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BELDEN Web Pages

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• Sylvia's BELDEN-BELDING-BAILDON- BAYLDON site
• Ancestry of Richard Belding Gilbert
• Gary Green's Belden site
• Pat Bauer's Belden site
• Emery Daly's Belden site
• Jo Ann Belden Johnson's Belden HomePage
• Richard Gilbert's Belden/Belding/Beldin Family in the New World
• G.C. Belden's Belden/Belding Family Ancestry and Genealogy
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BELDEN Family Information

David BELDEN was born about 1804 in New York, according to the information given in the 1850 Census for Cayuga Co., NY, as well as the 1860 Census for De Kalb Co., IL. His occupation was listed as a shoemaker. His wife Louisa (maiden name unknown) was born about 1808-1809. The LDS Ancestral File lists the following children for this couple:

More information available on request from Alice Allen

1. RICHARD BELDEN & MARGARET ACKRENDEN
2. JOHN BELDEN AND LYDIA STANDISH
3. JOHATHAN BELDEN & MARY WRIGHT
4. SILAS BELDEN & ABIGAIL ROBBINS
5. CHARLES BELDEN & HANNAH HOGEBOOM
6. BARTHOLOMEW BELDEN & TABITHA KELLOGG
Bartholomew Belden was b. 30 Dec 1759, Canaan, CT. C.V.R, d. 1839, Amsterdam, NY (HELP - NEED REF. FOR THIS?) m. 11 Jan 1780, Canaan CT. CVR
Children, Octavia b. 1781, Kellogg b. 1783, Almira b. 1785, CVR
Wife, Tabitha, d. 26 Aug. 1791 age 28 and is buried at Grassy Hills
Ceme. Falls Village, CT.
Her in-laws are buried there also. Need proof that 4th child, Jeremiah, is theirs.

There is another Bartholomew Belden b. 16 Dec 1762 d. 31 Oct 1831 Montgomery Co. NY that the DAR has mixed all up with Bartholomew and Tabitha

7. JEREMIAH GEORGE BELDEN B. 1791, (Need birth record) York State, USA, d. 25 May 1877, 85 yrs.) in Huron Co., Howick twp., Ont. Canada. (home of son, Jeremiah) Have d. record, m. ca 1824, HANNAH TUTTLE b. ca 1798, York State, USA, her father d. in War of 1812. HELP? She was still alive in 1851 on Canadian Census.

Children: All b. Canada
Mary b. 1825
Sylvanus b. 1826
Hezekia b. 1829
Jeremiah b. 1831
GEORGE B. 24 Apr. 1837
Serinda b. ca 1844

8. GEORGE BELDEN b, 24 Apr. 1837, Ontario, Canada, blacksmith, farmer, d. 1 May 1924(at son Jimshome) near Arlington, KS., m. 23 May 1858, near Hawksville, Waterloo Co, Ont. LYDIA 'MARIA' TEMPLETON. b. 30 Jan 1830, Ont. Res. 1851 Brant Co., So. Dumfries twp., d. 19 June 1924 (at son Geo. Nelsons) SW of Sterling, KS, dtr. of DANIEL E. TEMPLETEON & LYDIA WILL

Children all of 1st m. b. Rice Co, KS
Neva Loretta, George "Henry", Winona Ruth, Ernest Wesley, Nellie Opal, Myrtle Emily, Elsie Anna, Earl Nelson and ROWENA GRACE

11. ROWENA GRACE BELDEN submitted these records.

Heman BELDEN, son of Aretus BELDEN and Maria FORDHAM
Betsy PARKHURST, daughter of Jabez PARKHURST and Delana CHILDS

The above information was contributed by Joanne Rohrscheib
She would love to know more about this family, and is willing to share what she has collected, too.

Ancestors of Lana A. Belden

Samuel Belden Jr (b.1689-Wethersfield,Hartford,CT;m.1712;d.1771)
..+ Mary Spencer (b.1692-Haddam,Middlesex,CT;d.1751)
...... 2. Richard Belden (b.1728-Wethersfield,Hartford,CT;m.1749;d.1797)
..........+ Elizabeth Hurlburt (b.1725-Wethersfield,Hartford,CT;d.1818)
............3. Private Othniel Belden Sr (b.1755-Wethersfield,Hartford,CT;m.1778;d.1834)
................+ Sarah Lindsay (b.1762-Windsor,Hartford,CT;d.1848)
................. 4. Amos Belden (b.1779-MA;m.1800;d.1863)
.....................+ Anna Day (b.1779-Hadley,Hampshire,MA;d.1830)
.......................5. Amos D. Belden (b.1821-Summit,Schoharie,NY;m.1845;d.1910)
...........................+ Sally Fredendall (b.1823-Summit,Schoharie,NY;d.1890)
..............................6. Lana A. Belden (b.1848-East Worcester,Otsego,NY;d.1931)

Contributed by Gary Green

Luther Belden, born 25 March 1780 at Wethersfield CT [parents names not found] had been living in Saybrook (now Essex) CT for several years when Uriah Hayden applied for a Seaman's Protection Certificate for him. [It does not appear that he is connected to the Seymour Belden family also living at Saybrook.] Luther married 18 July 1801 Prudence Starkey, daughter of Noah Starkey and Prudence Gladding Starkey. He invested in and was master of several ships in the coasting trade including the Sloop Prudence, Sloop Thetis, and Sloop William, all sailing out of Saybrook. He died March 1815 at Saybrook. Prudence died 9 Feb 1850. Luther and Prudence had one child: Louisa Belden born 1804 at Saybrook. She married 8 Dec 1825 Ralph Pratt of Saybrook.

Mary Belden, living at Saybrook, died ca 1805 9 (Saybrook Probate #116).
Her children (all of the Saybrook area) were:
(1) Seymour Belden born ca 1753 who married 31 Dec 1777 Priscilla Jones. Seymour died 7 July 1814 age 61.(Saybrook Probates #118). Priscilla died in 1813 (Saybrook Probate #117.)
(2) Ebenezer Belden born ca. 1759 married Sarah and d. 17 Jan 1819 age 69. He went to Canaan (CT?) or New Canaan, Albany County NY in 1778.
(3) Mary Belden who married Benjamin Ingham. It appears Mary had a child. Rufus Belding was presented for baptism in 1784 by Seymer Belding at Westbrook, CT. In Seymour Belden's wife Priscilla's will she left legacies to her husband and to Rufus Belding Ingham. The child may have born his mother's name and then been adopted by her husband, Benjamin Ingham.
(4) Job K. Belden born 3 Sep 1762 married Martha Dean in 1791 and died 18 Feb 1830. Job went to Canaan, Columbia Co. NY
(5) Phebe married 18 Apr 1802 Noah Hall.

The husband of Mary Belden who died ca 1805 at Saybrook may have been Ebenezer Belding of East Hampton, LI. According to The American Genealogist 53:110, Ebenezer Belding of East Hampton bought land in Saybrook in 1701, sold it in 1702 and 1706. He returned to East Hampton in 1703 & 1704 according to East Hampton Town Records 3:75, 113.

Contributed by Pam Olson

Miscellaneous Belden Information

If you don't have a web page but would like to share your information, this is the place it will appear. Email me at [email protected] and send me the data, I will include it in this section. Of course, I would like to list you as the contributor of that information, so please let me know if I can do this. This would include your name & email address so others can get in touch with you. If you have happened upon some BELDEN information in your research that you can't make a connection with but would still like to share, again, let me know, I'll place it here. Would still like to list you as the contributor, but if there is no connection to your family, I will add that "disclaimer" so that others will know you probably don't have any more information.

Selected BELDEN marriages from the State of Illinois Website (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html)

Daniel Belden:
(The writing is very faint so not sure if I have this right)
2 males under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 60-70
1 female 5-10, 2 females 10-15, ?????

 Sempronius twp.

William Belden:
1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 3 males 20-30, 1 male 50-60
1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 50-60

 Springport twp.

Charles Belden:

2 males 10-15, 2 males 20-30
2 females 5-10, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 50-60

Venice twp.

David Belden (mine again):
3 males under 5, 1 male 20-30
1 female 20-30

Note: These images are very washed out, it's possible there are others listed I can't see, or that I might not have them lined up in the right columns.

Alonzo Belden:

1 male 30-40; 1 female 20-30

Luke Belden:
1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30

David Belden (this one's mine):
1 male under 5, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 30-40
1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40

Springport twp.

Ephraim Belden:
1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30
1 female under 5, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40

A.R. Belden, age 31, male, (can't tell occupation for sure), born MA
D.D. Belden, age 27, female, born NY
Mary Holmes, age 6, female, born NY

 Moravia, Cayuga Co. NY
Thomas Belden, age 46, Farmer, born NY
Hannah Belden, age 38, born NY
Harry (or Henry) N. Belden, age 14, born NY

The above information was submitted by AliceAllen

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