Aretus Belding

• Name source ^{1 2 3 4}
• Sex: M
• Also Known As: Aretus Belden\Erastus Belden
• Born: 14 OCT 1795 in Whately, Franklin/Hampshire, Massachusetts ^{1 2 5}
• Died: 21 JUN 1838 ⁶
• BirthFact: : Birth was registered in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont ²
• Census 1800: 1800: Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont; age under 10 ⁷
• Census 1810: 1810: Randolph, Orange, Vermont; age between 10 and 15 ⁹
• Census 1830: 1830: Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; age between 30 and 40 ⁸
• Christened: 29 NOV 1796: Whatley, Franklin/Hampshire, Massachusetts ¹
• Notes:

  Aretus Belding b. 1796 d. 21 June 1838 married Maria Fordham 24 July 1820.
  The following came from "a direct and complete quote from page 395 of Craft's
  History of Whately, MA" by way of a letter from Joanne Rohrscheib.
  David, son of Elisha born a Whatley 2 May 1769 married l June 1793 Content
  Farnum, rem early from town. Have the dates of only two of their three
  children born in Whately: Dennis, baptized at Whately 31 Aug 1794: Aretus,
  baptized at Whately 29 November 1796 and David Jr., no dates.
  The letter also gave the following information:
  David was descended form Stephen Belding who was born in England and came
  first to Weathersfield, Connecticut. In addition Crafts doesn't give the
  parents of Content Farnum, nor were they a Whately family. I believe they
  originated in Andover. I believe that Crafts is authoritative. He was
  working directly from the town vital records." The letter was sent to Joanne
  by way of Gay and Tim Wall from Dereka Smith on request of a Franklin County
  MA lookup.
  Letter from Hope Broiles to Shirley Aaron dated May 7 1988. "David died
  circa 1813 in Randolph, Orange Co. Vt. I have his probate dated 3 June
  1813". This letter also states that the children, Aretus, David Jr., and
  Heman were all born in Whately Massachusetts but their births are registered
  in Tunbridge, Vermont. (I am trying to verify this).
  Source: Helen Moody
  
  Joshua Belding 1696 - 1748
  Elisha Belding 1736 - 1808
  David Belding 1769 -1813 (see note below)
  Aretus Belding b. 1796 d. 21 June 1838 married Maria Fordham 24 July 1820.
  Source: Helen Moody
  
  
  aka Aretus BELDING? (IGI Film 1985584)
  
  Aretus Belding:
  Birth: 29 Nov 1796 Of Northfield, Massachusetts (IGI Film 183573)
  
  Erastus Belden:
  Birth: 2 Apr 1796 Of Hartford, Hrtfrd, Connecticut (IGI Film 537323)
  Birth: 2 Apr 1796 Of Hartford, Hrtfrd, Connecticut (IGI Film 471917)
  Birth: 6 Oct 1795 Platsburgh, New York (AFN: 3BG3-1S)
  Marriage: Spouse Mavis Farnham (AFN: 3BG3-20) (AFN: 3BG3-1S)
  
  
  ERASTUS 7 BELDEN (CHARLES 6, JOHN 5, JOHN 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, RICHARD 1) was born April 02, 1800 in Platsburgh, N.Y., and died Unknown in ?. He married MAVIS FARNHAM Abt. 1818 in ?.
  
  Children of ERASTUS BELDEN and MAVIS FARNHAM are:
  
  HEMAN F. 8 BELDEN, b. January 10, 1821, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y.;
  d. August 25, 1894, Lima Twp, Pepin cty,WI.
  
  CHARLES BELDEN, b. June 08, 1825.
  
  NELLIE BELDEN, b. September 10, 1826.
  
  CARRIE BELDEN, b. October 23, 1829.
  
  LYDIA BELDEN, b. December 03, 1830.
  
  RALPH BELDEN, b. March 12, 1832.
  
  Source: Descendants of Richard Belden <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/l/Frederick-K-Belden/GENE1-0007.html>
  
  Franklin County, which is where Whately is, was formed from Hampshire County in 1811.
  Source: MAGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~magenweb/>
  
  Erastus Belden and Aretus Belding are not the same person. Aretus (b. 1795) died in 1838 and his son Heman was enumerated as the head of the family in the 1840 census; Erastus (b. 1800) was still alive at that point and was enumerated elsewhere in New York in the 1840 Census.
  

• Married: 24 JUL 1820

1. Heman Fredrick Belden, b. 10 JAN 1821 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York
2. Lydia A. Belden, b. 3 DEC 1830 in New York State
3. Charles Belden, b. 8 JUN 1825 in New York State
4. Nellie Belden, b. 10 SEP 1826 in New York State
5. Carrie Belden, b. 23 OCT 1829 in New York State
6. Elizabeth Ann Belden, b. JUN 1834 in New York State
7. Ralph Belden, b. 12 MAR 1832 in Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin

1. Title: History of the town of Whately, Mass.
   Author: Crafts, James M.
   Publication: D.L. Crandall, 1899
   Comment/Location: (Extensively quoted in a letter from Joanne Rohrscheib)
   Media: Book
2. Title: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870
   Author: Vermont Secretary of State
   Comment/Location: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951
   Included in the IGI (at <http://www.familysearch.org/>) as Batch Number: 7450195 (and surrounding), Call Number: 0027649
   Media: Electronic
3. Title: Census - 1830 US Federal; NY; Clinton Plattsburgh
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: Sheet 270; line 15
   Text: "Aretus Beldin" [sic]
4. Title: George Parkhurst Increasings for Nine Generations
   Author: Parkhurst, Peter G.
   Publication: Los Altos Hills, CA : Peter G. Parkhurst, 1995
   Comment/Location: http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH25,78153 and http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH25,68377
   Media: Book
   Page/Cite: Vol. 2, p. 493
   Text: "Aretus Belding"
5. Title: Census - 1830 US Federal; NY; Clinton Plattsburgh
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: Sheet 270; line 15
   Text: "Age between 30 and under 40"
6. Title: Moody, Helen
   Media: Other
   Text: "June 21, 1838"
7. Title: Census - 1800 US Federal; VT; Orange Tunbridge
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: Sheet #602, p. 598
8. Title: Census - 1830 US Federal; NY; Clinton Plattsburgh
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: Sheet 270; line 15
9. Title: Census - 1810 US Federal; VT; Orange Randolph
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: p. 387; line 28