Person:Esther Belden (3)

Esther Belden
d.Aft 1764
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
  • HEphraim ClarkEst 1681 - 1764
  • WEsther Belden1683 - Aft 1764
m. 28 Jul 1703
Facts and Events
Name Esther Belden
Alt Name[1] Esther Belding
Married Name Esther Clark
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 29 Sep 1683 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 28 Jul 1703 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Ephraim Clark
Living[4] 1764 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)David Clark, agreement with mother Hester 1764
Death[4] Aft 1764
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Belding, Daniel, 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)
    2:2:81.

    "Hester (Belding), b. (Hatfield) Sept. 29, 1683, m. _____ Clark; …"

  2. 2. Daniel Belding, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    2:2:81.

    "Hester (Belding), (born) Sept. 29, 1683; cap. Sept. 16, 1696, not after heard from."

  3.   Coleman, Emma L. (Emma Lewis). New England captives carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760, during the French and Indian wars. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1925)
    2:37, 38.

    "The Family of Daniel Belding. His wife and three of their children were killed; two were wounded and two more─Nathaniel and Hester─were carried away with their father. … Daniel and his daughter were at first kept by the Indians. … After Ryswick, 'the Dutch Gentlemen gatherd up wt captives … they could & returned jun 8 & took Mr. B. and his xdren … & arrived in Albany in about 15 days.' … Hester married Ephraim Clark of Stratford, Connecticut, about 1735."

  4. 4.0 4.1 Clark, Ephraim, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:146.