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      Gregory Belcher



        THE FIRST BELCHERS IN MASS: CAME ON THE WINTHROP FLEET OF SHIPS
        AROUND 1620-1640 ACCORDING TO THE "Dictionary of First Settlers of New
        England": BY James Savage
        , "The Outline Of Amrican History of Mass",
        AND the Mass State Archives:
        THIS IS THE GENEALOGY LINE OF THE FIRST GREGORY BELCHER RECORDED IN THE MASS
        BAY COLONIES IN THE UNITED STATES:
        GREGORY BELCHER B 1606 in England
        died Nov 25 1674 MASS:
        son of Thomas Belcher of Wardend parish of Aston County Warwickshire England
        CAME TO AMERICA ON JOHN WINTHROPS FLEET OF SHIPS TO THE MASS BAY COLONY: CAME TO BOSTON 1634 WAS A FREEMAN BY 13 MAY 1640: "listed on the freeman list" "Colonial America 1607-1789 MA Census index"
        GREGORY MUST HAVE BEEN A MAN OF SOME PROMINENCE IN BOSTON AS HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF BRAINTREE.
        RESIDENT OF MT WOLLASTON BRAINTREE(NOW QUINCY) FARMER
        in a deposition Gregory made June 1665, stated he was about 60 years old:
        Mount Wallaston(Braintree) paying three shillings per acre for the same.(Boston town Records) 1639. Feb. 19th. Belcher, Gregory, 3s. an acre 18 people 52 acres. he settled here and was admitted a freeman on May 13 1640 and was made selectman in 1646. Essex county court files:
        "on July 14 1664 he purchased of John Smith 9 acres of land in Milton, which he gave to his son Joseph Belcher for a marriage portion.
        On Jan 6 1657 he obtained a lease of the Salter Farm in Braintree from the estate of William Tyng of Bostona nd on Jan 15 1666 Gregory and others bought the Salter Farm for 1900 pounds Belchers interest being 1/8th.(Suffolk County Deeds vol 5. page 229)
        March 26 1670 Gregory Belcher and his son-in-law Alexander Marsh bought the Iron Works with 200 acres of land in Braintree and on May 18 1671 the same parties bought 40 acres in Braintree Plain of Henry Crane.(Suffolk County deeds vol 7 page 172).
        "John Heiford appears to have witnessed a deed from Gregory Belcher
        to Richard Harris of Braintree april 6, 1667(see suffolk deeds.lib,386 and 387)
        John Heiford was a witness to Gregory Belchers deed of land in Braintree Feb 21 1667
        in the diary of Samuel Sewall written while visiting London, as found in
        Vol. V Mass.Historical Collection. Sewall Papers under date of Aoril 3 1688.
        see"The Orhcard John Hayford has planted") also same col page 252
        "Anthony Fisher deposed in open court 29 Jul 1662, apprized by Gregory Belcher,
        William Robinson, Edmund Quinsey and Anthony Fisher">

        When Gregory Belcher died in 1674 his inventory showed: a total of 629 pounds 5 shillings and 0 pence. was presented to his widow Jan 29 1674(Suffolk County Probate)

        MARRIED:CATHERINE
        HER WILL IS LISTED 1680 MENTIONING LAST 4 CHILDREN:
        THE GENEALOGY DICTIONARY OF FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND DOES NOT STATE HER SURNAME:
        SEVERAL PLACES HAVE THIS GREGORY LISTED AS MARRIED TO: CATHERINE ALLCOCK

        her will dated 3 sep 1679 and proven 20 july 1680, gives to son Josiah a cow, "if he molest not my son Moses in his present dwelling and possessions";
        to son John a cow and a horse;
        to daughters Elizabeth Gilbert and Mary Marsh and Grandaughter Mary marsh, some household effects;
        to son Moses (who hath all his life carried himself so dutifully to myself and his father) the great bible and the whole house and land he now posesses which I declare his father gave him."
        Son Moses Belcher and Alexander Marsh executors:
        On 9 July 1680 Josiah Belcher entered a caveat against the probate of any will said to be made by his late mother Catherine Belcher of Braintree, widow, deceased until he be present.(suffolk co. Probate) It does not appear that the contest was made over the estate.
        Children: 1..Josiah Belcher
        2..John Belcher
        3..Samuel Belcher
        4..Mary Belcher
        5..Joseph Belcher
        6..Gregory Belcher: this Gregory in question whether he is their son:
        not mentioned in will of mother:
        but is listed in several sources of good standing as their son:
        7..Moses Belcher
        8..Elizabeth Belcher
        CHILDREN:
        1. 7==1...JOSIAH BELCHER B; 1631 LIVED IN BOSTON
          Died: 3 April 1683 age 52 buried in the Granary Burying Ground where his gravestone still remains(1906)" "was a wheelwright"??settled in Boston
          JOSIAH BELCHER WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ANCIENT HONORABLE
          ARTILLERY COMPANY:
          MARRIED: 3 MARCH 1654/5 RANIS RAINSFORDb: 4 June 1638
          Ranis Died: 2 Oct 1691:
          DAU OF ELDER EDWARD AND ELIZABETH RAINSFORD
          EDWARD RAINSFORD WAS :ELDER OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE
          THIRD CHURCH DIED: 3 APRIL 1683 AGE 52
          ALSO CAME IN THE FLEET OF WINTHROP : EDWARD RAINSFORD IS LISTED ON THE SHIP"ABIGAIL"
          4 JUNE 1635 WITH 220 PASSENGERS (NOT ALL NAMED)FROM PLYMOUTH ENGLAND
          TO BOSTON MASS:
          EDWARDS WILL MENTIONS WIFE AND CHILDREN
          INCLUDING DAU. RANIS WIFE OF JOSIAH BELCHER, SON OF GREGORY
          JOSIAH LISTED IN 1682 AT "SALTERS FARM" BRAINTREE MASS:
          Josiah bought an estate on these corner of what is now Essex St. and Harrrison ave.
          after the death of his widow a partition wa made of this estate among his children. 20 sep 1693(Suffolk Co deeds vol 19, page 158) Further deeds in relation to this property show all his sons except John and Benjamin died without issue:
          and apparently unmarried and his daughter Dorothy died without issue soon after her marriage>
          (Suffolk county deeds vol 40 page 225 vol 41 page 210: vol 46 p 90: and vol 41 p 212) He was one of the founders of the third( or Old South Church:) His will made the day of decease: 3 April 1683, names wife: Ranis
          sons John, Jonathan, Joseph, Edward, Nathan, and Benjamin
          daughters: Elizabeth, Rebecca, Anna, Dorothy, Abigail, and Ruth(Suffolk County Probate)
          CHILDREN OF JOSIAH AND RANIS RAINSFORD BELCHER:
          1. 8==1...JOSIAH BELCHER B 23 DEC 1655
            SERVED IN CAPT JAMES OLIVERS COMPANY IN THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN
            IN KING PHILLIPS WAR: ALSO IN THE GREAT SWAMP FIGHT 19 DEC 1675
            DIED UNMARRIED AND WAS PROBABLY THE JOSIAH BELCHER THAT WAS DROWNED
            AT WEYMOTUH AUTUMN OF 1682 MENTIONED IN :"JUDGE SEWALLS DIARY VOL 2 P 19"
            8==2...JOHN BELCHER B; 1657 DIED SOON AFTER:
            NAMED THEIR NEXT BORN SON JOHN:
            8==2...JOHN BELCHER B: DEC 23, 1659 bap: First church 3April 1664
            and admitted to the "Old South Church" 30 April 1680.
            a ships carpenter by trade: 1690 was in military service and stationed at Kittery Maine
            was dismissed and sent home on Nov 9 1690(Me Hist. Collection series 2 vol 5 page 160)>
            He lived in Boston until about 1693 when he went to Kittery Me and entered the employ of the Frost family who were extensive ship builders. died in Kittery in 1730:
            His will of 17 Feb 1729 calls himself "John Belcher , joiner, of Kittery"
            eldest son of Josiah Belcher of Boston, and states he has lived with the Frosts for near forty years and none of his relatives have assisted him and therefore he leaves all his property to Charles Frost. (York wills vol 4 page 130 also suffolk co deeds vol 46 page 90)
            possibly married: Theodora??
            children:
            1. 9==1...JOHN BELCHER B: 11 DEC 1689 BAP IN OLD SOUTH CHURCH 31 MAY 1691
              WAS A MARINER AND LIVED IN BOSTON WHERE HE DIED 3 OCT 1713 ONE MONTH AFTER HIS MARRIAGE
              HE WAS BURIED IN THE GRANARY BURYING GROUND WHERE HIS GRAVESTONE STILL REMAINS(1906) HE MARRIED 3 SEPT 1713 SRAH MARSHALL BORN OCT 11 1695 DAU OF DEACON SAMUEL AND RUTH RAWLINS MARSHALL OF BOSTON WHO MARRIED SECONDLY 17 NOV 1715 CAPTAIN JOHN OBNNER JR MARINER OF BOSTONA ND DIED ABOUT 1761
              (SUFFOLK COUNTY PROBATE VOL 60 PAGE 80) CHILD: JOHN BELCHER B BOSTON 2 JUNE 1714 WAS A MARINER MARRIED 12 JUNE 1735 ANNE JONES
              9==2...MARY BELCHER BAP IN OLD SOUTH CHURCH 11 DEC 1693
              MARRIED: 7 OCT 1712 JOHN MILTON OF BOSTON
              HAD SON JOHN B 1713 AND DAU THEODORA

            2. 8==3...JONATHAN BELCHER B: 1 SEP 1661
            A GOLDSMITH IN BOSTON: SOLD HIS INTEREST IN THE PATERNAL ESTATE
            TO BROTHER, EDWARD, 22 NOV 1693 (SUFFOLK CO DEEDS VOL 16 P 220
            AND VOL 40 P 225) DIED UNMARRIED:SOON AFTER
            8==4...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: 10 JULY 1663
            (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 35 P 248) MARRIED: JOHN PAINE SON OF STEPHEN PAINE OF PORTSMOUTH
            CHILDREN:
            9 1...ELIZABETH PAINE B: 12 JULY 1682

          2. 8==5...JOSEPH BELCHER B: 14 OCT 1665 WAS A SGUPWRIGHT DIED UNMARRIED
          BETWEEN 1700-1798(Suffolk county deeds vol 40 p 225; and vol 41 p 210)
          8==6...REBECCA BELCHER B 21 DEC 1667 MARRIED IN LYNN MASS:
          JOSEPH FULLER, SHIPWRIGHT, WHO SETTLED IN BOSTON(Suffolk co deeds vol 40 p 335)
          8==7...EDWARD BELCHER B: 14 FEB 1670 died unmarried before 1700
          (Suffolk county deeds vol 40 page 26)
          8==8...DOROTHY BELCHER B: 28 OCT 1673
          MARRIED: EDMUND GROSSE 19 FEB 1695 SON OF CLEMENT GROSSE BOSTON MASS.
          DIED SOON AFTER MARRIAGE:
          8==9...NATHAN BELCHER B: 1677
          8=10...ABIGAIL BELCHER B: 10 MAR 1675 unmarried on 1718??
          8=11...RUTH BELCHER B: 21 DEC 1678 MARRIED: 28 DEC 1703 BENJAMIN TOLMAN
          (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 41 PA 212,
          marriage records incorrectly call her ruth fletcher) 8=12...BENJAMIN BELCHER B: 20 MAR. 1681 was a shipwright
          about 1703 settled in Newport Rhode Island(Suffolk county deeds vol 41 page 210) Admitted freeman of Rhode Island 6 May 1707 and died about 1719
          the information on his descendents needs further research and verification
          married: #1 Phebe?? who died after 1711 and
          #2 Sarah collins dau of Arnold and Sarah Collins of Newport RI.
          Sarah Collins Belcher later married Josiah Bliss of Middleton RI
          children:of Benjamin and Phebe:
          1. 9==1...BENJAMIN BELCHER B: 7 NOV 1704
            CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BELCHER BORN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND RESIDED IN NEWPORT WHERE HE WAS A SHIPWRIGHT AND SEA CAPTAIN. HE MARRIED 24 DEC 1724 ABIGAIL ARNOLD
            WHO DIED 7 DEC 1773 AGE 67/ DAU OF JOSIAH AND MARY SANFORD ARNOLD OF JAMESTOWN RHODE ISLAND
            CHILDREN WERE BAPTIZED IN TRINITY CHURCH NEWPORT R.I. AND RECORDED THERE
            1. 10==1...BENJAMIN BELCHER BAPTIZED 16 JAN 1725
              10==2...JOSIAH BELCHER BAP. AUG 20 1727 DIED YOUNG
              10==3...PHEBE BELCHER BAP 10 NOV 1728 MARRIED 8 AUG 1755 HENRY PERKINS
              10==4...ABIGAIL BELCHER BAP 3 MAY 1720 DIED YOUNG
              10==5...ABIGAIL BELCHER BAP 7 JULY 1732 MARRIED 13 UAUG 1758 OWEN BELCHER
              10==6...MARY BELCHR BAP 29 SEP 1734
              10==7...ARNOLD BELCHEER BAP 30 SEP 1736
              10==8...JOSIAH BELCHER BAP 9 AUG 1737
              10==9...COMFORT BELCHER BAP 21 AUG 1739

            2. 9==2...PHEBE BELCHR B: 11 JUNE 1708
            9==3...EDWARD BELCHER B 24 AUG 1711
            CAPTAIN EDWARD BELCHERE BORN IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND WAS A SHIPWRIGHT AND MARINER
            ADMITTED FREEMAN OF THODE ISLAND ON MAY 6 1735.
            MARRIED:#1 5 DEC 1734 CATHERINE ARNOLD B 7 FEB 1713 MARRIED:#2 22JUNE 1747 LYDIA HOWLAND
            CHILDREN:
            10==1...ARNOLD BELCHER B: 1735 JAMESTOWN R.I. MARIED 18 FEB 1758 CATHERINE AUSTIN
            10==2...OWEN BELCHER B 1737 MARRIED 13 AUG 1758 ABIGAIL BELCHER
            10==3...CATHRINE BELCHER
            10==4...ELIZABETH BELCHER

          CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND SARAH COLLINS:
          9==4...ARNOLD BELCHER B 1715
          LIVED AT WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND
          MARRIED: ELIZABETH CHAMPLIN OF WESTERLY R.I. DAU OF CHRISTOPHER AND ELIZABETH DENNISON CHAMPLIN OF WESTERLY: CHILDREN LISTED: SYLVESTER BELCHER MARRIED 2 JULY 1761 OLIVE BABCOCK
          AND ELIZABETH MARRIED 11 NOV 1764 JOB STANTON
          9==5...SARAH BELCHER BAP 17 MAY 1717


      7==2...JOHN BELCHER B: 1633 DIED 1694 BRAINTREE
      THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE APPROPRIATED" FOR John Belcher's widow's maintenance."
      1676 was in King Phillips war and in the garrisons at Northampton, Milton, and Medfield
      He died intestate in 1693 leavine a very small estate to his son
      Josiah Belcher being appointed Administrator
      Nov 16 1693; The inventory of estate valued at 27 pounds mentions"
      a poor house and ten acres of land, a piece of salt marsh, a little poore household goods and old spitt."(Suffolk county Probate) He married about 1655 Sarah??
      MARRIED: SARAH?? ABOUT 1655 BRAINTREE
      CHILDREN:
      1. 8==1...SARAH BELCHER B: 27 JUNE 1656
        Married: Samuel Irons born about 1656 son of Matthew and Ann of Braintree Ma. Nov 13 1677
        Will of Matthew Irons
        children:
          9==1...SAMUEL IRONS MARRIED SARAH WHIPPLE B: 1695
          DAUGHTER OF LIEUTENANT JONATHAN WHIPPLE OF PROVIDENCE RI.
          AND HIS FIRST WIFE MARGARET HE ALSO MARIRED AN ANNA ? JONATHAN WHIPPLE DIED SEPT 8 1721.
          9==2...JEREMIAH IRONS MARRIED BETHIAH DYER
          9==3...LILLIS IRONS MARRIED ARNOLD SAYLES
          Arnold Sayles born Dec 1773 died 6 May 1860 Married 25 Feb 1795 Lillis born April 1776 died Aug 20 1865
          Son of Ishmael Sayles and Deborah Aldrich

        8==2...JOHN BELCHER WHO DIED: 9 FEB 1659
        8==3...GREGORY JOSEPH BELCHER B 23 FEB 1660:
        8==4...JOHN BELCHER AGAIN:B: 10 MARCH 1662 DIED 11 MAR 1662 8==5...HANNAH BELCHER B: 6 APRIL 1664
        8==6...MARY BELCHER B : 26 DEC 1666
        8==7...JOSIAH BELCHER B: 26 JUNE 1669 WAS A CORDWAINER,LIVED IN BRAINTREE
        UNTIL JAN 1713 WHEN HE WENT TO WATERTOWN, THEN IN BOSTON, BEING WARNED FROM THERE HE WENT TO MARBLEHEAD FOR A SHORT TIME AND THENR ETUREND TO BOSTON, HE AND HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS WERE WARNED FROM BOSTON 22 MAY 1725. HE REMAINED IN BOSTON AND ON A PORTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE IN BLACKHORES LANE FROM HIS SON-IN-LAW THOMAS BILL. WHICH HE AND HIS WIFE SOLD BACK TO THOMAS BILL ON 5JAN 1729 (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 40 PAGE 266 AND VOL 44 PAGE 47). THIS DEAL WAS PROBABLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING A RESIDENCE FOR JOSIAH AND MARGARET BELCHER WITH THEIR DAUGHTER RUTH BILL IN BOTON. IN 1734 JOSIAH BELCHER WAS REFUSED A LIQUOR LICENSE
        HE MARRIED: MARGARET HAYDEN 11 MAY 1670 DAU OF JONATHAN AND ELIZABETH LADD HAYDEN
        CHILREN:
        1. 9==1...JOHN BELCHER B 28 AUG 1694
          LIVED IN BRAINTREE UNTIL HIS MARRIAGE AND THEN IN OSTON WHERE HE DIED ABOUT 1720
          MARRIED 16 1717 SARAH COOK OF BROOKLINE WHO MARRIED 7 FEB 1722 JOHN WHITE IN BOSTON
          CHILDREN:
          1. 10==1...REBECCA BELCHER B: 29 OCT 1718 MARRIED 18 OCT 1739 PHILLIP NEWTON OF BOTON.
            WAS BAPTIZED AS AN ADULT AND AMDITTED TO THE NEW SOUTH CHURCH ON 17 FEB 1729
            10==2...SARAH BELCHER B 1720 BAPT AND ADMITTED TO THE NEW SOUTH CHURH ON 17 FEB 1729 SAME DAY AS SISTER
            INTENT TO MARRY WAS PUBLISHED TO SAMUEL BARNS JULY 31 1740

          2. 9==2...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: 25 MAY 1697 MARRIED 6 JUNE 1715 ALEXANDER FULLETON OF BOSTON
          9==3...MARGARET B 8 APRIL 1699
          9==4...RUTH BELCHER B 1702 MARRIED 6 JUNE 1723 THOMAS BILL SHIPWRIGHT OF BOSTON
          9==5...A SON NOT NAMED
          9==6...JOSEPH B 1 NOV 1709 SEAMAN ON SHIP" KING GEORGE" MAR-OCT 21 1758.

        2. 8==8...RUTH BELCHER BORN 1672 DIED 23 JUNE 1675

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      7==3...SAMUEL BELCHER B: 24 AUG 1637
      D: 17 JUNE 1679 BRAINTREE
      May 6 1680 administration his estate was granted " to Roger Billing, Alexander
      Marsh, and Moses Belcher-his father-in-law and two of his brothers
      (Suffolk County Probate) The inventory was576 pounds-17shillings-6 pence.
      On March 4, 1696 Thomas French and Elizabeth his wife conveyed to their brother
      Gregory Belcher their interst in the estate of their father Samuel Belcher
      (Suffolk county deeds col 41 page 249)
      On the same day March 4, 1696 John Sanders of Westerly Rhode Island and Silence his wife
      conveyed their interest in the estate of their father Samuel Belcher
      (Suffolk County deeds vol 41 page 250)
      On 21 Sept 1693, Moses Belcher of Dorchester, conveyed his interst
      in the estate of his father Samuel belcher, to his brother Gregory Belcher
      (Suffolk County Deeds vol 41 page 252)
      On 8 Aug 1727, William Wattle and Abigail his wife, of Lebanon Conneticut
      conveyed to their brother Samuel Belcher their interest in the estate of their late mother Mary Niles,(Mary married Samuel Benjamin Niles after Samuel died) deceased, in the estate of her former husband Samuel Belcher.
      (Suffolk County Deeds vol 41 pae 253)
      MARRIED: AT DORCHESTER 15 DEC 1663 MARY BILLLINGS
      DAU OF ROGER BILLINGS OF DORCHESTER MASS.
      MARY MARRIED SECONDLY: 20 APRIL 1680 SAMUEL BENJAMIN NILES OF BRAINTREE
      "Samuel Belcher & Mary Billings were married the 12th mo 15th. 1663, by Capt Clapp."
      CHILDREN:
      1. 8==1...GREGORY BELCHER (DEACON)B:28 FEB 1664 DIED:BRAINTREE 4 NOV 1727 AGE 63
        always lived in Braintree where he held several minor offices
        besides a farmer he also followed the occupation of shipwright and carpenter.
        he was killed in an acident by a plough july 4 1727: MARRIED: ELIZABETH RUGGLES;b: 1669 25 MAR 1690 MILTON BRAINTREE MASS.
        RUGGLES FAMILY WAS WEALTHY AND INFLUENTIAL
        DAU OF: John BENJAMIN RUGGLES DIED:32 YRS OLD 7 SEP 1708 BUT HAD 7 CHILDREN
        BENJAMINS RUGGLES WILL 10 NOV 1707 PROVEN 11 NOV 1709 GAVE JOHN HIS
        SON HIS EST IN BOSTON AND THE REMAINDER OT HIS SON JOSEPH RUGGLES AND
        DAUGHTER ,ELIZABETH BELCHER WIFE OF GREGORY BELCHER.
        GREGORY BELCHER WAS A DEACON OF THE CHURCH AND ASSOCIATED WITH
        DEACON JOHN ADAMS (FATHER OF PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS)
        May 6, 1707 suffolk co mass: "Mary Faxon have land that is part of estate
        of Thomas Faxon between Westerly on a brook, the land of Gregory Belcher and John Ruggles,.... Samuel Bass's as it is parted""Faxon genealogy lines"
        according to a bio of son Reverand Joseph Belcher
        Gregory Belcher, the son of Samll. Belcher, & Mary his wiffe borne 12 mo. 28, 1664.
        Gregory Belcher, and Elizabeth Ruggles were married upon the 25th. of March 1690.
        son of Samuel Belcher and Mary
        Deacon Gregory Belcher, (Died )4th. July 1727 in the 63 year of his age,
        being killed wth. a Plough."history of Braintree".
        CHIlDREN:
        1. 9==1...GREGORY BELCHER B: 19 JUNE 1691
          WAS A CARPENTER AND LIVED IN BRAINTREE WEHRE HE DIED 20 JAN 1727 IN HIS 37TH YEAR HIS WILL DATED 17 JAN 1727 NAMES WIFE ABIGAIL AND DAUGHTER ABIGAIL. HE MARRIED 6 AUG 1719 ABIGAIL BRACKETT WHO DIED A FEW MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND:
          ONE CHILD ABIGAIL BELCHER 16 JULY 1720 MARRIED 6 NOV 1740 SAMUEL NIGHTINGALE MOVED TO POMFRET CONNETICUT.(SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS, VOL 64 P 173
          9==2...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: 31 OCT 1692 DIED 30 DEC 1698
          9==3...REBECCA BELCHER B: 30 NOV 1694 MARRIED #1 14 SEP 1720 HENRY CARLEY
          WHO DIED AT SEA 24 SEP 1723 WHIL ON A RETURN VOYAGE FROM IRELAND TO NEW ENGLAND
          MARRIED: #2 1 JULY 1727 DR.JACOB EALMANTHORP OF BRAINTREE(SUFFOLK DEEDS COL 41 P 253)>
          9==4...ELIZABETH B 30JAN 1696 MARRIED 12 FEB 1724 DAVID BASS OF BRAINTREE
          9==5...SAMUEL BELCHER B 10 AUG 1699 HUSBANDMAN RESIDED IN BRAINTREE UNTIL HIS DEATH 21 JUNE 1738 ADMINISTRATION BEING GIVEN TO HIS WIDOW SARAH. BETWEEN 1728 AND 1738 HE HELD SEVERAL MONOR TOWN OFFICES, USUALLY SURVEYOR OF SHINGLES AND CLAPBOARDS, AND IN 1736 BECAME SERGEANT OF ONE OF THE MIITARY COMPANIES. HE MARRIED 13 JAN 1725 SARAH HAYWARD B: 19 OCT 1705 DAU OF JONATHANA ND SARAH RUGGLES HAYWARD SARAH MARRIED SECONDLY 7 SEPT 1742 DEACON THOMAS WALES
          CHILDREN:
          1. 10===1...SAMUEL BELCHER B 7 NOV 1726 DIED 25 JAN 1726
            10==2...SARAH BELCHER B 1 DEC 1729 MARRIED 4 DEC 1744 ATHERTON WALES DIED 1816
            10==3...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: NOV 22 1733 MARRIED MOSES WALES
            10==4...SUSANNA BORN 19 APRIL 1736 MARRIED(INTENTION PUB 24JAN 1756) COL JONATHAN BASS WHO DIED 12 MAY 1790 57 YRS OLD.
            10==5...SAMUEL BELCHER BORN 21 NOV 1738 DIED: 6 JUNE 1795:LIVED IN RANDOLPH, MARRIED(INTENTION PUBLISHED 3JULY 1758) SARAH WALES BORN 7 SEP 1731 DAU OF JOSEPH AND HANNAH ALLEN WALES WHO DIED 6 JUNE 1806: THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN

          2. 9==6...RUTH BELCHER B: 6 APRIL 1702 MARRIED 10 OCT 1728 JOSEPH EDDY OF BRISTOL
          9==7...JOSEPH BELCHER B: BRAINTREE MASS AUG 19 1704
          JOSEPH WAS SENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED (H.C. 1723)
          BEFORE HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY.STUDIED FOR THE MINISTRY.AFTER PREACHING AT WALPOLE, MASS AND OTHER PLACES HE WAS
          ORDAINED A MINISTER OF THE
          EASTON CHURCH WEDNESDAY OCT 6 1731 : HE WAS A MAN OF PERCULIAR TEMPERAMENT AND WAS SUBJECT TO PERIODICAL ATTACKS OF PARTIAL INSANITY,W HICH RESULTED IN DIFFICULTIES WITH HIS CHURCH . HE WAS A WHILE AT WISCASSET, MAINE BUT DEC 3 1757 ACKNOWLEDGED A DEED IN TAUNTON MASS(SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 94 PAGE 67) HIS FURTHER HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT THE CATALOGUE OF HARVARD COLLEGE SAYS HE DIED IN 1773
          MARRIED: DEBORAH HUNT KNOWN IN EASTON AS "MADAM" DEBORAH BELCHER
          DEBORAH DIED ON MARCH 21 1758
          MARRIED: 20 APRIL 1732 DAU OF REV. SAMUEL AND HANNAH POPE HUNT
          REV. SAMUEL HUNT WAS THE FIRST ORDAINED MINISTER OF DARTMOUTH
          MENTIONS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN WILL INCLUDING DAU. DEOBRAH WIFE
          AT ACUSHNET CEM DARTMOUTH.HE WAS SON OF EPHRAIM HUNT AND JOANNE
          CHILDREN:
          1. 10==1...HANNAH BELCHER B: 23 JAN 1732 MARRIED DEACON STEPHEN BADLAM OF
            STOUGHTON HAD 2 SONS STEPHEN AND EZRA WHO BECAME DISTINGUISHED
            OFFICERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR:
            10==2...JOSEPH BELCHER (DOCTOR) EASTON MASS:
            A DOCTOR BECAME A RESIDENT OT STOUGHTON WAS A VOLUNTEER
            IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, GAINED A REPUTATION AS A
            PHYSICIAN "BY PREPARING EYE-WATER AND A MEDICINE FOR RICKETS
            HIS DAUGHTER MRS ISRAEL GUILD CONTINUED TO MAKE THE EYE WATER
            IN HER LIFETIME.
            SERVED IN CAPT SIMEON CAREYS CO IN TWO CAROWN POINT EXPEDITIONS IN 1758 AND 1759. SETTLED 1762 IN STOUGHTON.
            this info listed p458 of the "History of BristolCounty"
            ALSO SERVED IN THE REV WAR: REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD:
            LISTED IN CAPTAIN SIMEON LEACH'S COMPANY"THAT MARCHED IN THE
            ASSISTANCE OF THE CONTINENTAL TROOPS WHEN THEY FORTIFIED THE
            HEIGHTS OF DORCHESTER" MARCH 24 1776 JOSEPH WAS LIVING AT
            STROUGHTON AT THE TIME. MASS STATE ARCHIVES REV WAR ROLLS
            VOL XLVII: ALSO BENJAMIN CROSSWELL WAS MENTIONED IN THIS LIST
            JOSEPH LISTED AS A 2ND PRIVATE FROM EASTON AS A LABORER
            1754 WAS IN CAPTAIN PERRY'S CO OF 96 MEN.THE 2ND BATTALION
            OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOV. SHINEYS REGIMENT FOR REMOVAL OF THE
            FRENCH INCROACHMENTS OF NOVA SCOTIA.
            MARRIED: ABIAL HOLLIS WHO DIED 14 FEB 1838 AGE 94 8 CHILDREN
            10==3...DEBORAH BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR OVER 14 1755
            BORN APRIL 1 1741
            10==4...REBECCA BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR OVER 14 1755
            BORN APRIL 1 1735 MARRIED IN BRIDGEWATER 5 JAN 1764 JESSE EDSON
            10==5...GREGORY BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR OVER 14 1755
            26 JAN 1738 LIVED IN EASTON
            THIS GREGORY BELCHER LINE EXTENDS TO GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
            BORN: AROUND: 1740 EASTON MASS.LIVED IN EASTON
            MARRIED: #1 DEBORAH WILLIAMS DAU OF BENJAMIN AND ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
            BY WHOM HE HAD ONE CHILD BENJAMIN BELCHER
            MARRIED: #2 29 JUNE 1775 ELIZABETH PRATT BY WHOM HE HAD 3 CHILDREN
            according to papers by cooke"Early New England"and
            vital records of Dartmouth, Dartmouth death records,
            CHILDREN:
            1. 11==1...BENJAMIN BELCHER B: 17 SEP 1765 EASTON MASS:
              MARRIED: SALLY BARNEY DAU OF JOHN BARNEY AND JEMIMA SHAW

            2. CHILDREN:
            1. 12==1...CHILD? BELCHER B: 1 DEC 1792 DIED 1792
              12==2...BENJAMIN BARNEY BELCHER B 9 DEC 1793 TAUNTON MASS
              DIED SEP 1859
              MARRIED: OLIVE?
              CHILDREN:
              1. 13==1...AURELIA BELCHER B: 1818 DIED 1864
                MARRIED: ARTHUR MACARTHUR 1844
                CHILDREN:


                 AURELIA BELCHERS GENEALOGY LINE:
                THIS IS GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHURS
                LINE AURELIA WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER
                13==2...JANE D BELCHER B: 1826

              2. 12==3...JOHN WILLIAM BELCHER B 20 MAY 1796
              12==4...DEBORAH BELCHER B 20 SEP 1798
              12==5...HIRAM SHAW BELCHER B 8 FEB 1800
              12==6...PARSONS BELCHER B 14 APRIL 1803
              12==7...SALLY BELCHER B: 15 OCT 1806
              12==8...JEMIMA SHAW BELCHER B: 26 MAR 1809
              12==9...BILDAD BARNEY BELCHER B: 17 JUNE 1813
              MARRIED: #1:ADELPHIA F. WHITE
              MARRIED: #2:SARAH WHITE HER SISTER
              12=10...ANGELINA BELCHER B: 26 OCT 1814

            10==6...ELEAZER BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR UNDER 14 1755
            BORN 1 SEP 1745 WENT TO STOUGHTON SETTLED IN THAT PART WHICH IN 1778 BECAME FOXBOROUGH SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR:
            MARRIED:(INTENTION PUBLISHED NOV 10 1766) ELIZABETH MORSE B 10 SEP 1745 DAU OF TIMOTHY AND ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE MORSE OF STOUGHTON WHO DIED APRIL 1838

            ELEAZER BELCHER  SON OF JOSEPH BELCHER AND DEBORAH HUNT.

            BORN SEPT 1, 1745 SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
            MARRIED ELIZABETH MORSE WHO WAS BORN 10 SEPT 1745
            THEIR INTENTION TO MARRY WAS PUBLISHED  NOV 1766.
            SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF TIMOTHY AND ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE MORSE.(TIMOTHY, JEREMIAH, JOSEPH, SAMUEL)
            A LATER GRANDDAUGHTER OF TIMOTHY  (CHLOE MORSE) WOULD MARRY FRIEND BELCHER.
            ELEAZERS SON.
             
            CHILDREN:

            1… FRIEND  BELCHER, 
            BORN NOVEMBER 27 1780 1781 HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS SON JOSEPH WHEN HE DIED.
            MARRIED CHLOE MORSE 21 JUNE 1802 SHARON NORFOLK MASS.
            CHLOE WAS BORN IN 1782
            FRIEND’S CHILDREN:

             

            1…FRIEND BELCHER JR.BORN 1804

                        MARRIED: 26 JUNE 1825 AMY RANDAL BORN 1817
            2…CHLOE BELCHER BORN SEPTEMBER 10 1808
            3…JOSEPH BORN OCTOBER 20 1811 MARRIED: MARY BARON
            4…ELEAZER BORN FEB 16 1813
            5…ADDISON BORN 1815

            WAS MARRIED TO SULTANA BORN 1814

            CHILDREN WERE:

            JOHN BY HIS FIRST WIFE, UNKNOWN

            SULTANA WAS MARRIED BEFORE TO A SHEPHARDSON AND HAD

            TWO CHILDREN: LARRY AND DAVID

            THEN HER AND ADDISON HAD:

            JOEL A. BORN 1842

            JOSEPH W. BORN 1846

            GEORGE  C. BORN 1849

            ABIGAIL BORN 1852

            SARAH BORN 1855

            5…ELIZABETH M BORN 1830

            6…FREDERICK BORN 1833

            7…NANCY BORN 1836

            8…GEORGE B. 1849

             

            1820 FOXBOROUGH LISTS COMFORT, SAMUEL, IRA, FRIEND, AND ELEAZER AS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
            IN THE 1830 CENSUS COMFORT AND FRIEND ARE LISTED AS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
            IN 1840 JOSEPH, FRIEND AND COMFORT ALL WERE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD IN MASS CENSUS RECORDS.

            CHLOE MORSE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF:
            JOEL MORSE SON OF SOLOMAN (TIMOTHY, JEREMIAH, JOSEPH, SAMUEL,)AND ABIGAIL BLANCHARD OF STOUGHTON MASS.
            JOEL MORSE LIVED IN FOXBOROUGH AND DIED IN 1820
            MARRIED: #1 CHLOE PARTRIDGE WHO DIED IN 1796 AND REMARRIED TO:
            MILLIE PETTEE WHO DIED 1831.
            JOEL BORN NOV 4, 1778
            STEPHEN BORN MAY 12 1780
            CHLOE BORN 1782
            RACHEL BORN 1886
            HEPSEBETH BORN 1787.
            EUNICE BORN 1793
            MILLIE BORN 1798

             

            2…COMFORT BELCHER

            BORN 1785
            BROTHER TO FRIEND BELCHER
            AND NABBY HIS WIFE BORN 1782 (ABIGAIL)
            COMFORT SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1812: AS A PRIVATE IN THE 1ST MASS  VALENTINES REGIMENT : ROLL 15
            MARRIED ABIGAIL CLARK 8 MARCH 1810 NORFOLK  FOXBOROUGH MARRIAGE RECORDS.
            CHILDREN:

             

            1…EDWARD BORN 1825 MARRIED L LELIA BORN 1831 CHILDREN: EDWARD JR AND AUGUSTINE. BOTH SONS.
            2…SILAS BORN 1832
            3…WILLARD BORN IN 1834
            POSSIBLY OTHER CHILDREN:

             

            JOSEPH BELCHER
            WHO WAS BORN OCT 20 1811
            AND MARY M. BARON BORN 1814 MASS: DAUGHTER OF LUIZANA BARON BORN 1785  MASS.

            CHILDREN:
            MARY C. BORN 1837
            MARIETTA BORN 1842
            HARRIET BORN 1848
            JOSEPH ALFRED
            BORN 1850

             

            1880 CENSUS HAS: FOXBOROUGH NORFOLK COUNTY
            JOSEPH ALFRED BELCHER AGE 30 A MACHINIST BORN IN MASS.
            SALOME IRENE HODGES, AGE 22 BORN IN NEW YORK
            WALTER ALFRED AGE 4 BORN IN MASS
            JOSEPH WINFIELD AGE 1 BORN IN MASS
            MARY JANE ONTHARK SERVANT
            HOUSEHOLD 503
            LIVING IN THE HOME OF SPENCER PARSON HODGES AGE 68
            AND ESTHER CLAPP HIS SISTER AGE 63
            DOESN’T SAY IF THIS SPENCER HODGES IS SALOME’S FATHER OR NOT.
            10==7...JONATHAN BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR UNDER 14 1755
            BORN: FEB 1753LIVED IN STOUGHTON AND NEEDHAM DURING THE REVOLUTION RENDERED PROTRACTED SERVICE IN THE ARMY LATER SETTLED IN HIS NATIVE TOWN OF EASTON MARRIED 4 JAN 1778 ABIGAIL CORTHRELL B 1751 DAU OF DANIEL AND HANNAH ROSE CORTHRELL
            10==8...WILLIAM BELCHER LISTED AS MINOR UNDER 14 1755
            WILLIAM WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND KILLED WHILE IN HIS COUNTRY'S
            SERVICE AT NEW YORK SEP 1776 REVOLUTIONARY WAR:(HISTORY OF EASTON P 100)
            10==9...SAMUEL BELCHER
            10=10...BENJAMIN BELCHER APPEARS ON THE ROLL OF CAPT SIMEON CAREYS CO IN 1758 ON A CROWN POINT EXPEDITION

          EPHRIUM HUNT BROTHER TO DEBORAH:
          LISTED IN ABSTRACTS FROM BRISTOL CO MASS>
          AS GUARDIAN OF THESE CHILDREN; FATHER REV. BELCHER HAD GONE
          SEE THE BIO OF REVERAND JOSEPH BELCHER OF EASTON MASS.

        2. 9==8...CATHERINE BELCHER B: 24 DEC 1706 MARRIED:#1 30 NOV 1732
        WILLIAM CLOUGH OF BOSTON: MARRIED:#2 5 DEC 1734 REV ELISHA EATON HARVARD COLLEGE 1729 MINISTER AT RANDOLPH MASS:
        9==9...BENJAMIN BELCHER B: 22 MAY 1709 BRAINTREE MASS.
        DIED AS CHILD JUNE 1709
        9=10...EDWARD (EDMUND) BELCHER SETTLED IN STOUGHTON
        9=11...CLIFFORD MARRIED JUNE 24 1740 MEHITABLE CLAPP BIRD
        DAU OF SAMUEL AND SARAH BIRD OR DORCHESTER: DIED: 26 AP 1773

      1. 8==2...SAMUEL BELCHER B: 21 SEP 1666 FARMER AND LIVED AT BRAINTREE
        MARRIED: COMFORT HARBOUR 1688 DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND JAEL THAYER HABOUR OF BRAINTREE AND MENDON. (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS COL 17 PAGE 216) SHE LATER MARRIED STEPHEN CRANE OF BRAINTREE.
        COMFORTS WILL DATED 1744 MENTIONS SONS MOSES AND NATHANIEL BELCHER: DAUGHTER MARY WALES DECEASED; DAUGHTER DEBORAH HOLTEN, AND DAUGHTER ZIPPORAH CURTIS
        CHILDREN:
        1. 9==1...SAMUEL BELCHER BAPTIZED 3 MARCH 1688 DIED IN INFANCY
          9==2...SAMUEL BELCHER BAPTIZED 5 APRIL 1691 DIED 4 JUNE 1692
          BECAME AN INFLUENTIAL MAN IN BRAINTREE AND THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE BELCHERS DESCENDED FROM GREGORY OF THE TIME: UP TO 1735 HE WAS CALLED JR ON THE RECORDS TO SEPARATE HIM FROM HIS ELDER COUSIN MOSES BORN IN 1674. AND AFTER HE BECAME OF AGE AND A TOWN VOTER HE WAS CALLED MR OR DEACON MOSES OR BY HIS MILITARY TITLE.
          AS EARLY AS 1726 HE BEGAN TO HOLD MINOR OFFICES AND FOR 80 YEARS HE WS PROMINENT IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN:
          SELECTMAN FROM 1737-1746::SEGEANT 1737-1742::LIEUTENANT 1742-1748::CAPTAIN FROM 1748-1751:: MAJOR FROM 1751-1759. DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR FROM 1756-1759 HE RENDERED SERBICE AS AMUSTER AND TRAINING OFFICER.
          ON MAY 29 1747 HE WAS ELECTED DEACON OF THE FIRST CHURCH, HOLDING THIS OFFICE FOR 30 YEARS. HE WAS LIVING AS LATE AS 1775. PROBATE SHOWS NO RECORD OF HIS ESTATE.
          MARRIED #1 20 MAY 1715 MARY WILLIAMS:
          MARRIED #2 23 MAY 1765 ABIGAIL BEALE B 11 OCT 1704 DAU OF BENJAMINA ND HANNAH BEALE AND WIDOW OF BENJAMIN BAXTER BEALE
          CHILDREN BY MARY WILLIAMS:
          1. 10==1...SAMUEL BELCHER B 19 SEPT 1719 IN BRAINTREE:settled in Boston abut 7152, where he engaged in the trucking business: and died in FebL 1762. His residence was at the corner of Bury Street and Sisters lane( now channing st and leather square) and his name appears on teh alarm list for Ward 12 Boston dated Dec 7 1754:
            married: Abigail
            10==2...MARY BELCHER b: 10 Mar 1721
            10==3...MOSES BELCHER B: 27 APR 1724
            10==4...ELIJAH BELCHER BORN: 21 OCT 1729 resided in Braintree died June 1 1800: served two days in june 1776 in a co. commanded by capt Edmund Billings, assembled to drive the British ships from Boston, also in a regiment of guards at Roxbury from March 24 to April 7 1778:
            married: 4 Oct 1753 Mary Glover b: 21 Apr 1736 dau of John and Mary Glover of Dorchester
            10==5...WILLIAM BELCHER B: 24 JUNE 1733 a merchant of Boston of the firm Richard Cranch and Company candle manufacturers.

          2. 9==3...MOSES BELCHER B: 16 DEC 1692
          9==4...DEBORAH BELCHER B: 11 FEB 1694 MARRIED 20 JULY 1721 NATHANIEL HOUGHTON OF MILTON THE BRAINTREE RECORDS STATE HE MARRIED MARY BUT AN ERROR.
          9==5...MARY BELCHER B: JUNE 1697 MARRIED 13 JAN 1718 THOMAS WALES OF BRAINTREE
          9==6...WILLIAM BELCHER B 14 JULY 1698 DIED 3 AUG 1699
          9==7...NATHANIEL BELCHER B: 25 JULY 1700
          resided in Brintree and held variousminor offices there from 1729-1759, was chosen selectman. From 1749-1756 was ensign and after 1756 lieutenant of one of the Braintree military companies. Went to reside with his son Joseph in Randolph where he died winter of 1780 , 80 yrs old
          MARRIED: #1 NOV 18 1731 HANNAH HOLBROOK of Brintree b Nov 20 1702 dau of Thomas and Mary Holbrook of Braintree who died: 3 Feb 1754:MARRIED #2 SRAH?? who died 24 June 1761 age 61
          MARRIED #3 1 JUNE 1768 BETHIA BASS:
          CHILDREN:
          1. 10==1...NATHANIEL BELCHER CAPT. B 19 SEP 1732 resided in Braintree, served as sergeant and as a litutenant in the French and Indian War in the campaign of 1759,60, and 62
            was captain the the Continental Army in the Revolution: died 1786:
            MARRIED: 10 DEC 1755 LYDIA BRACKETT B: 26 OCT 1734 DAU OF RICHARD AND LYDIA BRACKETT, 10 CHILDREN
            10==2...JOSEPH BELCHER B 5 AUG 1734 lived in Braintree and later in Randolph, served in the revolution
            died 18 oct 1818 in his 85th year .administration of his estate was given to his eldest son, John in 1819 (norfolk co probate)
            MARRIED: 6 JAN 1763 SUSANNA BAXTER B 16 JUNE 1736 DIED 28 OCT 1821 DAU. OF JOHN AND MEHITABLE WILLARD BAXTER OF BRAINTREE: HAD 9 CHILDREN
            10==3...HANNA BELCEHR B 14 SEP 1736 DIED 21 JUNE 1744
            10==4...THOMAS BELCHER
            10==5...MARY BELCHER B: 8 OCT 1741 DIED 6 JUNE 1744
            10==6...EBENEZER BELCHER B 2 DEC 1744 served at Castle Island from Dec 11762- May 2 1763.
            MARRIED: RUTH PETERSON

          9==8...SARAH BELCHER B: JAN 14 1702
          9==9...ZIPPORAH BELCHER B: 27 AUG 1704 MARRIED JAN 1723 JOHN CURTIS OF BRAINTREE
          9=10...ANNE BELCHER B: 19 JULY 1706 DIED AUG 3 1706

        2. 8==3...WILLIAM BELCHER B: 3 MAY 1668 SERVED IN CAPT. JOHN WITHINGTONS CO
        IN THE EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC IN 1690 WAS A BLCKSMITH DIED UNMARRIED 1701
        HIS BROTHER GREGORY APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS)
        8==4...MARY BELCHER B 16 OCT 1670 DIED: 22 JUNE 1758
        MARRIED 16 DEC 1696 CAPT NATHANIEL VOSE
        OF MILTON WHO DIED 10 OCT 1753
        8==5...MOSES BELCHER (DEACON)B:14 AUGUST 1672
        PURCHASED A FARM IN MILTON WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL 1720 HE AND HANNAH WERE ADMITTED TO THE MILTON CHURCH 19 JAN 1695 AND DISMISSED TO THE SECOND PRESTON CHURCH 13 NOV 1720 WHERE HE WAS ELECTED ONE OF THE FIRST DEACONS. IN 1721 HE REPRESENTED PRESTON IN THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
        ON SEPT 12 1729, HANNAH BELCHER, WIDOW, WILLIAM BELCHER, ELIJAH BELCHER, STEPHEN TUCKER AND HANAH HIS WIFE, ALL OF PRESTON, CONNETICUT, AND EBENEZER CLAPP AND ABIGAIL HIS WIFE OF STOUGHTON, CONVEYED THEIR INTEREST IN THE LAND GRANT OF GEORGE LYON
        (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 49 PAGE 171)
        MARRIED: HANNAH LYON B: 14 NOV 1673 DIED: 20 AUG 1745 IN PRESTON CONNETICUT
        DAU OF GEORGE AND HANNAH TOLMAN LYON OF MILTON: MOSES AND HANNAH WERE MARRIED:18 DEC 1694
        CHILDREN:
        1. 9==1...HANNAH BELCHER B: 29 SEPT 1695 MARRIED 30 AUG 1716 STEPHEN TUCKER OF MILTON LATER OF PRESTON CONNETICUT.
          9==2...ABIGAIL BELCHER B: 18 SEPT 1697 MARRIED 4 FEV 1719 EBENEZER CLAPP OF MILTON LATER OF STOUGHTON
          9==3...MOSES BELCHR B: 5 MAY 1699 DIED 13 OCT 1722
          9==4...WILLIAM BELCHER B 20 DEC 1701 DIED 7 FEB 1730
          born in Milton was taken to Preston conneticut where he resided and died there in 7 Feb 1731 his will dated 6 Sep 1731 mentions his wife, son William, mother Hannah and brother Elijah
          MARRIED: MEHITABLE??ONE CHILD LISTED:
          WILLIAM BELCHER CAPTAIN: b 29 Aug 1731 lived in Preston conn. died 27 June 1801 age 70: Married Desire Morgan dau of Daniel and Elizabeth Morgan of Preston
          9==5...ELIJAH BELCHER B: 13 DEC 1703 MILTON MASS.
          DIED 20 JULY 1729 MARRIED: ABIGAIL KINNEY 17 SEP 1724
          born in Milton Mass went to Preston Conn. with parents : was a deacon in the Preston second church.(now Griswold. In 1748 he was a representative to the Conn. General assembly
          MARRIED: #1 17 SEP 1724 ABIGAIL KINNEY WHO DIED 21 SEP 1727:
          MARRIED: #2 21 AUG 1729 IN MILTON ELIZABETH BLAKE B 5 APRIL 1704 DAU OF EDWARD AND ELIZABETH MOREY BLAKE SHE DIED 13 FEB 1753:
          MARRIED: #3 IN PRESTON CONN. 5 JUNE 11753 MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS SHE DIED: 26 NOV 1771
          MARRIED: #4 IN PRESTON 15 JULY 1773 MRS JUDITH MORSE
          CHILDREN:
          1. 10==1...MOSES BELCHER B: 20 OCT 1725 DIED 11 JAN 1732
            10==2...ELIJAH BELCHER B 18 SEP 1725
            10==3...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: 8 MAY 1730
            MARRIED: JOHN STARKWEATHER 12 DEC 1753
            10==4...MOSES BELCEHR B 11 MAR 1734: LIVED IN PRESTON CONN WHERE HE DIED APRIL 15 1782
            MARRIED 8 NOV 1758 ESTHER RUDD OF WINDHAM CONN: TEN CHILDREN
            10==5...ABIGAIL BELCHER B 30 MAY 1736: MARRIED 27 MAY 1752 JOSEPH JOHNSON OF PRESTON CONN

          2. 9==6...ELISHA BELCHER B 12 NOV 1706 DIED 20 JULY 1729
          9==7...MARY BELCHER B: 7 DEC 1709 MARRIED 20 NOVE 1729 MOSES TYLER OF PRESTON CONN.
          9==8...EBENEZER BELCHER B: 23 FEB 1713 MILTON NORFOLK MASS
          DIED: 26 APRIL 1714
          9==9...NATHANIEL BELCHER B: 1714 NORFOLK BRAINTREE MASS
          MARRIED: LYDIA BRACKET

        CHILDREN:
        10==1...GREGORY BELCHER B: 1760 BRAINTREE MASS:
        10==1...JEREMY BELCHER B: 1764
        10==3...WILLIAM BELCHER B: 27 SEP 1767
        DIED: AT RANDOLPH 1857 AGE 90:
        this line listed in:
        "aldens genealogies of randolph"
        MARRIED:#1 AT WEYMOUTH: JOANNA JOY
        DAU OF WILLIAM AND JOANNA SHAW JOY OF WEYMOUTH
        MARRIED: #2 POLLY WOOD
        MARRIED: #2 DEBORAH BELCHER WIDOW IN 1801

      CHILDREN:
      1. 11==1...ELPHALET BELCHER B: 1788 WEYMOUTH MASS:
        ENTERED HIS INTENTION TO MARRY 2 APR. 1814: SARAH DAMON
        MARRIED: SARAH DAMON B: 18 AUG 1783 BAP:11OCT 1789 NORTH CHURCH
        DAU OF JONATHAN DAMON Ba: 3 MAY 1754 OF WEYMOUTH
        AND RACHEL FRENCH DAMON ( DAU OF ISAAC AND EUNICE PRATT FRENCH
        JONATHAN DAMON SERVED IN CAPT ASA WHITES CO IN REV WAR
        LISTEDIN:"mass soldiers and sailors in rev war vol 4 p 381"
        EUPHALET WAS BAPTIZED ON 11 OCT 1789 AT THE FIRST PARISH:
        PROBATE RECORDS INDICATE HIS PROPERTY WAS BETWEN RANDOLPH
        STREET AND THE GREAT POND: NORFOLK PROBATE #1522
        DIED: 25 MAY 1867 LEAVING A WIDOW SARAH AGE 79 +CHILDREN LISTED
        11==2...BENJAMIN BELCHER B 1790
        MARRIED: PRISCILLA NATIVE OF LE BEY CANADA
        ON CHILD BORN AT WEYMOUTH: JOHN EMIN 5 FEB 1849:
        11==3...ELIJAH BELCHER MARRIED MARY
        ONE CHILD BORN IN WEYMOUTH LISTED: MARY FRANCES BELCHER B 3 OCT 1848

        ELPHALET BELCHER AND SARAH'S CHILDREN:
          12==1...ELPHALET BELCHER JR B: 30 MAY 1817 WEYMOUTH
          ALSO SPELLED ELPHALET:
          MARRIED:SARAH LOCK 7 JUN 1837 DAU OF FREDRICK AND ANNA ELPHILET BELCHER WAS S SHOEMAKER MADE HIS WILL 18 DEC 1868
          MENTIONED IN WILL SARAH F AND MINOR CHILDREN: PROVEN 13 JAN 1869.
          HE DIED: 20 DEC 1868
          CHILDREN:
          1. 13==1...ALMIRA L. BELCHER MARRIED THADDEUS GRAVES
            13==2...ELPHALET HOWARD BELCHER B: WEYMOUTH
            13==3...JAMES FRANCIS BELCHER B: WEYMOUTH
            13==2...ALBERT BELCHER
            MARRIED: SALLY DAVIDSON
            13==3...FRANK A. BELCHER
            +3 MINOR CHILDREN LISTED IN PROBATE RECORDS
            #1523 NORFOLK

          12==2...WILLIAM BENJAMIN BELCHER OF RANDOLPH B: 21 APR 1822
          MARRIED: ALMIRA CHURCHILL 21 JUN 1840
          DAU OF CHARLES AND DORCAS CHURCHILL OF WEYMOUTH
          CHILDREN:
            13==4...WILLIAM BENJAMIN BELCHER JR: 12 JUN 1843 DIED 13 AUG 1870 ADMINS
            GRANTED TO HIS WIFE: SALLY V. WHO STATED SHE LEFT ONE
            DAU.IN LAW: SALLY DAVIDSON WIFE OF ALBERT
            FINAL ACCOUNT OF WILLIA B BELCHERJR 10 APR 1872 PROB#1560

          12==3...JOANNA ALSO CALLED SARAH J.BELCHER B: 7 MAR 1824
          MARRIED: JOHN DILLON OF RANDOLPH
          12==4...LORENZO L BELCHER OF WEYMOUTH B: 12 APR 1829
          12==5...PLINY BELCHER OF WEYMOUTH B: 24 MAR 1831

        2. ----------------------
        9==10...MEHITABLE BELCHER B 4 NOV 1718 MARRIED 1 OCT 1741 TIMOTHY LESTER PRESTON CONN:

      8==6...ABIGAIL BELCHER B 24 OCT 1674 MARRIED APRIL 28 1697 WILLIAM WADDELL
      OF STONINGTON AND LATER OF LEBANON CONNETICUT
      8==7...ELIZABETH BELCHER B 22 JUNE 1677 MARRIED THOMAS FRENCH OF BRAINTREE MASS
      8==8...SILENCE BELCHER B: 24 JUNE 1679 MARRIED JOHN SANDERS OF WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND
      ************************
      MARY BILLINGS LATER MARRIED: 20 APRIL 1680
      SAMUEL BENJAMIN NILES SON OF JOHN NILES
      HE HAD BEEN MARRIED BEFORE ALSO:
      CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN NILES AND MARY BILLINGS BELCHER NILES:
      8==3...SARAH NILES B JAN 1681
      8==4...HANNAH NILES B 1682
      8==5...SAMUEL NILES 15 JUNE 1686
      MANY CHILDREN OF THIS LINE WERE GRADUATES
      OF HARVARD,DARTMOUTH AND YALE COLLEGES IN NE MASS.

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    7==4...MARY BELCHER B: 8 JULY 1639 BRAINTREE
    NORFOLK CO MASS.
    MARRIED: ALEXANDER MARSH 19 OCT 1655 WAS
    REP UNDER NEW CHART. 1692
    DIED: 7 MARCH 1698 AGE 70 HIS GRAVESTONE SAYS:
    HIS WILL OF 19 MAR 1697 PROBATED 31 MAR 1698:
    WILL MENTIONS WIFE AND CHILDREN: MARRIED: BATHSHEBA???
    "Alexander Marsh and Mary Belcher were married the 19 Oct 1655,
    by Major Autherton of Dorchester.
    Katherine Marsh, daughter of Alexander Marsh and Mary Belcher his wife (died )the 29 of Januy. 1679.
    Lieut. Alexander Marsh, Freeman, 1634, who married, probably, Dec. 19, 1655, m Mary,
    daughter of Gregory Belcher, and died March 7, 16?, aged about 70. Alexander's son
    John was father, probably, of John, of H. U., 1726
    John the son of Alexander Marsh & Mary his wife was borne ye 17th February 1678.,
    Katherine Marsh, daughter of Alexander Marsh and Mary Belcher his wife (died )the 29 of Januy. 1679.
    "history of Braintree Mass:"
    THIS GREGORY BELCHER LISTED AS GRANTOR OF LAND TO SAMUEL BASS SR: PARTITION:,
    AUG 1682 "SALTERS FARM" BRAINTREE
    CHILDREN:
    1. 8==1...KATHERINE MARSH: DIED 29 JAN. 1679
      8==1...JOHN MARSH B: 17 FEB 1678
      8==2...RACHEL MARSH
      8==3...PHEBE MARSH
      8==4...ANN MARSH
      MARRIED: SAMUEL FRENCH
      ALSO LISTED AS SON IN LAW=DEPENDENCE FRENCH AND SAMUEL BASS
      NO RECORD OF WHICH GIRL ,RACHEL OR PHEBE, THAT THEY MARRIED ,SO FAR

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    7==5...JOSEPH BELCHER B: 25 DEC 1641 OF MILTON DIED: 1687
    MILTON SUFFOLK CO MASS.
    ON HIS MARRIAGE WAS GIVEN 9 ACRES OF LAND BY HIS FATHER IN MILTON WHERE HE SETTLED. (SUFFOLK COUNTY DEEDS VOL 4 PAGE 204)
    HIS WIFE REBECCA WAS SOLE HEIRESS TO LARGE TRACTS OF LAND IN DORCHESTER AND MILTON FROM THE ESTATE OF HER FATHER:
    BUT THEIR LIFE MUST HAVE BEEN UNHAPPY TOGETHER: A SUMMONS BEFORE THE COURT CAUSING A SEPARATION: A RECONCILIATION WAS MADE: (DEDHAM HISTORICAL REGISTER, VOL 12 PAGE 41)
    JOSEPH SERVED AS QUARTERMASTER IN THE CAVALRY TROOP OF CAPT THOMAS PRENTICE IN KING PHILIPS WAR, IN THE FIRST EXPIDITION AGAINST KING PHILIP AT MOUNT HOPE, AND IN A SKIRMISH WITH THE INDIANS AT SWANSEY ON JUNE 28 1675, HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY GREAT BRAFVERY,WAS WOUNDED IN THE KNEE, HAVING HIS HORSE SHOT UNDERNEATH HIM; DIED: ABOUT 1678:
    HIS INVENTORY OF HIS ESTATE OF 472 POUNDS=4SHILLINGS=9 PENCE= WAS PRESENTED ON 7 FEB 1678(SUFFOLK COUNT PROBATE VOL 12 P 318)
    MARRIED:#1 REBECCA GILL BAP: 7 JULY 1650:
    DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND ANN GILL OF DORCHESTER
    MARRIED:#2 RACHEL GILL SISTER OF REBECCA MAY 1664 AFTER
    REBECCA DIED OF CHILDBIRTH WITH SON GREGORY BELCHER
    CHILDREN
    1. 8==1...ANN BELCHER 1665
      MARRIED: ROWLAND STOREY OF BOSTON, HIS SECOND WIFE

    CHILDREN:
    1. 9==1...ROWLAND STORY B: 3 SEP 1683
      9==2...JOSEPH STORY B; 31 MAR 1685
      9==3...ANN STORY B: 28 OCT 1686
      9==4...JOHN STORY B: 20 MAR 1689
      9==5...ANN STORY B: 14 MAR 1691
      9==6...ABIGAIL STORY B: 11 MAR 1693
      9==7...SAMUEL STORY B: 20 AUG 1694
      9==8...REBECCA STORY B: 2 MAY 1696

    8==2...JOHN BELCHER B 2 APRIL 1667 DIED: 2 FEB 1681
    8==3...JOSEPH BELCHER B: 14 MAY 1669 (H.C. 1690)
    MINISTER OF DEDHAM WHO DIED: 27 APRIL 1723
    MARRIED :8 MARCH 1693 ABIGAIL TOMPSON B: 25 NOV 1670
    MENTIONED IN GRANDMOTHER ANN TOMPSON'S WILL
    DAU OF BENJAMIN AND SUSANNAH KIRKLAND TOMPSON
    INHERITED A CONSIDERABLE ESTATE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG WHICH ENABLED HIM TO OBTAIN A LIBERAL EDUCATION FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY: HE GRADUTED 1690 STUDIED FOR THE MINISTRY AND STARTED TO PREACH IN DEDHAM IN 1692.IT RESULTED IN A PERMANENT CALL AND HE WAS ORDAINED AND SETTLED THERE ON 29 NOV 1693. HE REMAINED PASTOR THERE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.
    IN 1721 HE WAS INCAPACITATED BY A PARALYTIC SHOCK AND WAS MOVED TO THE HOUSE OF HIS SON IN LAW REV THOMAS WALTER IN ROXBURY TO BE UNDER THE ARE OF HIS BVROTHER IN LAW DR PHILIP TOMPSON. HE DIED 27 APRIL 1723. HIS PORTRAIT STILL HANGS IN THE FIRST CHURCH OF DEDHAM(1906) CHILDREN:
    1. 9==1...ABIGAIL BELCHER B 23 AUG 1695 MARRIED 14 APRIL 1720 PEREZ


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