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Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden

Birth	:	11 Dec 1649 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	29 Feb 1704 Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.5449982, -72.6097031
Description	:	Hepzibad's 2nd husband was Daniel Belden (Belding) born 20 Nov 1648 • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, died 14 Aug 1731 • Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. They were married 17 Feb 1699 • Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts after the death of both of their spouses. Hepzibah was not killed the night of the 1704 attack or while she was still in Deerfield, she was killed days later after tiring while already on the way to Canada. Also the details about Hepzibah surviving being scalped during the 1696 attack that are currently stated in the details listed on her memorial are incorrect. Hepzibah... Read More	Hepzibad's 2nd husband was Daniel Belden (Belding) born 20 Nov 1648 • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, died 14 Aug 1731 • Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. They were married 17 Feb 1699 • Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts after the death of both of their spouses. Hepzibah was not killed the night of the 1704 attack or while she was still in Deerfield, she was killed days later after tiring while already on the way to Canada. Also the details about Hepzibah surviving being scalped during the 1696 attack that are currently stated in the details listed on her memorial are incorrect. Hepzibah & Daniel Belding were married on February 16, 1699, it was Daniel's first wife Elizabeth (Foote) Belding that was attacked in 1696 and she did not survive. Information below was copied from Ancestry and lists sources that confirm details of Hepzibah's death: HEPZIBAH (Buell) (Wells) BELDING is killed by her captors (4 Mar 1704) Source: Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney; University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst and Boston), 2003. Accessed on line via Google Books (16 Jun 2016) by Hepzibah's 10th great-grand-nephew, Billy Eugene Wagner II, at https://books.google.com/books?id=wtI8_bKSKrYC&dq=Hepzibah+Belding&q=Hepzibah+Belding#v=snippet&q=Hepzibah%20Belding&f=false -----Text (in Chapter "Retreat"), p. 135: "As Stephen Williams later remembered it, 'they traveled (we thought) as if they Designed to kill us all for they traveled 35 or 40 miles a day,' though in fact they covered only about a dozen miles on the fourth day." . . . "The next day, the fourth of March and the fifth day of the trek, the army covered eighteen miles. The raiders 'traveled with such speed that four women were tired and slain by them who led them captive.' All of these women were older married women: fifty-four-year-old Hepzibah Belding, sixty-four-year-old Mary Frary, thirty-six-year-old Mehitabel Nims, and twenty-nine-year-old Hannah Carter, who had already seen two of her daughters die on the march." (cites to Endnote 20) Endnote 20 was not on this Google Books preview, but is likely a bibliography source reference. ---Appendix B, "Status of Deerfield Residents," p. 280: This lists Hepzibah's second husband, Daniel Belding, as holding "10" shares in Deerfield (= real estate holdings), and "150 pounds" as value of property lost in the raid, and "1" as the number of captured family members who died on the trek to Canada. That, alas, refers to Hepzibah . . . ---Appendix D, "List of the 1704 Deerfield Captives," p. 283: "Hepzibah Belding, 54, Killed on the march." ******** Parents: William Buel Mary Post Spouse: Thomas Wells Daniel Belding Children: Noah Wells (1666 – 1712) Mary Wells (1675 – 1693) Daniel Wells (1675 – 1720) Thomas Wells (1678 – 1750) Elezer Wells (1680 – 1723) John Wells (1686 – 1709) Hepzibah Welles (1688 – 1773) Ephraim Welles (1699 – 1786)

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Where is Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden's memorial?
Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden's memorial is located at: Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, USA.
When did Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden death?
Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden death on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Hepzibah Buell Welles Belden's memorial?
Latitude: 42.5449982
Longitude: -72.6097031

Family Members:

Parent

Mary Buell

(1616 - 1684)

Spouse

Lieut Thomas Wells

(1652 - 1691)

Siblings

Samuel Buell

(1641 - 1720)

Hannah Buell Palmer

(1646 - 1704)

Children

Mary Wells

(1674 - 1704)

Capt Thomas Wells

(1678 - 1749)

Hepzibah Wells Dickinson

(1688 - 1773)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Deerfield Burying Ground
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5449982, -72.6097031

2. Laurel Hill Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5416670, -72.5973020

3. Savage Farm Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5336700, -72.6245300

4. Baptist Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5555992, -72.6258011

5. North Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5635100, -72.6249200

6. Mater Dolorosa Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5758000, -72.6165000

7. Calvary Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5764008, -72.6138992

8. Old Catholic Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5795753, -72.6064215

9. East Deerfield Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5555992, -72.5642014

10. Green River Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5804400, -72.6052500

11. Hawks Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5555992, -72.6583023

12. Cosby Family Cemetery
Shelburne, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5566400, -72.6702100

13. Mill River Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5011890, -72.6377770

14. Pine Nook Cemetery
Deerfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5086300, -72.5661400

15. Federal Street Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5941400, -72.5977300

16. Lower Meadow Cemetery
Greenfield, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5945600, -72.6200300

17. Burnham Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5875300, -72.5720140

18. Locust Hill Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5394700, -72.5363400

19. Elm Grove Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5418600, -72.5359000

20. South Cemetery
Shelburne, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5819016, -72.6699982

21. Fairway Avenue Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5924270, -72.5646970

22. Old South Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5232500, -72.5360300

23. Aaron Clark Memorial Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5836200, -72.5471600

24. Springdale Cemetery
Montague, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5884700, -72.5530900