Welling, John

From: An Island Refuge- Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on The Island of Saint John, The Abegweit Branch of UELAC, 1983

  • JOHN WELLING, another loyal British subject who chose to leave his native land after the American Revolution and to seek refuge in a British possession, was from Welling’s Burg, near Newbury, New York. He was the son of John Welling, senior, and his wife was Mary Mullinden, daughter of Peter Mullinden. The Wellings had eight children. They lived in Jamaica, Long Island, near New York, and later moved to New Windsor, New York.
  • Before the end of January, 1783, American hostilities had ceased, and Great Britain, France, Spain and the United States had framed articles of general pacification. To Sir Guy Carleton, with headquarters in New York, fell the task of disbanding the troops and making arrangements for the transfer of Loyalists. As early as April, the exodus commenced with the sailing of the spring fleet to Nova Scotia, which included, at that time, what is now New Brunswick. It was not until after the coming of the Loyalists and Disbanded Soldiers that New Brunswick was made a separate colony.