THE BELDING/BELDEN FAMILY




1. Of Richard Belding (or Belden) of Wethersfield, Conn., we have no date of birth, marriage, or death of his family. The name of his wife has not been found. it is claimed that Samuel was his eldest child, who was b. in England, and from him are descended the Hatfield Beldens.
Richard's two son:
Samuel, b. abt. 1628.
John, b. abt. 1631.


2. Dea. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), was b. in England abt. 1628; rem. to Wethersfield, Conn., to Hatfield in 1661; d. Jan. 3, 1713. He m. (1) Mary ____, who was k. by the Indians, Sept. 19, 1677, at Hat.. He m. (2) June 25, 1678, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wells and dau. of William Beardsley of Wethersfield. He was b. in 1631 and d. before 1691. He m. (3) Mary, wid. of Capt. John Allis and dau. of Thomas Meekins. He m. (4) Apr. 10, 1705, Sarah, wid. of John Wells.

Children:
Mary, b. July 10, 1655, at Wethersfield, Conn., m. Daniel Weld.
Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1657, at Wethersfield, Conn.; m. wid. Sarah Fellows Billings.
Stephen, b. Dec. 28, 1658, at Wethersfield, Conn.
Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1661, at Hatfield.
Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1665, at Hat.
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 16, 1667, at Hat.
John, b. Nov. 13, 1669, at Hat.


3. Stephen, s. of Samuel (2), was b. at Wethersfield, Conn., Dec. 28, 1658; d. Oct. 6, 1720; m. Aug. 16, 1682, Mary, dau. of Thomas Wells. She was b. Sept. 8, 1664. She m. (2) Capt. Joseph Field of Nfd. She d. Mar. 7, 1751. They were res. of Hat.

Children:
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1683; m. Richard Scott of Sunderland.
Mary, b. May 20, 1685; m. Feb. 12, 1702, John Waite of Hat.
Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1687.
Stephen, b. Feb. 22, 1689.
Samuel, b. Oct. 23, 1692; m. May 8, 1717, Elizabeth Dickinson.
Jonathan, b. 1694; m. Hepzibah Dickinson; rem. to Nfd.
Joshua, b. 1696.
Esther, b. 1697; m. Nathaniel Gunn of Sund.
Lydia, d. July 24, 1714, unm.


4. John, s. of Samuel (2), was b. at Hat., Nov. 13, 1669; was k. at the raising of a barn Oct. 18, 1725; m. Sarah, dau of Sergt. Benjamin Waite. She was b. at Hat. in 1675. She m. (2) Ichabod Allis of Hat., Nov. 25, 1726. Residents of Hat.

Children:
John, b. Sept. 22, 1694.
Joseph, b. Aug. 9, 1696.
Martha, b. Aug. 6, 1698; m. Orlando Bridgman.
Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1701; m. Thomas Bardwell of Dfd.
Hannah, b. May 14, 1703; m. Nathaniel Hawkes of Dfd.
Mary, b. July 27, 1705; m. Obadiah Dickinson of Hat.
Ebenezer, b. June 7, 1712; d. soon.
Ebenezer, b. July 29, 1714; m. Hannah Nash; res. in Ashfield.
Rhoda, b. July 20, 1716; m. Aaron Sheldon of Dfd.


5. Joshua, s. of Stephen (3), was b. at Hat., in 1696; d. in 1738; m. (1) Dec. 1, 1725, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Coleman) Field of Hat. She m. (2) Thomas Noble of Wfd. and d. Aug. 17, 1763. He lived on Middle Lane in Hat., where afterwards his s. Jabez lived.

Children:
Stephen, b. Sept. 26, 1726.
Lucy, b. Mar. 7, 1729.
Sarah, b. 1731; d. unm.
Joshua, b. Oct. 29, 1733.
Elisha, b. Mar. 28, 1736.
Jabez, b. Apr. 10, 1738.


6. Joshua, s. of Joshua (5), was b. at Hat., Oct. 29, 1733; d. Sept. 20, 1805; m. Anna, dau. of Joseph Fitch of East Windsor, Conn. She was b. in 1738 and d. Nov. 8, 1819. She was a sister of John Fitch, who invented a steamboat before Robert Fulton. Residents of Hat.

Children:
Stephen, b. Apr. 19, 1758; d. young.
Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1760; d. soon.
Anna, b. July 22, 1761; m. Elihu Smith; rem. to Sund.
Lucy, b. Feb. 17, 1763; m. Mar. 22, 1802, John Bell.
Irene, b. Oct. 18, 1764; d. soon.
Joshua, b. June 17, 1766.
Irene, b. Oct. 18, 1768; m. Feb. 12, 1782, John Hibbard of No. Had.
Stephen, b. Mar. 6, 1771.
Augustus, b. Feb. 28, 1773.
Francis, b. Sept. 15, 1775.
Reuben, b. Jan. 3, 1778.
Seth, b. Feb. 12, 1780.
Aaron, b. Jan. 22, 1782.


7. Reuben, s. of Joshua (6), was born in What., Jan. 3, 1778; d. June 27, 1854; m. (1) Sept. 26, 1802, Sally, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Nims) Lock of Shutesbury. She d. Oct. 12, 1806. He m. (2) Apr. 2, 1807, Hannah, dau. of George and Lydia Hibbard. She was b. Mar. 29, 1790, and d. Apr. 1, 1845. He m. (3) Jan., 1846, Anna, dau of Reuben and Chloe Burnham. She was b. at Hart., Sept. 20, 1778, and d. Sept. 18, 1847. He m. (4) July 25, 1848, Laura Allis Woodruff, who survived him.

Children (all by Hannah Hibbard):
Son, b. Feb. 6, 1808; d. soon.
Julia, b. Sept. 9, 1809; m. Mar. 25, 1828, Zebina Smith. Sally Locke, b. Oct. 13, 1812; m. Nov. 25, 1831, Alvin S. Hall of Hat.
Lucy, b. Mar. 3, 1814; m. June 2, 1831, Solomon Mosher.
Hannah, b. May 26, 1816; m. Mar. 23, 1838, Calvin B. Marsh.
Electa, b. Apr. 3, 1818; m. May 6, 1840, Austin S. Jones.
Reuben, b. Jan. 25, 1820.
Diana, b. Feb. 19, 1822; m. May 26, 1846, Joseph Knight.
Elihu, b. Feb. 4, 1824; m. Nov. 20, 1845, Roxanna Leonard.


8. Dea. Reuben H., s. of Reuben (7), was b. at What., June 25, 1820; d. Jan. 27, 1897; m. Sarah A., dau. of Jonathan C. Loomis of What., Oct. 5, 1842. She was b. Oct. 12, 1817, and d. Dec. 6, 1901. They rem. to Hat.

Children:
Hannah Almira, b. Oct. 8, 1843; m. Oct. 19, 1875, Daniel W. Wells.
Reuben, b. July 8, 1845.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1847; d. Nov. 16, 1865.
George C., b. Sept. 5, 1850.
William H., b. Dec. 28, 1852.
Herbert H., b. June 2, 1855.
Clarence E., b. Jan. 29, 1859.


9. Reuben, s. of Dea. Reuben (8), was b. July 8, 1845; m. Nov. 17, 1870, Nellie Maria, dau. of Leonard and Maria B. Stearns of Con. (Conway). She was b. May 25, 1846. They are residents of Hat.

Child:
Son, b. July 11, 1878; d. same day.


10. George Colton, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Sept. 5, 1850; m. Nov. 18, 1874, Amanda, dau. of Albert and Alma Clapp of So. Dfd. She was b. Sept. 12, 1847. They are residents of So. Dfd. He d. Apr. 20, 1910.

Children:
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1875, at What.
Albert Colton, b. May 11, 1885, at So. Dfd.; d. Mar. 16, 1910.


11. William Howard, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Dec. 28, 1852; m. Feb. 21, 1878, Emma Estella, dau. of James and Adeline Eaton of Nashua, N.H. She was b. Oct. 22, 1856. They reside in the old homestead in Bradstreet.

Children:
Howard Eaton, b. Dec. 7, 1878; m. Oct. 28, 1908, Anna Edith Belden. She was b. July 29, 1882. Robert Loomis, b. Oct. 2, 1882; m. Minnie Reba Graves of Hat., dau. of A. H. Graves.
William Lucius, b. Dec. 15, 1884.
Harrison Reuben, b. Nov. 12, 1890.


12. Herbert Hibbard, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. June 2, 1855; d. Aug. 2, 1909; m. (1) Sept. 30, 1886, Laura Emma, dau. of Harrison and Laura Eason of Amherst, N.H. She was b. Oct. 25, 1857; d. Dec. 11, 1896. He m. (2) Oct. 19, 1899, at Amherst, N.H., Laura Susan Dodge. She was b. at No, Leverett, Oct. 29, 1871. They were residents of Amherst, N.H.

Children (all by Laura Susan Dodge):
Herbert Eaton, b. Oct. 9, 1900.
Clifford Dodge, b. Mar. 2, 1903.
Clarence Eugene, b. May 9, 1904.
Theodore Wallace, b. Apr. 28, 1905.
Laura Emma, b. Nov. 14, 1906.
Alfred, b. Dec. 19, 1907; d. Dec. 25, 1907.


13. Clarence Eugene, s. of Dea. Reuben H. (8), was b. Jan. 29, 1859; m. Oct. 19, 1892, Nellie Maud, dau. of Horace H. and Abby B. Snow of Providence, R.I. She was b. May 13, 1866.

Children:
Edgar Matthewson, b. Nov. 2, 1893; d. young.
Abby Snow, b. Aug. 2, 1896.


14. Joseph, s. of John (4), was b. at Hat., Aug. 9, 1696; d. in Oct., 1778, a. 83; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1717, Hester, dau. of Robert Bardwell. She was b. at Hat. Aug. 8, 1693; d. Nov. 17, 1724. He m. (2) July 13, 1727, Margarette, dau. of Samuel Gillett of Hat. He was b. May 1, 1699; d. in Mar. 1785, a. 88. Residents of Whatley.

Children:
Paul, b. 1719; d. soon.
Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1720; m. Dec. 13, 1739, David Scott; d. 1761.
Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1721; d. soon.
Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1723.
Paul, b. Nov. 17, 1724; d. soon.
Margaret, b. May 11, 1732; m. (1) abt 1750, Joseph Scott; m. (2) Dec. 17, 1788, Eleazer Frary.
Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1734; m. Benjamin Scott Jr.; d. June 2, 1806.
Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1735.
Paul, b. Dec. 13, 1737; m. Elizabeth Bardwell, who was b. Feb., 1735.


15. Joseph, s. of Joseph (14), was b. at What., Oct. 31, 1735; m. Lydia Silvery. Residents ata Bartlett's Corner, What.

Children:
Esther, bp. Dec. 27, 1772; m. Samuel Coleman.
Samuel, bp. Feb. 5, 1775.
Miriam, bp. Mar. 8, 1778.
Lydia, bp. Nov. 11, 1781; m. Otis Brown.
Joseph, bp. Sept. 12, 1784.
Jeremiah, bp. July 8, 1787.
Martha, bp. Mar. 13, 1791; m. Asa Johnson.
Sarah, bp. June 23, 1793; m. Chauncey Kennedy.
Abigail, bp. Oct. 2, 1796; d. soon.


16. Samuel, s. of Joseph (15), was b. Feb. 5, 1775, at What.; m. Sept. 30, 1801, Pauline, dau. of Gad and Irene Smith. She was b. Sept. 20, 1786, in What. They rem. late in life to Hat.

Children:
Harriet, b. 1802; m. William Bartlett.
Horace, b. 1804; m. ____ Fish.
Dexter, b. 1806; m. Fanny M. Wilson.
Stanford S., Apr. 30, 1808.
Alonzo, b. Apr. 26, 1810; m. Cynthia Potter.
Abigail, d. young.
Samuel C., b. Nov. 29, 1815; m. Mary Felton.
Sophia, m. ____ Cooper.


17. Sanford S., s. of Samuel (16), was b. Apr. 30, 1808; m. Fanny Y., dau. of Jonathan Y. Moore. Res. at No. Hat.

Children:
Oscar, b. Mar. 3, 1837.
Harriet Sophia, b. Feb. 16, 1839; m. Oct. 23, 1861, Dr. Alfred Montville. She d. Jan. 27, 1864.
Mary Pauline, b. Sept. 5, 1847; d. young.


18. Oscar, s. of Sanford (17), was b. Mar. 3, 1837; m. June 12, 1866, Harriet M. Stearns of Con. (Conway). She was b. Apr. 20, 1845; d. June 11, 1907. Res. at Bradstreet.

Children:
Edward H., b. May 18, 1867.
George Sanford, b. Apr. 8, 1872.
Oscar E., b. Mar. 30, 1878.


19. Edward H., s. of Oscar (18), was b. May 18, 1867; m. June 12, 1894, Eliza Abbott Fairchild of Lynn, who was b. Apr. 1, 1867.

Children:
Helen Fairchild, b. in Roxbury, July 23, 1895.
Edward Stearns, b. in Roxbury, Sept. 19, 1903.


20. George Sanford, s. of Oscar (18), was b. Apr. 8, 1872; m. (1) Sept. 20, 1892, Nellie A., dau. of Jacob Carl. She d. Mar. 27, 1899, and an infant s. d. the same day. He m. (2) Nov. 7, 1900, Emma M. Adams of Halifax, Vt.

Children:
Lina Kathlene (adopted), b. June 28, 1901.
Willard Belden (adopted), b. July 10, 1904.
Child by Emma Adams:
Luther Adams, b. at Hat., Apr. 20, 1908.


21. Oscar Emery, s. of Oscar (18), was b. Mar. 20, 1878; m. Oct 23, 1900, Emma Anna Luce of Williamsburg, who was b. June 11, 1876.

Children:
Clifford Luce, b. Sept. 5, 1902.
Sanford Oscar, b. Feb. 6, 1906.
Stearns Newton, b. Jan. 31, 1910.


22. Electa Belden, dau. of Reuben (7), was b. Apr. 3, 1818; d. May 31, 1891; m. May 6, 1840, Austin S. Jones of Hadley, who was b. July 23, 1815, and d. July 22, 1894.

Children:
Electa Jones, b. Aug. 6, 1842; m. Jan. 7, 1854, Henry G. Moore; d. July 5, 1880.
Charles Austin Jones, b. Aug. 12, 1846; d. July 28, 1902; m. (1) Mary Smith of Had., who d. June 6, 1881; m. (2) Oct. 25, 1882, Carrie Cadey of Nhn. They had three ch: Nellie S., b. Sept. 9, 1870l; m. Gilbert E. Morton. Emma B., b. June 9, 1876; m. Murray B. Graves. Albert C., b. June 5, 1881; d. Feb. 13, 1902.

Anna Burnham Jones, b. Mar. 14, 1848; m. (1) Mar. 14, 1871, Dr. Alonzo Lewis, who d. Jan. 25, 1874; m. (2) June 5, 1895, Edwin E. Eldredge.

Albert Jones, b. Dec. 27, 1850; d. Apr. 2, 1873.

Frank P. Jones, b. Feb. 14, 1853; m. Mar. 25, 1880, Fanny H. White of What. They had one child: Daughter, b. Apr. 9, 1888; d. Apr. 11, 1888.

Emma L. Jones, b. Sept. 28, 1854; m. July 12, 1900, Rudolph Weber of Boston.


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