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son, was born about 1520. He was a
resident of Methley in 1567 and of Hardwick
in 1574. He died in 1588, and was
buried at Kippax. He married Anne,
daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pigot)
Folkingham, of Leeds, and widow of
James Standish, of Killingholme, in the
County of Lincoln. She was buried at
Leeds, December 17, 1577. Sir Francis
Baildon, their son, was born in 1560. He
was knighted at the coronation of James
I. He married (second) Margaret, daughter
of Richard Goodrick, of Ripston. She
was buried September 22, 1598. Sir
Francis died in 1623.
Richard Baildon, son of Sir Francis
Baildon, was baptized at Kippax, May 26,
1 591. He emigrated to America with his
sons, his wife having died in England, and
came to Wethersfield when about fortyeight
or fifty years of age, in 1641. He
accumulated considerable real estate
which was bequeathed to his sons upon
his death, which occurred in 1655. He
was a man of keen financial ability and
possessed of a high degree of moral and
intellectual force which has been apparent
among his descendants throughout the
centuries. In 1646 he was appointed
town cow-keeper, whose duties were to
look after the settlers' cattle pastured in
the town pasture.
John Belden, youngest son of Richard
Baildon, was born about 1631, and accompanied
his father to America. He
was made a freeman in Wethersfield in
1657. That same year he enlisted under
Captain John Mason. He was very active
in town affairs. He left an estate valued
at nine hundred and eleven pounds at his
death, June ij, 1677. He married, April
24, 1657, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and
Susanna Standish.
Samuel Belden, son of John Belden,
was born January 3, 1665, and died December
27, 1738. He married, January
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14, 1685, Hannah, daughter of Richard
Handy, and granddaughter of John Elder-
kin, a first settler of Norwich. She died
January 20, 1742.
Samuel (2) Belden, son of Samuel
(1) Belden, was born in 1689, and died
July 31, 1771. He married, April 10, 1712,
Mary Spencer, of Haddam, Connecticut,
who died October 28, 175 1, at the age of
sixty years.
Samuel (3) Belden, son of Samuel (2)
and Mary (Spencer) Belden, was born
April 26, 1713, and lived in Stepney
parish. He died January 10. 1789. His
wife, Elizabeth Belden, died February 23,
i/75- .
Seth Belden, son of Samuel (3) Belden,
was born August 7, 1747, and was killed
August 2y, 1776, at the battle of Long
Island, in which he participated as a
private in Colonel Huntington's regi-
ment. He married, April 16, 1772, in
Wethersfield, for his second wife, Christian
Dickinson, who was born Novem-
ber 29, 1755, and died August 9, 1844,
at the age of eighty-nine years, daughter
of Obediah and Mary (Collins) Dickin-
son, of Wethersfield. After the death
of her husband, Mrs. Belden removed
with her children to Middletown Upper
Houses, now Cromwell.
Seth (2) Belden, son of Seth (1) and
Christian (Dickinson) Belden, was born
in Wethersfield, Connecticut. After his
father's death he went with his mother
and the other children to Cromwell to
live, and remained there until he removed
to Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Belden
engaged in the paving stone business and
general contracting and was very success-
ful in his line of work. He married Abigail
Sophia, daughter of Steadman.
Charles Rockwell Belden, son of Seth
(2) and Abigail Sophia (Steadman)
Belden, attended the public schools of
Hartford, which are widely known for