My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Canney Kenney Knight
Birth PlaceRowley, Essex Co., MA
Death Dateaft 4 Apr 1697
Death PlaceDover, Strafford Co., NH
MotherElizabeth (~1620-1642)
Misc. Notes
Thrice captured and taken to Canada by the Indians.
Spouses
Birth Datebef 15 Mar 1616
Birth PlaceAlford, Lincolnshire, England
Memoalt date: 15 mar 1613
Death Date15 Mar 1697 Age: 81
Death PlaceDover, Strafford Co., NH
OccupationChurch elder, sawmill owner; founded Exeter, NH
FatherWilliam Wentworth I (1584-1689)
MotherSusannah Carter (1592-1620)
Misc. Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wentworth_(elder)
Immigrant: born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England and was baptized on March 15, 1615/16. It is not known exactly when he came to New England, but he was certainly here in 1636 and may have come as early as 1628. He married twice, the first time to Elizabeth Canney (or Kenney.) He died on March 15, 1696/97, the 81st anniversary of his christening.

He had another wife as well.

Info. supplied via e-mail 4/22/01 from Paul Wentworth Cook.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_family
Marr Date1650
Marr PlaceDover, Strafford Co., NH
ChildrenSamuel (1642-1690)
 John (1644-1690)
 Gershom (~1649-1731)
 Ezekiel (~1654-<1712)
 Elizabeth (~1653-~1704)
 Paul (1657-1750)
 Sylvanus (1659-~1689)
 Ephraim (~1663-1748)
 Sarah (1666-1706)
 Benjamin (1670-1728)
 Timothy (<1673-1719)
Last Modified 9 Apr 2014Created 12 Jun 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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