In 1726, a grand residence was constructed on the grounds of Harvard University. Named after Benjamin Wadsworth, the president of Harvard at the time, the house, with its yellow colonial walls, stood proudly at 1341 Massachusetts Avenue, just inside the Class of 1857 gate, as a symbol of academic leadership and … Continue reading →
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut, founded by Daniel Wadsworth in 1842. It is the oldest public art museum in the United States and has a collection of over 50,000 works of art, ranging from ancient to contemporary. The museum is known for its holdings of European … Continue reading →
Since its founding by Samuel Wadsworth in 1818, the ship chandlery know as S. L. Wadsworth & Son, has served the city of Eastport Maine and the Passamaquoddy Bay area supplying ship related goods to fishing boats and ships. S.L. Wadsworth & Son helped grow Eastport into the second largest trading … Continue reading →
The Wadsworth Congregational Church of Whitsett, North Carolina, was founded by Reverend W. Madison Lindsay in 1870, when he returned to the county of his birth after he had fled to Canada and then to Massachusetts as a runaway slave. Reverend Lindsay had a remarkable early life. Born in 1833 to … Continue reading →
Hiram W. Wadsworth (1862-1939) is known as the father of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. As the mayor of Pasadena, he called for a regional partnership of municipalities to bring water to Southern California. After initiating the Colorado River Aqueduct Association and being elected its president, he directed the campaign … Continue reading →
Christopher Wadsworth (abt 1609 to 1677-1680) is the patriarch of many of the Wadsworths living in America today. Nothing is known about the life of Christopher Wadsworth prior to his arrival in America and his first appearance in Plymouth, as documented on both the tax list and list of freemen in … Continue reading →
In the early 1800’s the American west was still a largely unknown territory where opportunity and adventure abounded, and the dangers of the wild and remote landscape kept all but the toughest of settlers from venturing forth. The landmarks that guided those settlers along the way were little more than verbal … 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 →