Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

Amos, born July 13, 1764, son of John3"1 and Rebecca (Bartlett) Belden, married Eliz- abeth, born October 12, 1770, daughter of Benjamin151 and Sarah (Scudder) Isaacs (see page 331), had : Julia, born May 19, 1791, see note page 386; Charles, born March 10, 1793, died February 22, 1858; George, born March 12, 1795, died January 14, 1855 ; Sally, born March 11, 1797; Charlotte, born December 31, 1798, died September 26, 1826: Elizabeth, born December 31, 1798; Thomas, born September 28, 1802, died October 12, 1834; John, born January 25, 1805; Frederick, born June 23, 1807, died June 23, 1857; Benjamin Isaacs, born July 13, 1809, died fune 12, 1858 ; Augustus Bartlett, born October 31, 1814, died July 9, 1815. iMarried first, November 28, 1829, G. B. 01m- stead, and second a Brewster. No issue. 2Married, May 4, 1826, Bradley Sturges. Married, second, Frederick Stnrges. Had sev- eral children. ^Married first, September 12, 1836, E. N. Pick- ett, and, second, E. H. Graves. Had one Pickett child, who died in infancy, and two Graves children, viz: Ida, Mrs. Clayton Raymond, and Emma, Mrs. John Kingsley. sMarried, October 14, 1834, Esther Bostwick. sDied March 11, 1859. NORWALK. 39i Charles, son of Amos and Elizabeth Belden, married Helen, daughter of Dr. William Miles, and had : Helen E., died young; George Mortimer, born November 3, 1826. George, son of Amos and Elizabeth Belden, married, 1822. Sophia Louisa Miles, and had : Julia Louise, born July 27, 1828, Mrs. Frederick S. Talmadge ; Laura Frederica, born April 3, 1831, Mrs. Dudley Field: Helen Elizabeth, born July 22, 1838, died young. Sally, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Belden, married, May 20, 1828, Rev. William Mitchell, and had : John Belden,1 born June 4, 1829. Rev. William Mitchell died August 1, 1867, and his wife May 27, 1888. Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Belden, married, February 27, 1836, Edwin Crosby, and had : Sarah Elizabeth, born February 24, 1840, Mrs. Staats Mead; Helen Belden, born July 20, 1841, Mrs. Edwin M. Butler. George Mortimer, son of Charles and Helen (Miles) Belden, married, July 14, 1856, Isabella Sutton, daughter of Levi Best. He was a graduate of Columbia College and was admitted to the Bar. When about thirty years of age he returned to his birthplace in Carmel, N. Y., and occupied the homestead until his death, which occurred in 1875. He was the first President of the Putnam County National Bank, and one of the founders of the Carmel Library. Frederick, son of Amos and Elizabeth Belden, married Maricia Arocha. John Belden. son of Rev. William and Sally (Belden) Mitchell, married, December 14, 1864, Elinor Augusta Evans, and had : George Mortimer, born December 15, 1865; Alfred E., born July 17, 1867, died in infancy; Hattie Baldwin, born December 15, 1869, died young. !John Belden Mitchell. A telegram was received in this city last evening F. Evans. Mr. Mitchell was an elder in the Presby- terian Church, and one of the leaders in the erection from San Antonio, announcing the death of a well ; of the church in this city. He was a man of the known citizen of Corpus Christi, John Belden Mitchell, which occurred on Government Hill at the home of May Halter at noon yesterda}', Oct. 3rd. Mr. Mitchell had been in ill health for the past year, and last July went to San Antonio, accompanied by his wife, in hopes that a change of climate might prove of benefit to him. Mr. Mitchell was a native Vermont, and at the time of his death was 66 years strictest integrity ; a man of enterprise, and for maii3r years, when he enjoyed good health, took great in- terest in all public matters pertaining to the interest and advancement of the city and section in which he lived, serving at one time as Mayor of this city, and filling other positions of trust and honor. By his death Corpus Christi loses a good man and wortlnr citizen. Mr. Mitchell leaves, besides his wife, two old. He was a graduate of Yale College, and came I sons and one daughter to mourn his death. Many to Corpus Christi when quite a young man and en- friends join the CaUin'va. extending heartfelt sympathy gaged in mercantile business, which he carried on be- fore the war and after until a few years ago. In 1864 he married Miss Nellie Evans, sister of Mr. George to the afflicted family. The remains are expected here to-night for interment to-morrow in the family burying ground. — Corpus Christi Callin, Oct. 4, 1895. 392 N O R W A L K John Edgar, born May 20, 1874 ; Willie, born August 10, 1878, died young; Rachel Doddridge, born November 26, 1883. Helen Belden, daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth (Belden) Crosby, married Edwin M. Butler of Croton Falls, N. Y., and had : Howard Crosby, born March 7, 1870 ; Stuart. Amos and Elizabeth Belden are to this day well recalled in Norwalk.1 Frederick, son of Colonel William and Rebeccah (Adams) Belden, married, first, October 7, 1844, Catharine, daughter of Samuel and Maria (Cholwell) Gruman, and had : Edwin, died young ; Samuel ; Frederick, died in infancy. Kathie, died young; Maria Louise, died young ; Fredericka, Mrs. Renssalaer Bissell ; Edwina, Mrs. David Hill : Elizabeth, Mrs. Charles Jeffrie, first, and second, Mrs. William K. Maples; Florence, died unmarried, 1871 ; William, died unmarried ; Henrietta, unmarried; Frederick Belden married, second. March 7, 1870, Sarah E., daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Lyon) Hill, and had: Webster, born December 7, 1870, died July 6, 1895. The Frederick Belden residence "on the green" supplanted the more ancient Grum- man home, and was presided over by those to whom refinement and good breeding seemed a second nature. Mrs. Belden was gracefully dignified and of pleasing presence. Her good mother, Mrs. Gruman, who was for many years her daughter's care, was, like her near neighbor, Mrs. Senator Thaddeus Betts, a feeling friend. Those of Miss Susan Betts' school children who yet remain may recall how that good instructress was wont, during the noon recess on the green, to receive warm, appetizing viands, as a mid-day luncheon. She was unforgotten in the school's generous vicinity. As the Belden children approached maturity the bright home invited the young. The second Mrs. Belden has preserved its reputation. iMr. and Mrs. Col. Buckingham Lockwood and family were some of the Norwalk relatives who, although man}' miles separated their own and the home of their Amos Belden family lun, still kept up their Carmel intimacy. It was made a point when the sleighing was fine, to drive from Norwalk (via Ridgefield and North Salem) to Carmel. It was a day's journey, but oldtime hospitality was sure to reward the trip's close. Warm greetings, blazing hearth fires, and the attendance of the Belden colored retinue service welcomed the guests. The home (see page 96) was beautifully situated. Amos Belden had charge of the Phillips estate and became largely in- terested in Dutchess county property. His wife (Elizabeth Isaacs) was social and an agreeable enter- tainer. NORWALK 393 THE LINE OF WILLIAM2"* AND MARGARET (ARMS) BELDEN. William2™1, son of Daniellst and Elizabeth (Foote) Belden, resided in early life in Deerfield, but eventually found his way to the home in Norwalk of his uncles John Beldenlst and Samuel15'. The two latter lived in the southern or settlement portion of the town (East Norwalk, 1898), but their cousin chose, about 1720-21, the northern section of the plantation (Wilton Parish) for his habitation. Through his father he was of like Belden blood with all the Norwalk Beldens, but through his mother his line of the family inherits the strong blood of the New England Demings and Footes.1 The children of William2"15 and Margaret (Arms) Belden, who were married May 2, 1700, were : Margaret, born February 10, 1701, Mrs. Nathaniel Slawson ; Daniel2"'1, born September 14, 1702, late Norwalk appearance;2 Elizabeth, born November 10, 1704, Mrs. Daniel Cole ;8 Thankful, born February 9, 1706-7, died August 26, 1717 ; Mary, born June 25, 1709, Mrs. Nathan Betts ; Abigail, born January 4, 1710-11, Mrs. John Rockwell; Ruth,4 born January 18, 1712-13, Mrs. John Seymour3"1 ; Mirriam, born November 11, 1714, Mrs. Samuel Higgins-, Esther,5 born October 11, 1716, Mrs Daniel Hurlbutt1"; Thankful2"'1, born October 5, 1718, Mrs. Alexander Ressiquie, Jr.; Sarah,6 born August 20, 1720, Mrs. Zebulon Crane; Azor1"', born December 10, 1723. iDeming-Foote stock is colonial excellence brand. John Deming, Sr., was a 1662 Connecticut charterer. His sister Elizbeth, born in England in 1595, married at the age of twenty, Nathaniel Foote, Sr., and at the age of about of about fifty the Colonial Governor Thomas Welles. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Deming) Foote Sr. had Nathaniel Jr., who was the father of Mrs. Daniel Belden (see page 156), the mother of the first William Belden of Norwalk. Alary Foote, great aunt of Wiliam Belden, was, first, Airs. John Stoddard of Wethersfield, and, second, Airs. John Goodrich of the same place, and, third, Mrs. Lieut. Thomas Tracy of Norwich. 2Married first, February 22, 1727, Esther, daughter of Samuel Smith of Hatfield, Mass. She died October 19, 1757. Married, second, Alary Kim- berly. In 1744 his Norwalk relatives took six horses and removed himself and family from Deerfield to Norwalk, Wilton parish. 3Ancestress of the present Norwalk residents of Cole name. 4For Belden-Seymour reference see page 160. 5On November 28, 1737, Rev. William Gaylord married Esther, daughter of William and Margaret Belden to Daniel Hurlbutt, Sr., of Wilton. These had a son Daniel who married, second, March 20, 1765, Esther, daughter of John Partrick. Daniel and Esther (Partrick) Hurlbutt had John, born October 14, 1778, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Ogden. John and Elizabeth (Og- den) Hurlbutt had a son John P., who on October -31, 1832, married Polly Esther Gregory. These had a son born December 1, 1843, who is found in the person of Norwalk's well known J. Belden Hurl- butt, Attorney and Counsellor at Law of 1899.