Roger Wellington was born circa 1609 in Surrey, England to Oliver Wellington (1588-1625) and Joan Greenwood (1584-1639) and died 11 March 1698 Watertown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Mary Palgrave (1619-1695) 1636 in Massachusetts.
Biography
ROGER WELLINGTON, a planter, (born about 1609, or '10) was an early settler of Watertown MA, his name being on the earliest list of proprietors extant. He was admitted freeman, Ap. 18, 1690.
He m. MARY, eldest dr. of Dr. Richard Palgrave,* of Charlestown. She did not survive her husband, not being mentioned in his Will, dated Dec. 17, 1697, proved Ap. 11, 1698.
Watertown Founders Monument
Watertown Founders Monument
He is listed on Watertown Founders Monument, commemorating the first settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. The town was first known as Saltonstall Plantation, one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements. Founded in early 1630 by a group of settlers led by Richard Saltonstall and George Phillips, it was officially incorporated that same year. The alternate spelling "Waterton" is seen in some early documents.
Watertown Estates
His homestall lot of 16 acres, in 1642-4, was bounded E. by Edward Goffe: N. E. by John Warren (1585-1667), and the Pond ; N. W. by William Gutterig, Edmund White, and Simon Stone ; S. E. and N. by his own land, Abraham Browne, William Bridges, and Simon Stone. Besides this, he then owned 7 other lots amounting to 145 acres. Ap. 4, 1659, he bought of Abraham Williams, and wife Joanna, of Cambridge Village (Newton), for £100, a dwelling-house, and 12 acres of land, in Wat. Nov. 29, 1660, he bought of William Hamlett, a carpenter, then of Billerica, for £50, a house, barn, and about 10 acres of land, in Camb., probably for the settlement of his son John ; bounded N. E. by Mr. Danforth's farm, Wat. line S., and Gamb. line E. 1. John, b. July 25, 1638; adm. freeman, Dec, 1677; one of the executors of his father's Will ; was a farmer, of Camb.
Marriage & Family
1st Marriage: Mary Palgrave
He married MARY, eldest daughter of Dr. Richard Palgrave,* of Charlestown. She did not survive her husband, not being mentioned in his Will, dated Dec. 17, 1697, proved Ap. 11, 1698.
2nd Marriage: Susanna Straight
He m. Susanna Straight (1657-1729), daughter of Capt. T. Straight, of Wat. She d. Jan. 27, 1728-9, aged 73, and he died Aug. 23, 1726, aged 88. His Will, dated Jan. 4, 1714-5, mentions wife Susanna, but no children. Besides numerous other relatives, he mentions his brother- in-law, Thomas Straight.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Wellington (1638-1697) | |||
| Mary Wellington (1640-1690) | 10 December 1640 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 21 January 1690 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Henry Maddock (1640-) John Coolidge (1628-1690) |
| Joseph Wellington (1643-1724) | 9 August 1643 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 11 December 1724 Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Sarah Unknown Wellington (c1645-1683) Elizabeth Straight (1645-1715) |
| Benjamin Wellington (1646-1709) | 1645 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 8 January 1710 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Elizabeth Sweetman (1646-c1694) |
| Oliver Wellington (1648-1727) | |||
| Palgrave Wellington (1655-1715) | |||
Siblings
Vital Records
The Will of Roger Wellington
He d. Mar. 11, 1697-8. The following persons are mentioned in his Will, viz. : sons John (ex'r), Joseph, Benjamin, Oliver, and Palgrave (ex'r); gr. son John Maddock ; gr. son Roger Wellington, and gr. dr. Mary Livermore. The births of only four of his children are found in the records.
He m. Susanna Straight, b. 1657, dr. of Capt. T. Straight, of Wat. She d. Jan. 27, 1728-9, aged 73, and he died Aug. 23, 1726, aged 88. His Will, dated Jan. 4, 1714-5, mentions wife Susanna, but no children. Besides numerous other relatives, he mentions his brother- in-law, Thomas Straight.
References
- Roger Wellington 1609 Famous Descendants
- Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston, - To which is Appended the Early History of the Town – Henry Bond, Horatio Gates Jones page 627