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Wentworth/ Jackson/ Mayflower connection

Wentworth/ Jackson/ Mayflower connection

Posted: 14 May 2015 12:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 May 2015 6:01AM GMT
Surnames: Wentworth, Jackson
Can someone tell me if there is a connection between my ancestors the Wentworth or the Jacksons and the sailing of the Mayflower. I cannot pin down accurate dates, or possible maiden names of my ancestors. I would very much appreciate it.

Re: Wentworth/ Jackson/ Mayflower connection

Posted: 14 May 2015 9:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
There are Wentworths and Jacksons who are Mayflower descendants, but that does not mean that there is any connection between them and you. Even surnames found among the Mayflower passengers, such as Alden and Bradford, had unrelated immigrants of those surnames whose descendants are not Mayflower descendants. For example, there were 17th century Alden and Bradford families in the Boston area unrelated to the Mayflower Aldens and Bradfords. The only way to know if you have Mayflower ancestry is the time-honored and genealogical acceptable way - working backwards generation by generation using contemporary sources.

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

Re: Wentworth/ Jackson/ Mayflower connection

Posted: 14 May 2015 10:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello---

Thanks Dale for getting back to me. As far as I can figure, our branch of the family goes back in a lineal direction to William Wentworth the Elder and through the Robert Jackson line.

Re: Wentworth/ Jackson/ Mayflower connection

Posted: 15 May 2015 12:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
The only early William Wentworth that I know of lived in Dover NH. The only early Robert Jackson that I know of lived first in Connecticut and later on Long Island. Are those the men of whom you wrote?

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net
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