Jeremiah BELCHER

1641 - 1723  (81 years)

• Name	Jeremiah BELCHER  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Jun 1641  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Feb 1722/3  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I569	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah BELCHER,   b. Abt 1612   d. Mar 1692/3, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	? UNKNOWN,   b. 1612
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1639  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WEEDEN   d. 20 Jan 1715/6
  Marriage	Abt 1667  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Ensign Joseph BELCHER,   c. 6 Jun 1675   d. 15 Nov 1739 (Age ~ 64 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] William Henry Belcher and Joseph Warren Belcher, The BELCHER Family in England and America. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.