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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Governor, Sir John Wentworth (1737-1820).
		Governor Wentworth, however, thought that he and his friends should just continue along with their outdated notion31 that the prerogative rights of the crown, as Wentworth represented, were not to be affected by the resolutions of the elected assembly.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.
		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.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/Wentworth.htm (12094 words)

	Royal Governor John Wentworth - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth II (1737-1820) was the second and last Royal governor of New Hampshire, 1767-1775.
		Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire (governor 1741-1767) also claimed these trees, however, and he invoked his power as Surveyor of the King's Woods in North America to cut these trees and to harvest them for New Hampshire.
		Wentworth served as Royal Governor of Novia Scotia 1792-1808.
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/glikeness/wentjohnroy.html (522 words)

	John Sullivan
		John Sullivan (1740-1795) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress.
		John was born in Sumersworth, New Hampshire on February 17 1740, the third son of the schoolmaster.
		He was sent by Durham to the colony's general assembly, and built a friendship with the royal governor John Wentworth.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/j/jo/john_sullivan.html (779 words)

	John Wentworth (governor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir John Wentworth (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution.
		Although he was born in Portsmouth, NH and was generally sympathetic to the colonists in their early disagreements with the crown, he remained loyal and was forced to leave in 1775.
		He later served as the royal governor of Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wentworth_(governor) (150 words)

	History of Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
		Governor's health; be this as it may, Wentworth fell into a lethargy and died on the 12th day of December, 1730, in the 59th year of age.
		Governor, united with the opposition, and thus it became so formidable as to be a source of disquiet to the Governor and his friends.
		John Goffe, Junior settled at the "Cohas," before or about the same time with his brothers-in-law, Lingfield and Kidder; probably in 1722, at which time he was married, and also was named in the Charter as one of the grantees of Londonderry.
	usgennet.org /usa/nh/county/hillsborough/manchester/book/chap10.html (4258 words)

	Joshua Wentworth House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in 1742, Joshua Wentworth was a grandson of Lt. Governor John Wentworth, nephew of Governor Benning Wentworth and cousin of New Hampshire's last royal governor, another John Wentworth.
		Governor Wentworth's idea was to create a country estate such as those he had seen in England among the landed gentry.
		When John Wentworth fled in a small boat from the back yard of his Portsmouth home in June 1775, the woodwork for his Wolfeboro house may still have lain in the shop where it was made.
	www.strawberybanke.org /museum/wentworth/wentworth.html (1040 words)

	Seacoast NH - Brewster's Ramble #19 - The Governor's Lady ">
		John Wentworth had many good traits of character, was liberal in his charities, and did much to benefit the town aud state.
		Lady Wentworth was distinguished in England for her beauty, was conspicuous at court, and one of the maids of honor to the Queen.
		John Wentworth was Governor of Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1800, and had a pension of L500 a year till his death, which occurred at Halifax in 1820.
	www.seacoastnh.com /brewster/19.html (1658 words)

	John Wentworth
		More directly, John wrote to Daniel Rindge in Portsmouth that the Stamp Act was "totally obnoxious" and clearly showed the previous administration's "ignorance of the Colonies." It is difficult to say how much influence Wentworth's opinion carried, but in the spring of 1766 the controversial act was repealed.
		Wentworth wanted to divide the province into five counties, thus sparing those living on the frontier the hardship of long trips to Portsmouth to conduct all their legal business.
		Wentworth felt it was the British government's prerogative to pass any acts, right or wrong, concerning the colonies, and he told the provincial Assembly it was their duty to declare "their Obedience to the Authority of Parliament in all Cases." As governor, his job was to uphold that authority.
	www.seacoastnh.com /framers/wentworth.html (1699 words)

	John Wentworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wentworth (1671-1730), colonial Lt.-Governor of New Hampshire
		John Wentworth (1737-1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
		John Wentworth (1768-1820), Attorney General of Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire lawyer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wentworth (115 words)

	History of Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
		This was the only time Governor Burnet came into New England forgetting into a quarrel with the General Court of Massachusetts about his salary, he died after a few months, it is said, of chagrin and disappointment at the opposition he had to encounter on the part of Massachusetts.
		Governor Wentworth, tended rather to increase the opposition to Belcher, and Mr.
		John Goffe, his father, was a member of Dr. Increase Mather's Church as early as 1676, and is said to have come to this country in 1662 or 63.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nh/county/hillsborough/manchester/book/chap10.html (4258 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: William Cottnam Tonge (1764-1832).
		Wentworth, on coming to Halifax to assume his position, was, it seems, to take an immediate dislike to Tonge.
		Margaret Ells was to observe that for "nearly six years there is no official indication of any quarrel between the governor and the naval officer."1 Tonge was an elected member of the Nova Scotia legislature and it was opposed to any move of the governor that smacked of being autocratic.
		There were to be great battles between the Governor and the legislature, and all the time -- it certainly appeared to be the case to Wentworth -- William Cottnam Tonge led the way in opposition.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1800-67/Tonge.htm (1130 words)

	Lt. Governor John Wentworth - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wentworth was a Massachusetts official, but he lived in New Hampshire and was responsible for administration of New Hampshire 1724-1728.
		Wentworth presented the border dispute as a struggle by "a poor little province" against a rapacious and arrogant Massachusetts.
		John Wentworth's portrait was painted by Joseph Blackburn in 1760, thirty years after Wentworth's death.
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/glikeness/wentjohn.html (260 words)

	John Wentworth (governor) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth (1737-1820) was the (The people of Great Britain) British colonial governor of (A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) New Hampshire at the time of the (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783) American Revolution.
		Although he was born in New Hampshire and was generally sympathetic to the colonists in their early disagreements with the crown, he remained (Click link for more info and facts about loyal) loyal and was forced to leave in 1775.
		He later served as the royal governor of (The Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns) Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/John_Wentworth_(governor).htm (194 words)

	A Little History Lesson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Governor Wentworth was one of the proprietors of Wolfeboro, owning several tracts of land just north of the lake which bears his name.
		A descendant of Elder William Brewster of Pilgrim fame, John Brewster, born in 1812, attended the Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro Academy in the fall of 1828 and later taught school at the age of 16 at Milton.
		John Brewster's Will also stipulated that the school must be non-sectarian and students must attend daily devotions and "divine services on Sunday." "Formation of character" was to be the aim of the school.
	www.theboros.com /w/history.html (6021 words)

	Wolfeboro in 1770 - library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth, born in Portsmouth in 1737, the son of merchant Mark Hunking Wentworth, was the last colonial governor of New Hampshire.
		John Wentworth gives notice that the General Court having empowered him to receive in demand 10,000 gallons of West India rum from the several towns in the state in lieu of other taxes, he is ready for it and requests delinquent towns to hand it over.
		Wentworth, who was still liked by the citizens of New Hampshire, remained in America for the next two years, apparently believing that the war would come to a peaceful conclusion.
	www.bowersandmerena.com /articles/article_view.chtml?universeid=494&artid=3676&type=1 (2191 words)

	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 (2096 words)

	UPNE \| Governor John Wentworth and the American Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth, the last royal governor of New Hampshire, is generally agreed to have been an able, honest, and forthright leader.
		As governor, he was deeply troubled by the growing rift between the colonies and Great Britain.
		Since Wentworth had worked closely with Rockingham, then head of the British government, to repeal the Stamp Act, he believed that a compromise with the colonies was possible.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~upne/1-58465-368-X.html (472 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir John Wentworth (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir John Wentworth 1737–1820, colonial governor of New Hampshire, b.
		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.
		While governor of New Hampshire, Wentworth granted (1769) Dartmouth College its charter and was a member of its original board of trustees.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WentwortJ.html (273 words)

	JOHN WENTWORTH, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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
		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.
		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.
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/history/dow/chap6/dow6_14.htm (512 words)

	Edward J. Cashin - 0820315826 - Alison Alexander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Governor Leroy Collins of Florida : Spokesman of the New South.
		Governor of Maryland a Constitutional Study John Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Fiftieth Series 1932 3.
		Governors ladies : the wives and mistresses of Van Diemens Land governors.
	www.howtowrite.net /171216governor_henry_ellis_transformation_british_north_america.html (127 words)

	History of every New Hampshire Town Every Link in Wolfeboro, NH
		Peg anted 1753 by Governor Benning Wentworth as Charles town, the surname of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles.
		Regranted as Fairfield by Governor John Wentworth, 1771.
		In 1851 the legislature authorized the governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of Conway was appointed to that office.
	www.wolfeboroonline.com /towninfo/statistics/nhtowns.html (6568 words)

	Vermont History: Benning Wentworth
		Son of John Wentworth (Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1717-30) and named for his paternal grandmother, Mary Benning.
		Starting with Bennington in 1749, Wentworth granted (read: sold) to speculators large tracts of land (towns) in what would become Vermont, despite claims on the territory by the Province of New York and a subsequent Royal Order to discontinue the activity.
		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 (592 words)

	Wentworth Family
		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.
		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.
	www.belmontnh.homestead.com /WentworthFamily.html (410 words)

	Josiah Bartlett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1767 he became the colonel of his county's militia and John Wentworth (governor)Governor John Wentworth appointed him justice of the peace.
		When the assembly appointed Bartlett and John Pickering as delegates to the Continental Congress/, he was forced to decline because had to attend to his family, but remained active in New Hampshire's affairs.
		In one of Governor Wentworth's last acts before being expelled from New Hampshire in 1775, he revoked Bartlett's commissions as Justice, Militia Colonel, and Assemblyman.
	www.infothis.com /find/Josiah_Bartlett (1470 words)

	The Historian: Governor John Wentworth and the American Revolu... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From the time he became governor of New Hampshire in 1767 to the time he was forced to leave the colony in 1775, Wentworth hoped to reconcile differences between the Crown and the colonies.
		Not unlike other royal governors in colonial America, Wentworth was troubled by the widening ideological rift between England and the colonies.
		What should be of considerable interest to students of the American Revolution is Wilderson's well-reasoned analysis of Wentworth's political ties to England, especially with the Marquis of Rockingham, and his role in the repeal of the Stamp Act and in the Massachusetts Circular Letter controversy.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:16990613&refid=ink_tptd_mag (497 words)

	Wildernet - Governor Wentworth Historic Site
		This location was once the summer estate of Royal Governor John Wentworth, the last of New Hampshire's Colonial Governors.
		John Wentworth was an instrumental figure in the birth of the College of Dartmouth, the establishment of New Hampshire's political regions and the initial network of roads across the state.
		Both sites rest on the glassy Lake Wentworth which is a 3,017 acre lake supporting a healthy population of smallmouth bass, white perch, pickerel, horned pout and rainbow trout.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaid=NHSPGW (585 words)

	The Pine Tree Riot
		There was little enforcement of the white pine laws until John Wentworth was appointed Governor in 1766.
		Wentworth liked Blodgett, so much in fact, that he made him a deputy surveyor.
		On April 13th, county sheriff, Benjamin Whiting of Hollis, who was very unpopular with the citizenry, and his deputy, John Quigley, set out to arrest Ebenezer Mudgett, owner of the Oil Mill in south Weare, and considered to be the leader of the group of lawbreakers refusing to pay the settlement.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/new_hampshire/66081 (489 words)

	Second College Grant History
		Governor Benning Wentworth promises Eleazar Wheelock 500 acres in the Hanover area if Wheelock would establish his school in England’s New Hampshire Province.
		Governor John Wentworth offers Wheelock a whole township if the school would be established in New Hampshire.
		Governor Wentworth grants the College the township of Landaff, expressing his desire to have the college in that township.
	dartmouth.edu /~doc/secondcollegegrant/history?... (1709 words)

	Sir John Wentworth plaque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wentworth could not avoid the decree of history and became one of the
		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 (278 words)

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