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- In the Federal Census of 1850, James G. & Sally Wellwood, ages 37 & 34, are living at Mexico, Oswego Co., NY. They have two children: Thompson R. 10 and John 6. Also with them is Joanna Remington, 40. Is she Sally's sister?
J. A. & Sally Wellwood, ages 48 & 45, are living at Wellwood, Mexico, Oswego Co., NY, in the 1860 Federal Census. They have two children: John 16 & Emma 8. Esther Wellwood, age 72 RI, is living with them. She is probably James's mother.
In the 1880 Federal Census, James Wellwood, 70, is living with Edwin & Lucretia Griffin at Mexico, NY. (source: Biography of John Wellwood)
Here is some family history from the Oswego, NY, genweb site, which ties them to the Tanner, Sheldon, and Remington families of Rhode Island -- although the narrative doesn't easily line up with the will abstracts I have read: "Tanner purchased land in Westerly [RI] in 1693. He married 3 times. The last woman was Elizabeth Colgrave (?). They had 6 children. The oldest was Francis Tanner, who had 2 sons. The younger son was Joshua, born 27, 1757, in South Kingston, RI. He married Elizabeth Sheldon. They had 10 children. The sixth child was Esther Tanner who married John Wellwood.
"John and Esther did not arrive in Mexico until 1838. Their presence was noted by every major writer of Oswego County history. A section in South Mexico was called Wellwood. There were many family members. There was and is a Wellwood Cemetery. The Wellwood family participated in local life, both town and church, for close to 100 years but next to nothing certain remains about them. If it were not for the Wellwood area and the cemetery they would likely be forgotten.
"A major factor in losing this family was the lack of participation in the various census enumerations. Census takers skipped over this part of town in the early days. Not one Wellwood was counted in the 1840 0r 1850 Oswego County census. [My comment -- James Welwood and his family are in the 1850 Federal Census at Mexico, Oswego Co.] Later records seem incomplete with some persons hard to find because the recorder spelled their name as Welwood [sic]. Thus the family record now remains fragmentary . . .
"[In 1860] this family lived next door to the Remingtons, also a well-known group in the Wellwood area. The maiden name of Sally, J.A.
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Abt 1812 - 1902 (~ 90 years)
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