Lydia Lewes

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Belden-95

Lydia Belden was born about March of 1675 at Wethersfield Connecticut to John Belding I (1635-1677) and Lydia (Standish) Belding (1637-1679). Her birth date fits neatly between her siblings Ebenezer(born 1672) and Margaret(born 1677)[1]. Lydia moves to Hadley Massachusetts (where many of her other relatives moved) and marries Stephen Kellogg 8 May 1694[2] Lydia and Stephen move to Westfield Massachusetts 1697[3] Lydia had eleven children:

1. Stephen Kellogg (1695-1738) born 1695 Hadley
2. Lydia Kellogg (1697-1761) born 1697 Westfield
3. Moses Kellogg (abt.1700-abt.1704) born 1700 Westfield
4. Abigail (Kellogg) Lawton (1702-1734) born 1702 Westfield
5. Daniel Kellogg (1704-1756) born 1704 Westfield
6. Ephraim Kellogg (1707-abt.1728) born 1707 Westfield
7. Mercy (Kellogg) Bigelow (1709-1795) born 1709 Westfield
8. Noah Kellogg (abt.1711-) born 1711 Westfield
9. Silas Kellogg (1714-1792) born 1792 Westfield
10. Amos Kellogg (1716-) born 1716 Westfield
11. Aaron Kellogg (abt.1718-abt.1772) born 1718 Westfield

Lydia marries second, Benjamin Lewes (abt.1675-1753) of Colchester Connecticut 17 January 1734[3]. Lydia died 1759[4] and is buried in Westchester Cemetary Connecticut[5]

Research Notes

Lydia's birth is not found in the Westfield town records as her siblings births are, but the available histories and genealogies for Wethersfield and Hadley all agree(or copied each other) that Lydia was born in Wethersfield to John and Lydia Belden and went to Hadley with her Uncles, Aunts and Cousins and married Stephen Kellogg there.

The surname BELDEN is prominent in New England Colonial history, the earliest American BELDEN ancestor, is RICHARD, who first settled in America at WETHERSFIELD in 1650. He had two sons whom he probably brought with him; SAMUEL and JOHN. RICHARD became a Freeman in 1657 and moved to HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS which must be where STEPHEN and LYDIA met.

Frequently, the surname BELDING is found in histories which also include the name BELDEN; and though both names continued down through generations, genealogists write that these names both stem from the same family. Several of the BELDEN family were killed or captured by Indians at DEERFIELD in 1696.

WESTFIELD is located on the west side of the Connecticut River a few miles southwest of Hadley, and on the south side of the WESTFIELD RIVER. Here STEPHEN and LYDIA purchased property and undertook farming. STEPHEN was appointed an Ensign of the Westfield Militia. Although this militia is mentioned in some tales of Indian wars, and no specific mention of him is made, we can be almost certain that he did engage in such actions and probably somewhere his record can be found.

In the 1906 book Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by Rollin Hillyer Cooke,

Ephraim Kellogg is noted as being "a son of Silas and Ruth (Root) Kellogg, and grandson of Stephen and Lydia (Belding) Kellogg, who lived in Westfield, Massachusetts. The father of Stephen was Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, who died at Hadley, Massachusetts. about 1707, having removed to that place from Boston about 1662. He had previously lived a few years at Farmington, Connecticut. Ephraim Kellogg, grandfather of E. H. Kellogg, was a soldier of the Revolution, in service in the expedition against Burgoyne in 1777."

One site, http://howellresearch.com/d0056/g0000034.html#I113525, claims Ephraim Kellogg's mother's name was Lydia Belden, her parents John Belden and Lydia Standish. It asserts that Ephraim Kellogg's father was Stephen kellogg, and that Stephen's parents were Joseph Kellogg and Abigail Terry. This is a puzzlingly similar, yet different set of info to the one asserted otherwise.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7134558

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