The Weller Family History
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Weller Family History Weller “Kingsgate House” The Weller Family History 5th (2011) edition The Ancestral History of Donald Bert Weller of Warren and Washington Counties, New York. Compiled by Donald B Weller Containing some history of the families: Adams, Alford, Barlow, Beeston, Bell, Bitting, Boehm, Bulkeley, Charlton, Chauncey, Cleveland, Coleman, Cooley, Dibble, Dudley, Ellsworth (Aylesworth), Eno, Eyre, Gaylord, Gillette, Goodrich, Granger, Graver (Gräber), Gregory, Grosvenor, Haskins, Henry (Heinrich), Hill, Kuhn (Coon), Lewis, Löscher, Marvin, Mudge, Ochs (Ux), Perkins, Seeley, Schneider, Schwenk, Stein, Sturges, Treat, Turney, Vore, Warner, Weller, Wies, Williams, Winegar and Woodbridge Don Weller - 1991 Cover - Armory of the Wellers of “Kingsgate House” Quoting Burke‘s General Armory: Weller (Kingsgate House, Rolvenden Co., Kent: granted by Bysshe, Garter, to Richard Weller, B.D., Rector of Warbilton, Co. Sussex). Sa. two chev. Betw. three roses ar. Crest - A greyhound‘s head erased sa. holding in the mouth a rose slipped gu. Leaves vert. Motto - Steady Inspired by, and dedicated to, the memories of my late grandfather, Ira S. Weller From the Ladd J. Lewis Genealogy: Blood is thicker then water My kindred, when they are right. My kindred, right or wrong. One who has no love for his ancestors, Need not expect any from his posterity. Weller Family History - 5 Richard Weller Ann Wilson John Weller Mary Alford Alford Vore Family Connections John Weller Rebecca Cooley Cooley Williams Obadiah Weller Mary Seeley Seeley Sturges Turney ―Arrows‖ Indicate Royal Lines Barlow Amos Weller Meriam Goodrich Goodrich Marvin Gregory Beeston Dan Weller Lucinda Treat Treat Woodbridge Bulkeley Coleman Gaylord Dudley Chauncey Grosvenor Eyre Charlton LaZouche Ira Weller Sally Winegar Winegar Haskins Kühn Snyder Goodrich Gillette Löscher Wies Eno Dibble Leonard Weller Lois P. Ellsworth Ellsworth Daniel Weller Minnie Weller (Same Weller family) Hill Ira S. Weller Adeline Granger Granger Warner Adams Donald Weller Dorothy Lewis Lewis Graver (Gräber) Bell Perkins Cleveland Bitting Stein Henrich Ochs (Ux) Boehm Schwenk Weller Family History - 6 Acknowledgments I would like to acknowledge the following people. Without their help this history would not have been possible. My late grandfather, Ira S. Weller, who‘s stories, and love of the lore of Fort Ann, and his ancestors who‘d lived there, prompted my interest in my ancestors when I was a young boy. Noreen Riffe, head of the extremely well stocked genealogy room at the McClelland Public Library in Pueblo, Colorado. Shirley, Dixie, Frieda and the other friendly and helpful people at the Pueblo, CO ―Family History Center‖ (Latter Day Saints), and to the incredible amount of information stored at their main center in Salt Lake City. Virginia Graver and Wendy Preisach, for their HUGE help with the Graver family! They sent me so much data, documents and photos that I had to completely redue that section! Bill Niles, while helping him get started on ―online‖ family research, I went back and found a little more data for my 4th edition. Scott Bell, for contributing info on our Bell family. And last, but certainly not least, Ron Collins, who made the publishing of the 1st edition possible …and, who‘s history of our allied families in The Collins Family History, gave me the inspiration and incentive to continue the research. Weller Family History - 7 Introduction The history of the Weller family of upstate New York touches upon the histories of many families, the histories of scores of towns and villages throughout New York and New England and Pennsylvania, and spans nearly all of the countries of western Europe. However, as far as can be researched, the major activities of all of the families involved (listed on the title page), since coming to North America, are found in Washington County (particularly Fort Ann and Salem), Germantown, Amenia Union and Rennselear County and the lower Hudson Valley in New York, Bennington County, Vermont, several counties in eastern Pennsylvania, and many towns and counties throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Weller generation represented by the author, includes descendants from England, Germany, Ireland, Wales and Switzerland. They are also the descendants of several royal bloodlines of European dynasties. The Weller‘s of this history trace their family from the English immigrant, Richard Weller. The ancestors of the families marrying into and preceding the Weller‘s actually comprise the majority of this history. This history is broken into many chapters. The 2nd chapter (the 1st chapter being the history of Ft. Ann, NY) is the history of my Weller family—that is, the descendents of the first known Weller of my line, Richard Weller. Each chapter after deals with the ancestry of the wives of the Weller family, going in order of generation (see ―Family Connections‖ on page 4). The last chapter is ―The Royal Descent,‖ and it deals with the family‘s royal lines. Several conventions are used throughout this work. A child in a list of children that is of direct family descent will be in bold print. If a spouse has his/her own separate history, then the spouse‘s name will be in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS. Also, do to space, I‘ve left out some family history that my readers can easily find and research elsewhere (i.e., if a spouse‘s name is in bold and underlined, it indicates his/her ancestry can be researched in the Latter Day Saints, ―Ancestral Files‖ (bold and underlined with a footnote will indicate another source for research)). The letter 'c' is used throughout this work, as a short version of 'circa' indicating that the date indicated is an approximation. Also, in appropriate places throughout this book, I‘ve mentioned ‗further reading.‘ The reasons why my ancestors migrated to this country are many. Some came to escape the foolish ―fratricidal‖ (brother against brother) wars that plagued Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries! In the case of my Irish Bell family – they migrated here when several million people died in Ireland from starvation do to a potato blight (―great famine‖)! Others came because of religious intolerance in Europe (but when I look at the record of my puritan ancestors of New England, I wonder who was intolerant to whom!). However, they‘re all my ancestors, and here is their story… Weller Family History - 8 Sources Used In This History 1. American Ancestry, The Vol.1-6 2. American Genealogist, The, by D.L. Jacobus 3. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, by Frederich Lewis Weis 4. Ancient History of Wethersfield, The 5. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The, by G.N. Garmonsway 6. Anniversary History of Lehigh County, (Ochs Family) 7. Beauchamp Family, The, by Henry Maxwell 8. Bennington Co., Vermont Vital (death) records 9. Boston Transcript 10. Bulkeley Family, The, by Frederick Chapman 11. Bulkeley Family, The, by William Robbins 12. Bulkeley Genealogy, The 13. Church Records (Pennsylvania Dutch), to many to list, thoughout the counties of Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton 14. Cleveland Families, by Horace Gillette Cleveland 15. Collins Family History, 4th Edition, by Ronald W. Collins, 1995, Collins Publishing, Lisse, Netherlands 16. Craver Families, by Samuel C. Craver (Graver/Gräber Genealogy) 17. Death Notices From Washington County, New York, Newspapers: 1799-1880, by Mary S. Jackson and Edward F. Jackson 18. Descendants of Richard Weller of Windsor Connecticut, by Claude W. Barlow 19. Early Winegars of Amenia New York, The, by John Hunt 20. Encyclopedia Americana, The 21. Exeter, RI Vital (birth) records 22. Family of Charles Chauncey, The, by William Fowler 23. Family of Peter Bulkeley, The, by Donald Jacobus 24. Founding of New England, The, by Adams, J. T., (1921; repr. 1963) 25. From Then Till Now, by Fred Tracy Stiles 26. Genealogical and Family Histories of the State of Connecticut, by William Richard Cutter 27. Genealogical History of My Ancestors and the Story of My Life, by Ladd J. Lewis (Lewis Genealogy) 28. Genealogical History of Robert Adams of Newbury, MA, by Andrew Napoleon Adams 29. Goodrich Family Memorial, The, by Edwin Hubbard 30. Graver, Virginia—her notes, research, documents and photos 31. Guardianships, Washington County, New York 1865 and 1881 32. Handbook of British Chronology, by Sir F. Maurice Powicke 33. Haskins Family, The, by Charles Green 34. Historical Homes and Institutions…, by John Jordan & Edgar Green 35. History of Amenia, The, by Newton Reed Weller Family History - 9 36. History of Ancient Windsor, The, by Henry R. Stiles 37. History of Carbon County, PA 38. History of Duchess County, The 39. History of New Milford, The, by Samuel Orcutt 40. History of Sharon, The, by Charles Sedgwick 41. History of Washington County, The, by Crisfield Johnson 42. International Genealogical Index, Ancestral Files and Pedigree Resource Files of the Church of the Latter Day Saints 43. Inventories, Washington County, New York 1866 44. Kings and Queens of England, by Eric R. Delderfield 45. Koon & Coons Families of Eastern New York, The, by C. Koon 46. Lancelot Granger of Newbury MA and Suffield, CT, by James Nathaniel Granger 47. Marriage Notices From Washington County, New York, Newspapers: 1799-1880, by Mary S. Jackson and Edward F. Jackson 48. Moore and Allied Families, by L.F. de Forest and A.L. de Forest 49. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 50. Ochs, Georgette—her research and notes on the Ochs and related families 51. Orphans Court records (wills, marriages, etc.) of the Pennsylvania counties of Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Philadelphia 52. Palatine Families of New York, The, by Henry Z. Jones, Universal City, California, 1985 53. Pennsylvania Archives 54. Perkomen Region, Past & Present, The, by Henry S. Dotterer Preisach, Wendy—her notes, research and documents on the Graver Family 55. Probates, Washington County, New York 1866 56.