Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

6Benjamin Crane of Wethersfield married Mary Backus and had Jonathan, born December 1, 1658, who married Deborah Griswold. These had Joseph, born Alay 17, 1696, who married Alary, born Decem- ber 15, 1695, daughter of Samuel and Edera Couch, These had eight children, the eldest of whom, Zebu- lon, born January 25, 1721, married Sarah, daughter of William2»cl and Margaret (Arms) Belden. The children of Zebulon and Sarah (Belden) Crane were : John, born 1742 ; William, born 1744; Zebulon, born 1746 ; Elijah, born 1748 ; Sarah, born July 12, 1750, Mrs. Ashael Noble; Mary, bom 1752, died young; Belden, born 1754, died young; Samuel, born 1757 ; 394 NORWALK LINE OF AZOR BELDENlst. AzoRlst, son of William'21"1 and Margaret (Arms) Belden, was born in Deerfield, Mass., and brought, in infancy, to Norwalk (Wilton parish) where he married1 and had : Azor2'"1 (Capt.) born 1749 ;2 A child, born December, 1752, died September following; Abigail, born 1754, died unmarried December 6, 1806 ; Eunice1", scalded to death September 12, 1760: Eunice2"'1, Mrs. Zalmon Hull ;3. Mary, Mrs. Justus Gray, married January 14, 1799 ; Davidlst (Rev.), born July 16, 1764, Yale 1785 ; Esther, born December 16, 1768, Mrs. Levi Taylor ;* Azor2"'1, son of Azor and Mary Beldenlst, married, first, Hannah Couch, born April 22. 1755, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Couch) Smith, and had : William (Rev.), born July 16, 1781, Yale 1803; Charles (M. D.), born 1783, Princeton 1812, unmarried : Anna,5 born 1784 ; Abigail, bom May 26, 1759, Mrs. Paul Welch; Stephen, born 1761 ; Anna, born 1763 ; Seth, born 1766. Mrs. Asahel Noble was the mother of Ranson Noble, whose son Harmon lived so delightfully in Es- sex, northern New York. Mrs. Harmon Noble, a highly estimable ladj', was the mother of Mrs. Charles B. Waite son of the late C. C. Waite, of the Brevoorte House, New York city. She was also the mother of Henry Harmon Noble, now of Albany, N. Y., and a whilom Norwalk school youth. This mother of Mrs. Waite and of her brother Henry H. Noble was Laura Ann, daughter of Peter and grand- daughter of Paul Welch, who married Abigail, a younger daughter of Zebulon and Sarah (Belden) Crane. xThe maiden name of Mary, wife of Azor Bel- den1 st, is not, with certainty, ascertained. She is thought to have been, possibly, a Fairfield (the town of Weston was formerly a part of Fairfield) Dimon. The matter has been a subject of stud}-. -'Was an officer in the Revolutionary war. 3Zalmon and Eunice21"1 (Belden) Hull had daughter Sarah, born June 20, 1783, who married John Austin Crocker, who had Susan Maria Crocker, born February- 19, 1811, who married, October 27, 1841, Henry Osborn of Maumee Cit}-, Ohio, who was born in Ridgefield May 19, 1814. These had a son, Henry A. Osborn, born September 30, 1869. The children of Zalmon and Eunice Hull were Theop, Harry, Hezekiah, Sarah and Lydia. 4Levi Taylor, born December 15, 1764, belonged to the old Taylor family of Saugatuck (Westport). This family owned, anciently, such a generous por- tion of the west side of the Saugatuck River in what is now Westport village, that the name was locally known as Taylor Town. sThis only daughter of Capt. Azor Belden mar- ried, first, Stephen, son of Samuel and Anne (Dun- ning) Olmstead. She married, second, Noah Olm- stead, brother of the first husband. See note page 283. Mrs. Stephen and later, Mrs. Noah, Olmstead died January 12, 1834. Her second husband died October 6, 1842. The child of Stephen and Anna (Belden) Olm- stead was George, born 1806, died October 27, 1858. He married Sarah Ann Belden and had no children. The children of Noah and Anna (Belden-Olm- stead) Olmstead were : Sarah Anne, born Nov. 27, 1807, Mrs. Ralph Thatcher; Henrietta, see page 284 ; Jane, see page 284, Mrs. Thaddeus B. Curtis; Charles, died 3roung ; Stephen, born June 30, 1817, see page 284; Maria ; Frances, born July 6, 1821, see page 285 ; Samuel Edwin, born March 25, 1824, see page 285 ; Azor Belden, died 1849. Thaddeus B. Curtis, who married, November 19, 1846, Jane Olmstead, was born at Stratford July 12, 1808, and died May 5, 1864. His wife died at Stratford February 1, 1871 . Their children were : Myra, born September 5, 1847 ; Emma, born Feb. 18, 1851, died Sept. 27, 1876; I Louise. NORWALK 395 Lewis, born May 14, 1787, Princeton 1811; Joseph, born December 23, 1790, was married; Daniel, born November 4, 1793; Benjamin (M. D.), born September 23, 1797, unmarried. The first Mrs. Azor Belden2nd died March 27, 1801, and her husband married, second Hannah, born September 15, 1766, daughter of Timothy and Esther (Piatt) Fitch, and grand- daughter of Gov. Thomas Fitch (see page 209), and had : George Fitch, born March 21, 1802, see pages 218, 221 ; Piatt, born February 19, 1804. Davidlst (Rev.), son of Azor and Mary Belden15', married, December 21, 1794, Martha, born April 28, 1774, daughter of Seth and Elizabeth (Mallory) Hull, of Redding, and had: David Hull, born December 21, 1797; Jane, born May 27, 1799, Mrs. Reuben Booth ; John Arms, born September 24, 1802; Elizabeth S., born July 31, 1814, Mrs. Edgar S. Tweedy. William (Rev.)1, son of Azor'2ud and Hannah (Smith) Belden, married, February 5, 1807, Abigail Frances, born November 9, 1 785, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Cass) Hatch, and had : Nathaniel Hatch, born January 23, 1809; William, born August 20, 181 1 ; Henry, born April 9, 181 3 ; Abigail Hatch, born June 19, 1817 ; Mary Cass, born May 30, 1819 ; Lucy Swift, born March 25, 1822. Lewis, M. D., son of Azor2"' and Hannah (Smith) Belden, married, first, Rachel, daughter of Ebenezer and Huldah (Sherwood) Banks, and had : Maria Louise, born November 8, 1818, unmarried ; Ebenezer Banks, born August 17, 1820, unmarried; Eunice Banks, born February 12, 1826. Lewis Belden, M. D,, married, second, Anna Maria, daughter of Rev. John Freling- huysen and Hannah (Horn) Jackson, and had: Anna Jackson, born January 31, 1831, who married, November 11, 1856, James Wells !Rev. William Belden, eldest son of Capt. Azor and Hannah C. (Smith) Belden, was graduated at Yale College in 1803 and, after being ordained to the ministry, settled in Greenfield, Conn., where he filled the pulpit of the village church and also established a boarding school. In this school many eminent men were fitted for college, among them President Wool- sey and John C. Calhoun being probably the most distinguished. He removed to New York and was the originator of the "Public School Society," which afterwards became the "Board of Education." He was the Principal of one of the Public Schools for nearly forty years, and during that period examined most of the applicants for the position of teacher. The Normal School, which has since become the Nor- mal College, was also a product of his creation. His interest in the development of the school system which New York now enjoys was absorbing, and in order to devote himself to it he declined the Presi- dency of two Colleges. He was a man of great in- tellectual power and most extensive learning. He married Miss Abigail Frances Hatch of Kent, Conn., who bore him three sons and three daughters. His line is an extended one. 396 NORWALK. Randall, and had John Frelinghuysen Jackson Randall, born November 22, 1858, died July 14. 1865. Daniel, son of Azor2"1' and Hannah (Smith) Belden, married Sarah I., daughter of Frederick Curtis, and had : Charles Azor, born January 15, 1828 ; Frederick Curtis, born 1831 ; Joseph J., born April 1, 1833 : Sarah Frances, born September, 1835; Louisa A., born October 27, 1840. George Fitch, son of Azor2"'1 and Hannah (Fitch) Belden, married, October 28, 1823, Nancy (born March 3, 1802) Hanford of Wilton, and had: Henry H., born November 9, 1825 : Charlotte, born August 24, 1827; George Fitch. Piatt, son of Azor2"'1 and Hannah (Fitch) Belden, married, September 4, 1829, Mary, sister of Rev. Horace Bushnell, D. D., and had: Charlotte Elizabeth, born February 12, 1832 ; Frederick, born 1834 ; William, born April 1, 1837 ; Horace, born October 4, 1840. David Hull, son of Rev. David and Martha Belden, married, first, 1824, Cornelia Johnson of Newtown, and had: Jane, born December 21, 1825, Mrs. Rev. Joshua D. Berry. David Hull Belden married, second, Susan Johnson of Newtown and had ; Cornelia J., born December 29, 1829; Clarissa, born 1830, unmarried; David, born August 14, 1832 ; John, born 1834. David Hull Belden married, third, November, 1841, Ann, daughter of Samuel and Abby (Raymond) Clark, and had : Mary Elizabeth, born February, 1845 ; Frederick ; Howard Raymond ; Reuben Booth, born September 28, 1849. David Hull Belden married, fourth, Sarah Peck of Canaan, Conn. No children. John Arms, son of Rev. David and Martha (Hull) Belden, married, November 1 1 , 1825, Betsey Caroline, daughter of Nathan and Molly (Burr) Marvin, and had : NORWALK. 397 Nathan Marvin1, born August 17, 1826; Samuel Burr, born April 3, 1828 ; John Arms, born June 25, 1830 ; Charles, born June 16, 1833; Frances Adelaide, born November 12, 1835, Mrs. Benjamin F. Bulkley ;