The Portland daily press., 1895-02-09
AN OLD MAINE HERO.
Captain John Wentworth and His
Soldiers Of Two Wars.

Seven Years War and in the Capture of
Bureoyne-Old Muster Rolls of Interest
to Many Who are Looking up Their
Ancestry.
Among the men whom Maine should honor
IS Capt. John Wentworth, who was an
IGNORED member of nonored family. He
vas born in KIttery. Maine, February 20,
TS6, and was the son of Capt. William Went
WORTH His mother was Margary Pepperrell,
laughter of Andrew. and niece of Sir Will
Jam Pepperrell. and his grandfather was
Lieut.. GOV. John Wentworth OF Eew Hamp-
shire. He WAS a nephew Of Benning Went
worth, Governor of New Hampshire for
twenty-five years, and who MANI led Martha
Hilton. his housekeeper who is immortaIized
by Longfellow's poetic fiction Lady Went
WORTH" He was also cousin of Governor
John Wentworth, of New Hampshire. Capt.
John Wentworth, married frs. Hannah
Fernald, and second, Sarah Bartlett. who
survived him. She married, second, Capt.
Clement Jordan Of Cape Elizabeth. third,
Capt. Rildad Arnold. and fourth. Capt.
Nathaniel Evelith. both of New Gloucester,
Maine, She died in New Gloucester, Sep
tembergA2. 1927. aged 81 years.
= Cant. .Gohn Wentworth served in Cant.
Osgood's company and at the latter's death
he succeeded him as captain in Sir aWilliam
PepperreIE's "Regiment. under Brig. Gen.
j edediah PrebIe. o. ohm Wentworth is said
to have taken a part in the battle.of Quebec
in 1859, and helped to carry Gen. Wolfe to
the rock where heEdied after he was wound
ed. 80 80
The annexeAsroll for.service of his COM
pany most of the year 1850. the last year of
tbs stSeven Years War; and they were
probably at thetsurrender of the French at
Montreal that year. When this roll was
made John Wentworth was but twenty-five
years of age. After the closesofsthe war he
came home to kittery and remained few
years. In the settlement of his mothers
estate he had set off to him FAC acres of
land at CapelElizabeth and about 177o, he
with his wife. Sarah, moved there and lived
aear Broad Cor,e until the Revolutionary
War broke-outsS
OF course a sreteran could not remain
long out ofs+he service when his country
needed him. He entered the service and
served as captainsof company at Dorches-
ter Heights and Waterto Nn in l776. and
commanded Il company at Fort Hancock.
Cape EIizabet in May TIT. but soon after
and marched to reinforce Fort Ticonderoga,
taking part in the Saratoga campaign. He
was discharged at Fort Edward soon after.
He commanded company in Col. Gerrish's
Gegiment. guarding the prisoners of Bur-
soyne's army at Cambridge. Massachusetts.
&rom July l. to December %. IT'S. His son
Senning Wentworth served IN his company.
1nd his other sons, Andrew Pepperrell and
u ole f,,f bao
De returned to Cape Elizabeth, probably
on account of his health. and diedsthe1e June
9, 1881, at the early age of 45 years. He
did not live to see the end of the the war,
but he died with consciousness of having
done his duty to his country. Col. Mark +.
Wentworth, surveyor of Portland. is a great
grandson of Captain John Wentworth. The
following rolls are preserved i'll the Massa-
Lsetts Archives. The soldiers in these
companies have many descendants living
a Maine and elsewhere. of whom the writer
s one.
aOLL OF CAPT. JOHN WENTWoRTH's
COMPANY.
January 81, 1851.
Capt, John Wentworth, Kittery.
Lieut-Joshua Warren. Saco; Thomas
Moody. York.
Ensign-Thaddeus Trafton. York.
=. Sergt-Enoch Rutchins. Jr.. Kittery.
Sminor); Joseph Allen. York: John Crock
sr, Kittery: Ohas. Trafton. York.
Corp.-Thos. Pettegrew. Kittery; Philip
Stackpole, Berwick; EleaZer Ferguson. Jr.
Kittery; Samuel Grover, York.
Drummer-Jatfrey Jones. Kittery. tninor)
Privates-Enoch Hutchins, Kittery: John
WIZ F1,br i'm,
dead; Ephraim Croker. Kittery: Joshua
Ferguson. Kittery. (minor dead; John
Brown. Kittery; James Usin. Berwick;
Tobias Leighton Kittery. tminor); Moses
WEIGH. Jr.. York; Joseph Allen, il. York;
Matthew Young, York; iona Sergeant. Jr,
York, (minor) Joseph Hutchins. Jr.. Kit
terry, Abraham chapman. Kittery; Heltiah
Haley, Kittery; Moses Seavey. Jr.. Kittery.
homas Trip, Jr., kittery; Silas Hamilton,
Berwick. lminor) William Gowen, Kitetery
dead; Joseph Haley. Kittery; Daniel Paul
Kittery; John GrIndle. Lebanon; Moses
Bedford. Berwick; Henry Bedford, Ber-
wick. dead; Samuel Furbush. Kittery;
Joshua Fernald, Kittery. (minor) Daniel
Jones. Kittery; iona Plain. Kittery; Sam
uel Trip, York: Robert York, Lebanon:
John Chadborn, Kittery; hezekiah Clout-
ua4, A6O6uOus NIuiuOIJs W1lllan Fr6SSO0.
Kittery; Jos. Tren. K1ttery: David Wilson,
Kittery; Uriah Mason. Kittery; Ben jamin
Seavey, Arundel. Daniel Crosbe, York;
James CLARK, Berwick; Moses WEIGH, York;
Brian Davis, Kitrery; BENZ. Hartford, Leba-
non; Joshua Traftop. York; John Heaton.
York; Nathl Colin, Kittery; Curtis
Thompson York; Samuel Coaston, Berwick;
Abijah Stephens, Berwick; John Eernald,
kitteIy: Joseph Nooks. Berwick; Samuel
White, Berwick; Josiah Haley, Kittery;
Thomas Obrian, Kittery; James Oliver,
York. dead; Gideon Written, York.
(minor); Timothy Crowley. York; Gideon
Serigings. Kittery. (minor): Thomas Ser
igings, Kittery, jninor) Noah. Paul Kittery
(minorJ; lothian Trafton, York, (minon;
Eliphalet Marie, Kittery; Simon Grover,
York; John Yarmouth, Sommerset, dead
Solomon Tibbe5ts. Leabauon: Jonathan
Door. LeabanOn.
Travel Roll of Capt. John Wentworth's
Company in Col. Aaron Wizards Regi-
ment. Bennington, Vermont. June 16 l777.
Capt. John Wentworth. Cape Elizabeth.
Lieut. Winthrop Boston. North Yarmouth.