Ebenezer Wellington Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: WELLINGTON
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 379-381

WELLINGTON, EBENEZER.--The Wellington family were originally from Sturbridge, Mass., 
where the progenitor of the following family was born, in 1765, and died in this town in 1851. The 
maiden name of Ebenezer’s wife was Rebecca Levens, also from Sturbridge, by whom he had fourteen 
children, twelve of whom lived to advanced age and had large families. After leaving, Sturbridge he 
resided in Westmoreland a few years previous to his coming to Walpole, which was about 1800. Ch.
I. Eleanor, b. Nov. 5, 1783; m. James Hooper, May 18, 1802. (See Hooper.)
II. Erasmus, b. Aug 28, 1785; m. Eunice Russell; went west and died there.
III. Abel, b. Dec. 19, 1789; m. Elizabeth Spear, April 7, 1814.
IV. Susan, b. Nov. 10, 1791; m. John G. Titus, Jan. 1, 1815. (See Titus.)
V. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 24, 1793; m. Mar, dau. of Roger Wolcott, Jan. 1, 1822.
VI. John, m. Julia, dau. of William Guild, May 4, 1821, and went to western New York, where 
they both lived till they died. He died 1879.
VII. Rebecca, b. May 5, 1797: m. Caleb Paschal Graves, Dec. 25, 1823. (See Graves.)
VIII. Sally, b. Aug. 20, 1799; m. Adolphus Fletcher, Nov. 4, 1817
IX. William, b. Oct. 22, 1801; m. Acsah, dau of Abiah Kidder. Ch; 1st, Martin, b. Jan. 7, 1887, 
and was drowned in Connecticut River, June 14, 1860. He was studying law in the office of 
Frederick Vose at the time his death occurred. He went to the river to bathe, and is supposed 
to have slipped from a shelving rock into deep water, and, being unable to swim, lost his life. He 
was a young man of fine promise, and was expected to speak the next day at a political 
gathering to be held in town, in the campaign of 1860. His death was a heavy stroke of affliction 
to his parents and kindred, and a source of sorrow to all who knew him. 2d, Irena, b. July 19, 
1838; m. Charles H. Camp, Aug. 27, 1864, and went to Michigan. 3d, Edward, b. July 24, 
1839; m. Nellie B., dau. of Jacob B. Burnham; d. 1872; she d. 1873, aged 30. 4th, Diana, b. 
Sept. 7, 1840; m. Horatio N. Fletcher, April, 1866, and lives in Westmoreland. 5th, Leonard, 
b. Sept. 12, 1842; m. Hattie N. Chandler, Jan. 19,1870, and is a practicing lawyer in Keene. 
6th, Scott, b. March 5, 1848, and lives on the old homestead. 7th, Lucius, b. May 18, 1849; 
m. Sarah G., dau. of Cyrus Royce, of this town, June 1, 1875; he also lives on the old place, a 
farmer, although a lawyer by profession. 8th, Narina.
X. Maria, m. Amos Philips, April 17, 1822.
XI. Vashti, b. April 10, 1805; m. Preston Titus (See Titus.)
XII. Almira, b. 1807; m. Jesse Graves; d. March 4, 1868. (See Graves.)
Ten of the family have died, two within the past year (1878-9), most of them having lived to old age; but 
what is quite remarkable, they have all died suddenly--heart disease being the immediate cause; a 
circumstance worthy of the notice of medical men. This family is also remarkable for being prolific in 
progeny, having in the aggregate ninety-three children.
The Wellingtons have been noted for their powers of physical endurance. The following are instances: 
William, now living in town, dug one hundred and forty bushels of potatoes in one day, and stored 
them in the cellar, for William Jennison. He also laid twenty-nine rods of stone wall for Charles 
Watkins in the same length of time. He is now seventy-eight years old but every few weeks he walks to 
Keene and back the same day, a distance of not less than twenty miles.