Capt. Gideon Wellman

Gideon Wellman

• Father: William Wellman Jr.
• Mother: Elizabeth Joy
• Birth Date: 2 May 1694
• Birth Location: Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut
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• Death Date: BY 4 Jul 1760
• Death Location: prob. Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut
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Marriages for Gideon Wellman

1. Spouse: Concurrence Hull Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1720 Marriage Location: Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut
2. Spouse: Rebecca Grinnell Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1741/1742 Marriage Location: Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellman-848

Son of Sgt William II & Elizabeth (Joy) Wellman

He married first Concurrence Hull, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Sheather) Hull, on 14 Apr 1720 in Killingworth, Middlesex, CT.

Gideon Wellman and Concurrance Hull had the following (8) children:

1. Samuel, b. 21 April 1721
2. Mary, b. 11 December 1722
3. Elihu, b. 19 December 1724
4. Marcy, b. 6 October 1726
5. William, b. 11 August 1728
6. Barnabas, b. 17 June 1730
7. Concurrance (twin), b. 8 September 1733
8. Lydia (twin), b. 8 September 1733

Married (2) Rebecca Grinnell, descendant of John Alden, on 13 Feb 1740 at Killingworth, Middlesex, CT. No children with 2nd wife.

Gideon served in the French/Indian War under Capt. Thomas Pierce in 1760 and again under Capt. Noah Humphry in 1762

References

• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=32021+gideon+wellman&ah... cites
• 1 The American Genealogist, 1960, Vol. 37, p. 9.
• 2 The American Genealogist, 1970, Vol. 46, p. 201.
• 3 Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/04/2014). Family Relationship of Gideon Wellman (1694–a1760) 5th Great-grandfather to Vincent Price, Movie Actor
  • 1928 Kelsey genealogies (plus TAG 37 [1961]: 7-9, on the Wellmans),
• 4 Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1 999), 81, 293-294, transcription error with first wedding date for Gideon.
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12132/201/137237621
• Weygant, Charles. The Hull Family in America (Sun Printing Co., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1913) Page 24 Archive.Org