Person:Daniel Belden (3)

m. Bef 1647
  1. Samuel Belden1647 -
  2. Daniel Belden1648 - 1732
  3. Lieutenant John Belden1649/50 - 1713
  4. Susanna Belden1651 -
  5. Mary Belden1652/53 - Aft 1655
  6. Nathaniel Belden1654 - Aft 1655
m. 10 Nov 1670
  1. William Belden1671 - 1759
  2. Richard Belden1672 -
  3. Elizabeth Belden1673 -
  4. Nathaniel Belden1675 - 1714
  5. Mary Belden1677 - Aft 1737
  6. Daniel Belden1680 - 1696
  7. Sarah Belden1681/82 - 1749
  8. Esther Belden1683 - Aft 1764
  9. Abigail Belden1685/86 - 1686
  10. Samuel Belden1687 - 1750
  11. John Belden1689 - 1689
  12. Abigail Belden1690 - Bef 1732
  13. John Belden1693 - 1696
  14. Thankful Belden1695 - 1696
m. 17 Feb 1698/99
  • HDaniel Belden1648 - 1732
  • WSarah Hawks1657 - 1751
m. Aft Mar 1703/04
  1. Daniel Belden
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Daniel Belden
Alt Name[3] Daniel Belding
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4][5] 20 Nov 1648 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 10 Nov 1670 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Foote
Alt Marriage 10 Nov 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Foote
Marriage 17 Feb 1698/99 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hepzibah Buell
Marriage Aft Mar 1703/04 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States (probably)After death of his second wife.
to Sarah Hawks
Alt Death[7] 14 Aug 1731 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][2][3][6] 14 Aug 1732 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[7] Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Daniel was taken prisoner during the Deerfield Massacre, and taken to Canada, where he was sold to the French. Finally, he was released to Col. Schuyler. Commissioned to bear a copy of the Articles of Peace between England and France, to Albany, and later to Deerfield. In King Philip’s War, he was a member of acommittee on Fortifications

VIII. Daniel BELDEN - b 20 Nov 1648 Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT - d 14 Aug 1732 Deerfield, MA; m 10 Nov 1670 at Wethersfield to Elizabeth FOOTE, dau of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (SMITH) FOOTE. Other spouses of Daniel were Sarah Hawks MATTOON and Hepzibah BUEL. Ch of Daniel & Elizabeth were: 1. William BELDEN - b 1671; d 1759; m 2 May 1700 to Margaret ARMS; He was a Sgt in King Phillip's war and taken prisoner in 1696; They resided at Deerfield, MA 2. Richard BELDEN - b 1672 3. Elizabeth BELDEN - b 8 Oct 1673; m Eben BROOKS 4. Nathaniel BELDEN - b 26 Jun 1675; captured by Indians 6 Sep 1696 5. Mary BELDEN - b 17 Nov 1677 Hatfield; (See Below) MA; m 19 Apr 1698 at Wilton, CT to Deacon James Trowbridge 6. Daniel BELDEN II - b 1 Sep 1680; d 16 Sep 1696 Deerfield, MA, slain by Indians 7. Sarah BELDEN - b 15 Mar 1681/82; m 9 Oct 1702 to Benjamin BURT; Sarah escaped Indian massacre by hiding in tobacco field 8. Esther (Hester) BELDEN - b 19 Sep 1683; m Ephraim CLARK; Hester was captured by the Indians 1696 9. Abigail BELDEN - b 1686; d bef 1732 10. Samuel BELDEN - b 10 Apr 1687 Hatfield, MA 11. John BELDEN - b 24 Jun 1689 Deerfield, MA; d 15 Jun 1689 Deerfield, MA 12. Abigail BELDEN - b 18 Aug 1690 13. John BELDEN - b 28 Feb 1692/93; d 16 Sep 1696 Deerfield, MA; slain by Indians 14. Thankful BELDEN - b 21 Dec 1695; d 16 Sep 1696 Deerfield, MA; slain by Indians NOTES: Daniel Belden, son of William and Tomisin (Sherwood) Belden, was born 20 Nov 1646, and died in Deerfield, MA 14 Aug 1732 in his 86th year. Daniel settled as early as 1671 in Hatfield, MA, removing to Deerfield about 1689. He was a selectman and leader in town affairs. On 10 Nov 1670, Daniel married Elizabeth Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote. Elizabeth was born in 1654 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. They had fourteen children. In the massacre of 16 Sep 1696, Elizabeth and three of their children were slain by Indians, two of the children were wounded and several were driven to Canada. Daniel was sold to the Jesuits, and redeemed in 1698. Daniel married 2nd, 17 Feb 1699, Hepzibah, daughter of William Buell, widow of Thomas Wells. She was born 11 Dec 1649, in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. On Tuesday, 29 Feb 1703/04, shortly before the break of day, Indians stole into the village, fired the buildings, captured most of the inhabitants, marching them to Quebec, Canada. A number of people were slain at the "taking of the town". Hepzibah was slain shortly after leaving the town, in the meadows, probably 1 Mar 1703/04. The daughter, Sarah, wife of Benjamin Burt, was with child but made the trip to Canada where the child was born.

NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVES CARRIED TO CANADA, Vol II, by Emma Lewis Coleman says about Hepzibah ------------- Hepzibah, dau. of William Buel of Windsor, she married 1rst, Lieutenant Thomas Wells and was his widow, when in 1693 t he Indians attacked her house. Two daughters were killed and, says Stephen Williams, a third daughter and she, herself, were also "knocked on the head and scalped." The next year she asked aid from the congregations of Connecticut. In 1699 she married Daniel Belding, was captured in 1704 and killed on the journey to Canada. Daniel rebuilt his home, and later fought off, with other fellow townsmen, in 1709, another attack by the French and Indians. Daniel married 3rd, Sarah, widow of Philip Mattoon, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hawkes. She was born 29 Sep 1657 - died 17 Sep/Dec 1751 in her 95th year (both months have been given by descendants). 1696 Sep 16 -- "John Smead & John Gillett being in the woods...were besett by a Company of French Mohawks. J.G. was taken prisoner and J.S. escaped. "Leaving some to guard the prisoner the rest of the Indians hurried to the village where they attacked the house of DANIEL BELDING. With three Belding captives they went up Green River, joining those left with Gillett; thence they "set away for Canada".

GILLETT, JOHN, b 1671----Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hawks). The Indians gave or sold him to the French and he "worked as a servant to the Nuns at their Farm." In the meantime, only one month after his capture, administration was granted on his estate, "he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore as to his personal residence in Deerfield,is dead . "But it was only legally that he was dead. He had further adventures as told in his petition of June, 1698: "Whereas John Gillit who hath been a verry active and Willing Soulder within the County of Hampshire & Being on the 16th day of September 1696 out upon Service & togeather with some others was that day taken by the enemy & suffering hardship was carried to Cannada captive & there Ramaynd till Sep Last & then was sent from thence Prisonr into olf ffrance, & thence (by the late Articles of Peace) he...was carried into England: Since his Arrivall there hath Lived & obtained pay for his Passage by the Charitie of Some English Marcts there; & now being Arrived here destitute of Money or Cloaths...Humbly propose it to ye Honorable General Court to allow him Something." He was given six pounds.

THE FAMILY OF DANIEL BELDING----His wife and three children were killed; two were wounded and two more--Nathaniel and Hester--were carried away with their father. Stephen Williams' Narrative says: "When Mr. B. & company came to the fort called Oso the males were obliged to run the Gauntlet near it. Mr. B. being a very nimble...man, received but few blows, save at first setting out, but the other men were much abused by clubs fire brands &c." DANIEL and his daughter were at first kept by theIndians. Later he was sold "...& lived as a servant with the jesuits at the Seminary; his business was to wait upon them & cutt wood, make fires & tend the garden &c. He accounted himself favorably dealt with."NATHANIEL "worked for the Holy Sisters." After Ryswick, "the Dutch Gentlemen" gathered up what captives...they could and returned june 8 & took Mr. B. and his children and Martin Smith...& arrived in Albany inabout15 days." There Belding and his children were clothed at the expense of his brother who lived in Norwalk. They returned to Deerfield by way of New York and Connecticut, arriving after John Gillett. The next year Daniel married the widow of Thomas Wells. She was killed in 1704, and then he took a third wife, who outlived him, he dying in 1731.Nathaniel died in 1714. Hester married Ephraim Clark of Stratford, Connecticut, about 1735.

THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM THE HATFIELD TOWN RECORDS: "Elizabeth, wife to Daniel Beldenye head of the family, together with Daniel Belden, John Belden and Thankful Belden, their children, were all of them slaine by the enemie September 16, 1696." "Sept. 16, 1696. The Indians came along from up Green River to the town, and assaulted Mr. Daniel Belden's house; took Mr. Belden, his son Nathaniel and daughter Esther captive, killed his wife and three children, and wounded Samuel and Abigail, but they recovered, altho' Samuel had a hatchet stuck in his head, and some of his brains came out at his wound. Samuel was born Apr. 10, 1687.

FROM MATHER'S MAGNALIA: "The Indians making an Assault upon Deerfield, in this Present War, they struck a Hatchet some Inches into the Skull of a Boy there, even so deep that the Boy felt the force of a Wrench used by 'em to get it out. There he lay a long while Weltering in his Blood; they found him, they Dress 'd him' considerable Quantities of his Brain came out from time to time when they opened the Wound; yet the Lad recovered, and is now a Living Monument of the Power and Goodness of God."

parents william & Thomasine Sherwood Belding

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam. 2. William Belden, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:77.

    "Daniel (Belden), b. (Wethersfield) 20 Nov., 1648; m. 10 Nov., 1670, Elizabeth (dau. Nath'l, Jr.) Foote, of Weth.; rem. to Deerfield, Mass., where in the massacre of 1696 by the Inds. his wife and 3 ch. were slain and 2 other ch. taken captive; he d. at D., 14 Aug., 1732, in 86th yr. See Foote Geneol., xxviii, xxix, 49; Judd's Hadley Geneal's,' 452: Sheldon's 'Deerfield, 80-81."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Daniel Belden, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:157.

    "Belden, or Belding, Daniel, Hatfield, s. of William, m. 10 Nov. 1670, Eliz. d. of the sec. Nathaniel Foote, had William, b. 1671; Richard, 1672; Eliz. 8 Oct. 1673; Nathaniel, 26 June 1675; Mary, 17 Nov. 1677; Daniel, 1 Sept. 1680; Sarah, 15 Mar. 1682; Esther, 29 Sept. 1683; Abigail, 1686, d. soon; Samuel, 10 Apr. 1687; rem. to Deerfield, and had John, 24 June 1689, d. soon; Abigail, again, 18 Aug. 1690; John, again, 28 Feb. 1693; and Thankful, 21 Dec. 1695. His w. with s. Daniel, and the youngest two ch. were k. by the Ind. 16 Sept. 1696, when Samuel, and Abigail, two others of the ch. were wound. and hims. with two more, Eliz. and Esther, were taken off to Canada, whence he came back 1698, and m. 17 Feb. 1699, Hepzibah, wid. of Thomas Welles, of Hatfield, whose three ds. had been, 6 June 1693, knock. on the head by the Ind. of wh. one recov. This w. d. of William Buell, at the onslaught upon Deerfield, 29 Feb. 1704, was taken by the Ind. and carr. a short distance on the way to Canada, when her strength fail. and she was k. For third w. he took Sarah, wid. of Philip Mattoon, d. of John Hawkes of Hadley, and d. 14 Aug. 1732. His wid. d. 17 Dec. 1751, near 75 yrs. from her first m. and in her 95 yr."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Daniel Belding, in Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius). Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby. (Northampton, Massachusetts: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1862)
    10.

    "Belding, Daniel, b. Nov. 20, 1648, s. of William of Wethersfield, settled as early as 1671 in Hat., whence abt. 1689 he rem. to Deer., and d. Aug. 14, 1732, ae. 85. M. (1) Nov. 10, 1670, Elizabeth Foote, dau. of Nathaniel; she was slain Sept. 16, 1696; m. (2) Feb. 17, 1699, Hepzibah, wid. of Thomas Wells of Hat., and dau. of Wm. Buell. She was b. in Windsor, Dec. 11, 1649, slain Mch. 1704; m. (3) Sarah, wid. of Phillip Mattoon. She d. Sept. 17, 1751, in 95th yr. Children—William, b. Dec. 26, 1671; Richard, b. Mch. 29, 1672; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1673, m. _____ Brooks; Nathaniel, b. Jan. 26, 1675, d. Aug. 21, 1714; Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1677, m. _____ Trowbridge; Daniel, b. Sept. 1, 1680, slain Sept. 16, 1696; Sarah, b. Mch. 15, 1682, m. _____ Trowbridge; Daniel, b. Sept. 1, 1680, slain Sept. 16, 1696; Sarah, b. Mch. 15, 1682, m. Benjamin Burt; Hester, b. Sept. 29, 1683, m. _____ Clark; Abigail, b. Mch. 10, 1686, d. June 15, 1686; Samuel, b. Apr. 10, 1687; John, b. June 24, 1689, d. June 25, 1689; Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1690; John, b. Feb. 28, 1693, slain Sept. 16, 1696; Thankful, b. Dec. 21, 1695, slain Sept. 16, 1696."

  4. Jacobus, Donald Lines. Wethersfield Vital Records, 1635-1665: In Land Records, Vol. I. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1932)
    1:28.

    "Belden, … Daniell s. Will & Tomisin, b. 20 Nov. 164[8]"

  5. Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    18.

    "Belden, … Daniell, s. Will[iam] & Tamisin, b. Nov. 20, 1646 [error for 1648]" [LR1:16]"

  6. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    265.

    "Belden, … Dan[ie]ll, [died] Aug. 14, 1732. Head of family."

  7. 7.0 7.1 Daniel Belding, in Find A Grave.