Hurley's World

I have decided on a new project. In the book The Belcher family in England and America, comprehending a period of seven hundred and sixty-five years, with particular reference to the descendants of Adam Belcher of Southfields, Orange County, New York, by William H and Joseph Warren Belcher, one of the lines my husband is descended from ends with Jonathan Belcher (1717/8 - 1785). The following is the entry listed on page 378.

21. Jonathan Belcher (Ens. Joseph, Jeremiah, Jeremiah), born Feb. 27, 1717-18, lived in Chelsea, where he died Oct. 17, 1785. He married, May 13, 1742, Elizabeth, born Oct. 23, 1718, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Floyd) Tuttle of Chelsea, who died Dec. 5, 1796.

Children:

Jonathan, b. Apr. 8, 1743.

Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1744; m. (1) June 1, 1786, Ezra Glover of Dorchester; m. (2) Mar. 27, 1797, William Barrows of Boston.

David, b. Mar. 28, 1747; lived in Chelsea; was drowned Sept. 8, 1794; m. Feb. 20, 1787, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1754, dau. of John and Susanna (Chamberlain) Sargent, who d. July 12, 1817. Four children.

Mary, b. July 25, 1749.

Joseph, b. May 10, 1751; lived at Pullen Point, new[sic] Winthrop; was a solider in the Revolution; m. Dec. 18, 1781, Rachel, b. Oct. 16, 1756, dau. of Richard and Mary (Green) Shute of Malden. They had at least six children, one of whom was—

Joseph, b. in 1782, d. Feb. 25, 1850, who m. Nancy, b. in 1786, d. in 1849, dau. of Joseph and Sally (Belcher) Burrill. They had ten children, the youngest of whom, Warren, b. in 1825, has always resided at Winthrop, Mass., where he was appointed postmaster in 1853 and continuously held the office for 53 years, resigning May 28, 1906. He d. Mar. 18, 1907. Mr. Belcher had in his possession a large number of interesting family papers pertaining to every generation of his ancestral line in New England, among them several original deeds of Jeremiah Belcher of Ipswich.

Martha, b. Mar. 12, 1754; m. May 3, 1787, Ebenezer Burrill, perhaps son of Samuel and Anna (Alden) Burrill of Lynn.

Abigail, b. Mar. 7, 1758.

My goal is to trace the descendents of this Jonathan Belcher for at least five generations. The first task will be verifying the children listed for Jonathan and Elizabeth Belcher.