Lemuel was the son of Sion Wentworth and Hannah Pettingill, his parents were married 25 Oct 1753 at Sharon, Norfolk, MA. Sion was born 31 Mar 1725 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA and died 9 Nov 1776 Stoughton, Norfolk, MA. From that union were born the following issues: Lemuel (1754-1844) the subject of this memorial, Hannah (1756-1801,) Shubeal (1759-1837), David (1763-1855,) Benjamin (1765-1791,) Enoch (1766-1857), Sion (1769-1843) and Lydia (1775-1775).

Lemuel married Susanna Whittmore, surname spelled numerous ways.
From the union of Silas Wentworth and Susan Whittmore were born the following issues:

1. Jesse 12 Jun 1783 Sharon, ME - 29 Aug 1849 Brooks, ME. Married Lydia Hilt, had 9 children

2. Hannah 13 Jul 1784 Sharon, ME. Married John Bowley in 1807, had 8 children: Samuel, Inez, Lucy Ann, John H. (1805-1860, married Sarah Ann Roach on 7 Oct 1833 at Jefferson, IN), Mary, Susannah, Nancy and James Lewis Bowley.

3. Lemuel 1 Nov 1786 - 2 Sep 1849. Married Dorothy Kendall 13 May 1818, they had 8 children

4. Samuel 11 Jan 1789 - 1857. Married and had 7 children

5. Sion W. 19 Mar 1791 - Oct 1793

6. Susanna Born 29 Apr 1793. Married and had 5 children

7. Lewis 13 Dec 1797 - 1871. Married and had 7 children

8. Mary Born 1799, no children

9. Enoch, Born 13 Aug 1800. Married and had 3 children

10. Lucy, Born 31 May 1802. Married and had 3 children

11. Silas 20 May 1806 - 22 Apr 1866

12. John Danford Born 4 Sep 1809. Married and had 5 children

Lemuel served our country in the American Revolution with the Army in Captain Hind's Company, Colonel Reed's Regiment. Records show that he was paid by the government for a gun which he had lost at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He marched from Winter Hill to New York, to Albany, Ticonderoga and Montreal and back to Mount Independence. Afterwards he went to Trenton where he was in a battle in which the Hessians (German soldiers hired by England to fight against the Americans during the Revolutionary War) and captured.