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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.