Peleg Wadsworth
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Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American Patriot officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2]
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Peleg Wadsworth | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1807 | |
Preceded by | Theodore Sedgwick |
Succeeded by | Daniel Ilsley |
Constituency | 4th district (1793–95) 13th district (1795–1803) 15th district (1803–07) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1748-05-06)May 6, 1748 Duxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Duxbury, Massachusetts) |
Died | November 12, 1829(1829-11-12) (aged 81) Hiram, Maine, U.S. |
Political party | Federalist |
Relations | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (grandson) |
Children | at least ten,[1] including Zilpha Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth, Alexander Scammel Wadsworth |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Occupation | Merchant |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Massachusetts United States |
Branch/service | Massachusetts Militia Continental Army |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island Penobscot Expedition |
Wadsworth was born in Duxbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Duxbury, Massachusetts) to Peleg and Susanna (Sampson) Wadsworth. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. (1769) and an A.M. (1772), and taught school for several years in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with his former classmate Alexander Scammel. There he met Elizabeth Bartlett (1753 – 1825), whom he married in 1772.