Wentworth Cheswell
By Francisco Socorro
And
Adriano Ramirez
Birth
• Wentworth Cheswell was born on April 11, 1746.
• He was the only son of Hopestill and Catherine Cheswell.
• He was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Childhood
• He got a good education
• Was very unusual for a black child to be
educated
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Achievements
• Helped start the town library in 1801
• He was a patriot, teacher, and church leader; an
historian, archeologist, and educator; a judge and
official elected to numerous offices
• Was elected as one of the five men to regulate
and oversee schools of Newmarket
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Documents
• He signed the Association Test
• Was elected to draft the state’s first
constitution.
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Ancestors
• Was the grandson of Richard Cheswell, who
gained his freedom in 1717
• Richard was the first black man to own
property in New Hampshire
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Services
• Served as a coroner
• Served as town moderator
• Six years as assessor
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Death
• Died in 1817
• Died from Typhus fever
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