Thomas Belden
Thomas Belden | |
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| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | |
| In office October 1768 – May 1775[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Asa Spalding |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Fitch, V, Thaddeus Betts |
| In office May 1787 – October 1787[1] Serving with Samuel Cook Silliman | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Cook Silliman, Hezekiah Rogers |
| In office May 1788 – May 1789[1] Serving with Samuel Cook Silliman | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Cook Silliman, Hezekiah Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Cook Silliman |
| In office May 1793 – May 1794[1] Serving with Samuel Comstock | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Comstock, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Cook Silliman, Taylor Sherman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1731[3][4] Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Died | 1806[4] |
| Alma mater | Yale 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut
- ^ Public records of the state of Connecticut
- ^ a b Norwalk genealogical Society
- ^ a b Address
- ^ The annals or history of Yale
- ^ 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".