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I spent my Saturday researching Belcher family history at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Research Library in Boston, Massachusetts. The morning went pretty well as I found a number of probate and other records referring to the Belcher family. However, I decided to do something on Saturday that was a first, I looked over the manuscript collection and found this:

Papers, Belcher, Harry Clifford, 1923-

In our first article, The Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Belcher, we looked at the information listed in the book he 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. The research we did in that article seems to verify many of the statements given in the book. We now have evidence supporting most of the children's births, Jonathan's birth and death information, the death date of Mary Belcher, and the marriage of Joseph Belcher to Rachel Shute. In this installment, we will try to find information for marriages and death dates for the other Belcher children.

According to 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, Jonathan and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Belcher had seven children. In this post, we will seek to verify as much of the information provided about the family using the New England Historic Genealogical Society's online database, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.

First, we do a search on Jonathan Belcher from 1717 to 1785 in Chelsea.

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.

Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk Mass 1894-1909 Vol I A-K

YearNameTypeRecord Number
1906Belcher, Agnes Gadmin133358
1908Belcher, Alvah Lguardian n.c.142308
1896Belcher, Charles Bseparate support103321
1901Belcher, Clarence Aadmin118505
1906Belcher, Elizabeth Cguardian133364
1909Belcher, Emerson Wguardian144070

Index to Obituary Notices in the Boston Transcript 1900-1930 Vol I A-F

Belcher, Albert W (T Oct 3, 1927)

Belcher, Arthur F d Oct 6, 1904 (T Oct 7)

Belcher, Charles F d Jul 8, 1919 (T Jul 9)

Belcher, Daniel (T Mar 6, 1906)

Belcher, Mrs Elizabeth David d June 23, 1922 (T Jun 24)

Belcher, Mrs Emma K d Mar 3, 1911 (T Mar 4)

Belcher, Mrs. Emma W d Feb 16, 1915 (T Feb 17)

Belcher, Frederck W d Dec 14, 1913 (T Dec 15)

Belcher, George E d Aug 28, 1924 (T Aug 29)

Belcher, Mrs. Hannah d Jun 25, 1901 (T Jun 26)

Belcher, Henry A d Jan 20, 1915 (T Jan 20)

Belcher, Horace A d Oct 17, 1924 (T Oct 18)

Charles Belcher, of Old Winthrop Clan

Boston Globe March 11, 1962, page 61

Services for Charles D. Belcher, 88, oldest member of one of Winthrop's founding families will be held at 2:30 pm tomorrow in the Reynolds Funeral Home, Winthrop. Interment will be at the Winthrop Cemetery.

Mr. Belcher died March 2 at Wilmington, Del, where for the past seven years he lived with a son, Dr. Charles Jr. A retired employee of the Winthrop Post Office, Mr. Belcher was a member of the First Church in Winthrop, Methodist; a past noble grand of Crystal Bay Lodge I.O.O.F., and a member of Winthrop Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He was a brother of the late Arnold Belcher, former Globe news photographer.