When Wellington Tea was born on 4 September 1821, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Tea, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Nagel, was 27. He married Elizabeth Miller on 11 December 1845, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 18 October 1899, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.