I like steak, big, juicy, and tender. I like it at a restaurant with white tablecloths, served by waiters in jackets. Give me a huge baked potato, with sour cream and butter on the side and I’m a happy man. However, I’m not that fond of game meats, and I would … Continue reading →
Dan Wadsworth was the fifth generation family proprietor of Wadsworth’s Inn, an old stagecoach hostelry three miles from Hartford, Connecticut, on the old Albany turnpike. It was one of twenty-one taverns within a distance of twenty miles on that pike, and one of the earliest structures in the area. Although the … Continue reading →
Frederick Elliot Wadsworth was born in 1868 in Durham, Connecticut to James W. Wadsworth, a member of one of Connecticut’s most prominent families. After a public education Frederick attended university then made his home in Detroit, Michigan. In 1896 Wadsworth and fellow businessman Hugo Scherer helped organize the Detroit Engine Works. … Continue reading →
When Charles Waite Wadsworth stepped aboard the USS Tang in Sept, 1944, he would have been well aware that the Balao-class submarine was already the most decorated boat of the war, and one of the most prolific in submarine history. Commissioned just one year earlier on October 15, 1943, the Tang … Continue reading →
Alexander Scammel Wadsworth was born in 1790 at Portland, Maine. He was appointed a midshipman on 2 April 1804 and was promoted to lieutenant on 21 April 1810. Lt. Wadsworth was the first lieutenant on board the USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull. It was during a successful engagement with … Continue reading →
The ship Lyon sailed from London June 22, 1632, arriving in Boston September 14/16, 1632. The master, William Pierce, brought 123 passengers, fifty of them children. Among those listed are Wadsworth, William of Braintree, Essex, his wife and their children Sarah, William, Mary, and John. Of the 123 passengers, many remain … Continue reading →
On September 13, 1882, several hundred people from the U.S. and England met in Duxbury, MA to celebrate 250 years of the Wadsworth Family in America. We plan to re-create that historic event to celebrate the 400 year anniversary. Why so far away? Other than the obvious, (400 years), we plan … Continue reading →
When President George W. Bush ran against John Kerry during the 2003 campaign there was a connection between the two that neither desired to share with the general public. Both Bush and Kerry were both members of a secret and elite Yale University society called Skull and Bones. Over the years, … Continue reading →
Benjamin Wadsworth was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Captain Samuel Wadsworth and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth in 1669. A monument near Sudbury, that Benjamin erected to his father’s memory, designates the spot where he the Captain fell in battle with the Narragansett Indians. After graduation at Harvard in 1690 Benjamin studied theology … Continue reading →
Few would disagree that baseball is an American game. From its first incarnation on American soil, to the modern day game, baseball reaches deep into our heritage as a nation. Perhaps no other game is so widely associated with the virtues of American society as baseball. The freedom we feel on … Continue reading →