The members of the Wentworth family of both the U.S.A and Australia, as listed below, are descended from Thomas Wentworth 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. The Wentworth branch of Virginia and Maryland, and the Australian Wentworths, are descended from another son Roger. The Wentworth family, along with the Arden family, the Berkeley family and the Swinton family, is descended in the male line from pre-Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon roots. Arms of Wentworth En Dieu est Tout
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:
William Wentworth, patriarch of the New Hampshire branch of the family, and one of the early settlers of New Hampshire
Thomas Wentworth, Gentleman, Born into a cadet branch of the ancient Wentworth family, emigrated to Maryland and patented Wentworth-Woodhouse Plantation, named after the Wentworth family seat Wentworth-Woodhouse in Yorkshire.
Benning Wentworth, first independent colonial Governor of New Hampshire who was not also Governor of Massachusetts
John Wentworth, a grandson of Lieutenant GovernorJohn Wentworth, and cousin to the colonial governor of the same name, the 1st Baronet Wentworth. He was a judge, a colonel in the colonial militia, and sided with the revolutionary cause against his cousin.
John Wentworth Jr., son of Judge John Wentworth, and New Hampshire representative to the Continental Congress. Like his father, he was a revolutionary sympathizer and member of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety.
Erastus Wentworth, a Christian missionary to China
John Wentworth, born in New Hampshire, but migrated to Chicago where he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and also Mayor of Chicago
Moses J. Wentworth, nephew of Mayor John Wentworth of Chicago, and his protégé. He would himself serve in the Illinois House of Representatives
Finn Wentworth, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor in major commercial real estate and sports ventures in the United States.
William Charles Wentworth was an Australian explorer, journalist, politician and author, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a leading advocate for self-government for the Australian colonies, son of D'Arcy Wentworth.
