T H E
B E L B I N S
OF STURMINSTER NEWTON, DORSET
1525 – 1792
A chronological list of references in the records of Sturminster Newton
Originally prepared by the Late Rev. Howard Belben
of Sheffield, England in 1994
Note on Spelling
The following variant spellings of the family surname are given below, with the first
year in which each has been traced at Sturminster Newton:
BAYLBYN
BALBYN
BELBYN
BELBEN
BELBINE
BELBIN
BELLBYN
1525
1543
1569
1598
1603
1641
1662
Abbreviations used in the text
DCRO
PRO
SDNQ
SGL
SN
Dorset County Record Office, Dorchester
Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London
Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries
Society of Genealogists’ Library, London
Sturminster Newton
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1525
RICHARD BAYLBYN (Wages 1) included under SN Tithing: Newton in Dorset
Tudor Subsidies 1523-1593, ed and published by T L Stoate, Lower Court,
Almondsbury, Bristol 1982 (SGL). Levied to pay for armed forces.
1543
RICHARD BAYLBYN (Goods 1), THOMAS BAYLBYN (Goods 1) and LEWES
BALBYN (Goods 1) included in SN Tithing: Newton (op. cit.) (SGL).
1544
RICHARD BAYLBYN (1) and THOMAS BAYLBYN (1) included in SN Tithing:
Newton (op. cit.) (SGL).
1569
GEORGE BELBYN of SN included as a billman in the Dorset Muster Roll, which
gave names of men in possession of arms and weapons. These men were to be
mobilized for home defence if able. A bill such as George Belbin had was a weapon
like a halberd, but with a hook instead of a blade. See Dorset Tudor Muster Rolls,
ed T L Stoate 1978 (SGL).
1598
THOMAS BELBIN junior (Goods 3), THOMAS BELBEN senior (Goods 4) and
ROBERT BELBEN (Goods 8) included under Newton and Colber in Dorset Tudor
Subsidies (see 1525 above) (SGL).
1603
ROBERT BELBINE’s Will proved Dec 3 (PRO ref: Prob 11/102). Will dated Sep
4. Occupation: yeoman. Legacies include £5 for the repair of SN Parish Church, 12
pence each “to everye poore bodie of SN” and £5 and 40 shillings for future relief of
the poor.
Robert left to his wife JOANE two kine, two featherbeds furnished, one crock and
“the use of soe mutch of my houshold stuffe as she lyste to take, giving securitie to
my executors for the redelivery thereof at her decease”, also “fortie shillings butter
money remayning in her handes”. He left money to 33 individuals. Five of his
brothers and their children and grandchildren are referred to: (1) PHILLIP and his
son EDWARD, (2) EDWARD of Ringwood, his sons HENRIE, HUMFREY,
WILLIAM, RICHARD and JOHN, and HENRIE’s sons WILLIAM and JOHN, (3)
LEWIS or LEWES (deceased), (4) WILLIAM (5) THOMAS (deceased) and his
sons LEWIS or LEWES, THOMAS, JOSEPH, ROBERT and STEPHEN and
daughters MARIE, JOANE and JOYCE.
Among the legatees is another ROBERT BELBINE of Shaston, i.e. Shaftesbury.
No relationship with the testator is indicated.
1603-25
BELBYN v TREKE (miles et alii) is mentioned in Thopham’s Index of Chancery
Proceedings, James I 31 (The Genealogist Vol 6, 1890).
1641-42
THOMAS BELBIN, JOSEPH BELBIN and ROBERT BELBIN of SN included in
Dorset Protestation Returns. (Oath to be taken by all men aged 18 and over.) Only
three other Belbins appear in the list from the whole county of Dorset, one from
Shaftesbury, one form Pimperne and one from Stone Tything in the parish of
Wimborne.
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1642
LEWIS BELBIN, KATHERINE BELBIN and JANE BELBIN the younger, all of
SN, included in list of contributors to a collection taken nationwide for the relief of
distressed Protestants in Ireland (List in State Papers in Round Room at the PRO,
mentioned in note by Kenneth Topp in The Greenwood Tree (Somerset and Dorset
Family History Society), Autumn 1981).
1646
ROBERT BELBEN of SN took the Negative Oath Dec 4 (Minute Books of the
Dorset Standing Committee 1646-1650, SGL). The Dorset Standing Committee
was the Parliamentary Standing Committee appointed during the Civil War and
interregnum. Those who had fought on the Royalist (Cavalier) side in the Civil War
were required to take the Negative Oath, by which they bound themselves never
again to bear arms against the Parliament (Samuel R Gardiner, History of the Great
Civil War 1542-1649 Vol III p 198).
1649
ROBERT BELBIN of SN and three other Dorset men (RIVES, ROWMAN and
WILLIAMS) are mentioned in Committee for the Advance of Money – Cases 164256 Part 2, p 1080 (PRO). On May 16 information was given that Rives, Belbin and
Rowman were delinquents, were in arms against the Parliament, and none of them
ever made any composition. On May 18, an order was given for the examination of
witnesses in Belbin’s Rowan’s and Williams’ cases, and on proof of delinquency
their estates to be seized and inventoried. (An Ordinance on Mar 27, 1643 had
declared that all who had directly or indirectly assisted the King in the Civil War
were to be reckoned as delinquents. From Oct 4, 1645 these were allowed “to make
a composition”, compounding for their delinquency by paying a sum to be assessed
on them. This might be anything from a sixth to a half of their estates (See Samuel
R Gardiner, op. cit. Vol III, pp 196-199).)
1657
WHITE BELBIN of SN married MARY NEWMAN at Lydlinch, Dorset (Lydlinch
Parish Register).
1660-85
RICHARD BELBIN, SN Hundred (Lay Subsidies, Charles II, PRO E 179 105/345).
1662
BENJAMIN and JOSEPH BELLBYN mentioned in Dorset Royalist Roll of Honour
1662, a list of former Royalist soldiers (SDNQ Vol XVIII, 1926).
WHITE BELBIN (one hearth), ROBERT BELBIN (five hearths, one decayed),
ROBERT BELBIN senior (four hearths) mentioned in Hearth Tax List, p59
(DCRO). (Mr P N Dawe, writing to Howard Belben in 1980, said, “Four or five
hearths was above the average dwelling. A substantial yeoman or merchant had
three or four hearths.”)
1667/8
WHITE BELBIN’s Administration, Feb 2. Administratrix: MARY BELBIN,
widow of SN. Another MARY BELBIN, spinster, of SN, joined with her in the
bond.
1681
SN Parish registers are extant from this year, all earlier registers having been, it is
understood, destroyed by fire. All baptism, marriage and burial details given below
in this list are from the SN registers unless otherwise stated.
ASENATH s. of LEONARD and MARY BELBIN baptized Apr 16. Though this
child is entered as a son, Asenath is a girl’s name (see Genesis 41:45). See also the
burial entry 1693/4
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JANE d. of WILLIAM BELBIN baptized Dec 29.
1682
GRACE d. of JOSEPH and GRACE BELBIN baptized Dec 10.
1683
RICHARD FOOTE married ELIZABETH BELBIN Apr 16.
ANN BELBIN buried Apr 28.
1684/5
JOHN s. of LEWCE and ANN BELBIN baptized Mar 4.
1685
THOMAS BELBIN senior buried Jun 3.
JANE BELBIN widow buried Oct 18.
1685/6
MARY d. of LEONARD BELBIN buried Jan 20.
1686
RICHARD s. of JOSEPH and GRACE BELBIN baptized Apr 8.
GRACE d. of JOSEPH BELBIN buried May 18.
1686/7
SUSANNA d. of WILLIAM and ANNA BELBIN baptized Jan 10.
MARY d. of MARY BELBIN widow buried Jan 23.
1687
MARY d. of LEWIS and ANN BELBIN baptized Nov 3.
SUSANNA d. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized Dec 24
1688
ROBERT s. OF ROBERT and ANN BELBIN baptized Sep 10.
LEWIS s. of LEWIS BELBIN baptized Dec 16.
1689
BENIAMYND s. of BENIAMYND BELBIN baptized Aug 19.
1690
MELIOR wife of STEPHEN BELBIN buried Nov 13.
1691
THOMAS s. of NATHAN BELBIN baptized Jun 21.
WILLIAM BELBIN senior buried Jun 28.
1691
THOMAS s. of NATHAN BELBIN uxoratus (i.e., married man) buried Jul 25.
1692
BENIAMYND BUTTLER married ELIZABETH BELBIN May 22.
NATHAN BELBIN’s Administration, Sep 10. Occupation: mariner.
Administratrix: MARY BELBIN, widow, of SN.
BENIAMYND s. of LEWIS BELBIN baptized Dec 29.
1692/3
THOMAS (?) BELBIN senior buried Mar 6.
1693
JOHN s. of ROBERT and ANN BELBIN baptized Aug 28.
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ANN wife of LEWIS BELBIN buried Nov 3.
1693/4
ASENATH d. of LEONARD BELBIN and his wife buried Feb 19.
1694
THOMAS s. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized May 18.
ROBERT BELBIN senior buried Sep 4.
WALTER KELLAWAY married URSULA BELBIN Oct 22.
1694/5
ELIZABETH BELBIN widow buried Jan 2.
1695
FRANCES d. of LEWIS and FRANCES BELBIN baptized Jun 16.
EDITH d. of WILLIAM and JANE BELBIN baptized Jun 21.
BENIAMYND s of LEWIS BELBIN buried Dec 9.
1696
STEPHEN BELBIN of SN married MARY PARSONS of SN at Blandford Saint
Mary Apr 11.
ANN d. of STEPHEN and ANN BELBIN baptized May 1.
ROBERT s. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN born Aug 22; baptized
Aug 23.
THOMAS BELBIN married JANE SILVER Aug 25.
1696/7
ELIZABETH BUTTLER (see 1692 marriage) buried Jan 18.
EDITH d. of LEWIS and FRANCES BELBIN born Mar 24; baptized Mar 28.
1697
JANE d. of THOMAS and JANE BELBIN born Jun 3; baptized Jun 4.
1698
JOSEPH s. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN born Mar 24; baptized
Apr 13.
THOMAS s. of THOMAS and JANE BELBIN born Sep 26; baptized Sep 27.
STEPHEN BELBIN senior buried Sep 30.
1698/9
REPENTANCE d. of LEWIS and FRANCES BELBIN born Feb 8; baptized Mar 6.
1699
REPENTANCE d. of LEWIS BELBIN buried Apr 3.
RICHARD s. of JOSEPH BELBIN buried Oct 8.
MARY d. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN born Dec 18; baptized Dec
31.
WILLIAM INGRAM married GRACE BELBIN Nov 26.
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1699/1700
WILLIAM s. of LEWIS and FRANCES BELBIN born Feb 13; baptized Feb 20.
FRANCES wife of LEWIS BELBIN buried Feb 21.
ROBERT BELBIN senior buried Mar 4.
1700
LEWIS BELBIN married ELIZABETH DOVER widow Apr 28.
KATHERINE d. of STEPHEN and ANN BELBIN born Jul 28; baptized Aug 19.
JOSEPH s. of THOMAS and JANE BELBIN born Oct 3; baptized Jan 5.
1700/1
JOHN s. of LEWIS BELBIN buried Mar 29.
1701
CHARLES BIRD married ROSE BELBIN Apr 28.
MARY BELBIN senior buried Jul 6.
ROSE d. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN born Oct 29; baptized Dec
2.
1702
LEONARD BELBIN buried Apr 25.
JOHN s. of THOMAS and JANE BELBIN born and baptized Sep 2.
1702/3
STEPHEN s. of STEPHEN and ANN BELBIN born Feb 20; baptized Feb 21.
1703
STEPHEN s. of STEPHEN BELBIN buried Dec 5.
1703/4
JOHN s. of ANN BELBIN widow buried Jan 28.
1704
GEORGE PARROTT of East Stower married MARY BELBIN widow Apr 24.
WILLIAM s. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN born Sep 20; baptized
Sep 21.
MARGARET d. of THOMAS and JANE BELBIN born and baptized Dec 15.
1705
JOSEPH s. of JOSEPH and SARAH BELBIN born Jun 20; baptized Jun 24.
1706
MARGARETT d. of THOMAS BELBIN buried Oct 1.
BENIAMYND BELBIN senior buried Oct 30.
BENJAMIN BELBIN senior’s Will. Declaration dated Nov 2 by Joshua Byles,
John Marvin and James Rowcastle that on Oct 28 BENJAMIN BELBIN declared by
word of mouth that he gave to BENJAMIN BELBIN his kinsman of Sturminster,
miller, £5, which Benjamin Belbin, miller, had owed him. The residue he
bequeathed to “his loving kinsman” JOHN MAJOR BUTT of Sturminster, clothier,
whom he nominated as his executor. Witnesses included ROBERT BELBIN.
1706/7
MARY d. of JOSEPH and SARAH BELBIN baptized Feb 6.
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1707
WILLIAM COLBOURNE married MARY BELBIN Apr 24.
SUSANNAH d. of BENIAMYND and ELIZABETH BELBIN baptized May 4
.
LEWIS BELBIN senior buried May 12.
GRACE d. of JOSHUA BELBIN buried May 17.
JOSEPH BELBIN senior buried Aug 12.
JOSEPH BELBIN senior’s Administration, Aug 16. Administratrix: GRACE
BELBIN, his widow, of SN. JOSEPH BELBIN of SN, butcher, joined in the bond.
THOMAS BELBIN senior buried Oct 3.
RICHARD s. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized Oct 10.
JANE wife of THOMAS BELBIN buried Oct 10.
1707
ELIZABETH d. of STEPHEN and ANN BELBIN baptized Nov 28.
1708
LEWIS BELBIN senior’s Will proved Nov 27. Will dated Apr 30 “in sixth year of
Queen Anne”. Occupation: blacksmith. He mentions his wife ELIZABETH and
sons, LEWIS, to whom he left all his tools, and WILLIAM, his residuary legatee,
whom he appointed his executor.
1709
BENIAMYND BELBIN buried Jul 30.
NATHAN BELBIN of SN married RUTH, daughter of ROBERT and MARY
YOUNG, at Child Okeford, Dorset, Nov 20. From this couple are descended the
BELBIN family of Child Okeford, whose surname from about 1750 onwards was
spelt BELBEN. Their descendants included the BELBEN and the STONE
BELBEN families of Bideford, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Poole, Sherborne, Yeovil,
Saint John’s, Newfoundland, and many other places
1710
BENJAMIN BELBIN of SN married MARY RIDEOUT at Lydlinch, Dorset, Oct
29 (Lydlinch Parish Registers).
ELIZABETH d. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized Dec 5.
1711
ELIZABETH d. of STEPHEN BELBIN buried Aug 8.
BENIAMYND s. of BENIAMYND BELBIN baptized Oct 24.
1712
JOSHUA BYLES married ELIZABETH BELBIN by licence from the Court May
12.
THOMAS s. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized Aug 29.
1713
THOMAS s. of JOSEPH BELBIN buried May 8.
SARAH d. of JOSEPH BELBIN baptized Aug 9.
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1714
SARAH d. of NATHAN BELBIN baptized Jun 20.
1717/18
MARY d. of BENJAMYND BELBIN baptized Jul 20
.
WILLIAM BELBIN victualler buried Mar 21.
1720
MARY BELBIN widow buried Sep 28.
1720/21
JOAN BELBIN buried Jan 28.
1721
HANNA BELBIN widow buried Nov 19.
1721/22
MARY BELBIN widow buried Mar 12.
1722
From this year onwards SN Poor Rates Account Books (DCRO) include the
following on whose property rates were collected:
ANN BELBIN
Reference one year to “Liveing 1t and 2f”.
GRACE BELBEN Widow. House. Appears for last time 1731
STEPHEN BELBIN Reference one year to “p1 Parson’s Lands”).
1723
WILLIAM s. of LEWYS and ELIZ: BELBIN baptized Jun 30.
1724
GEORGE TOPP married JEAN BELBIN Jun 7. Mr Kenneth R Topp, of 20 Hallam
road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, writing to Howard Belben in 1980, said that
GEORGE TOPP (1697-1753) of SN was a son of JOHN and REBECCA TOPP, and
that they had a daughter REBECCA TOPP, baptized 1725/6, who married JOHN
INKPEN of SN at SN Feb 28, 1745/6.
JOSHUA SWEET of SN married CATHERINE BELBIN of SN at Upcerne, Dorset,
Nov 10.
1725
LEWYS s. of LEWYS and ELIZABETH BELBIN baptized May 18.
1727
JOSEPH BELBIN married SUSAN ROSE Apr 4.
1727/8
STEPHEN BELBIN’s Will proved Jan 30. Will dated Jan 29, 1722, Occupation:
soapboiler. Executrix: wife ANNA or ANNE. He left her two closes of pasture
ground at Northfield in parish of Sturminster, also the house they lived in and the
backside orchard and garden “during her natural life if she keeps herself in my
name”, and afterwards to his son STEPHEN and his heirs. If Stephen junior died
without heirs, it was all to go to Stephen senior’s daughters ANNE, MARY and
KATHERINE jointly in common. After the death of the longest surviving daughter,
it was to be left to heirs male and female of any of them. Details followed of how
they were to share property in common. Two other houses let to named tenants
were left to Mary and Katherine and one shilling to Anne.
1728
BETTY BAKER BELBIN d. of LUCH and ELIZABETH BELBEN (sic) baptized
Jun 14.
JOSEPH s. of JO: and SUSAN BELBIN baptized Aug 10.
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JOSHUA s. of JOSEPH BELBIN buried Dec 6.
LEWIS BELBIN is mentioned regularly from this year onwards among the
recipients in the SN Poor Rates Account Books (DCRO). “In sickness” added in the
Dec 1728 entry. “And children” added 1729. “In his wife’s sickness” added Oct 9,
1729, and on same date two shillings and sixpence “to relieve LUCE BELBIN’s
children in necessity”. On Oct 19, 1729, eight shillings “for keeping LEWYS
BELBIN’s children ‘at entrance’” (?). Two shillings given to LEWYS BELBIN at
same time. In 1729 there is a further mention: “Certificate for LEWYS BELBIN
and RICHARD BURNETT for two days’ labours”. In 1730 LEWYS BELBIN’s
three children are mentioned.
1729
MARY BELBIN buried Mar 26.
THOMAS BELBIN buried Aug 28.
ELIZABETH wife of LEWYS BELBIN buried Oct 12.
WILLIAM BELBIN widower buried Oct 31.
SN Poor Rates Account Book mentions grant for WILLIAM BELBIN’s knell and
grave Nov 16 and coffin Dec 14. Disbursements mentioned include an amount paid
: “ROBERT BELBIN (sic) the County Bridge money”.
1729/30
ELIZABETH BELBIN widow buried Mar 11.
1730
WILLIAM PITT married ROSE BELBIN Sep 6.
1731
BENJAMIN BELBIN appears from this year onwards as on of the overseers of the
poor in the SN Poor Rates Account Book. He signs “Benj. Belbin”. He is also one
of two collectors for the poor appointed for 1731. Given £10 “for the use of the
poor”.
1731/2
JEAN d. of JOSEPH and SUSANNA BELBIN baptized Feb 9.
1733
JOHN BELBIN married JEAN INKPEN Dec 26.
1734
LEWYS BELBIN married ELIZABETH WOODWALL Jun 26.
1735
GRACE BELBIN widow buried May 16.
GRACE BELBIN’s Will proved. Will dated May 30, 1732. Mentions daughter
ELIZABETH BYLES, to whom she leaves a six-acre leasehold close called Goff’s
Close, JOSEPH BELBIN and THOMAS BELBIN, sons of her late son THOMAS
BELBIN, the children, unnamed in the Will of her late daughter SUSANNA COLE,
and her son JOSEPH BELBIN, to whom she leaves on shilling.
1736
LEWYS BELBIN buried Apr 3.
1737
WILLIAM BELBIN married MARY PERCY Apr 13.
WILLIAM s. of BENJ BELBIN baptized Aug 5.
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1737/8
1739
ROBERT s. of WILLIAM BELBIN baptized Feb 8
.
MARY d. of BENJ BELBIN baptized Dec 30.
1739/40
ANN BELBIN buried Mar 10.
1740
CHRISTOPHER ROSE married MARY BELBIN May 21.
THOMAS BELBIN married MARY ROSE Dec 29.
1740/41
JOHN s. of WILLIAM BELBIN baptized Jan 21.
ROBERT BELBIN married ROSE NEWMAN Feb 3.
1741
ROBERT BELBIN of SN, clothier. Sun Insurance Policy dated Jun 26. Value:
£100. Listed under “Dorset Textile Mills – Insurance Valuations” in SDNQ, Vol
XXX Pt 303 Note 2 p174, Mar 1976.
1741/2
MARY d. of THOMAS BELBIN baptized Feb 26.
1743/4
STEPHEN BELBIN’s Administration dated Jan 23. Occupation: mariner, of HMS
Suffolk. Administrator: WILLIAM ROBERTS, “the brother by the half blood”,
soap boiler, of SN. Renunciation of administration by ANN BELBIN, widow, of
SN, mother of the deceased, Jan 20, 1743/4. Ref: DA/A/1743 (36), Dorset,
Archdeaconry Court.
BENJA s. of THOMAS BELBIN baptized Feb 4.
MARY BELBIN buried Feb 4.
1744
BENJAMIN BELBIN buried Jul 4.
ELIZABETH BELBIN buried Nov 10.
ANN BELBIN buried Dec 31.
1744/5
FRANCE d. of WILLIAM BELBIN baptized Jan 20.
1745
THOMAS BELBIN married SARAH WHEELER Jul 27.
1746
SUSANNA BILBEN (sic) buried Oct 26.
1747/8
LEWYS s. of WILLIAM and MARY BELBIN baptised Jan 25.
LEWYS BELBIN buried Feb 21.
1750
THOMAS s. of BENJAMIN and ELIZABETH BELBIN baptized May 16.
1754
BETTY d. of BENJAMIN and ELIS: BELBIN baptized Jan 16.
BETTY BELBIN buried Jun 30.
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1758
JOHN STICKLAND married SUSANNA BELBIN Apr 21.
1760
CATHERINE BELBIN buried Mar 18.
1762
JOHN BELBIN buried Sep 13.
MARY BELBIN buried Nov 24
1763
THOMAS BELBIN buried Feb 17.
MARY BELBIN’s Will proved Feb 28. Will dated Nov 6, 1762. She appears to
have been unmarried. Specified personal possessions and pecuniary legacies left to
her sisters, ANN, who she appointed as Executrix, widow of JOHN SWEET and
CATHERINE, wife of JOSHUA SWEET, and their children.
THOMAS BELBIN’s Will proved Mar 26. Will dated Feb 11. Occupation:
yeoman. He left his wife SARAH BELBIN one shilling and all the residue to his
(“loving” crossed out) beloved daughter MARY BELBIN, whom he appointed
executor.
JOHN BELBIN’s Will proved Dec 28. Will dated Jul 18, 1749. Occupation:
weaver. All goods and personal estate left to his living wife, JANE, who is
appointed executrix
1765
ROBERT BELBIN married SUSANNA FISH Apr 1.
MARY BELBIN buried Oct 11.
1767
JOHN s. of ROBERT and SUSANNA BELBIN baptized Jun 5.
1769
STEPHEN s. of ROBERT and SUSANNAH BELBIN baptized Dec 13.
1770
JANE BELBIN buried May 2.
1771
JANE BELBIN’s Will proved Jul 20. Will dated Jul 29, 1767. Widow, presumably
of JOHN BELBIN, for whose Will see 1763 above. She bequeathed personal
possessions to named individuals, none of them named BELBIN, and her late
husband’s weaving loom and everything belonging to it to her nephew -----GOODING (first name illegible). The residue to her brother WILIAM INKPEN,
whom she appointed as executor.
BETTY d. of ROBERT and SUSANNA BELBIN baptized Dec 15.
1774
BEJANMIN BELBIN buried Sep 19.
ROBERT BELBIN buried Dec 18.
1775
WILLIAM s. of JOHN and ANN BELBIN baptized Mar 29.
JENNY d. of ROBERT and SUSANNAH BELBIN baptized Oct 25.
JENNY BELBIN buried Dec 15.
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1777
MARY BELBIN buried Jun 24.
MARY d. of ROBERT and SUSANNA BELBIN baptized Oct 1.
MARY d. of JOHN and ANN BELBIN baptized Nov 3.
1779
ROBERT s. of JOHN and ANN BELBIN baptized Aug 22.
1780
JOHN BELBIN buried Nov 5.
1781
ROSE BELBIN buried Feb 10.
1782
ROBERT BELBIN buried Mar 7.
ROBERT s of JOHN and ANN BEBBIN (sic) baptized Oct 27.
SARAH BELBIN buried Dec 22.
1784
WILLIAM BELBIN buried Apr 18.
1785
ELIZABETH d. of JOHN and ANN BELBIN baptized Sep 27.
1786
WILLIAM BELBIN buried May 10.
1789
MARTHA d. of JOHN and ANN BELBIN baptized Sep 27.
The family of the above JOHN and ANN BELBIN were the only family of this
name left in SN when Population Returns were made on Mar 10, 1801 of all those
living in the town. The details are as follows:-
JOHN BELBEN
ANN BELBEN
WILLIAM BELBEN
ROBERT BELBEN
ELIZABETH BELBEN
MARTHA BELBEN
Married labourer in husbandry
Married
Single
Single
Single
Female child
The baptisms of WILLIAM, ROBERT, ELIZABETH and MARTHA have all been
traced in the SN registers ( see 1775, 1782, 1785 and 1789 above), as well as the
baptism of another ROBERT s. of JOHN and ANN. One of these ROBERTS was
baptized in 1779 and the other in 1782. Probably the first one was the ROBERT
buried Mar 7, 1782 a few months before the second one was born.
Apart from this family, there is one other individual BELBEN included in the 1801
SN Population Returns. MARY BELBEN, spinner, in the home of Betty Pope. It
seems likely that she was the MARY, daughter of JOHN and ANN, who was
baptized at SN (see 1777 above).
The surname of all the members of this family was spelt BELBEN in these
Population Returns, though in the entries relating to them in the parish registers it
was spelt BELBIN
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The Belbins of Sturminster Newton, Dorset 1525 - 1792
1792
FRANCES BELBIN buried Dec 23.
The information in this document is a matter of Public Record.
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