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Wellman History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Motto Suggested Reading Citations

Wellman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Wellman family

The surname Wellman was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from ancient times and the Chief branch resided at Ilchester, but the senior branched removed to Poundsford Park in that shire.

Welham is a parish, in the union of Mahket-Harborough, hundred of Gartree, S. division of the county of Leicester. 1 ANd Welham is a village in the civil parish of Clarborough and Welham, in the district of Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. Both date back to the Domesday Book where they were listed as Weleham and Wellun, respectively. It is thought that the place names mean "homestead by the stream" and/or "place at the springs." 2

Early History of the Wellman family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wellman research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Wellman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wellman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Welman, Wellman and others.

Early Notables of the Wellman family

Notables of the family at this time include

Tristram Wellman of Taunton

Wellman Ranking

In the United States, the name Wellman is the 2,391^st most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 3

Wellman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wellman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Wellman, who landed in Virginia in 1639 4
Thomas Wellman, who arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1650 4
Joseph Wellman, who landed in Virginia in 1657 4
Henry Wellman, who arrived in Maryland in 1676 4
Michael Wellman, who arrived in Maryland in 1679 4

Wellman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. & Mrs. Wellman, who arrived in New Orleans in 1822
Hermann Frederick Wellman, aged 25, who landed in St Louis, Missouri in 1840 4
Cathrine Wellman, aged 21, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 4
James Wellman, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 4

Wellman migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wellman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Joannah Wellman settled at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland in 1825 5
John Wellman from Twillingate settled at Wellman's Bight, Newfoundland, in 1847 5
Edmund Wellman was a fisherman of Carbonear in 1850

Wellman migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 6

Wellman Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Mr. Thomas Wellman, (b. 1613), aged 21, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "Hopewell" arriving in Barbados on 17th February 1634 4
Mr. Christian Wellman, (b. 1592), aged 43, British settler travelling aboard the ship "The Dorset" arriving in Barbados in September 1635 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Wellman (post 1700) +

Gary James Wellman (b. 1967), former professional American football wide receiver
Paul Iselin Wellman (1895-1966), American journalist, popular history and novel writer, and screenwriter
Casey Jay Wellman (b. 1987), American professional ice hockey center
Samuel Thomas Wellman (1847-1919), American steel industry pioneer, industrialist, and prolific inventor
Mark Wellman, American author, filmmaker, Paralympian, and motivational speaker
Dorothy Coonan Wellman (1913-2009), American actress and dancer
Walter Wellman (1858-1934), American journalist, explorer, and aëronaut
Brad Eugene Wellman (b. 1959), American Major League Baseball infielder
Robert Joseph Wellman (1925-1994), American professional baseball player, manager and scout
Mac Wellman (b. 1945), American playwright, author, and poet
... (Another 25 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Wellman family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Arthur C Wellman (b. 1913), English Stoker Petty Officer serving for the Royal Navy from Southampton, Hampshire, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 8

The Wellman Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Dei providentia juvat
Motto Translation: The providence of God is our help.

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm