Ensign Joseph BELCHER

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Ens. Joseph Belcher, baptized June 6, 1675, was born in Rumney Marsh, where he assed his life, inheriting part of his father's lands. He also owned two estates on North Street in Boston. He resided in that part of Rumney Marsh called Hog Island (now Breed's Island), and with his wife Hannah became a member of the Rev. Thomas Cheever's church in 1716. He was prominent in the affairs of the precinct, holding the offices of constable and of ensign in the military company for many yeas. He died Nov. 15, 1739. His will, made the day before his decease, names wife Hannah, sons Joseph, Nathaniel, and Jonathan, and daughters Sarah and Hannah.

Family/Spouse: Hannah ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah BELCHER was born on 20 Feb 1712/3; died before 1749.

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Jeremiah Belcher, born in June, 1641, located about 1665 at Rumney Marsh (which embraced what is ow Revere, Chelsea, and East Boston, and was a part of Boston until 1739, when the town of Chelsea was incorporated). He first leased a farm of Gov. Bellingham (the original indenture, in the beautiful handwriting of the Governor, being now in the possession of Warren Belcher, Esq., of Winthrop, Massachusetts), and later purchased lands in what is now Lynn, Revere, and on Breed's Island. He appears to have been a prosperous farmer, as in 1702, he paid the highest tax in Rumney Marsh, on a farm worth L25 rent per year, two oxen, eight cows, two horses, one hog, and one hundred sheep. (Boston Record Commissioner's report, vl. 10, p. 143.) Late in life he deeded lands to his sons Edward, Joseph and Ebenezer, which they divided among themselves. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vl. 28, p.136.)

He made a will, the original of which is in the possession of his descendant, Warren Belcher, Esq., of Winthrop, Mass., but the instrument was not offered for probate, and therefore never recorded in any registry.

Jeremiah Belcher died Feb. 6, 17722/3, aged 81 years, 6 months, according to his gravestone, which is still in the old revere cemetery.

He married, about 1667, Sarah, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Weeden of Boston, who died Jan. 20, 1715/6. On March 20, 1716/7, he entered his intention of marriage with Rebecca Nash of Boston, but it is doubtful if the marriage was consummated. She was the widow of John Nash, cooper, of Boston, who had died in 1712.

Jeremiah married Sarah WEEDEN about 1667. Sarah died on 20 Jan 1715/6. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Weeden of Boston