Note: No burial record has been found for Samuel (the early records for this cemetery were lost), but he lived with his family in the part of Stoughton, Mass. that later became the town of Canton. All of his children with surviving grave markers are buried here, and one of his grandfathers has a surviving marker here. It is very reasonable that he is here as well, though it is uncertain whether he has a grave stone.
Samuel Wentworth was the son of Charles Wentworth and Bethiah Fenno of Stoughton, Mass. He m. (1) 19 Oct 1748 Hannah ENDICOTT. He m. (2) in Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 Sarah PUFFER, b. 1733, daughter of John Puffer Jr. and Abigail Vose.
Samuel was a drummer in Maj Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, and was Captain in a list of officers commissioned for the 4th regiment under Col Nathaniel Hatch in 1763. He served in the American Revolutionary War in 1779, 1780, and 1781, according to the Vose genealogy, but the Wentworth genealogy does not mention any Rev. War service.
Child with first wife:
* Mary, b. 7 April 1749, m. Stoughton 13 Oct 1768 Enoch LEONARD, b. Stoughton 19 April 1745, d. Westminster, MA 1808, the son of Walley Leonard and Meredith Lyon. They had eight known children.
Children with second wife, all born in the part of Stoughton that became Canton:
* Mehitable, b. 31 Dec 1753, d. 7 Oct 1824, m. 13 Aug 1772 James FADDEN.
* Bethia, b. Stoughton (rec. in Canton) 25 July 1755, m. James REED.
* Samuel, b. Stoughton 26 July 1757, apparently did not marry.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 22 Sep 1759 (VR), d. 5 Feb 1763
* Nathaniel, b. Stoughton 11 Nov 1761, m. Olive CAPEN.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 21 March 1764 (VR), d. 9 July 1816, m. c. 1789 his half-niece, Esther LEONARD, b. Canton (actually Stoughton) 6 Nov 1770, d. Canton 16 Feb 1862, daughter of Enoch Leonard and Mary Wentworth. Esther appears on both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses for Canton, living with her son Abel, and others who may have been boarders. They had three known surviving children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton.
* Rachel, b. 19 Jan 1766, d. 23 May 1780.
* Sarah, b. Stoughton (rec in Canton) 3 Nov 1767, m. John BILLINGS.
* Abigail, b. Stoughton 29 Oct 1769, m. Samuel BLACKMAN.
* John, b. Stoughton 5 Oct 1771, m. (1) Polly CRANE, m. (2) Canton, 1816 Elizabeth (WILBUR) Wetherell.
Samuel Wentworth was the son of Charles Wentworth and Bethiah Fenno of Stoughton, Mass. He m. (1) 19 Oct 1748 Hannah ENDICOTT. He m. (2) in Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 Sarah PUFFER, b. 1733, daughter of John Puffer Jr. and Abigail Vose.
Samuel was a drummer in Maj Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, and was Captain in a list of officers commissioned for the 4th regiment under Col Nathaniel Hatch in 1763. He served in the American Revolutionary War in 1779, 1780, and 1781, according to the Vose genealogy, but the Wentworth genealogy does not mention any Rev. War service.
Child with first wife:
* Mary, b. 7 April 1749, m. Stoughton 13 Oct 1768 Enoch LEONARD, b. Stoughton 19 April 1745, d. Westminster, MA 1808, the son of Walley Leonard and Meredith Lyon. They had eight known children.
Children with second wife, all born in the part of Stoughton that became Canton:
* Mehitable, b. 31 Dec 1753, d. 7 Oct 1824, m. 13 Aug 1772 James FADDEN.
* Bethia, b. Stoughton (rec. in Canton) 25 July 1755, m. James REED.
* Samuel, b. Stoughton 26 July 1757, apparently did not marry.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 22 Sep 1759 (VR), d. 5 Feb 1763
* Nathaniel, b. Stoughton 11 Nov 1761, m. Olive CAPEN.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 21 March 1764 (VR), d. 9 July 1816, m. c. 1789 his half-niece, Esther LEONARD, b. Canton (actually Stoughton) 6 Nov 1770, d. Canton 16 Feb 1862, daughter of Enoch Leonard and Mary Wentworth. Esther appears on both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses for Canton, living with her son Abel, and others who may have been boarders. They had three known surviving children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton.
* Rachel, b. 19 Jan 1766, d. 23 May 1780.
* Sarah, b. Stoughton (rec in Canton) 3 Nov 1767, m. John BILLINGS.
* Abigail, b. Stoughton 29 Oct 1769, m. Samuel BLACKMAN.
* John, b. Stoughton 5 Oct 1771, m. (1) Polly CRANE, m. (2) Canton, 1816 Elizabeth (WILBUR) Wetherell.
Note: No burial record has been found for Samuel (the early records for this cemetery were lost), but he lived with his family in the part of Stoughton, Mass. that later became the town of Canton. All of his children with surviving grave markers are buried here, and one of his grandfathers has a surviving marker here. It is very reasonable that he is here as well, though it is uncertain whether he has a grave stone.
Samuel Wentworth was the son of Charles Wentworth and Bethiah Fenno of Stoughton, Mass. He m. (1) 19 Oct 1748 Hannah ENDICOTT. He m. (2) in Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 Sarah PUFFER, b. 1733, daughter of John Puffer Jr. and Abigail Vose.
Samuel was a drummer in Maj Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, and was Captain in a list of officers commissioned for the 4th regiment under Col Nathaniel Hatch in 1763. He served in the American Revolutionary War in 1779, 1780, and 1781, according to the Vose genealogy, but the Wentworth genealogy does not mention any Rev. War service.
Child with first wife:
* Mary, b. 7 April 1749, m. Stoughton 13 Oct 1768 Enoch LEONARD, b. Stoughton 19 April 1745, d. Westminster, MA 1808, the son of Walley Leonard and Meredith Lyon. They had eight known children.
Children with second wife, all born in the part of Stoughton that became Canton:
* Mehitable, b. 31 Dec 1753, d. 7 Oct 1824, m. 13 Aug 1772 James FADDEN.
* Bethia, b. Stoughton (rec. in Canton) 25 July 1755, m. James REED.
* Samuel, b. Stoughton 26 July 1757, apparently did not marry.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 22 Sep 1759 (VR), d. 5 Feb 1763
* Nathaniel, b. Stoughton 11 Nov 1761, m. Olive CAPEN.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 21 March 1764 (VR), d. 9 July 1816, m. c. 1789 his half-niece, Esther LEONARD, b. Canton (actually Stoughton) 6 Nov 1770, d. Canton 16 Feb 1862, daughter of Enoch Leonard and Mary Wentworth. Esther appears on both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses for Canton, living with her son Abel, and others who may have been boarders. They had three known surviving children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton.
* Rachel, b. 19 Jan 1766, d. 23 May 1780.
* Sarah, b. Stoughton (rec in Canton) 3 Nov 1767, m. John BILLINGS.
* Abigail, b. Stoughton 29 Oct 1769, m. Samuel BLACKMAN.
* John, b. Stoughton 5 Oct 1771, m. (1) Polly CRANE, m. (2) Canton, 1816 Elizabeth (WILBUR) Wetherell.
Samuel Wentworth was the son of Charles Wentworth and Bethiah Fenno of Stoughton, Mass. He m. (1) 19 Oct 1748 Hannah ENDICOTT. He m. (2) in Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 Sarah PUFFER, b. 1733, daughter of John Puffer Jr. and Abigail Vose.
Samuel was a drummer in Maj Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, and was Captain in a list of officers commissioned for the 4th regiment under Col Nathaniel Hatch in 1763. He served in the American Revolutionary War in 1779, 1780, and 1781, according to the Vose genealogy, but the Wentworth genealogy does not mention any Rev. War service.
Child with first wife:
* Mary, b. 7 April 1749, m. Stoughton 13 Oct 1768 Enoch LEONARD, b. Stoughton 19 April 1745, d. Westminster, MA 1808, the son of Walley Leonard and Meredith Lyon. They had eight known children.
Children with second wife, all born in the part of Stoughton that became Canton:
* Mehitable, b. 31 Dec 1753, d. 7 Oct 1824, m. 13 Aug 1772 James FADDEN.
* Bethia, b. Stoughton (rec. in Canton) 25 July 1755, m. James REED.
* Samuel, b. Stoughton 26 July 1757, apparently did not marry.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 22 Sep 1759 (VR), d. 5 Feb 1763
* Nathaniel, b. Stoughton 11 Nov 1761, m. Olive CAPEN.
* Abel, b. Stoughton 21 March 1764 (VR), d. 9 July 1816, m. c. 1789 his half-niece, Esther LEONARD, b. Canton (actually Stoughton) 6 Nov 1770, d. Canton 16 Feb 1862, daughter of Enoch Leonard and Mary Wentworth. Esther appears on both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses for Canton, living with her son Abel, and others who may have been boarders. They had three known surviving children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton.
* Rachel, b. 19 Jan 1766, d. 23 May 1780.
* Sarah, b. Stoughton (rec in Canton) 3 Nov 1767, m. John BILLINGS.
* Abigail, b. Stoughton 29 Oct 1769, m. Samuel BLACKMAN.
* John, b. Stoughton 5 Oct 1771, m. (1) Polly CRANE, m. (2) Canton, 1816 Elizabeth (WILBUR) Wetherell.
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