... This, therefore, must be the old house which every resident of Wellington knows so well. In 1795 it was the only house standing, and was occupied by Captain Wymond Bradbury, a mariner, formerly of Newburyport . The promontory, extending into the marshes now known as Wellington, was first called Wilson's point, then Blanchard's point. The earlier records all call the place Wilson's or Blanchard's point,...