Died @71yrs.
wife of Charles Wentworth
New Hampshire papers of a quite recent date record the death, at Hanover, of Mrs. JANE E. WENTWORTH a colored woman, at the age of three score and ten. Graduates at Dartmouth will recollect her as Aunt Jenny, the wash-woman, and nurse in sickness. Her parents were slaves, kidnapped when very young, and came by inheritance in possession of the family of Mrs. House, of Hanover. They were subsequently sold to a gentleman in Salem, NH, where they remained until they were emancipated by the laws of the State. Jenny was born in Hanover, in 1777, was sold with her parents, and upon becoming free, she married Charles Wentworth, a slave of Gov. Wentworth. They then removed to Hanover, where they remained till their death. Jenny outlived her husband several years, and was one of the last of the African race who in our early history were held in bondage in New England.
Source:
- The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons, to which is added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans; By W.C. Nell, 1855
- Massachusetts Historical Collection, Vol. IV., p. 203.
wife of Charles Wentworth
New Hampshire papers of a quite recent date record the death, at Hanover, of Mrs. JANE E. WENTWORTH a colored woman, at the age of three score and ten. Graduates at Dartmouth will recollect her as Aunt Jenny, the wash-woman, and nurse in sickness. Her parents were slaves, kidnapped when very young, and came by inheritance in possession of the family of Mrs. House, of Hanover. They were subsequently sold to a gentleman in Salem, NH, where they remained until they were emancipated by the laws of the State. Jenny was born in Hanover, in 1777, was sold with her parents, and upon becoming free, she married Charles Wentworth, a slave of Gov. Wentworth. They then removed to Hanover, where they remained till their death. Jenny outlived her husband several years, and was one of the last of the African race who in our early history were held in bondage in New England.
Source:
- The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons, to which is added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans; By W.C. Nell, 1855
- Massachusetts Historical Collection, Vol. IV., p. 203.
Died @71yrs.
wife of Charles Wentworth
New Hampshire papers of a quite recent date record the death, at Hanover, of Mrs. JANE E. WENTWORTH a colored woman, at the age of three score and ten. Graduates at Dartmouth will recollect her as Aunt Jenny, the wash-woman, and nurse in sickness. Her parents were slaves, kidnapped when very young, and came by inheritance in possession of the family of Mrs. House, of Hanover. They were subsequently sold to a gentleman in Salem, NH, where they remained until they were emancipated by the laws of the State. Jenny was born in Hanover, in 1777, was sold with her parents, and upon becoming free, she married Charles Wentworth, a slave of Gov. Wentworth. They then removed to Hanover, where they remained till their death. Jenny outlived her husband several years, and was one of the last of the African race who in our early history were held in bondage in New England.
Source:
- The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons, to which is added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans; By W.C. Nell, 1855
- Massachusetts Historical Collection, Vol. IV., p. 203.
wife of Charles Wentworth
New Hampshire papers of a quite recent date record the death, at Hanover, of Mrs. JANE E. WENTWORTH a colored woman, at the age of three score and ten. Graduates at Dartmouth will recollect her as Aunt Jenny, the wash-woman, and nurse in sickness. Her parents were slaves, kidnapped when very young, and came by inheritance in possession of the family of Mrs. House, of Hanover. They were subsequently sold to a gentleman in Salem, NH, where they remained until they were emancipated by the laws of the State. Jenny was born in Hanover, in 1777, was sold with her parents, and upon becoming free, she married Charles Wentworth, a slave of Gov. Wentworth. They then removed to Hanover, where they remained till their death. Jenny outlived her husband several years, and was one of the last of the African race who in our early history were held in bondage in New England.
Source:
- The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons, to which is added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans; By W.C. Nell, 1855
- Massachusetts Historical Collection, Vol. IV., p. 203.
Inscription
"Emancipated by the State 1784"
"Joined Cong. Church 1821"
"In admiration of her virtues, this stone is erected by her Christian friends."
Family Members
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