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BARTLETT, ZEBINA W., 4 Zebina,3 a carpenter; d. Oet. 28, 1868. He m. Mar. 24, 1844, Electa Billings Smith, dau. of Seth; chil. George Dwight, b. May 19, 1845; Albert, b. Oet. 12, 1847 ; Homer, b. Sept. 7, 1849; infant, b. Jan. 13, 1863; Electa Maria, b. May 3, 1866, d. young.
BARTLETT, LEWIS, 4 Samuel,3 d. Jan. 14, 1842. He m. Apr. 19, 1835, Lestina E. Darling ; chil. George D., b. Jan. 9, 1837; Lewis D., b. Mar. 11, 1841, d. May 3, 1842. BARTLETT, SAMUEL DWIGHT,4 lives in North Hatfield ; m. Louisa Cooley, dan. of Lemuel ; she d. June 23, 1869; chil. Arthur D., b. May 14, 1844; Lemuel Cooley, b. June 29, 1846, d. Feb. 22, 1849; Esther Sophia, b. Mar. 13, 1850, d. Jan. 20, 1853; Frank Cooley, b. Ang. 7, 1852; Lemuel Elmer, b. July 26, 1863. BARTLETT, CHARLES D., 4 lives in North Hatfield ; m. May 3, 1853, Lovina Langdon, dau. of Amaziah ; chil. Alice Lestina, b. Apr. 24, 1854.
BARTLETT, GEORGE DWIGHT,5 Zebina W., 4 lives on the homestead ; m. May 17, 1869, Mary Jane Wood, dau. of Hiram and Susan B.
BATES, REV. LEMUEL P., b. in Blandford ; the fam. rem. soon after to Southampton ; d. at Alton, Ill., Mar. 8, 1860. Hle m. Jan. 14, 1823,
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Eunice Edwards, dan. of Dea. Elisha and Anna (Bates) Edwards, of Sonthampton ; she d. July 20, 1854, aged 59, s. p.
BEALS, SETH. 1 BEALS, CALEB, 2 of Conway ; m. Dorothy Scott. BEALS, CALEB,3 b. Sept. 15, 1786; settled in Whately ; m. Apr. 10, 1811, Try- phena Starks, dan. of John, b. Mar. 29, 1789 ; chil. Benjamin F'., b. Dec. 11, 1812; Flarilla, b. Sept. 11, 1815; Dorothy, b. Dee. 28, 1818, m. Austin Lee; Julia A., b. JJune 8, 1825, m. Dec. 26, 1818, Henry Haskell : Willard N., b. Sept. 20, 1829; Jennette A., b. Sept. 25, 1831, m. May 15, 1861, Joseph C. Wing. BEALS, WILLARD N.,4 m. (1) May 13, 1857, Beulah C. Wells, dan. of Lewis; m. (2) Mar. 13, 1865, Fidelia A. Bryant ; chil. Mary Elnora, b. June 30, 1858; Lewis Wells, b. May 13, 1862 ; Minerviola, b. June 5, 1863; Louis Willard.
BECKWITH, EZEKIEL, from New London, Ct., b. Aug, 3, 1792. BECK- WITH, PHILO, (bro. of above, ) d. March 11, 1808.
BELDEN, BELDIN, BELDING. This name is variously spelled, in both earlier and later records. As a rule, in these pages, the enstom of each family is followed. BELDING, RICHARD, 1 was in Wethersfield, Ct., 1610; in 1650, had grant of land in New London. BELDING, SAMUEL,2 b. in England ; rem. from Wethersfield to Hatfield, 1661; d. JJan. 3, 1713. IIe m. (1) Mary -- , who was k. by the Ind., Sept. 19, 1677; m. (2.) June 25, 1678, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wells, who d. Sept. 20, 1691; m. (3) Mary, dau. of Thomas Meekins, and wid. of John Allis ; m. (1) April 10, 1705, Sarah, wid. of John Wells.
BELDING, STEPHEN,3 b. in Wethersfield, Dec. 28, 1658; lived in Hat- field, d. Oct. 6, 1720. Hle m. Aug. 16, 1682, Mary Wells, dau. of Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1661, who m. (2) Jan. 2, 1723, Capt. Joseph Field, of North- field.
BELDING, JOSHUA, 4 lived in Hatfield; d. Feb. 1738. Ile m. Dec. 1, 1725, Sarah Field, dan. of John ; she m. (2) Thomas Noble, of Westfield, and d. Ang. 17, 1763, aged 61 ; chil. Stephen, b. Sept. 26, 1726; Lucy, b. March 7, 1729; Sarah, unm. ; Joshua, b. Oct. 29, 1733; Elisha, b. Mar. 28, 1736 ; JJubez, b. April 10, 1738.
BELDIN, JOSHUA,5 Joshna, + Stephen,3 Samuel,2 Richard, ' he settled in Whately, 1765, on the place now owned by Dea. Elihu Belden ; d. Sept. 20, 1805. Ile m. Anna Fitch, dau. of Joseph, of E. Windsor, Ct. ; b. 1738, d. Nov. 8, 1819. (She was sister of John Fitch, inventor of the first steamboat built in America.) Chil. Stephen, b. April 19, 1758, d. young; Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1760; Anna, b. July 22, 1761. m. Elihu Smith, of Sunderland; Ency, b. Feb. 17, 1763, m. John Bell, of Green- field; Irena, b. Oct 18, 1764; Joshua, b. June 17, 1766; Irena, b. Oct. 18, 1764, m. Feb. 12, 1792, John Hibbard, of No. Hadley ; Stephen, b. Mar. 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.
BELDEN, JOSHUA,6 Joshua, 5 lived near Hatfield line ; d. Dec. 29, 1819. He m. July 16, 1787, Anna Morton, dan. of Elisha ; chil. Elijah, b. June 7, 1790; Submit, b. Jan. 20, 1792; a noted weaver, d. Sept. 25, 18:47;
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Anna, b. Dec. 20, 1794, m. Jeremiah Belding ; Content and Naomi, twins, b. Dec. 19, 1796; Sophia, b. July 5, 1798, m. Benj. Dane ; Matilda, b. Ang. 26, 1810, m. Bryant Nutting ; Joshua, b. May 13, 1804, m. Rosetta Cooley ; Naomi, b. Aug. 5, 1806, m. Mayhew Winch ; Caleb, b. Aug. 5, 1811.
BELDEN, STEPHEN, 6 Joshua,5 a carpenter; built the Belden Tavern ; rem. to Hadley ; m. Feb. 10, 1796, Abigail Hibbard, dau. of George and Lydia. He d. 1831; chil. Martha, bap. Feb. 5, 1797, m. Albert Jones ; Abigail, bap. May 4, 1800, m. Chester Osborne ; Mary, m. Horace Smith ; Melinda, bap. Mar. 31, 1805, m. Zechariah Hawley ; Lucinda, bap. Feb. 28, 1808, m. - Allen ; Esther, bap. May 6, 1810; Miranda, d. 1831.
BELDEN, AUGUSTUS, 6 Joshua, 5 d. July 3, 1816. He m. June 10, 1802, Kata Weeks, dau. of Thomas and Merey, of Goshen ; she m. (2) Sept. 6. 1827, Liberty Bowker, of Savoy, Mass. ; chil. Maria, m. - Stearns ; George Weeks, bap. June 16, 1805, m. - Robbins ; Pamelia, b. Sept. 18, 1808, m. Kinsley Swift; Eliza, bap. June 23, 1811, m. Jacob Bowker ; Augustus, bap. Aug. 31, 1814.
BELDEN, FRANCIS, 6 Joshua,5 d. Nov. 30, 1858. He m. Nov. 26, 1797, Ruth Coleman, dau of Nathaniel ; she d. June 8, 1847 ; chil. Electa, b. Mar. 13, 1798, m. Feb. 13, 1816, Richard T. Morton ; Shaylor F., b. Feb. 7, 1800; Asenath, b. April 7, 1802, in. Mar. 19, 1819, Moses II. Leonard; Aurelia, b. Mar. 20, 1805, m. Carlos Swift ; Elvira, b. June 9, 1807, m. Solomon Mosher ; Roxanna, b. May 15, 1811, m. Manley Rowe ; Alfred, b. Ang. 17, 1813.
BELDEN, REUBEN, 6 Joshua,5 lived on the homestead; rem. to North Hatfield; d. June 27, 1854. He m. (1) Sept. 26, 1802, Sally Locke, of Deerfield; her father had lived near Locke's Pond, in the north part of Shutesbury ; was an officer in the Rev. Army, and d. at Williamstown ; she d. Oct. 12, 1806, aged 32. Ile m. (2) April 2, 1807, Ilannah Hibbard, of Hadley, dau. of George and Lydia [Allen, dan. of Joseph, and sister of Col. Ethan], b. Mar. 29, 1790, d. April 1, 1815. Ile m. (3) Jan. 1846, Anna Burnham, dau. of Reuben and Chloe (Fitch) Burnham, b. at llart- land, Ct., Sept. 20, 1778 ; appointed missionary to the Choctaw Indians, Dec. 1821; left the service of the A. B. C. F. M., Mar. 1845; d. Sept. 18, 1847. He m. (4) July 25, 1848, Lura Woodruff, who survived him ; chil. son, b. and d. Feb. 6, 1808; Julia; b. Sept. 9, 11809, m. Mar. 1828, Zebina Smith ; Sally L., b. Oct. 13, 1812, m. Nov. 25, 1831, Alvin S. HIall, d. May 8, 1847 ; Lucy, b. Mar. 3, 1814, m. June 2, 1831, Solomon Mosher ; Hannah, b. May 26, 1816, m. Mar. 22, 1838, Calvin B. Marsh, of Hadley, d. June 29, 1843; Electa, b. April 3, 1818, m. May 6, 1840, Austin S. Jones ; Reuben II., b Jan. 25, 1820; Diana, b. Feb. 19, 1822, m. May 26, 1846, Joseph II. Knight, d. Feb. 26, 1856; Elihu, b. Feb. 4, 1824.
BELDEN, SETHI,6 Joshua,5 d. Jan. 20, 1851. He m. Nov. 8, 1807, Rachel Lewis, dau. of Noadiah, b. Sept. 3, 1783, d. Sept. 16, 1843; chil. Henry, b. Aug. 30, 1808; Caroline, b. Mar. 3, 1811, d. July 23, 1816 ; Lewis F., b. Jan. 15, 1813, d. Feb. 7, 1813; Vesta S., b. May 24, 1814,
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m. Dec. 3, 1835. Calvin Monroe; Lewis, b. Nov. 5, 1816: Stephen, h. Dec. 30, 1818; Caroline, b. Dec. 18, 1820, m. Dec. 2, 1815, Lemuel G. Ilarris ; Seth, b. July 14, 1822. d. Jan. 13. 1826; son, b. and d. May 30, 1825.
BELDEN, AARON, 6 Joshua,5 lived on the homestead : rem. to Amherst ; d. Feb. 24, 1859. Ile m. (1) Aug. 28, 1806, Sarah Hibbard, dan. of George and Lydia, b. Mar 12, 1786, d. Dec. 10, 1842. Ile m. (2) July, 1818, Achsah Field, wid. of Heman, of Leverett, and dau. of Daniel Abbot, of Hadley ; chil. Rufus, b. JJuly 28, 1807, d. Jan. 31, 1809; Rufus II .. b. Jan. 26, 1809; M. D .; m. Henrietta Howland, d. April 29, 1870; Pome- roy, b. Mar. 15, 1811 ; Fanny, b. May 4, 1513, d. Nov. 24, 1814; Fanny H., b. July 14, 1815, m. Darius R. Lathrop ; Sarah Ann, b. JJuly 20, 1817, m. Rev. Lucius R. Eastman ; Chloe Burnham, b. Dec. 9, 1819, m. Rev. Rufus P. Wells; Mary, b. April 1, 1822, m. Rev. Josiah HI. Temple.
BELDEN, SHAYLOR F.,7 Francis, 6 m. Mar. 1, 1838, Susan Ashcraft, dau. of John and Clarissa, b. Mar. 25, 1809 ; chil. Alfred S., b. Jan. 31. 1839 ; Lizzie S., b. Jan. 11, 1813; Frank W., b. Dec. 7, 1819; Imogene, b. Sept. 8, 1851.
BELDEN, ALFRED,7 Francis, 6 lives on his father's homestead ; m. June 13, 1849, Marianne Phelps, dan. of Charles P., b. Sept 13, 1810; child, Charles P. P., b. Oct. 28, 1850, d. Jan. 30, 1851.
BELDEN, REUBEN HI., 7 Reuben, 6 lived on the old homestead in Whately ; rem. to No. Hatfield; m. Oet. 5, 1842, Sarah N. Loomis, dau. of J. C , and Electa : chil. Hannah Almira, b. Oct. 5, 1843; Reuben, b. July 8, 1815, m. Nov. 19, 1870, Ellen M. Stearns, of Conway ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1847, d. Nov. 16, 1865 ; George E., b. Sept. 5, 1850 ; William Howard, b. Dee. 28, 1852; Herbert Hibbard, h. June 2, 1855; Clarence Eugene. b. Jan. 29. 1859.
BELDEN, ELINU,7 Reuben,6 lives on the old homestead ; m. Nov. 20, 1845, Roxana Leonard, dau. of Moses HI., b. JJuly 13, 1828, d. Sept. 4, 1870 ; chil. Henrietta Asenath, b. Jan. 7, 1847, d. Sept. 8, 1817 ; Franklin Day, b. July 11, 1848 : Elihu Leonard, b. Aug. 13, 1851 ; Channing Snow, b. Sept. 14, 1851 ; William Clifford, b. May 30, 1858 ; Rufus Howland, b. Aug. 29, 1860; Albert Matson, b. June 22, 1867 ; son, b. Sept. 3, 1870, d. Sept. 5, 1870.
BELDEN, HENRY, 7 Seth,6 d. Jan. 1856. Ile m. Hannah Loveland, of Ilinsdale : chil. Maria ; Polly Amelia ; Henry, b. July, 1836; Seth, k. in battle of Winchester, Va. : Caroline, m. Henry Brown, of Northampton ; Charles ; James ; Thomas, b. 1856.
BELDEN, LEWIS,7 Seth,6 m. May 20, 1810, Judith Marshall, dan. of Samuel ; chil. Samuel M., b. Sept. 13, 1841, m. July 17, 1866, Mary Soden : Nellie, b. Dec. 10, 1813, m. Dec. 23, 1869, Frank E. Parkinton ; Kate Rose, b. May 4, 1846, m. Feb. 28, 1866, Thomas Soden ; Stephen L., b. Oct. 17, 1818 ; Carrie Blanche, b. Sept., 1851, m. Mar. 8, 1871, Warren HI. Tead ; Maud Augusta, b. April 28, 1854.
BELDEN, STEPHEN,7 Seth,6 lives in the Straits; m. (1) Oct. 7, 1841, Miriam W. Brown, dau. of Joseph, who d. July 25, 1856; m. (2) March
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3, 1857, Martha G. Healy, dau. of Seth, of Chesterfield ; chil. Edward W., b. Nov. 7, 1843; Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 7, 1848 ; Martha A., b. Nov. 7, 1851 ; Miriam Sophia, b. June 20, 1856; Adu Louisa, b. June 22, 1869.
BELDEN, POMEROY,7 Aaron,6 (see ante p. 117.) Ile m. (1) Dee. 3, 1836, Louisa Tenney, who d. April 9, 1840 ; m. (2) June 1, 1841, Miranda Smith, b, Aug. 24, 1816, d. Sept. 29, 1848 ; chil. James Pomeroy, b. Oet. 1, 1837 ; daughter, b. Mar. 28, 18.10, d. April 16, 1840 ; Louisa Miranda, b. May 29, 1816.
BELDEN, ALFRED S. ,8 Shaylor,7 m. April 17, 1861, Lucy A. Sanderson, dau. of J. C., and Julia ; chil. Edmund Allis, b. Feb. 15, 1862 ; Allen MI., b. Ang. 21, 1866.
BELDEN, FRANKLIN D , 8 Elihu,7 m. Oet. 12, 1871, Mary Elizabeth White, dau. of Samuel B., and Experience.
BELDEN, THOMAS,8 Henry,7 m. Feb. 22, 1870, Lucy A. Lamb, dau. of Samuel R , and Lucy ; chil. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1870.
BELDING, ELISHA, 5 Joshua. 4 Stephen, 3 Samuel,2 Richard.1 Before 1771 he built on Chesnut Plain street, near where J. A. Elder now lives ; d. Aug. 2, 1808. Hle m. Ruth Dickinson, dau. of Benoni; she d. July 12, 1825, aged 84; chil. Elisha, b. Mar. 23, 1765; Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1766, m. Asa Bardwell; David, b. May 2, 1769; Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1772; Merey, b. Dec. 15, 1774; Dickinson, b. Sept. 2, 1777, d. Mar. 1, 1778; Dickinson, b. June 15, 1778.
BELDING, ELISHA,6 Elisha,5 d. Feb. 1838. IIe m. Feb. 9, 1796, Abi- gail Sheldon Kellogg, dau. of Moses, bap. Nov. 4, 1768; she d. Mar. 28, 1851; chil. Edwin, b. Dee. 27, 1796; Preston, b. Aug. 25, 1800; Allen, Aug. 27, 1802; William, b. June 20, 1804; Moses Kellogg, b. Dec. 30, 1806; Joseph, b. Sept. 3, 1807 ; Mary S., b. Nov. 17, 1810, m. Austin Crafts ; David, b. Mar. 7, 1813.
BELDING, DAVID, 6 Elisha,5 m. June 1, 1793, Content Farnum, and rem. from town ; chil. Dennis, b. 1793.
BELDING, DICKINSON,6 Elisha,5 d. Oct. 10, 1855. He m. Marsena Thatcher, of Cheshire, who d. June 20, 1867, aged 83; chil. Dorus, b. Oct. 1814, unm. ; Dennis, b. Aug. 1816, probably d. in Seminole war, in Florida ; Asa P., b. June, 1818 ; Willard M., b. Sept. 18, 1820; Heman F., b. Feb. 7, 1822; Sophia D., b. Dec. 1824, m. Heman S. Vining ; Ruth, b. Mar. 1826, d. May 25, 1868.
BELDEN, ALLEN,7 Elisha,6 m. Dec. 2, 1830, Aurelia Crafts, dau. of Thomas ; she d. April 11, 1857 ; chil. Edwin M., b. Apr. 14, 1831 ; Ro- dolphus A., b. June 21, 1833; Frederick M., b. Jan. 15, 1835; Elizabeth Muzzey, adopted child, b. Oct. 1832, m. Oliver S. Vining.
BELDEN, WILLIAM,7 Elisha,6; m. Sept. 10, 1828, Salome Cummings ; chil. Dudley S., b. July 4, 1831 ; Minera M., b. July 9, 1834, m. Feb. 24, 1851, Eben. Anderson ; Laura F., b. Mar. 17, 1836, m. George M. Crafts ; Henry C., b. May 1, 1839; Edgar I'., b. Aug. 29, 1841 ; Albert E., b. Nov. 18, 1815; George W., b. Oct. 23, 1818, d. Mar. 7, 1854; Charles K., b. Feb. 7, 1853.
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BELDEN, MOSES K.,7 Elisha,6 rem. to Rushville, Ill. ; d. May 24, 1867. He m. Mary Ann -; chil. William Edwin ; Maria H. : Alonzo ; Charles A. ; Florence.
BELDEN, DAVID, 7 Elisha,6 d. Sept. 10, 1851. He m. (1) Nov. 10, 1812, Tryphena Crafts, dau. of Thomas; she d. Dec. 21, 1812; m. (2 Maria Hastings, of Wilmington, Vt., child, Elnora.
BELDEN, DENNIS, 7 David,6 d. Aug. 1870. Hle m. Sally -; chil. Sarah, b. 1818, m. Timothy Miller ; Mary Inn, b. 1819, m. Reuben Miller ; Dacid T., b. 1821, m. Hattie A. Buckman ; Laura, b. 1823, m. Robert Dixon; Lucy, b. 1835, m. Uriah Wallace; Elisha, b. 1837; a sailor.
BELDEN, ASA P., 7 Dickinson, 6 was drowned in Conn. River, Apr. 14, 1847. Ile m. Dec. 15, 1842, Eliza A. Gould, dan. of Isaac; chil. Dennis, Sophia.
BELDEN, WILLARD M.,7 Dickinson,6 rem. to Belchertown. Ile m. (1) May 21, 1846, Lucinda Jewett ; she d. Apr. 6, 1863 ; m. (2) Feb. 2, 1865, Risphia A., wid. of George W. Bardwell ; chil. Clarence E., b. Oct. 31, 1848, d. young : Frank B., b. Nov. 28, 1852, d. young; Frank H'., b. Apr. 11, 1855, d. young ; Willard H., b. Apr. 2, 1866.
BELDEN, HEMAN F., 7 Dickinson, 6 m. wid. Julia A. (Hart) Graves ; chil. Adaline, b. Apr. 13, 1857 ; Emeline, b. July 18, 1862.
BELDEN, EDWIN M., 8 Allen,7 m. Oct. 15, 1855, Mary II. Crafts, dan. of Martin ; she d. July 12, 1865 : chil. Allen M., b. May 3, 1857, d. young ; Frederick Allen, b. Apr. 30, 1858; Aurelia, b. June 27, 1859; Edwin Durid, b. Ang. 30, 1861 ; George Preston, b. Nov. 17, 1862, d. young.
BELDEN, RODOLPHUS A., 8 Allen,7 rem. to Northfield. He m. May 27, 1861, Harriet F. Crafts, dau. of Martin : chil. Hattie Amaretta, b. July 15, 1862; Grant Ecerett, b. Oct. 29, 1864; Ernest Lincoln, b. July 21, 1866 ; Alice May, b. Aug. 8, 1868; Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1871.
BELDEN, FREDERICK M.,8 Allen,7 d. Oct. 15. 1870. Ile m. Nov. 20, 165, Elizabeth Polluck ; chil. Anna S., b. Nov. 24, 1867 ; Edwin Mor- timer, b. Feb. 5, 1868.
BELDEN, HENRY C.,& William,7 m. Feb. 5, 1865, Lora Pierce, dau. of John and Nancy ; child, Gertrude May, b. and d. 1871.
BELDING, JOSEPH, 4 (John,3 Samuel,2 Richard.1) About 1735, he settled in the Straits on what is known as the Zebina Bartlett place. Prob. his house was "picketed." He was b. Aug. 9, 1696; d. Oct. 1778. He m. (1) Oct. 23, 1717, Esther Bardwell, dau. of Robert, b. Aug. 8, 1693, d. Nov. 17, 1724. He m. (2) July 13, 1727, Margaret Gillett, dau. of Samuel, b. May 1, 1699, d. Mar. 1785: chil. Paul, b. 1719; Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1720, m. David Scott; Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1721; Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1723: Paul, b. Nov. 17, 1724; Margaret, b. May 11, 1732: Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1734; Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1735; Paul, b. Dec. 13, 1737.
BELDING, JOSEPH,5 Joseph," lived on the homestead ; m. Dec. 21, 1769, Lydia Silvey; chil. Esther, bap. Dec. 27, 1772, m. Samuel Coleman ; Samuel, bap. Feb. 5, 1775, m. Paulina Smith ; Miriam Sylria, bap. Mar.
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8, 1778, m. Aug. 31, 1797, Silas Tubbs ; Lydia, bap. Nov. 11, 1781, m. Otis Brown ; Joseph, bap. Sept. 12, 1784, m. Mar. 13, 1808, Abigail Carley ; Jeremiah, bap. July 8, 1787, m. Mar. 1, 1813, Anna Belding ; Martha, bap. Mar. 13, 1791, m. Asahel Johnson : Sarah, bap. June 23, 1793, m. Chauncey Kennedy; Abiguil, bap. Oct. 2, 1796, d. young.
BELDING, PAUL,5 Joseph, 4 m. Elizabeth Bardwell, dau. of Lieutenant Ebenezer; child, Paul, (mother, Sarah Smith,) perhaps others.
BELDING, SAMUEL,6 Joseph,5 m. Sept. 30, 1801, Paulina Smith, dan. of Gad; chil. Harriet, b. 1802, m. William Bartlett; Horace, b. 1804, m. Fish ; Dexter, b. 1806, m. Fanny M. Wilson ; Sanford S., b. April 30, 1808; Alonzo, b. April 26, 1810; Abigail, d. young ; Samuel C .; Sophia, m. - Cooper.
BELDING, PAUL, 6 Paul,5 m. July 22, 1782, Hannah Edson ; chil. Chester ; Sarah ; Daniel ; Hannah, m. Horace Bacon ; Paul ; Annis, m. - Beebee, Amasa, m. - Bannister. The family rem. to Brookfield, Vt.
BELDEN, SANFORD S., 7 Samuel, 6 m. Fanny Y. Moor, dau. of Jonathan ; chil. Oscar L., b. Mar. 3, 1837, m. Harriet Stearns, of Conway ; Harrict Sophia, b. Feb. 16, 1839, m. Alfred Montville, M. D. ; Mary Paulina, b. Sept. 5, 1847, d. young.
BELDEN, CHESTER,7 Paul,6 a carpenter ; d. June 7, 1830; m. Jan. 5, 1809, Polly Allis, dan. of Russell ; chil. Champion, b. July 26, 1800, d. young ; Emeline, b. May 16, 1815, m. Simon Whitney ; Zerviola, b. Aug. 12, 1819. m. Samuel Whitney. .
BENNETT, DANIEL W., son of Ezra, b. Dec 18, 1828, d. Aug. 7, 1856. He m. April 10, 1855, Susan O. Ladd, dau. of John; child, Mary A., b. Feb. 25, 1856.
BENNETT, GEORGE W., son of Ezra; m. April 1, 1858, Mrs. Susan O. Bennett ; chil. Fanny I., b. May 11, 1861 ; John E., b. Nov. 28, 1863; Ella M., b. July 6, 1868.
BIGELOW, JAMES, 1790-1804. From Colchester, Ct. ; lived on Poplar hill ; wife, Anna Day ; chil. Jonathan ; Betsey ; James ; Charles ; Guy.
BIRD, ENOCH, 1795. From Cummington ; earlier from Sharon ; lived on Grass hill ; d. Mar. 1818, aged 70 ; wife, Celena ; chil. Lydia and Surah, twins, b. Feb. 26. 1782; Sarah m. Amasa Graves ; Edmund, b. July 7, 1784, m. Mar. 19, 1807, Polly Coleman ; Celena and Levina, twins, b. June 7, 1786; Waitte, b. May 25, 1789, m. 1809, Stephen Graves ; Enoch, b. Oct. 3, 1791; Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1793; Polly, b. Feb. 16, 1796; Roxa, b. May 8, 1799.
BOWKER, HENRY, a tailor ; wife, Sarah Davis ; son, d. June 22, 1849.
BRAGG, ABIAL, 1776-1787. Was in Petersham, 1771; prob. from Shrewsbury, son of Ebenezer; m. Jan. 29, 1853, Abigail Wilson. He bought the farm of Simeon Wait, in the Lane, which he sold to Dr. Benj. Dickinson ; chil. Lovisa? ; Elizabeth, mn. Robert Abercromby ; Abia, m. William Cone ; Thankful ?.
BRIDGMAN, -. He d. May 7, 1800, aged 70; his w. Elizabeth d. Jan. 16, 1812, aged 79.
BROOKS, JOHN, 1776. From Glastenbury, Ct. ; wife, Sarah ; child, Roswell, bap. July 28, 1776.
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BROUGHTON, WAIT, 1771. Lived in the Straits ; sold in 1773 to Joshua Beldin. He m. Nov. 1, 1771, Submit Wait; child, Charity, bap. June 14, 1772.
BROWN, EDWARD, 1767. From Colchester, Ct. ; built a house north of Hiram Bardwell's; lieut. ; d. June 2, 1803, aged 87. He m. Hannah Thomas, who d. Oct. 12, 1811, aged 89; chil. William, b. 1742: Hannah, b. 1741; Josiah, b. 1745; John, b. 1747; Mary, b. 1748; Isaiah, b. Dec. 8, 1750; Anne, b. 1751 ; Abijak, b. 1753: Charity, b. 1751.
BROWN, WILLIAM,2 Edward,1 1776; wife, -; adm. to ch. May 1, 1785; chil. William ; Thomas ; Sarak.
BROWN, JOSIAH,2 Edward,1 1786. From Colchester, Ct. He m. (1) -; m. (2) Nov. 11, 1788, Sophia Graves, of Conway ; chil. Josiah ; William ; Joel, m. Jerusha Smith; Dorothy, bap. Mar. 12, '1786; Lucy, m. Charles Graves.
BROWN, JOHN,2 Edward,1 lived on Poplar hill; lieut. ; d. Dee. 18, 1820, aged 83. He m. (1) Amy Blood, who d. June 11, 1785; m. (2) Dorothy Bigelow, of Colchester, Ct., who d. Feb. 14, 1854, aged 92; chil. Prescott, b. 1774; John, b. 1775; Betsey, b. Mar. 1, 1777, m. Jonathan Wait ; Spencer, b. 1781, m. Sally Wait; Consider, b. June 11, 1785, d. Sept. 20, 1827 ; Champion, b. 1789, d. Aug. 8, 1809; Sally, b. 1790, m. Calvin Wait; Chester, b. Nov. 17, 1791 ; Dorothy, m. David Dickinson.
BROWN, ISAIAH,2 Edward, 1 lived where Hiram Bardwell now lives; d. May 4, 1844. He m. (1) Mar. 15, 1781, Mary Wait, of Hatfield, who d. Dee. 4, 1781 : (2) Abigail Clapp; chil. Isaiah, b. Nov. 23, 1781 ; Daniel, b. Aug. 31, 1784; Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1786, m. Capt. Amos Pratt.
BROWN, ABIJAU,2 Edward.1 He m. (1) Lydia Frazier ; (2) July 30, 1782, Mary Allis ; chil. Alice ; Polly ; Betsey ; Elisha.
BROWN, JOEL, 3 Josiah,2 m. Jerusha Smith ; chil. Joel ; Justin, mn. Sally Wait.
BROWN, PRESCOTT, 3 Lieut. John,2 m. Betsey Murphy ; chil. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1813, m. Horace Train ; Lorinda.
BROWN, JOHN,3 Lieut. John,2 m. July 1, 1802, Lydia Billings, of Hat- field; chil. Caroline, m. - Tinker: Lucy ; Lydia ; Aurelia, m. - Wood ; Newcomb ; Consider ; John, m. Margaret -.
BROWN, CHESTER,3 Lieut. John,2 lived on the homestead ; selectman ; rep. : d. April 17, 1858. He m. April 16, 1818, Patty Sanderson, dau. of Asa and Lucy ; chil. Diana, b. May 26, 1819, m. Otis M. Conkey ; Ruth, b. Sept. 8, 1820, m. Sept. 8, 1845, William H1. Fuller ; Champion, b. Feb. 18, 1822 ; Charles Emery, b. Aug. 1, 1823, d. Oct. 3, 1846; Almira, b. May 21, 1825, m. W. B. Hamilton; Lucy, b. July 1, 1828, m. Feb. 19, 1850, Edson Merritt, of Worcester; Myron, b. Aug 2, 1830; Eliza B., b. May 12, 1833, m. Stephen M. Sanderson : infant, b. Dee. 31, 1834; Mary L., b. Sept. 21, 1833, mn. John N. White; Henry Wait, b. Mar. 22, 1811, d. young.
BROWN, ISAIAU,3 Isaiah,2 k. by a load of wood running over him, 1814. He m. Jan. 6, 1803, Demis Billings ; chil. Morris and Maria, twins, b. 1810; Lydia, b. 1813, m. G. W. Fairfield.
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BROWN, DANIEL,3 Isaiah,2 lived on the old homestead ; deacon ; select- man ; d. Jan. 4, 1856. He m. May 23, 1803, Lovisa Pratt, h. April 15, 1781, d. May 29, 1842; chil. Emeline R., b. Jan. 11, 1809, m. Levi War- ner ; Minerva B., b. Jan. 19, 1811, m. John M. Foster; Sophia L., b. April 7, 1812, m. Rufus K. Eldridge; Lovisa P., b. Feb. 25, 1814, d. young ; Daniel, b. May 26, 1817, d. young ; Nancy M. b. Sept. 18, 1818, m. John Parsley ; William Austin, b. May 4, 1821, m, Lucinda A. Sander- son ; Henry Augustus, b. Mar. 23, 1823, d. July 30, 1858 ;. Ceriutha Adaline, b. Jan. 24, 1825, m. Royal A. Ward.
BROWN, JUSTIN, 4 Joel,3 m. April 7, 1815, Sally Wait, dau. of Consider. Bought the David Stockbridge place in the Straits.
BROWN, JOHN,4 John,3 wife, Margarette ; chil. Newcomb, b. May 13, 1855, d. young; Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1856; John, b. Mar. 31, 1859; Margerette, b. May 22, 1863. See p. 166.
BROWN, CHAMPION,4 Chester,3 lives in Montreal; m. Dec. 31, 1848, Luey M. Simpson, of Ashfield; chil. Emery C., b. Aug. 11, 1849, d. young ; Ida, b. Sept. 25, 1851; Annie C., b. June 28, 1854; Heury S., b. Oct. 22, 1856; Chester, b. Sept. 18, 1858; Arthur M., b. Mar. 25, 1861 ; Perey C., b. July 4, 1866 ; Ralph II., b. Jan. 23, 1868; Champion G., b. April 13, 1871.
BROWN, MYRON,4 Chester,3 rem. to Sunderland; m. Sept. 5, 1852, Eliza J. Sanderson, dau of Samuel ; chil. Diana C., b. Sept. 15, 1853; Lizzie M. ; Ella A. ; Emory C., b. July 20, 1863; Myron C., b. Mar. 14, 1866 ; Harry Dibble, b. Nov. 10, 1868.
BROWN, JOSEPH, 1798. From Pepperell; lived in Canterbury, just south of the Allis place ; rem. to So. Deerfield; d. 1842, aged 63; m. Hannah Arms, of Deerfield, who d. 1852, aged 71; chil. Orrin, m. Mary Boyden ; Almira, b. Aug. 30, 1806 ; Louisa, b. Oct. 11, 1813, m. Richard B. Hawks ; Mary A. ; Sophia MI., b. Jan. 28, 1815, m. S. W. Stedman ; Harriet M., m. Francis Barnard ; Charles, m. Sylvia Remington ; Miriam W., m. Stephen Belden ; Julia A., b. Aug. 27, 1823, mn. Charles W. Nash ; infant, b. May, 1827.
BROWN, GEORGE, b. Thompson, Ct., April 3, 1803, son of Amos and Mary (Cummings ) Brown, m. April, 1827, Almira Brown, dan. of Joseph and Hannah; chil. Martha Cummings, b. Dec. 22, 1828, m. Henry T. Brown, of Charlemont ; Mary Sophia, b. Oet. 16, 1830 ; Frederick Richard, b. Oct. 30, 1832, m. Kate Cunningham, of Hartford, Conn. ; Theophilus Packard, b. Jan. 5, 1835, m. Frances Hampton, of Toledo, O .; Henry Augustus, b. Mar. 9, 1837, m. Carrie Belden ; Francis Carlton, b. Feb. 13, 1839, m. Emma Wells ; James Edward, b. Mar. 28, 1841, m. Jennic Legg ; Hannah Arms, b. Sept. 3, 1843, d. May 25, 1815; Hannah Arms, b. Sept. 6, 1845, m. Gordon Johnson ; Amos, b. Mar. 8, 1848, d. young : Elizabeth Almira, b. Mar. 20, 1850, d. June 15, 1865 ; Sibyl Graham, b. Jan. 29, 1852.
BURROUGHS, STEPHEN, (not the forger, ) 1800. Lived where Rufus Sanderson now lives ; wife, Amilla ; ehil. Amilla ; Stephen, bap. July 6, 1800; Lyman, bap. Aug. 21, 1803; Polly, m. Erastus Wait.
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BUSH, LEVI, Jr., 1823, son of Levi and Martha; b. Aug. 31, 1797 ; a merchant : m. (1) May 10, 1825, Ann Ayres, of No. Brookfield, who d. Oct. 28, 1837, aged 40; (2) July 4, 1839, Elvira White, dau. of John, who d. Dee. 6, 1870; chil. Martha Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1826, m. B. F. Parsons ; Hannah C., b. June 4, 1828, m. Rev. E. P. Smith ; Susan II., b. Nov. 18, 1830, m. - Miller; Charity P., b. Jan. 20, 1833, d. May 6, 1833 ; Charity R., b. Aug. 14, 1836, m. Ethan C. Ely; Elizabeth White, b. Feb. 26, 1812, m. Lyman R. Smith ; Harriet Morton, b. May 2, 1844.
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