Hi Donna, My great-great-grandfather was named Charles Wellington RICE when he was born in Lubec, ME, in 1850. When he came down to Winchester, MA, and married Adelaide Crosby HUTCHINSON, they named their first child, Louise Wellington RICE. When Louise was up in Lubec visiting her relatives in the late 1890's, she met G. Sanford KIDDER and married him. They came back down to Winchester to live. They named their 3rd child / 2nd son, Clinton Wellington KIDDER, and, in turn, there is a Clinton Wellington KIDDER, Jr. My sister who had taken the CROSBY and HUTCHINSON names to research thought that Wellington for a middle name was somehow connected to the WELLINGTON families who lived in Medford, MA, early on. ("Wellington Circle" in Medford) But, I poked around a little on-line and found out that "many" children were given Wellington as a first name or middle name if they were born around the 1850's -- after the Duke of WELLINGTON ! (I think he died in 1852.) All of the above surnames can be traced back to the 1600's MA Bay Colony, and I think they all came from England ! (Don't know about the WELLINGTON family, though !) That's my father's side of the family. It's my mother's side of the family which has the ancestors with the Scottish names but coming from Ireland ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.C." <kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 2:05 PM Subject: given name Wellington > Hi all. Does anyone know if the first name "Wellington" has Scotch-Irish > background or is it only Irish or where it comes from? I just wondered if > this could give me any clues. > > > > Donna > > - Just fishin' without a fish pole. > > ______________________________