Benning Wentworth

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Benning Wentworth was an 18th-century colonial governor of New Hampshire known for issuing numerous land grants that shaped settlement in New England.

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Benning Wentworth canonical 8
William Benning Wentworth 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governor ⓘ
person ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy King George II of Great Britain ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom royal commission from the British Crown ⓘ
birthDate 1696-07-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
burialPlace Point of Graves Burial Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire ⓘ
conflict boundary disputes between New Hampshire and New York ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1770-10-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
education Harvard College (attended) ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
endTime 1766 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Wentworth ⓘ
father John Wentworth (lieutenant governor of New Hampshire) ⓘ
givenName Benning ⓘ
grantedLandIn Coos region of New Hampshire ⓘ
New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ
heritage English-American ⓘ
historicalRegion British America ⓘ
influenced early settlement of Vermont ⓘ
knownFor land speculation and patronage ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalFaction British colonial administration ⓘ
monarchDuringReign George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of Great Britain ⓘ
notableFor issuing numerous land grants in New Hampshire and Vermont ⓘ
issuing the New Hampshire Grants in territory later part of Vermont ⓘ
shaping settlement patterns in northern New England ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
owned Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion ⓘ
participatedIn administration of the Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
politicalRegion Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of the Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
predecessor Jonathan Belcher ⓘ
relative John Wentworth (nephew, later royal governor of New Hampshire) ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Little Harbor, New Hampshire ⓘ
linked to: Rye Beach

Portsmouth, New Hampshire ⓘ
signature Benning Wentworth signature ⓘ
spouse Abigail Ruck ⓘ
Martha Hilton ⓘ
startTime 1741 ⓘ
successor John Wentworth (royal governor of New Hampshire) ⓘ

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Hanover, New Hampshire → charteredBy → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Bennington, Vermont → namedAfter → William Benning Wentworth ⓘ
linked to: Benning Wentworth
Benning → hasNotableBearer → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Martha Hilton → spouse → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion → formerResident → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion → namedAfter → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion → associatedPerson → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
Abigail Ruck → spouse → Benning Wentworth ⓘ
New Hampshire Grants → grantedBy → Benning Wentworth ⓘ