Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Peleg Wadsworth” in chapter 3 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
...life to this country, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Thus much for the paternal ancestry.
To turn to the spindle side, Mr. Longfellow's mother was Zilpah Wadsworth, eldest daughter of General Peleg Wadsworth , who was the son of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth, of Duxbury, Mass., and was the fifth in descent from Christopher Wadsworth, who came from England and settled in that town before 1632.
The Peleg Wadswor...
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