Thomas Wellman
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Isaac Wellman
Elizabeth Wellman
Sarah Wellman
Mary Wellman
Thomas Wellman | |
|---|---|
| Born | circa 1615 |
| Died | 10 October 1672 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth (----) |
| Children | Abraham Wellman Isaac Wellman Elizabeth Wellman Sarah Wellman Mary Wellman |
Thomas Wellman was born in about 1615 in England and died at Lynn, Massachusetts on 10 October 1672. He was among the early settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and progenitor of the Wellman family of New England. At age 21 he traveled from London to Barbados in 1634 or 1635 aboard Hopewell as part of a mass exodus of Puritans called the Great Migration.[1]
Thomas sailed from Barbados to Massachusetts and settled in Lynn about 1640, where he married Elizabeth (whose family surname has not been discovered) about 1642. At the time of his death, he owned 180 acres of land in Lynn. Their home on the east side of Summer Street in Lynn was occupied by several generations of Wellmans before being demolished in the 1830s.[1]
Second generation of Thomas Wellman's family
Thomas Wellman and his wife Elizabeth had five children: Abraham (born about 1643-died about 1717), Isaac (born about 1647-died after 1724), Elizabeth (born about 1660-died 1740), Sarah (born about 1662), and Mary (born about 1664).[1]
- Abraham married Elizabeth Cogswell (born about 1648-died 1736) about 1668. She was the daughter of John Cogswell of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Abraham inherited half of his father's land and the family home. Abraham and his wife Elizabeth made grand jury depositions concerning Sarah Cole of Lynn during the Salem witch trials. Abraham and his wife Elizabeth had eight children:[1]
- Thomas (11 October 1669-died about 1735) six children.
- Elizabeth (16 February 1671 – 24 April 1673)
- Abraham (25 November 1673-died at sea after 26 October 1745) seven children.
- John (3 May 1676-died young)
- Elizabeth (born 25 July 1678) married three times.
- Abigail (died 1737 or 1738)
- Mary (died 1737) married Caleb Coye. 2 children.
- Martha became the 2nd wife of her 1st cousin Ebeneezer.
- Isaac married Hannah Adams (born January 1662 or 1663-died after May 1711) 13 March 1678 or 1679. She was the youngest daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Adams of Malden, Massachusetts. Issac inherited half of his father's land. Isaac was a soldier in King Philip's War and participated in the capture of Fort Narraganset on 19 December 1675. His heirs were among the grantees of Narraganset No. 2 (Westminster) in 1733. Isaac made a grand jury deposition concerning Sarah Cole during the Salem witch trials. Isaac and his wife Hannah had eleven children:[1]
- Isaac (7 February 1679 – 19 September 1681)
- Stephen (6 September 1681 – 21 January 1767) six children.
- Hannah (born about 1683) the last record of Hannah was dated 1706.
- Sarah (born about 1685) married John Hall 7 March 1726 or 1727.
- Isaac (born about 1687-1740) five children.
- Ebeneezer (born about 1690) seven children.
- Joseph (born about 1693-died after 10 July 1770) twelve children.
- Timothy (born about 1696-5 February 1787) six children.
- Samuel (born about 1699-died before 20 July 1770) five children.
- Benjamin (born about 1702-died 1782) never married.
- Adam (born about 1705-1766) no children.
- Elizabeth married George Hull (born about 1650-died about April 1742) of Beverly, Massachusetts.[1]
- The last record of Sarah was dated 22 October 1684.[1]
- No record of Mary has been found after the death of her father.[1]