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Ben Affleck

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Asahel Belden

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Ben Affleck — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 170 
  • Father:
  • David Belden 
  • Mother:
  • Lois Wolcott   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 8 Feb 1789 
  • Christening Location:
  • Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1820 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. New Jersey 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Bruce
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Mar 1813 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Avon, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Amelia Belden (Ahnentafel No:85 )

  • Notes: 

  • Asahel Belden is said to have gone to New Jersey where he died circa 1820. Being that he was from Connecticut, I don't know why it would be stated that he ”returned to New Jersey where he died.“ Evidence is needed to confirm this.

• Sources for Asahel Belden

  • ¹ Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio: Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1893), 301-302.
  • ² Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, Containing Biographical Sketches of . . ., Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1896), 161.
  • ³ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 3, Avon, Marriage record for Ashbel Belden and Anna Bruce.
  • ⁴ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Rocky Hill, p. 4, Baptism for Asahel Belden.
  • ⁵ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A008625.
  • ⁶ Griffen, Robert C. and Mitchell R. Alegre, The Wolcott Genealogy, Unknown: The Society of Descendants of Henry Wolcott (1986), 161-162.
  • ⁷ Stiles, Henry R., Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999, original 1904), 84.
  • ⁸ Upton, Harriet Taylor, A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People . . ., Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1909), 448.
  • ⁹ Wickham, Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer, ed., Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, Part 1, Jefferson, Ohio: Reproduction by the Ashtabula County Genealogical Society, Inc. (1896), 265.