Show I Corner in Ancestors II II I DELCH iER E F F FAMILY A French Derivation m Is in Suggested Ex Ex Explorers and nd Statesmen and Jd Founders Founder Found Found- er ers of Towns Town 1 J JI Jj j I II I I I gl I BY ELEA ELEANOR On LEXI LEXINGTON fletcher Belcher is perhaps the old French for bel chore good com company pan non Eon compagnon or Goodfellow would then he be another form Chaucer has It I For and eel for beth belo cheer Kingswood Wiltshire England has been a n seat of tho the family for centuries One o or of tho the distinguished members was Sir Edward Botcher es- es C- C Robert DeIcher is th tho first of or whom we tave e a any record and he was horn born no lon longer el ago than the sixteenth century at Kingswood He TIe hall hail Thomas of ot London london who married Anne Anno laughter daughter of Andrew also of or London Their marriage took tool in th the tho month of oC ro roses June Junt then a as now the month for brides s. s The exact date dale was Juno iliac It I Ita a wa wa their son Andrew who was one ono of the founders of the fletcher Belcher family in the United Stales He lie came canto to New w England England England Eng Eng- land and anti was wa one of Sl Sudbury's orb onig- inal ma settlers ettes October 1 1 1639 mO he ned ried Elizabeth daughter of Nicholas Danforth of Cambridge Mass Ins Over Overa a do dozen donen cn years ers later we n find that he he- 1 was licensed to keep n a house hOle of at pub pub- Ique entertainment at Cambridge This was waR the first license for or an Inn at Cambridge and it I w wa-s wa the tile original Elite Blue lut Anchor r Tavern Its IR site Jle was WS I orthe r l ier r ot of ot DI Brighton Auburn It uburn streets 1 An Andrew lw died lied 1673 find and nd his ls' ls wife wICe j Juno 26 1680 Their h lr son ont on Andrew uno born January 11 11 IG 17 1647 7 married Sarah daughter ot or July 1 i. 1 1170 1670 and their son was ns Governor Jonathan Belcher whose whoso wife was Mary Partridge Gregory Gregor Belcher is another patri patri- arch He lie le was born in Braintree Eng Eng- land hand and ant became one of or the tho founders of or Braintree Mass which was thus named after the old English town He lie and anti his wife Catherine came cale over 1632 Eight years cars later he lie was as a freeman an and held hell important local offices He became a n largo large land hand owner owner own own- er and tiled died 1674 IGi Ills Ils son Samuel married Mary Billings o of Dorchester Their son Moses of oC Milton Mass was born horn 16 1672 and died tiled at Preston Conn 1728 He was one ono of tho the pillars of the Preston church a deacon and he vas also a n member of the general assembly assembly as as- a- a of Connecticut 17 1721 1 His Ils wife wie was wa Hannah J Lyon on Their SOIl soi OJ William also of or Preston married manned marred M eh I table Stearns Starns Their son on member of oC the tho general William llam WS as a assembly and therefore his record Is worth looking up tip carefully Ills His Ils wife was tas Desire Morgan Morgan William llam was at commissioned com corn ml i captain and served his country countr In Ia the revolution His Ills son also named William I kept up the tho fam- fam am- am ly's lys lys ly's martial martal record antI and d his musket in the war of 1812 with wih tho the rank of or lieutenant colonel colonel In InIS IS 1828 8 he lie was member of ot the tho Massachusetts Massa lacs' lacs Ic legislature and town clerk Could an anyone on ask for fO a n bettor better betor branch for a family tree HI Ills wire w was Sally Wilson ilson of Preston Their Ion son Nathan Na Nrc- athan a- a than also kept things going ITo IIo le was wa congressman senator member of or the anti he was also brave enough to embark upon lie tho tIc maLl 1 ea ca taU ng tal n to to v W u Ann AnD or A Anne Anno laughter ot or Major nor Increase 8 Wilson VIson VI Wit Wil son who won on his laurels In th the war of or 1812 and was fifth In descent from Thomas Wilson born in England who as an immigrant of or 1633 The Tho son of tf Nathan an and Anne was William flam a aloric oric l name in the Belcher family rI Williams William's Wilam's homo home was New London Lender Londro Ilo Hc wa WD jud judge e. e and member o of oC the lc legis legi- i- i lature His wife was Annie nnie who traced back to the tho Talbots of E England and A portrait of Rev Rev- Te Joseph lic l' l may he be seen cen in the tho church at where ho lie lo ministered Joseph wis son of Joseph and Rebecca of oC Dorch Dorchester st 1 and anel Braintree Rebecca was a GIU om before bo- bo fore her marriage and flex nC inherited from his grandfather al Chiha GUI Chih a large ZOO property OO acres of land Jant and two 0 hou houses boils cs in Milton Millon llon ton tori acres in Dorchester anti and n a C mill mi and houses houSes He lie le was a a Harvard l Har arl graduate gl l 1610 1690 I am al married Abigail Thompson o of fox Rox- fox fox- bury I. I HeitmanS Heitman'S Officers of or the American nc Revolution gives the following names name Lieutenant John Belcher of or Connecticut cut cu Ll William and anti Joseph and anil ani Colonel Jo Joseph eph of or Rhode Island Lieutenant and ane Colonel Colonel Joseph are apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap parenti t two Individuals not one ono John John Belcher DeIcher son of Jacob of or the New JelSO Jersey Jer Jel I SO sd sey branch helped to construct the chain across the iho Hudson John waborn was waa born 1759 and ant Anne McMurtry c ur- ur tr try possibly one of the tho well wel known Southern SC The Belchers rs were ere related by br marriage 0 to o the Lewig fatally family of or Virginia Oth r OthAl r marriage t connections are with wih t tho V rf and Richards Yat Waty Robecca Rebecca an and Anne Antic Meria fria were vei favorite fa names o I of long lone agoAn agoAn ago ago An interesting tam family I re relt Hey is tho the pc tankard mado in England anti and brought to this country o country tho runs runs runs-in In 1688 b by the mother molher o of O G v Belcher of or Massachusetts la At Ather her death it il passed to her who married Mr lr Dole of If o S1 Mass Ins She left lct It I to her hr son Isaiah Dole of or South Hampton X N. 11 II Later it I became the tho property properly of ot his daughter daugh claugh- ter Sarah Palmer of J Kensington X N 1 IL II I. I She Sho left lef It ii to her son Jonathan Jonthan Palmer and the tile tankard is now owned b by his son soli All 1 who trace back to tho the pilgrim Andrew r tro tro entitled tl to to to illustrated coat arms which is blazoned bla bia- hla zoned Pa Paly y of six fix fix or gold sold ami gules Jules reda chief r yair f Crest a gr greyhounds greyhound's s 's 1 head ac ermert erased 0 i.e. i. i e. e c. c not nOl coupet or oc 01 cut off oCt but torn off te ermine I Loyal Au An Mort Mont Loyal Loyal Loyal- oven oven o to the death This Is Js tho the coat arms coat seen sen on the seal of o Andrew AndroW th the phi j I grim The greyhound ou symbolizes alertness in iii the discharge of oC duty u i A chief signifies dominion and and el ermine an and vair also a ru furS authority and anti honor Ermine and ana 1 vair are ore hj 11 oldest furs Curs of at herl heraldry r er- er mineR milleR and enamels being of or comparatively l cl recent introduction Or denotes generosity and ancl elevation of or mind gules military fortitude o anti and snag mag |