Wadsworth

FOREBEARS William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT.John Wadsworth (d. 1787) was a fellow of Harvard College and is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA.Peleg Wadsworth, born in Duxbury, MA, 1748, was a revolutionary war general and grandfather of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.