Wellham family
trivia
Wellham Crossroads can be found at the
northern tip of Anne Arundel County, near Baltimore, USA. This famous
historical site is described as being 6 miles from Shipley, USA. Coincidentally
my grandfather and father lived in Shipley, Yorkshire,
England.
The first European settlement in Anne
Arundel County, occurred in the early 1600s. The Algonquin tribes had all but
left the area, due to the warlike Susquahannocks from the north. The first
settlers were Protestant Englishmen and women. They amassed large areas of land
in the area to farm, families such as the Wellhams grew tobacco, fruits and
vegetables to sell in Baltimore and Washington. During the 1800s many small
settlements emerged around the Wellham Crossroads area, which was the link
between Old Annapolis Road and Elkridge Road. The 1878 Maryland
Directory shows Wellham as a village of a hundred settlers, including three
Blacksmiths and a Wheelwright, William Linthicum was the postmaster.
Graveney School can be found in Wellham
Road, Tooting. The name Tooting derived from the Saxons as did the name
Wellham. The name Tooting has the meaning, 'Son of Totas'. Tooting was owned by
Chartsey Abbey and Westminster abbey from AD675. |
