Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Wellington was born in August 1718, in Worcester, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Wellington, was 40 and his mother, Hannah Morse, was 35. He married Annabel Benjamin on 24 May 1739, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1775, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 57.
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- Ebenezer Wellington, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ebenezer Wellington, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ebenezer Wellington, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset, or from Wellington Heath (Herefordshire). All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Wēola + -ing- (implying association with) + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: Roger Wellington came to Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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