Thomas Belden

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.

Thomas Belden
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
In office October 1768 – May 1775[1][2] Serving with Thomas Fitch, V, Joseph Platt, Uriah Rogers, Thaddeus Betts
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]

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.

References

1. Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut
2. Public records of the state of Connecticut
3. Norwalk genealogical Society
4. 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".