Rich Holmes's Chief Lines
James BELDEN
Birth:About 1751 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 1 2 3 4 5
Death:22 May 1840 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA 4 5
Sex:M
Father:Daniel BELDEN b. 19 May 1727
Mother:Mary MILLER b. 24 Apr 1727
  
Burial: Sandisfield (S. Center Cem.), Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA 4
Changed: 18 Dec 1999

Spouses & Children
Dorcas SIMONDS (SEE NOTES) (Wife) b. 1751 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Children: 
  1. DescendantsDaniel BELDEN b. 25 Apr 1773 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
 
Mindwell BUSH (Wife) b. About 1754 in Wethersfield Or Hartford, -, Connecticut, USA
Marriage: ABT 1774
Children: 
  1. David BELDEN b. 7 Nov 1774 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  2. Martin BELDEN b. 6 Dec 1776 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  3. Amos BELDEN b. 25 Nov 1778 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  4. Dorcus BELDEN b. 12 May 1781 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  5. Polly "Mary" BELDEN b. 25 Jun 1783 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  6. Rachel BELDEN b. 6 Dec 1785 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  7. Hulda BELDEN b. 25 Apr 1788 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  8. James BELDEN b. 15 Oct 1790 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  9. Mindwell BELDEN b. 10 Dec 1792 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
  10. Martha BELDEN b. 26 Jan 1795 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
 

Notes
Individual:

1751.
16 Mar 1750.
Aged 89 years at death in 1840.
16 Mch., 1750-5.p. 81
In CT.
"James... in youth, accompanied his mother to Sandisfield, Mass., where he became the ancestor of a large B. family."
"at about 14 yrs settled in Sand. w/ widowed mother Mary Miller Belden"
"When about sixteen or seventeen he moved with his mother and stepfather to Sandisfield Twp., Berkshire Co., Mass."p. 81p. 125
May 22, 1840.
James Belding.
James M. Belden (Belding).p. 125
Son of Daniel BELDEN and Mary MILLER.p. 81
"Either in 1774 or the latter part of 1873 [sic]".


Sources
  1. Type: Book
    Title: The Belden/Belding Family Ancestry
    Text: Cited in email from to Richard S. Holmes, 2
    3 Sep 1998, files of Richard S. Holmes.
  2. Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    Title: Ancestral File
    Date: printout dated 15 Oct 1998
    Text: Printout sent by Bob and Ruth Beldin to Richard S. Holmes, Oct 1
    998. Handwritten notes on the printout may also be from the Ancestral File, or from "the LDS North AmericanCDs" (presumably the International Genealogical Index), accordin
    g to email from Bob and Ruth Beldin to Richard S. Holmes dated 28 Oct 1998.Text: 1K6D-VFM
  3. Type: Book
    Author: Henry R. Stiles
    Title: The History Of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut
    Volume: Vol. II - "Genealogies And Biographies Of Ancient Wethersfield"
    Text: Photocopies of pp. 75-79 and 81, from "The Belden Family", prov
    ided by Bob and Ruth Beldin (Identified as such by Pam Belden .) Photocopy of p. 433, "The Holmes Family", provided by Dan McDonald.Text: p. 81
  4. Title: Family group sheet for James BELDING/BELDEN and Mindwell BUSH
  5. Author: Joseph Nettleton Belden
    Title: The Story of Family of James Belden
    Date: 1884
    Media: photocopy provided Mar 1999 by Ruth Beldin, 6155 North Irish Road, Davison, MI

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