Richard BAILDON

Abt 1598 - 1655  (57 years)

• Name	Richard BAILDON  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1598	Kippax, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Richard Beldon
  Fact	Name spelled Belden, Bayldon and Belding   [2]
  Death	Aug 1655	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Notes	On a list of those taking the oath of allegiance,March 26, 1913, is this entry: "Richard Bayldon aged 19 years born at Kippax in Comm. Ebor, (i.e., Count of York) intending to pass over for Bredaugh (Breda) to be a soldier under Capen Blundell." His name is signed Richard BAYLDONN with an extra n and a flourish. It is of little importance that his age is given inaccurately; the record shows his spelling of the name and his taste for adventure. He was involved in controversies over the settling of his father's estate in 1624, after which he disappears from English records. His identification with the man who is found at Wethersfield in 1641 rests upon these considerations. Richard BAYLDON was a younger son by a second wife in a large family of only moderate wealth. He had his fortune to make. Opportunities were not plentiful in England and if he had failed to win a competence after years of effort, if his wife had died and his home ties were broken, and if his sympathies were strongly with the Puritan party, it was quite natural that he should take his sons and set out for American, as others ere doing all around him. The emigrant seems to have been such a man. His name upon his arrival and presumably at his direction is spelled Richard BAYLDEN. It was an uncommon name borne as far as appears by no other family in England. The age of his sons and other circumstances would indicate that he was in the neighborhood of 50 years old. His eldest son bore the name of the deceased brother William. Those were days of careless pronunciation and phonetic spelling, and the name is soon spelled in various ways on the records and by members of the family, BELDEN and BELDING predominating. Richard is found acquiring and disposing of land and duly taking his part in the affairs of the new community until his death in 1655, when he left his family a considerable landed estate. The rapier, or gentlemen's sword, mentioned among his effects, was a weapon for which he could have found small use in Wethersfield and was doubtless a relic of his early days.
  Person ID	I03297	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	Lawrence BELDON,   b. 1571   d. Bef 1641 (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	? UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F01651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret ACKRENDEN,   b. Between 1591 and 1602, Yorkshire Co., England
  Marriage	09 Dec 1622	Kippax, Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Susan BELDEN,   b. 1623  [Natural]   2. Samuel BELDEN,   b. 1632   d. 03 Jan 1713, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)  [Natural]   3. Sara BELDEN,   b. 1630, Woodsworth, Yorks, England  [Natural]   4. John BELDEN,   b. Abt 1634   d. 27 Jun 1677, Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn. (Age 43 years)  [Natural]   5. Mary BELDEN,   b. 1625  [Natural]   6. Grace BELDEN,   b. 1627  [Natural]
  Family ID	F02071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1598 - Kippax, England Marriage - 09 Dec 1622 - Kippax, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02718] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol. IV, pg 1811. [S01985] Connecticut Puritan Settlers by Royal R. Hinman. [S03684] "Belden/Baildon", From the files of Stephen M. Lawson. kinnexions.com