The Bellington Family History

Here is another family history I have been commissioned to compile. There is additional information on this family, including charts and various lists — all of which the family is happy to share should anyone inquire. Meanwhile, here is a bit of their story to enjoy as it was presented to the family in Ontario, Canada, who have authorized this publication.Ancestors of John Noel BellingtonEvery family tree eventually runs out of ink and into weather — a name with no birthdate, a place with no fixed spelling, a person who exists only because someone else’s marriage record needed a witness. This one runs out at Thomas Roe, who left nothing behind but a son, sometime before 1665, somewhere in the low, wind-flattened country around Poulton-le-Fylde and Kirkham in Lancashire, England. Everything that follows is built on thin paper, all the way down to a departure from Liverpool in 1952 and a death in Toronto in 1996. I’ve tried to walk it the way it happened — oldest to newest — while being…