FIFTH GENERATION


436. Susanna Belden was born on 8 Nov 1790.(1) She died on 15 Oct 1868.(1) Resided at Deposit and at Dover, N. Y. Uriah and Jane Maria and Louisa Ketcham Gregory, below mentioned, were children of Ebenezer Gregory and his first wife Dorcas, dau. of Silas Belden and Dorcas Gillette. Ebenezer Gregory m. (2) Polly Morris. Susanna received as a wedding gift from her great-uncle, Herman Knickerbocker, Betsey Knickerbocker, a slave, aged six years. Betsey was dau. of Peter and Maria, two slaves who lived in a house at the right, at the foot of Plymouth Hill in a corner of the yard belonging to the barn. The barn stood on the corner and had a watering-trough for the accommodation of teams going to and from Poughkeepsie. Betsey lived to old age, dying some time after 1875, and was noted for her neatness and industry. She was buried in the Belden plot in Valley View Cemetery, Dover.

She was married to Uriah Gregory.

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