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James Wadsworth (scholar)
James Wadsworth may refer to: * James Wadsworth (Jesuit) (1572–1623), English Catholic priest and Jesuit * James Wadsworth (Spanish scholar and pursuivant) (1604–1656?), son of the Jesuit * James Wadsworth (lawyer) (1730–1816), American jurist and politician * James Wadsworth (of Geneseo) (1768–1844), American pioneer and philanthropist * James Wadsworth (mayor) (1819–1891), American politician, mayor of Buffalo, New York * James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), American soldier * James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846–1926), American politician - House * James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from New York (state), New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the ... (1877–1952), American politician - Senate * James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1905–1984), American diplomat {{hndis, Wadsworth, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wadsworth (Jesuit)
James Wadsworth (1572?–1623) was an English Catholic priest and Jesuit. Life Wadsworth was elected scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, on 12 March 1584, admitted sizar in 1585, and graduated M.A. in 1593, B.D. in 1600. He was instituted in 1598 to the rectory of Pakefield in Suffolk, and from 1600 he held in addition, at any rate until 1603, the livings of Cotton and Thornham Magna in the same county. He was also chaplain in ordinary to William Redman, bishop of Norwich. In May 1605 he accompanied Sir Charles Cornwallis to Spain as chaplain; his brother Paul was consul in Andalusia. At Valladolid James fell under jesuit influence; in August of the same year he left the ambassador's house under pretext of a visit to the University of Salamanca, and never returned. Cornwallis, in letters to the Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 15 September 1605, suggested that family and financial problems had been the cause. Wadsworth became an officer of the inquisition in Seville, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wadsworth (Spanish Scholar And Pursuivant)
James Wadsworth (1604–1656?), was an English man who on a sea voyage to Spain in 1622 was captured by Moorish pirates and sold into slavery. A year later his freedom was purchased and he joined his parents in Madrid. After spending a number of years on the European continent, he returned to England, where he and a group of fellow pursuivants found and delivered suspected Roman Catholics to the authorities for trial and punishment. Biography Wadsworth was the youngest son of James Wadsworth (1572?–1623), was born in Suffolk in 1604, and accompanied his mother when six years old to Spain. He was educated at Seville and Madrid, and in 1618 went to the newly founded College of the English Jesuits at St. Omer, where he remained four years. In 1622 he sailed with several other students on a mission to Spain. The ship was captured by Moorish pirates, the young men carried to Salé, and sold as slaves. Their adventures, a manuscript account of which, differing from Wadsworth's own, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wadsworth (lawyer)
James Wadsworth (July 8, 1730 – September 22, 1816) was an American lawyer from Durham, Connecticut. Initially a brigadier general of the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War, after the death of David Wooster David Wooster ( – May 2, 1777) was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Several cities, schools, and public ... in 1777 he became the major general of militia and the second-highest ranked militia officer in the state. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1784. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wadsworth (of Geneseo)
James Wadsworth (April 20, 1768 Durham, Connecticut – June 7, 1844 Geneseo, New York) was an influential and prominent 18th- and 19th-century pioneer, educator, land speculator, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of the early Genesee Valley settlements in Western New York State. He was the patriarch of the prominent Genesee Valley Wadsworth (surname), Wadsworths. Early life James Wadsworth was born in 1768 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was the youngest of the three sons of John Noyes Wadsworth Sr. by his second wife, Esther Parsons. His uncle and namesake was James Wadsworth (jurist), James Wadsworth. James' other brothers were his eldest half brother John Noyes Wadsworth Jr., by his father’s first marriage to Susan Camp, and his elder full brother William Wadsworth (officer), William Wadsworth (1765–1833). James and his brothers are scions of the prominent Wadsworth (surname), Wadsworth family of Connecticut, and being a descendant of one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wadsworth (mayor)
James Wadsworth (August 25, 1819 – May 18, 1891) was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1851–1852. Early life Wadsworth was born in Durham, Connecticut on August 25, 1819 to Wedworth Wadsworth, Jr. (1782–1860) and Content (née Scranton) Wadsworth (1783–1839). His elder brothers included Wedworth Wadsworth (1811-1874) and William Wadsworth (c. 1817-1870), the Durham Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. Wadsworth graduated from Yale College in 1841. Family His paternal grandfather, John Noyes Wadsworth II (1758–1814) was the elder brother of William Wadsworth (1765–1833) and James Wadsworth (1768–1844), who settled in and founded Geneseo. Their father, John Noyes Wadsworth (1732–1817) was the younger brother of James Wadsworth (1730–1816), a Brigadier General in the American Revolution and later an anti-Federalist during the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in Connecticut. They were all members of the prominent Wadsworth family of Connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James S
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wolcott Wadsworth
James Wolcott Wadsworth (October 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 24, 1926 in Washington, D.C.) was an American farmer, soldier and statesman. Early life He was the son of Civil War General James Samuel Wadsworth (1807–1864) and Mary Craig (née Wharton) Wadsworth (1814–1874). His brothers were Charles Frederick Wadsworth and Craig Wharton Wadsworth, the father of Craig Wharton Wadsworth, Jr. His elder sister, Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair became prominent as matriarch of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland, and the large JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. His younger sister, Elizabeth S. Wadsworth, married firstly Arthur Post in 1875, and secondly in 1889, as a widow, Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore, becoming Lady Barrymore. His paternal grandfather, James Wadsworth, and his grandfather's brother, William Wadsworth, moved from Durham, Connecticut and were the original settlers of Geneseo. He was educated at the Hopkins School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth. Early life Wadsworth was born in Geneseo, New York on August 12, 1877. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846–1926) and Louisa (née Travers) Wadsworth (1848–1931). His paternal grandparents were Union General James S. Wadsworth and Mary Craig (née Wharton) Wadsworth (1814–1874). His grandfather built a 13,000 square-foot house in Geneseo in 1835. Wadsworth attended St. Mark's School, then graduated from Yale in New Haven, Connecticut in 1898, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. Career After Yale, he served as a private in the Volunteer Army in the Puerto Rican Campaign during the Spanish–American War. Upon leaving the Army, he entered the livestock and farming business, first in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
