The members of the Wentworth family of both the U.S. and Australia, as listed below, are descended from Thomas Wentworth[clarification needed] and Jane, the daughter of Sir Oliver Mirfield. Sir Oliver died about 1522. The American Wentworths of New Hampshire are descended from Thomas' son Oliver.[1][2] The Wentworth branch of Virginia and Maryland, and the Australian Wentworths, are descended from another son Roger.[3][4] The Wentworth family, along with the Arden family, the Berkeley family, the Swinton family, and the Grindlay family, is descended in the male line from pre-Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon roots.[5][6][7][8]

Wentworth
Place of originEngland
MottoEn Dieu est tout
(French for 'In God is all')

United States

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The Wentworth family was a prominent American political family, mostly based in the British colonies and later U.S. states of New Hampshire, Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prominent members of the family include:

Australia

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References

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  1. ^ THE WENTWORTH GENEALOGY: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN, By JOHN WENTWORTH LL.D., of CHICAGO, Ill. IN THREE VOLUMES: LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY,1878: VOLUME I, p.XVI, Wentworth, John (1878), Retrieved 17 March 2017
  2. ^ Cutter, William Richard Genealogical and Personal Memoirs: Relating to the Families of Boston and Massachusetts By William Richard Cutter prepared under the Historical supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M. reprinted for Clearfield Company 1908: p.492-496 Retrieved 20 March 2017
  3. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry 2 vols: John Bernard Burke and Ashworth P. Burke: 1891: Wentworth of Vaucluse, pp.95-97 Retrieved 17 March 2017
  4. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry 2 vols: John Bernard Burke and Ashworth P. Burke: 1891: Wentworth of Vaucluse, pp.95-97 Retrieved 7 September 2018
  5. ^ Cutter, William Richard Genealogical and Personal Memoirs: Relating to the Families of Boston and Massachusetts By William Richard Cutter prepared under the Historical supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M. reprinted for Clearfield Company 1908: p.492-496 Retrieved 25 June 2017
  6. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical & Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 1
  7. ^ Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins (1908). Genealogy of the Greenlee Families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England. Privately Printed.
  8. ^ Sir Bernard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry: Vol.I: Wentworth of Vaucluse: pp.95-97
  9. ^ Ritchie, John (1997). The Wentworths: Father and Son. The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84751-X pp 2-3. Ritchie says South Elmsall; it should be North Elmsall.
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