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Weld family
The Weld family is an extended family of Boston Brahmins most remembered for the philanthropy of its members. The Welds have many connections to Harvard University, the Golden Age of Sail, the Far East (especially Japan), the history of Massachusetts, and American history in general.
William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts, is the most prominent living member of this family. When Massachusetts Senate president Billy Bulger publicly teased William Weld about his ancestors' having come over on the Mayflower, Weld joked: "Actually, they weren't on the Mayflower. They sent the servants over first to get the cottage ready." 〔While there was no Weld among the names of the 26 male Mayflower passengers currently known to have descendants, genealogists such as Gary Boyd Roberts of New England Historic Genealogical Society have pointed out that tens of millions of Americans (approximately one in seven) has at least one ancestor who was among this group of early settlers. William Weld, whose family has been in Massachusetts since the 1600s, has several Mayflower ancestors from whom he is descended through multiple lines (making Billy Bulger's statement very accurate).〕
Tuesday Weld, an Academy Award nominated actress, is perhaps best known for her role on ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis''. She is a third cousin once removed to William Weld.
==William Weld==
One Sheriff William Weld was sheriff of London, England in 1352. Although it is difficult to prove genealogical relationships that far back, evidence suggests that Sheriff Weld was related to the Welds that eventually came to North America.
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