William Belding1

#7459, (circa 1623 - )
Relationship6th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Richard Belding1 (c 1591 - )

Family

Tomisin _____
Children 1.Samuel Belding4 (1647 - )
 2.Daniel Belding+4 (1648 - 1732)
 3.John Belding4 (1649/50 - )
 4.Susannah Belding4 (1651 - )
 5.Marie Belding4 (1652/53 - )
 6.Nathaniel Belding4 (1654 - )
"It is tempting to propose that Richard was as elder son of Lawrence, William, his younger brother, and that both came to Wethersfield. Unfortunately, there is nothing but common residence in a rather large parish to indicate that this may be so." and "It appears reasonable that Richard Belden of Heptonstall parish and Richard Belden of Wethersfield [CT] were identical; that Samuel and John were his sons. Although it is not impossible that William, son of Lawrence, was identical with William of Wethersfield, and it appears William of Wethersfield was considerably older than John and Samuel, there is a question in my mind whether he was likely to have been quite this old, that is born in 1609."2 
Wm. Poss. brother or cousin (not son) of Richard. See Stiles "History of Wethersfield"; Poste "English Origins of the Beldens of Wethersfield" TAG 45:3.2 
Birth*circa 1623He was born circa 1623 at EnglandG.1 
Marriage*circa 1646He married Tomisin _____ circa 1646 at Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony.3 

Citations

  1. [S738] James M. Crafts, History of the Town of Whately, Mass. 1661-1899 (Whately, MA: Town of Whately, 1899), p. 5, entry for Richard Belding. "History of the Town of Whately" has Richard's other (than Samuel) son as John.. Hereinafter cited as History of Whately (Crafts).
  2. [S748] Donald E. Poste, "English Origins of the Beldens of Wethersfield", The American Genealogist 45:3 (July 1969).
  3. [S740] Charles C. Whitney, Some Belding Genealogy (New York: privately printed, 1896), p. 5, giving ca. 1644 in Wethersfield. Note: this estimate may have been made based in the birth date of son John, which Belding gives as 1645 but is prob. 1649/50 based on Wethersfield Land Records. According to that source, Sanmuel, b. 1647, was the eldest child.
  4. [S740] Charles C. Whitney, Some Belding Genealogy, p. 5.