Person:Samuel Belden (1)

m. 9 Dec 1622
  1. Susan Belden1623 -
  2. Mary Belden1625 -
  3. Grace Belden1627 -
  4. Sara Belden1630 -
  5. Deacon Samuel Belden1632 - 1713
  6. John Belden1634 - 1677
  • HDeacon Samuel Belden1632 - 1713
  • WMary UnknownBef 1635 - 1677
m. Bef 1655
  1. Mary Belden1655 - Bef 1699
  2. Cornet Samuel Belden1657 - Bef 1737/38
  3. Stephen Belden1658 - 1720
  4. Sarah Belden1661 - 1712
  5. Elizabeth BeldenEst 1663 - 1735
  6. Ann Belden1665 - 1728
  7. Ebenezer Belden1667 - 1739
  8. John Belden1669 - 1725
  • HDeacon Samuel Belden1632 - 1713
  • WMary BeardsleyAbt 1632 - 1691
m. 25 Jun 1678
  • HDeacon Samuel Belden1632 - 1713
  • WMary MeekinsEst 1645 - Bef 1705
m. Aft 20 Sep 1691
  • HDeacon Samuel Belden1632 - 1713
  • WSarah Curtis1642 - Est 1743
m. 10 Apr 1705
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][6] Deacon Samuel Belden
Alt Name[4] Samuel Belding
Gender Male
Christening[1] 16 Sep 1632 Heptonstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (family residing at Wadsworth).
Marriage Bef 1655 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Mary Unknown
Other[1][6] 21 May 1657 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesMade freeman
Military[3][5] 1675 Served in King Philips War
Marriage 25 Jun 1678 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesSecond marriage for each.
to Mary Beardsley
Marriage Aft 20 Sep 1691 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States (probably)After death of his second wife.
to Mary Meekins
Marriage 10 Apr 1705 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Curtis
Death[2][3][4] 3 Jan 1713 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

NOTES: Samuel Belden came to America with his Father, Richard Belding. In Oct 1654, Samuel received a gift of land from his Father. Samuel served as the Town Cow-keeper in 1648. He served valiantly in King Philip's War. Samuel was one of the jurors 7 Jun 1655 and he was made a freeman 21 May 1657 at the General Court of Election. Samuel married about 1654 Mary, possibly Hastings, who was killed by Indians 19 Sep 1677. He married 25 Jun 1678, 2nd time to Mary, widow of Thomas Wells, daughter of William Beardsley; she died 20 Sep 1691, after which he married 3rd Mary, widow of John Allis, daughter of Thomas Meeker. He married 4th of 10 Apr 1705 to Sarah, widow of John Wells.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Poste, Donald E. English Origin of the Beldens of Wethersfield. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1969)
    45:137.

    "Samuel [Balden] bapt. 16, Sept. 1632, Wadsworth."

    From Heptonstall parish register.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Samuel 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)
    1:158.

    "Samuel (Belden), Wethersfield, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. by w. Mary had Mary, b. 1655; Samuel, 1657; Stephen, 1658; adm. freem. of Conn. 1657, rem. to Hatfield, and had Sarah, 1661; Ann, 1665; Ebenezer, 1667; and John, 1669. Perhaps he was of Norwalk 1672. His w. was k. with one of the ch. by the Ind. 19 Sept. 1677; and he m. 25 June 1678, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wells of Hadley, wh. d. 1690. Next he m. 1691, Mary, wid. of John Allis; and for fourth w. in 1705, had Sarah, wid. of John Wells, and d. 1713."

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:602] [Vol. 1] P. 158 l. 6, bef 1655 ins 10 July─also, bef. 1657 ins. 6 Apr.
    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:602] [Vol. 1] P. 158 l. 7. bef 1658 ins. 28 Dec.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wells, Daniel White, and Reuben Field Wells. A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts (1660-1910): in Three Parts. (Springfield, Massachusetts: F.C.H. Gibbons, 1910)
    374.

    "2. Dea. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), was b. in England abt. 1628: rem. from Wethersfield, Conn., to Hat. in 1661; d. Jan. 3, 1713."

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Samuel Belding, in Judd, Sylvester, and Lucius M. Boltwood. History of Hadley (Massachusetts): including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. (Springfield, MA: H.R. Huntting & Co., 1905)
    p 10 (Genealogies).

    Belding, Samuel, s. of Richard, rem. from Wethersfield to Hat., and d. Jan. 3, 1713. M. (1) Mary, who was slain Sept. 19. 1677; m. (2) June 25, 1678, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wells; she d Sept. 20, 1691; m. (3) 1691, Mary, wid. of John Allis; m. (4) Apr. 10, 1705, Sarah, wid. of John Wells.
    Children: Mary, b. July 10, 1655;; Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1657; Stephen, b. Dec. 28, 1658; Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1661; Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1665; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 16, 1667; m. Martha; John b. Nov. 13, 1669.

  5. Bodge, George M. (George Madison). Soldiers in King Philip's War: being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's War, and sketches of the principal officers ... (Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the author, 1892, 1896, 1906)
    206.

    "A List of ye Soldiers yt were in ye Fall fight under Capt. Wm Turner, approved off by ye Committee of ye Gen. Court. (Dated June, 1736.) … Belding, Samll."

  6. 6.0 6.1 Fam. 3. Samuel2 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.

    "Fam. 3. Samuel (Belden)2 (Richard,1), b. abt. 1625, in Eng., betw. 1644 and '46, was at Branford, Ct.; in 1661, was at Hatfield, Mass., and served valiantly in the King Philip's War. … He rec'd a gift of ld. from his father, Oct., 1654; was made freeman in Conn., 21 May, 1657, before going to Mass. He d. at Hatfield, Mass., 3 Jan., 1713. By his first wife he had 7 ch."