Talk:Wentworth Cheswell

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His name is Wentworth Cheswill, not Cheswell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.140.47.119 (talk) 14:51, 2 June 2010 (UTC) Cheswill is the spelling which Wentworth himself used when signing documents. The original headstone at his gravesite and most of the family members is spelled Cheswell. The reason the State Highway Historical Marker was spelled Cheswill was primarily because of how he signed his own name.Most historical experts understand that in those days spelling simply was not an issue.You would spell something according to how it sounded. To summarize: Today the name is spelled Cheswell because his offspring and descendents have preferred to use this spelling since that is how most of the headstones in the graveyard are spelled.I personally am responsible for the restoration of the graveyard from 2002 through 2008,and also for the application for the Highway Historical Marker.If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me at ralperin@gmail.com[reply]

In one of the references, the book Black Portsmouth: three centuries of African-American heritage, it is spelled as Cheswell. Though I do see that the road marker sign has as Cheswill. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:58, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dead Links

The following reference is a dead link:

<ref name="Williams">[http://www.americasfoundingfathers.com/ Rev. Steve Williams, "Wentworth Cheswell"], America's Founding Fathers website, 2009</ref> ^[1]

Hopefully, this information will help someone else fix it:

WP:LDRHOW

WP:Link rot

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20091205171004/http://americasfoundingfathers.com/

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20091211123711/http://americasfoundingfathers.com/index.php/bio-in-brief

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20110919130522/http://bioinbrief.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=100

--JMtB03 01:57, 13 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMtB03 (talk • contribs)

References

^ Rev. Steve Williams, "Wentworth Cheswell", America's Founding Fathers website, 2009

Hopestill Cheswell's property purchases

The description of Wentworth's father's land purchases states

Hopestill Cheswell earned enough as a housewright to purchase a total of more than 100 acres (40 ha) of land between 1773 and 1749,

This is a curious reversal of normal dating conventions (earlier date first). I've been unable to find more reliable sources on Hopestill's life so far, though [1]https://www.collaborativenh.org/race-and-equity-project-stories/2023/4/16/the-cheswells-leave-a-legacy-of-leadership-and-construction states

by 1749 Hopestill had amassed more than 100 acres of farmland in Newmarket

which also suggests the 1773 year is wrong. Dhlocker (talk) 15:29, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Williams-1] Rev. Steve Williams, "Wentworth Cheswell", America's Founding Fathers website, 2009

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