Oliver Wentworth

Abt 1490 - 1559  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Oliver Wentworth  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1490	of Goxhill, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 7 Dec 1558 and 28 Jan 1559  [5, 8]
  Alternate death	Aft 7 Dec 1558  [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I1454	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wentworth,   b. Abt 1441, of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d. Between 1 Apr 1523 and 19 Nov 1524 (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Jane Mirfield,   b. of Howley, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1 Apr 1523
  Marriage	Abt 1475  [5]
  Family ID	F5601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane   d. Aft 28 Jun 1559
  Family ID	F22704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel Sothill,   b. Abt 1489   d. Between 1544 and 7 Dec 1558 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1520  [9]
  Notes	The 20 marks bequeathed to Oliver Wentworth in his father's 1522-23 will were stated to be "towarde the mariage of his doughtours", which suggests that the actual date of Oliver's and Isabel's marriage may have been closer to 1510.
  Children	+ 1. William Wentworth,   b. Abt 1520, of Waltham, Lincolnshire, England d. 22 May 1574 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Family ID	F3634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Some experts have expressed doubt that he was a son of Thomas Wentworth of North Elmshall and Jane Mirfield, even though his father Thomas's will of 1522-23, a detailed abstract of which was published in 1884, gives 20 marks to "Olyver Wentworth my sone." At any rate, Oliver Wentworth was clearly of gentry rank to have married Isabel Sothill. And the father of Oliver's mother Jane Mirfield was an Oliver -- not a common name in England at the time. This Oliver is the first known Wentworth thus named.

  
  

• Sources

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