{"id":25,"date":"2018-03-21T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T13:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2022-07-21T20:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:56:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd44548 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd44548\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1c1366\" data-id=\"c1c1366\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c765b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5c765b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Our Chapter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f049c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f049c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dadeeae\" data-id=\"2dadeeae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6f9d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6f9d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on 8 October 1894, with 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/charter-members\/\"><strong>charter members<\/strong><\/a>. Our chapter was the first chapter of NSDAR formed in Maine. The organizing regent of the chapter was Ann McDaniels Palmer, who has the honor of having been the organizer of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Maine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b33e3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b33e3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d68c1ca\" data-id=\"d68c1ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1fd6eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1fd6eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elizabeth-Wadsworth-silhouette-e1527360214755.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-111\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elizabeth-Wadsworth-silhouette-e1527360214755.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elizabeth-Wadsworth-silhouette-e1527360214755-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fc690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f1fc690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc9591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc9591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Learn more about our chapter!<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>Discover our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/charter-members\/\"><strong>Charter Members<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>View our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/past-chapter-regents\/\"><strong>Past Chapter Regents<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Browse through the list of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/patriots\/\"><strong>Patriots<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Meet our chapter&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/real-daughters\/\"><strong>Real Daughters<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Tour the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/historic-markers\/\"><strong>Historic Markers<\/strong><\/a> our chapter has placed<\/li>\n \t<li>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/gallery\/\"><strong>Photo Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFor more information on the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, NSDAR, please <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/elizabethwadsworth\/contact-elizabeth-wadsworth-chapter-nsdar\/\">contact<\/a><\/strong> us.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b01611e\" data-id=\"b01611e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53450cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53450cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth Wadsworth, for whom the chapter is named, was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Lothrop Bartlett, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1753. She was two months short of 19 years old when she married <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/services.dar.org\/Public\/DAR_Research\/search_adb\/?action=full&amp;p_id=A119859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peleg Wadsworth, Jr.<\/a><\/strong>, son of Deacon Peleg and Susanna (Sampson) Wadsworth of Duxbury, Massachusetts, on June 18, 1772. Peleg Wadsworth was born on April 25, 1748. He graduated from Harvard University in 1769 and was teaching in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84603b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84603b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peleg was captain of a company of Minutemen during the Siege of Boston in Cotton\u2019s Regiment. With his energy, courage, and intelligence, he rose rapidly in the service. He was second in command in the unfortunate Penobscot Expedition and the following year was appointed to the command of the coast of Maine. In February 1781, Elizabeth was with her husband in Thomaston, Maine, when a company of fifteen British soldiers from Castine took him prisoner. He was then General Wadsworth and resisted capture until a musket ball went through his left arm. From Castine, he wrote Elizabeth his memory of her surroundings when he was led away: \u201cWindows dashed, the house torn to pieces and blood and slaughter around you without help.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79221ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79221ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1784, the family lived in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, where Peleg was a very active citizen. He was elected to the state senate and was the first representative in Congress from Cumberland District. In 1807, the family moved to Hiram, Maine, to occupy a large tract of land granted to him for his military service; he died there on November 18, 1829.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3379cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3379cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth bore eleven children. She was alone, her husband in Washington, D.C., as a congressman, when she learned that their son Henry Wadsworth died the death of a hero in Tripoli. His name was perpetuated by his sister, Zilpha, whose first son was named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4d046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d4d046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth was described as \u201ca lady of fine manners and all womanly virtues, who was alike his friend and comforter in his hours of trial, the grace and ornament of his house in the days of his prosperity.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our Chapter Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on 8 October 1894, with 30 charter members. Our chapter was the first chapter of NSDAR formed in Maine. 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