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Thomas Belden

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Thomas Belden
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
In office
October 1768 – May 1775[1][2]
Preceded byAsa Spalding
Succeeded byThomas Fitch, V, Thaddeus Betts
In office
May 1787 – October 1787[1]
Preceded bySamuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded bySamuel Cook Silliman,
Hezekiah Rogers
In office
May 1788 – May 1789[1]
Preceded bySamuel Cook Silliman,
Hezekiah Rogers
Succeeded bySamuel Cook Silliman
In office
May 1793 – May 1794[1]
Serving with Samuel Comstock
Preceded bySamuel Comstock,
Samuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded bySamuel Cook Silliman,
Taylor Sherman
Personal details
BornMarch 25, 1731[3][4]
Norwalk, Connecticut
Died1806[4]
Alma materYale College (1751)[5]

Thomas Belden (before 1793 Thomas Belding[6]) (March 25, 1731 – 1806) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk for twelve years, including the sessions of October 1768, May and October 1769, May and October 1770, May and October 1771, May and October 1772, May and October 1773, May and October 1774, May 1775, May 1787, May and October 1778, October 1789, May and October 1793.

Biography

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Belden was born in Norwalk on March 25, 1731. He was the son of John Belden and Ruhamar Hill, the daughter of Captain John Hill, of Westerly, Rhode Island.[3] He was the grandson of John Belding, early settler, and state representative of Norwalk.

Belden Hill near the Norwalk River in Wilton was named for Thomas Belden.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut
  2. ^ Public records of the state of Connecticut
  3. ^ a b Norwalk genealogical Society
  4. ^ a b Address
  5. ^ The annals or history of Yale
  6. ^ Bouton, Nathaniel (1851). "An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851".
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

October 1768 – May 1775
With: Thomas Fitch, V, Joseph Platt, Uriah Rogers, Thaddeus Betts
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

May 1787 – October 1787
With: Samuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

May 1788 – May 1789
With: Samuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

May 1793 – May 1794
With: Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by