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Early Origins of the Wellin family

The surname Wellin was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held lands.

Early History of the Wellin family

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Wellin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Welwyn, Wellwyn, Wellweyn, Wellin, Wellwan and many more.

Early Notables of the Wellin family

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United States Wellin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wellin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Thomas Wellin, who landed in Maryland in 1665 1
Wellin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • C. G. Wellin who went to San Francisco in 1850 during the gold rush

Contemporary Notables of the name Wellin (post 1700) +

  • Einar C. Wellin, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Willmar, Minnesota, 1934-38 2


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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