History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

Personal Sketches 227
youth made him responsive to this need in others and he rejoiced in the
opportunity of assisting a number of youths in acquiring the education of
which he himself had been deprived.
His own hfe meanwhile was enriched by acquaintance with the best
literature of the day and by the perusal of the books of his large and well
selected library.
In his home, community, town and state, he made a place for himself
by his untiring energy and conscientious devotion in seeking the betterment
of those with whom he came in contact.
Dr. James Lloyd Wellington
Dr. Wellington, the oldest graduate of Harvard University, and the
senior alumnus of the Harvard Medical School, 1916, was born at
Templeton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1818, son of Rev. Charles and Anna (Smith)
Wellington, and is in the seventh generation of the family founded by
Roger Wellington, one of the early proprietors of Watertown, Mass.
(I) Roger Wellington, a planter, born about 1609-10, emigrated
from Wales, and became an early settler of Watertown, Mass., his name
appearing on the earhest list of proprietors extant. He joined the church
at the age of eighty years, and was admitted a freeman in April, 1690, it
being necessary to be a member of the church in order to be a freeman. He
was selectman in 1678-79-81-82-83-84-91. He was the owner of a large
estate, extending nearly to the present Mount Auburn limit. He died
March 11, 1697-98. His wife was Mary, eldest daughter of Dr. Richard
Palgrave, of Charles town, Mass., one of the first doctors in that place.
Their children were: John, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, Oliver, and Palgrave.
(II) Joseph Wellington, son of Roger, was born Oct. 9, 1643. His
first wife, Sarah, died Feb. 5, 1683. He married (second) June 6, 1684,
Ehzabeth Straight, who bore him four children, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary,
and Susanna.
(III) Thomas Wellington, son of Joseph, born Nov. 10, 1686, married
Rebecca Whittemore for his first wife, and a Chary for his second. In his
will he styles himself "of Cambridge." His children were: Rebecca,
Joseph, Thomas, Susanna, and Elizabeth.
(IV) Thomas Wellington, (2) son of Thomas, born Aug. 6, 1714, was
an innholder at Watertown in 1770-71. He is given as of Waltham. He
died Nov. 4, 1783. His wife, Margaret Stone, died at Lexington. Their
children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Susanna, Jonathan, Samuel,
Josiah, William, George, Rebecca, Susanna, Thaddeus, Sarah, and Joel.
(V) William Wellington, son of Thomas (2), born July 28, 1746, was
selectman in 1780-1803. He married Mary Whitney, born Dec. 22, 1751,
and they reared a large family of children, namely: William, bom Dec 11,
1769; David, born Nov. 1, 1771, who died March 10, 1860; Abraham,
born March 22, 1774; Polly, bom April 16, 1776, who married Phineas
Lawrence, of Lexington, and died June 9, 1850; Isaac, born in 1778, who
was a senior at Harvard University when drowned in Fresh Pond in November,
1798; Charles born Feb. 20, 1780; Alice, born Oct. 31, 1781, who married
Jonas Clark, of Waltham; Betsey, born Feb. 4, 1784, who married Isaac
Childs, and died at Lexington Oct. 10, 1850; Seth, born Nov. 18, 1785;
Sybil, born Sept. 24, 1787, who mairried Loring Pierce; Marshall, born
Sept. 26, 1789; Darius, born Jan. 14, 1794; and Almira, born Aug. 1, 1795,
who married Hon. Francis Bowman, and died Aug. 31, 1872.
(VI) Charles Wellington, son of William, born Feb. 20, 1780, at
Waltham, Mass., graduated from Harvard University in 1802, with the
degree of A. B. Choosing the ministry as his calling he pursued his