Elizabeth Foote1

#10163, (circa 1652 - 16 September 1696)
Relationship1st cousin 9 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Nathaniel Foote Jr.1 (b 1619/20 - b 1655)
Mother*Elizabeth Smith1 (b 1627 - )

Family

Daniel Belding b. 1648, d. 1732
Children 1.William Belding5 (1671 - )
 2.Richard Belding5 (1672 - )
 3.Elizabeth Belding5 (1673 - )
 4.Nathaniel Belding5 (1675 - 1714)
 5.Mary Belding5 (1677 - )
 6.Daniel Belding5 (1680 - 1696)
 7.Sarah Belding5 (1681/82 - )
 8.Hester Belding5 (1683 - )
 9.Abigail1 Belding5 (1686 - )
 10.Samuel Belding5 (1687 - )
 11.John1 Belding5 (1689 - 1689)
 12.Abigail Belding5 (1690 - )
 13.John Belding5 (1693 - 1696)
 14.Thankful Belding5 (1695 - 1696)
Her married name was Belding.2 
Birth*circa 1652She was born circa 1652 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.1,3 
Marriage*10 November 1670She married Daniel Belding, son of William Belding and Tomisin _____, on 10 November 1670 at Hartford (prob.), Connecticut.2 
16 September 1696She was killed in the Belden Homestead Raid.
On September 16, 1696 a band of Mohawks raided the Belden homestead killing Elizabeth Foot and three children: Thankful (one year old), John (four years old), and Daniel (16 years old). Samuel (nine years old) and Abagail (11 years old) were wounded. Another child, Sarah, escaped death or capture by hiding in the barn." http://sandwalk.blogspot.com
Sept. 16, 1696. The Indians came along from up Green River to the town, and assaulted Mr. Daniel Belden's house; took Mr. Belden, his son Nathaniel and daughter Esther captive, killed his wife and three children, and wounded Samuel and Abigail, but they recovered, altho' Samuel had a hatchet stuck in his head, and some of his brains came out at his wound. Samuel was born Apr. 10, 1687. Hatfield Town Records

The Indians making an Assault upon Deerfield, in this Present War, they struck a Hatchet some Inches into the Skull of a Boy there, even so deep that the Boy felt the force of a Wrench used by 'em to get it out. There he lay a long while Weltering in his Blood; they found him, they Dress'd him' considerable Quantities of his Brain came out from time to time when they opened the Wound; yet the Lad recovered, and is now a Living Monument of the Power and Goodness of God." Mather's Magnalia
on 16 September 1696 at Deerfield, Massachusetts.2,4 
Death*16 September 1696She died on 16 September 1696; in the Belden Homestead Raid.2 

Citations

  1. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, compiler, A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904), I:113, citing II:68, "Foote, Nathaniel, Wethersfield. Invt. £244-18-00. Taken 23 September, 1655, by Richard Treat, Samuel Smith & Nathaniel Dickinson. The children : Nathaniel, 7 years ; Samuel, 5 ; Daniel, 4 ; Elizabeth, 3 years.
    "Court Record, Page 68 — 7 June, 1655 : Adms. granted to the Widow."
  2. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), Genealogies 80.
  3. [S947] Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press—The Tuttle Company, 1907), I:28, b. 1654. Hereinafter cited as Foote Family.
  4. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (Greenfield, Mass.: E.A. Hall and Co., 1895), 254-257.
  5. [S947] Abram W. Foote, Foote Family, I:28.