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ied (first) Hannah A. Welton, daughter
of Hershel Welton, of Wolcott; she died
July ID, 1857. Two of their four children
died in infancy; two attained majority.
Children: i. Mary A., who became the
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wife of Ellis Phelan. 2. Edward Laurens,
a resident of Waterbury.
Mr. Frisbie married (second) Josephine
Deming, daughter of Abner Deming, of
Derby; she died October 14, 1872, leaving
one daughter, Josephine. On October
2, 1884, Mr. Frisbie married (third) Emily
J. Welton, daughter of George Wales and
Mary (Graham) Welton, of Waterbury
(see Welton VII). Mrs. Frisbie is a
member of the Melicent Porter Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
holding a life membership in the chapter.
She is also a member of the Woman's
Club, and was at one time its president,
the third woman to hold the office. She
has long been active in the benevo-
lent and philanthropic efforts of Trinity
Church, and has been a generous donor to
all such endeavors in Waterbury. Mrs.
Frisbie is widely and eminently known in
the more conservative social circles of
the city. Edward Laurens Frisbie died
at his home in Waterbury, April 13, 1909.
(The Welton Line).
Arms—Argent, a mullet gules, on a chief of the
second a demi-lion rampant of the field.
Crest—A demi-lion rampant argent, guttee de
sang.
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The surname Welton, of local origin,
and therefore of ancient date, appears in
medieval English registers of as early
date as the Hundred Rolls, 1273, where
we find the entry—Roger de Weltone
for County Bedford. Parishes of the
name flourished in the thirteenth century
in Counties Oxford, Lincoln, Northants,
and in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The
particle "de" was eventually dropped, and
the name in its present form has figured
in English life and affairs for over seven
hundred years.
The American Weltons, distinctively a
Connecticut family, comprise the progeny
of one John Welton, an Englishman of
substance, whose descendants have played
notable parts in the public, professional,
and business life of Connecticut Colony
and Commonwealth for two and a half
centuries. The line of ancestry traced
herein is that of the late George Wales
Welton, one of the organizers of the Wa-
terbury Brass Company, and one of the
leading business men of Waterbury in
the middle decades of the last century.
(I) John Welton, immigrant ancestor
and progenitor, was, according to family
tradition, originally a resident of Saybrook,
whence he removed early to Farm-
ington. Here he was one of the pioneer
settlers, and in 1672 was one of the eighty-
four proprietors of the town. In 1674 he
was a signer of the articles of agreement.
John Welton shared in all the allotments
except the first, and was probably in Mattatuck
as early as 1679. Here he was one
of the twenty-five who pledged them-
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selves to pay the salary of Mr. Peck, the
first minister. In 1691 he was a member
of the local militia, with the rank of cor-
poral. In 1708 he was selectman, and for
eight years, between 1698 and 1714, filled
the ofiice of town constable. He lived
on the south side of West Main Street.
His house lot, containing two acres, was
bounded on the east by land of Thomas
Judd, Jr., west by land of Abraham An-
druss, Sr., and north and south by the
highway. John Welton married Mary
; she died October 18, 1716. They
were the parents of eleven children, six of
whom were born in Farmington before
the removal of the family to Waterbury.
John Welton died June 18, 1726; his son