James Wadsworth (July 8, 1730 – September 22, 1816) was an American lawyer from

Durham, Connecticut Durham is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The population was 7,152 at the 2020 census. Every autumn, the town hosts the Durham Fair, th ...

. Initially a brigadier general of the

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

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.Wadsworth Family Collection Inventory — Connecticut State Library (Both his children having died in infancy, James Wadsworth (1730–1816) left no direct descendants but his brother James Noyes Wadsworth (1732–1786) founded a distinguished family and was the great-grandfather of the painter Wedworth Wadsworth.)

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Wadsworth's biography at U.S. Congress
1730 births 1816 deaths Connecticut militiamen in the American Revolution Continental Congressmen from Connecticut 18th-century American politicians Militia generals in the American Revolution Speakers of the Connecticut House of Representatives Military personnel from Connecticut Wadsworth family {{US-law-bio-stub