This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rice, Thomas, Potter, Smith, Bryant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/906.1.1 Message Board Post: In our family file we have: Jonas Wellington Rice b.1839 in Digby Co., NS I have wondered where the "Wellington" came from, and now I'm wondering if it is just a coincidence that your Rice gggrandfather was also given the middle name of Wellington . . .