John Wentworth (Lieutenant Governor)

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John Wentworth

John Wentworth ( January 16, 1671 - December 12, 1730 ) was Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730 .

Life

He was a grandson of Elder William Wentworth (* 1615 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, † March 16, 1697 in Dover, New Hampshire ), an early settler in New England . William was a companion of Pastor John Wheelwright . He moved to Wells with Wheelwright ; when the latter went to England for Oliver Cromwell to take over power , William moved to Dover, where he was the ruling elder and often preached. When he died he left behind his wife, nine sons and a daughter.

In 1712 he was appointed a councilor for New Hampshire by Queen Anne , in 1713 he became a member of the Courts of Common Pleas and in 1717 Lieutenant Governor. Until New Hampshire received its own royal governor in 1741, the governors there were also responsible for the neighboring province of Massachusetts Bay , where they spent most of their time. As a result, the lieutenant governors wielded great power. As Lieutenant Governor, John Wentworth served in a lowly administrative position for several years. Then, in January 1723, Governor Samuel Shute suddenly returned to England and Wentworth took office in New Hampshire, ruling until Shute's replacement, William Burnet , arrived in 1728. He remained lieutenant governor until his death in 1730, reigning again between Burnets Death in 1729 and the arrival of Jonathan Belcher in 1730. During his tenure, he focused on the border dispute between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, maintaining contact with the centers of power in London, which finally led to the resolution of this dispute in 1740, well after Wentworth's death established the dynasty that ruled New Hampshire until independence .

family

On October 12, 1693, Wentworth married Sara Hunking. The couple had 13 children, three of whom (Samuel, Benning and Mark Hunking Wentworth) became known themselves. Benning Wentworth was New Hampshire's first directly appointed royal governor. Mark's son John was the last royal governor there.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Publications - A Guide to Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governors on Public Display at the Legislative Office Building and the State House Concord, New Hampshire, to 1998" http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/ wentjohn.html. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  2. ^ A b John Norris McClintock, Colony, province, state, 1623-1888: History of New Hampshire , (1889), page 174 from Google Books, accessed on August 27, 2010
  3. ^ A b The American Cyclopædia (1879), Wikisource
  4. ^ John Wentworth , Wentworth Genealogy: English and American , 1878, Issue 1, pages 178-183 Google books.
personal data
SURNAME Wentworth, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English lieutenant governor in America
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1671
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1730