Seth Belden

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Joshua BELDING, b. Oct. 29, 1733. About 1765 he settled on the old Reuben Belding place. He m. Anna Fitch;

had children,

• Stephen, b. April 19, 1758;
• Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1760;
• Anna, b. July 22, 1761;
• Lucy, b. Feb. 17, 1763;
• Irena, b. Oct. 18, 1764;
• Joshua, b. June 17, 1766 ;
• Irena, b. Aug. 5, 1769;
• Stephen, b. March 6, 1771;
• Augustus, b. Feb. 28, 1773;
• Francis, b. Sept. 15, 1775;
• Reuben, b. Jan. 3, 1778;
• Seth, b. Feb. 12, 1780;
• Aaron, b. Jan. 22, 1782.

He (Joshua) d. Sept. 20, 1805; his w. Anna d. Nov. 2, 1819, aged 80. (The father of Joshua was Joshua, who m. Sarah Field, Dec. 1, 1725. Their children were, Stephen, b. Sept. 26, 1726; Lucy, b. March 7, 1728–9; Joshua; Elisha; Jabez, b. April 10, 1738.) The present generation spell the name Belden.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Early Ecclesiastical History of Whately: Being the Substance of a Discourse Delivered January 7, 1849
• Author Josiah Howard Temple
• Publisher J. & L. Metcalf, 1849
• Original from Harvard University
• Digitized Aug 31, 2006
• Length 40 pages
• https://books.google.com/books?id=zVo8G5EVnB8C&printsec=frontcover&...

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Rachel Lewis (1023 v p 150 Vol. VIII.) dau of Noadiah (219) and Irene (Clapp) Lewis of Farmington, Ct., b Sept. 3, 1783, d Sept. 16, 1843, m Nov. 8, 1807, Seth Belden, b Feb. 12. 1780, Whately, Mass., d Jany. 20, 1851, ae 71 yrs., son of Joshua and Anna (Fitch) Belden: res "Straits,'* Whately, Mass.

9 ch b.

1445.I. Henry b Aug-. 30, 1808.
1446.II. Caroline b Mar. 3, 1811, d July 23, 1816.
1447. III. Lewis F. b Jany. 15, d Feby. 7, 1813.
1448.IV. Vesta S. b May 24, 1814, m Dec. 3, 1835, Rev. Calvin Monroe.
1449. V. Lewis b Dec. 5, 1816.
1450. VI. Stephen b Dec. 30, 1818.
1451. VII. Caroline b Dec. 18, 1820, m Dec. 2, 1845, Lemuel Gay Harris.
1452. VIII. Seth b July 14, 1822, d Jany. 13, 1826.
1453. IX. son b and d May 30, 1825.

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Record of ch of Seth and Rachel (Lewis 1023 v p 150 Vol. X) Belden.

Henry (1445) d Darien, Wis., Jany. 20, 1856, m Mar. 27, 1831, Hannah Loveland of Hinsdale, Mass., b 1808, d Oct. 15, 1877, at Cummington, Mass. 8 ch b.

I. Hannah Maria b July 19, 1832.
II. Polly Amelia b Mar. 13, 1834.
III. Henry b June 25, 1836.
IV. Caroline b Apr. 14. 1838.
V. Seth b Mar. 4, 1840.
VI. Chas. Anson } Twin b Nov. 6 1844
VII. James } Twin b Nov. 6 1844
VIII. Thomas b June 5, 1846.

Lewis ( 1449) M. D. removed West about 1850, m May 20, 1840. Judith, dau of Samuel Marshall (5 ch b.

I. Samuel M. b Sept. 13, 1841.
II. Nellie b Dec. 10. 1843.
III. Kate Rose b May 4, 1846.
IV. Stephen L. b Oct. 17, 1848.
V. Carrie Blanche b Sept. — . 1851.
VI. Maud Augusta b Apr. 28. 1854.

Stephen . (1450) m (1) Oct. 7, 1841, Miriam W., dau of Joseph and Hannah (Arms) Brown of Whately. d
July 25, 1856: m (2) Mar. 3, 1857. Martha G. b Aug. 18, 1828, dau of Seth Healy of Chesterfield, Mass. He was a pocket book manufacturer for many years and a farmer: rem. to Northampton about 1885. 5 ch b Whately, Mass.

I. Edward W. b Nov. 7, 1843.
II. Mary Ellen b Aug. 7, 1848.
III. Martha A. b Nov. 7, 1851.
[V. Miriam Sophia b June 20, 1856.
V. Ada Louise b Feb. 10, 1869.

Bibliographic information:

• Lewisiana, or the Lewis letter
• Publication date 1899
• Publisher Elliot, Conn. : [s.n.]
• Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• Volume 10
• No copyright page found.
• Pages 790
• https://archive.org/details/lewisianaorlewis10unse/page/n308/mode/1up

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