Hepzibah (Buell) Belden (1649 - aft. 1704)

Born 11 Dec 1649 in Windsor, Hartford County, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

Wife of Daniel Belden — married 17 Feb 1699 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 29 Feb 1704 after age 54 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

Hepzibah (Buell) Belden aka Wells was born in 1649. She was the daughter of William Buell and Mary Buell. She passed away in 1704. She was first in 1699 partially scalped and survived only to be captured in the French and Indian raid in 1704 with 104 men women and children. It is called Queen Anne's War. A List of captives can be found at Deerfield Captives of Deerfield.

She married Thomas Welles Junior on January 12, 1673. He passed away in 1691.

"June 6, 1693. The Widow Hepzibah Welles' three daughter were knock'd in the head and scalp'd; two of them died, but the other lived."

She married Daniel Belden/Belding on February 17, 1699. Daniel Belding had already lost a wife in an Indian raid.

"In the desolation which befell Deerfield, by an incursion of the French and Indians, February 29, 1703/4, Mrs. Welles herself, then Mrs. Belden, together with Rev. Mr. John Williams and his wife and children, and about one hundred and twenty of the neighbors, were by them taken captive and marched for Canada: but, horrible to relate, Mrs. Belden together with Mrs. Williams and several other women, were most cruelly put to death on the way."

• Fact: Christening (11 December 1649) Windsor, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Fact: Vital Records (11 December 1649) Connecticut births and christenings Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Fact: Burial (1704) Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch -Hepzibah, dau. of William Buel of Windsor, she married 1rst, Lieutenant Thomas Wells and was his widow, when in 1693 the Indians attacked her house. Two daughters were killed and, says Stephen Williams, a third daughter and she, herself, were also "knocked on the head and scalped." The next year she asked aid from the congregations of Connecticut. In 1699 she married Daniel Belding, was captured in 1704 and killed on the journey to Canada. (Possible death on route to Quebec, Canada)

From Windsor, Thomas and Hepzibah moved to Hadley, MA, in 1673; then to Deerfield in 1684. In June 1693, Hepzibah and 3 of her daughters were scalped by Indians in Deerfield. She and one daughter survived. From The History of the Buell family in England, p 17.

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Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 June 2020, 21:59), entry for Hepzibah Buell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KN8H-C8Z); contributed by various users.
• Woodruff, George C., A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut (1845) Page 39
• Phelps, Noah Amherst. History of Simsbury, Granby, and Canton, from 1642 to 1845 (Case, Tiffany and Burnham, Hartford, 1845) Page 168
• Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote Family (Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1849) Page xxix
• Genealogical notes and anecdotes, compiled by Fowler mallett, published 1953. Available at Indiana State Library, Evergreen Indiana: ISLG MICROFICHE G8132 (Text) 921688-1001 Genealogy microfiche