light dragoons, and was now second-in-command of all New England seacoast defenses.
	www.geocities.com /Fort_Constitution/history.html

	Early American Paintings
		Sarah’s mother was the daughter of the Boston merchant Samuel Wentworth (1708–1766) and the granddaughter of Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth (1671–1730), of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
		John Dunn likely shared Sarah Wentworth Morton’s interest in poetry, but the circumstances of their friendship and the reason they exchanged portraits are not known.
		Sarah Wentworth Morton was a poet whose published work of the 1790s received the praise of her contemporaries, who called her "the American Sappho" after the Greek lyric poetess.
	www.worcesterart.org /Collection/Early_American/Artists/stuart/sarah/discussion.html

	Vermont History: Benning Wentworth
		Son of John Wentworth (Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1717-30) and named for his paternal grandmother, Mary Benning.
		He loyally supported the Stamp Act of 1765; when the Assembly tried to send delegates to the Stamp Act Congress in New York to protest these oppressive new taxes, Wentworth exercised his power as Governor to dismiss the Assembly.
		Wentworth's "New Hampshire Grants" set the stage for a bitter struggle between "Yorkers" and settlers who, having bought land from the speculators, had endured the hardships of making a life in a wilderness.
	www.virtualvermont.com /history/bwentworth.html

	Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst Winning over Capital Insiders
		As the presiding officer in the Senate, the lieutenant governor arguably is the most powerful person in Texas government, with the ability to control the flow of legislation and name committee members.
		John Shields, the son-in-law of businessman tycoon "Red" McCombs, ran against Wentworth in the 2002 primary and lost, 51-49.
		Wentworth, lucky as a liberal Republican, drew a four-year term, and he faces voters again in 2006.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/861095/posts

	SeacoastTourism.com - The leading internet resource for tourism in the Seacoast New Hampshire and Southern Maine area.
		In 1717, John Wentworth became lieutenant governor of New Hampshire.
		John Wentworth II, nephew of Benning, like his uncle and grandfather before him, prayed at Queen's Chapel.
		This last royal governor is, in addition to falling victim to the Revolution, remembered for founding Dartmouth College, among many other things.
	www.seacoasttourism.com /landmarks.htm

	Some of the Books from Guidon Books Confederate Section
		Fowler, John D. Mountaineers in Gray: The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Utilizing an exhaustive exploration of primary source materials, Fowler creates a new model for future regimental histories - detailing the background of the men, motivation for enlistment and their socioeconomic background of this volunteer unit.
		General John H. Winder, C.S.A. Winder commanded Richmond and then was known as the "beast" of Andersonville Prison.
		At the same time, letters and diaries from the homefront reveal the courage and resourcefulness of the women who tended the wounded and managed their households in the heartland of the Confederacy.
	www.guidon.com /confed.html

	Wentworth Family
		After leaving New Hampshire in 1775, he was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia, and resided at Halifax, where he died April 8, 1820, aged 84.
		He was appointed Governor of New Hampshire, 1740, and was then in England.
		He continued Governor 25 years, a much longer term than any other Governor in New Hampshire, or even America.
	www.belmontnh.homestead.com /WentworthFamily.html

	CHESHIRE COUNTY NH - History and Genealogy
		Under regrant by the New Hampshire governor, the town was named Keene, in honor of Sir Benjamin Keene of England, an associate of Governor Wentworth in the Spanish West Indies trade.
		In January 24, 1763 Thomas Sumner, on hehalf of the proprietors, petitioned Gov. Benning Wentworth for a new charter of the town, which was granted and the name changed to Gilsum on 13 July 1763.
		John Prentiss, John W. Prentiss, Ira French Prouty M.D., Ira J. Prouty M.D., Augustus M. Rice, Archibald Robertson, James Robertson, Ebenezer Robertson, Noyes Robertson, C.F. Rowell, Barton Skinner and the Skinner family, Thomas Spaulding, Ashley Spaulding, John Symonds, Hon.
	www.nh.searchroots.com /cheshire.html

	New Hampshire - A history - Resources
		Chapter XVI-Administration of Samuel Shute, Governor, and George Vaughan and John Wentworth, Lieutenant-Governors, 1716-28
		Chapter XI-Administration of Samuel Allen, Governor, and John Usher and William Partridge, Lieutenant-Governors, and President John Hinckes
		Chapter XXXVIII-Administrations of Governors John H. Bartlett and Albert 0.
	broadviewbooks.com /toc/nhhist.htm

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