Hepzibah Belding

Hepzibah Buell Wells

BIRTH 11 Dec 1649, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 29 Feb 1704 (aged 54), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, MEMORIAL ID 129258167

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Hepzibah (BUELL) WELLS BELDING was captured by the Indians in 1704 and died on the march to Canada. Her burial is not in this cemetery.

Parents William Buell, 1605–1681 Mary Post Buell, 1616–1684

Spouses Daniel Belding, 1648–1731 (m. 1699) Thomas Wells, 1652–1691

Siblings Samuel Buell, 1641–1720 (m. 1662) Peter Buell, 1644–1729 Hannah Buell Palmer, 1646–1704

Children Noah Wells (1666 – 1712) Mary Wells (1675 – 1693) Daniel Wells (1675 – 1720) Thomas Wells (1678 – 1750) Elezer Wells (1680 – 1723) John Wells (1686 – 1709) Hepzibah Wells Dickinson, 1688–1773 Ephraim Welles (1699 – 1786)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129258167/hepzibah-belding

Moved to Hadley Mass in 1673 and to Deerfield, Mass.

In June 1693, widow Hepzibah and her three daughters were knocked in the head and scalped by the Indians, at Deerfield. Two daughters died, but the mother and one daughter recovered from their injuries.

IN 1704 Hepzibah was abducted by the Indians during the Indian Massacre of 1704 and killed on the way to Canada.

http://www.babcock-acres.com/Misceallaneous/deerfield_captives_of_1...

http://palmerhoward.net/getperson.php?personID=I1065&tree=Ancestors