Daniel BELDEN

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• Also Known As: Daniel Belding
• Residence: Daniel Belden

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When Daniel and Elizabeth and Esther, went to Canada, whence he came back in 1698.

Daniel married Elizabeth FOOTE on 10 Nov 1670 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel FOOTE, Jr. and Elizabeth SMITH) was born in 1654 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Sep 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth BELDEN was born on 08 Oct 1673 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
2. Richard BELDEN was born on 29 Mar 1672 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Abigail BELDEN was born on 10 Mar 1686 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Jun 1686.
4. Daniel BELDEN, Jr. was born on 01 Sep 1680 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
5. Sarah BELDEN was born on 15 Mar 1682 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Samuel BELDEN was born on 10 Apr 1687 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
7. Abigail BELDEN was born on 18 Aug 1690 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
8. John BELDEN was born on 28 Feb 1693 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
9. Thankful BELDEN was born on 21 Dec 1695 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
10. Mary BELDEN was born on 17 Nov 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
11. William BELDEN was born on 26 Dec 1671 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1759.
12. John BELDEN was born on 25 Jun 1689 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Jun 1689.
13. Esther BELDEN was born on 29 Sep 1683 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
14. Nathaniel BELDEN was born on 26 Jun 1675 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Aug 1714.

Daniel married Hepzibah BUELL on 17 Feb 1699. Hepzibah (daughter of William BUELL and Mary POST) was born on 11 Dec 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in On Way to Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Sarah HAWKES after Mar 1704. Sarah was born about 1656; died on 17 Dec 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: William Beldon

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Excerpt from "Connecticut Puritan Settlers": tradition says, that two brothers by the name of Belden, were among the first settlers of the colony of Conencticut, and that they made their first location at Wethersfield, but that one of them, (William), after a while, on the settlement of Norwalk, removed thither. As early as Feb. 7, 1641, and among the earliest grants, Richard had eight distnect tracts of land allotted to him by the town, and little or no mention is made of William, save that he had three sons, Samuel, Daniel and John, born by his first wife, Tomisin; yet Williams death is found in Wethersfield, about 1660, and Samuel and John are found at Norwalk, about 1673.

Source: Belden/Baildon by Stephen M. Lawson: William Belden, of Wethersfield, died in 1655. His will dated 27 March 1655, may be found in Hartford County Probate records, in the Particular Court for the years 1650-1663, Volume II, pages 69-70. No land records have been discovered for him although he is mentioned in several records.
Descendants believe William to be the first son of the emigrant Richard, and that he was born about 1622.
In the "Parish Registers of Heptonstall", by Edith Horsfall (Yorkshire Register Society 1925) as cited by Donald E. Poste, there is a William baptized 23 April 1609, shown as a son of Lawrance Beldon of Ayringden.
In this same Register, a Richard Beldon is mentioned although his birth is not shown. William and Richard have been shown as brothers, father and son, and also as cousins. A research agency in 1935, wrote that they were distant cousins, that William Belden came to America in 1646 and established a home in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he married Thomasine Allen (?). The researcher (name and address now lost), as well as others, made the statement that all Beldens were descended from the large family of the name lving in York County, England.
Most writers have seemed inclined to accept as fact that Richard Belden was the son of Sir Francis Bayldon. Particularly in view of the English history of a Yorkshire manor and family, "Baildon and the Baildons, by Wm. Paley Baildon, ed. by Francis J. Baildon", we used the same assumption in our "Family Hustory of Judge Ellsworth B. Belden (1969).
If Richard Belden was the son of Sir Francis Baildon (Bayldon), then William Belden, of Wethersfield, was not his brother. As Richard was the only one named in Wethersfield records as having a house or land, we have placed William as Richard's first son......

"Belden Ancestry in England" by Stephen M. Lawson states that the parentage of Richard Belden (d. Aug. 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT) has not been absolutely proved. The most probable BELDEN ancestry is presented here, summaried from a two part article "the English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, With the Probable Ancestry of William Belden of Wethersfield," by Paul C. REED in "The American Genealogist (76:1-2, Jan and Apr 2001). Refer to the "Appendix on the Belden English Ancestry". Which states the following: The parentage of Richard Belden (d. Aug. 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT) has not been absolutely proved. the 'traditional' viewpoint is that he was the son of Sir Francis BAILDON and Margaret GOODRICK who was baptized May 26, 1591 at Kippax, Yorkshire, England. However, there is no documentary evidence identifying Richard BELDEN of Wethersfield as the Richard BAILDON baptized at Kippax. Researcher Paul C. Reed has written a two-part article published in "The American Genealogist" in January and April 2001 in which he concludes, "Richard Baildon, the son of Sir Francis Baildon, died in England. He was not the New England immigrant," and that "The best deduction that can be made is that Richard Belden, born about 1598-1599, was the eldest son of Lawrence Beldon, bnaptized shortly before the commencement of the Heptonstall registry."

Note: For the above reasons, I am putting William Belden as the son of Lawrence Beldon.

William married Thomasine (Tamsen) SHERWOOD in 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn. Thomasine (daughter of Thomas SHERWOOD and Alice SEABROOK) was born on 24 Oct 1615 in Bocking, England; died on 04 Jan 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 20 May 1571, Gisburn, Yorkshire, England

Lawrence married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 21 Jul 1655, Date of Will
• Fact 1: 25 Oct 1655, Date will was proved

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"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Sherwood, Thomas - Thomas came to Boston in the "Frances", Apr. 1634, ae. 48, with wife Alice, ae. 47, and children Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), and rebecca (9). He came to Wethersfield with the first settlers, 1635, was a carpenter, and sold his lands to George Wyllys, 25 Mar. 1640. He removed to Stamford, where he lived until 1648, when he sold to John Holly, and settled in Fairfield. He may have been related to Thomas Morehouse, whose holdings adjoined his in Wethersfield, and who accompanied him in his subsequent migrations.
If the age of the son Thomas was misstated in the ship's list, he could have been the Thomas son of Thomas and Alice bapt. at St. Michael's, London, Eng., 23 Jan. 1630.
Will 21 July 1655, proved 25 Oct. 1655; children by former wife, Thomas, Jane, Tamsen, Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, Rebecca; wife Mary, and children by her, Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail, Isaac.
Fairfield Deeds mention 18 Jan. 1658/9 that "john Banks hath married Mary Sherwood the relict."
His widow Mary m. (2) John Banks and d. in 1694/
Will of Mary Banks, 6 Jan. 1693/4; son Stephen Sherwood's dau. Ruth; son Matthew Sherwood's dau. Mary; Hannah "Lumis"; dau. Ruth; sons Stephen, Isaad; residue to son Mathew; Ens. Wheeler and James Bennett, Sr., overseers. Inv. 13 Mar. 1693/4.

Thomas married Alice SEABROOKEngland. Alice (daughter of Robert SEABROOK and Alice GOODSPEED) was born about 1587 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family History center records show a birth date of May 8, 1606.

Richard married Margaret ? about 1560. Margaret was buried on 23 May 1604 in Gisburn, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Seabrook, Robert - An elderly man, one of the early settlers in Stratford, he did not long survive. His will is not found, and our only knowledge of it comes from mention made of it in Stratford Deeds, where land was entered to the following persons which they had by gift from their grandfather Robert Seabrook: - Samuel Fairchild, Thomas Fairchild, Jehiel Preston, John Wheeler's wife, Samuel Stiles's wife, and perhaps others not noted. From this we deduce that he had daus. who m. thomas Fairchild, William Preston, and Thomas Sherwood; the wives of Wheeler and Stiles were daus. of Sherwood.
Preston was from Chesham, co. Buckingham, and the name Seabrook is common in that county, where at Wingrave a Robert Seabrook m. 12 Sept. 1596, Alice Goodspeed, bapt. 19 Aug. 1576, dau. of Nicholas, Jr., and Margaret Goodspeed. She was a cousin of Roger Goodspeed, the Barnstable settler. If this was the emigrant Robert, he may have married more than once; but unless research in England be made, we have only vague surmise on which to build.

Robert married Alice GOODSPEED on 12 Sep 1596. Alice was christened on 19 Aug 1576; died in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]