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My earliest proven Belding ancestor is Benjamin Belding, born 1801, who moved from Sawpits (Rye), Westchester County around 1828 and settled in Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio. I believe he is the son of the Benjamin Belden who appears in the 1800 Census of Rye, and whose will was admitted to probate there on 10 March 1802.