Career
He was the brother of Daniel Belden, the early settler of Deerfield, Massachusetts. He is recorded as living in Norwalk as early as 1673. On April 30, 1690, he was appointed to a committee to fortify the meeting house.
On January 16, 1694, he was appointed to a committee to replace the deceased Reverend Thomas Hanford as minister for the town.
In 1708, he was one of the purchasers of Ridgefield, along with Matthew Seymour, Matthias Saint John, and Samuel Keeler. He died in 1713, and his widow, Ruth married John Copp, the town clerk.
