When Levi Welton was born on 19 March 1805, in Chautauqua, New York, United States, his father, Welton, was 35 and his mother, unknown, was 25. He married Elizabeth Gould on 10 January 1832, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Northumberland, Ontario, Canada in 1851. He died on 15 June 1889, in Cramahe Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Castleton, Cramahe Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries 1808: Chautauqua, New York, United States
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English: habitational name from any of various places called Welton, for example in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and East Yorkshire, from Old English well(a) ‘spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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