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Wentworth, Joshua 1742-1809
Soldier; born in Portsmouth.
N. H., in 1742.
He was colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in 1776; and, after being elected to the legislature, served as State Senator for four years. He was appointed a delegate to the Continental Congress, although he failed to attend.
He died in the town of his birth, Oct. 19, 1809.