Lydia Belden

Lydia Belden was born 1 May 1725, the daughter of Mabel Wright and Josiah Belden, of Wethersfield’s Stepney parish (present-day Rocky Hill). Her older brother was cabinetmaker Return Belden (1721-1764). She married Captain Charles Churchill (1723-1802) on 19 November 1747. They lived in Wethersfield, Connecticut, but that part of the town later became Newington. Lydia Belden Churchill died 19 March 1805.