12 books found
by John Marshall Varnum
1906
The register is designed as an introduction to a biographical and genealogical dictionary, which shall comprehend concise sketches of distinguished individuals in the annals of New England. This work is intended to contain the names of a large portion of
"The accompanying map is a fac-simile, on a reduced scale, of that published by Smith in the first edition of his 'Description of New England (616)" -- volume 1, page 94, note 1.
Elder William Wentworth was living at Exeter, New Hampshire, by 1639, and at Wells, Maine, from 1642-1649. In 1649, he moved to Dover, New Hampshire, where he lived most of the rest of his life. He was the father of at least eleven children. He died at Dover ca. 1696/7. Descendants lived in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusettes, New York, Vermont, Illinois, and elsewhere.