When John Wellman was christened on 10 June 1764, in Melbury Osmond, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Wellman, was 54 and his mother, Mary Orchard, was 40.
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English: topographic name from Middle English wel(le) ‘spring, well, stream’ + man ‘man’, for someone who lived by such a place.
English: variant of Willman .
Americanized form of German Wellmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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