Moses BELCHER

Abt 1635 - 1691  (56 years)

• Name	Moses BELCHER  [1, 2]
  	Moses Belcher, born about 1635, was a husbandman, and resided in Braintree, inheriting his father's homestead. He is called "Corporal" Belcher in the records. He died July 5, 1691, and in his will, dated three days before, he mentions his wife; daughter Mary Bass; other daughters to have portions equal to that given Mary; son Moses (then under age) to have the whole homestead; brother Alexander Marsh and cousin Joseph Belcher overseers; wife sole executor. (Suffolk co. Probate.) He married, May 23, 1666, Mary Nash, probably a daughter of James and Alice Nash of Weymouth, Mass., as Moses Belcher was a witness on a deed made by them, May 22, 1666, the day before his marriage. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. 5, p. 82.) On Dec. 31, 1797, Mary Belcher, widow, and Anna Belcher, spinster, Moses Belcher, Joseph Bass, Ichabod Allen andElizabeth his wife, Jabez Athern and Katherine his wife, and Joseph Brackett and Mehitable his wife, being all the children of Moses and Mary Belcher, conveyed land of said Moses, deceased. (Suffolk deeds vl. 36, p. 70.) [1]
  Birth	Abt 1635  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1691  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I584	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Gregory BELCHER,   b. Abt 1606   d. 25 Nov 1674 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Catherine ?   d. 1680
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1631	England   [2]
  Family ID	F619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary NASH   d. Aft 1707
  Marriage	23 May 1666  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary BELCHER,   b. 8 Sep 1668, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 2 Nov 1707, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts (Age 39 years)   2. Elizabeth BELCHER,   b. 25 Apr 1679  [Birth]
  Family ID	F621	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.