Mary (Unknown) Belden (abt. 1635 - 1677)

Born about 1635 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Samuel Belden Sr. — married about 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1677 at about age 42 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Some Internet sources and at least one modern source list her as “Mary Hastings”. ^[1] This is likely due to confusing this Mary, or her daughter Mary, with Mary Burt Belden Hastings (1676-1734); they are not the same.

Biography

Samuel Belding and Mary were married about 1654^[2] or 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[3]

Their children are:

1. Mary BELDING, born on 10 July 1655.^[4]
2. Samuel BELDING
3. Sachen BELDEN
4. Stephen BELDING (our line)
5. Sarah BELDING
6. Elizabeth BELDING
7. Ann BELDING (BELDEN)
8. Ebenezer BELDING
9. John BELDING

The following child is not listed as a child of Samuel and Mary by Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Stiles' History of Wethersfield, Judd's History of Hadley, Wells' History of Hatfield or the Vital Records of Hadley, Hatfield or Wethersfield. Do this child belong to a different family?

Elizabeth b. Feb 1662/63 ^[5]

Mary, the first wife of Samuel Belden, was killed in an Indian attack on 19 Sept 1677^[6][7] at Hatfield, Massachusetts. ^[7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Scott, Fred W. Clifton William Scott and Mildred Evelyn Bradford Scott of Ashfield, Mass: Ancestors, Descendants and New England Heritage. iUniverse, 2004
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F776-P3R : 7 January 2020), Marry in entry for Marry Beldin, 1655.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH9-8XY : 28 July 2021), Elisabeth Belding in entry for Henry Gilbert, 1682.
6. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, 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 Families. Vol II. 1904.
8. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages to 1700. Volume 1, Page(s): 125.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9C-CPK : 17 January 2020), Mary Belding, 1677.

Other Sources

See also:

• Lucius Boltwood, "Genealogies of Hadley Families."
• Baildon History England, By Kinnexion family

Research Notes

• Richard Belding was born to Sarah Curtiss Belding, not Mary Unknown Belding: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LHKV : 10 November 2020), Richard Belding, 1672.