Background
Wadsworth, Peleg was born on May 6, 1748 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peleg and Lusanna (Sampson) Wadsworth.
Wadsworth, Peleg was born on May 6, 1748 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peleg and Lusanna (Sampson) Wadsworth.
Graduated from Harvard, 1769.
Captain of a company of minute men, 1774. Member Committee Correspondence of Plymouth County (Massachusetts). Aide-de-camp to Artemas Ward, 1776.
Served under Washington in Long Island, New York, 1776. Served under Sullivan in Rhode Island, 1778. Adjutant general Massachusetts Militia, 1778, brigadier general, 1779.
Representative from Duxbury in Massachusetts Legislature, 1777-1778. 2d in command of expedition to expel British from Fort George, Castine, Maine, 1779. Commanded Eastern Department of Massachusetts with headquarters at Thomaston, Maine, 1780.
Raided by party of British, held captive, until 1781. Land agent, 1784; member Massachusetts Senate, 1792. Selectman of Falmouth (now Portland), Maine.
Member United States House of Representatives (Federalist) from Massachusetts, 3d-9th congresses, 1793-1807.
Member Committee Correspondence of Plymouth County (Massachusetts). Member Massachusetts Senate, 1792. Member United States House of Representatives (Federalist) from Massachusetts, 3d-9th congresses, 1793-1807.
Married Elizabeth Bartlett, June 18, 1772, 11 children including Henry, Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow.