Jeremiah BELCHER

Abt 1612 - 1693  (81 years)

• Name	Jeremiah BELCHER  [1, 2]
  	Jeremy, or Jeremiah Belcher came to New England in the ship "Susan and Ellen" in the spring of 1635. He is said to have been born in Wiltshire, England, but the writer has found no evidence of this. He settled at Ipswich, Mass., where he became a proprietor, was admitted freeman Mar. 13, 1638/9, and acquired extensive lands by grant and by purchase. In the records he is usually styled "merchant," but sometimes he appears as "sergeant." On May 28, 1659, he was granted 300 acres by the General Court, to be located outside the settled plantations, but he did not take up this grant, which was revived in favor of his son Jeremiah over sixty years later, Nov. 17, 1722. (Province Laws, vol. X, p. 220.) On May 15, 1661, He deeded lands in haverhill to his sons Jeremiah and John. (Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts.) He deposed on Mar. 21, 1671/2, then aged 59 years. (Essex Co. Court Files.) On July 1, 1721, JohnGould of Charlestown, Walter Russell of Cambridge, Daniel Gould of Charlestown, and Moses Burnham and Thomas Andrews of Ipswich, heirs to Jeremiah Belcher of Ipswich, deceased, released to Samuel Adams all claims to a farm in Ipswich formerly owned by said Jeremiah Belcher, and they also defended the grantee from the heirs of Richard Belcher and from the heirs of David Belcher, sons of said Jeremiah, and from the heirs of John Andrews who married one of the daughters of said Jeremiah Belcher. (Essex Co. Deeds, vol. 40, p.9.) Jeremiah Belcher died in Ipswich, in March, 1692/3, aged about 80 years, the eldest son, Rev. Samuel, being appointed administrator of the estate, Mar. 31 of that year. The name of his first wife, whom he married about 1637, does not appear, but it should be noted, however, that a Mary Clifford, aged 25 years, emigrated to New England in the same ship with him in 1635, her name standing next to is on the passenger list, and that Edward Belcher, grandson of Jeremiah, had a son Clifford. Jeremiah married second, in 1652 Mary Lockwood, with whom he made a marriage contract Sept. 30, 1652, conveying lands to trustees for her benefit for life. She survived nim, and did in October, 1700. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1612  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1692/3	Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I571	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family 1	? UNKNOWN,   b. 1612
  Marriage	Abt 1639  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Jeremiah BELCHER,   b. Jun 1641   d. 6 Feb 1722/3 (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Mary LOCKWOOD   d. Oct 1670
  Marriage	30 Sep 1652  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

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• Sources

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