Ancestry of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American “Fireside” Poet

Zilpah Wadsworth

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• • Mother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Peleg Wadsworth Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Bartlett   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Jan 1778 
  • Birth Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Mar 1851 
  • Death Location:
  • Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Western Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Stephen Longfellow
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1804 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Zilpah Wadsworth

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A071359 and #A119858.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/11/2011).
  • ³ Currier, John J., "Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches, Boston: Damrell and Upham (1896), 311.
  • ⁴ Emery, William M., Newell Ancestry: The Story of the Antecedents of William Stark Newell, Boston: Thomas Todd (1944), 205.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 174.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Stephen Longfellow", (accessed 08/11/2011).