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Don Diego. Benning Wentworth (July 24, 1696 – October 14, 1770) [a] was an American merchant and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. While serving as governor, Wentworth is best known for issuing several land grants in territory claimed by the Province of New Hampshire west of the ...
- Merchant, colonial administrator
- John Wentworth
Benning Wentworth. Brief life of a colonial grandee: 1696-1770. November-December 2004. When Benning Wentworth, A.B. 1715, retired as royal governor of New Hampshire in the summer of 1767, he was one of the richest men in New England. That was not mere good luck.
Benning Wentworth had at least two good reasons to expand New Hampshire westward. He got reimbursed for the land grants, and he could sell the giant white pines – known as the King’s Masts — on the land. After 25 years as governor, Wentworth left office in 1766 a very wealthy man.
Benning Wentworth (July 24, 1696 – October 14, 1770) was an American merchant and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. While serving as governor, Wentworth is best known for issuing several land grants in territory claimed by the Province of New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River, which ...
Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire was one of the British North American merchants who faced economic ruin in the new landscape confronting British North America in the War of Jenkins’ Ear. And if Benning Wentworth failed at business, so would many of his English backers and friends of his family.
Benning Wentworth was the Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. He wanted the land west of the Connecticut River to be part of his colony. He granted (officially give areas of land) this land to groups of settlers to start towns. These towns were called the New Hampshire Grants.
En 1741, Benning Wentworth procedió a la organización administrativa de los asentamientos de colonos.
