Adam BELCHER

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Name:
Adam Belcher of Second River (Belleville), New Jersey, born about 1700; married about 1720, Maria Vander Poel. Four sons were baptized in the Second River Dutch Reformed Church. By graveyard epitaphs we find a son Born in 1723 named Jacob, and a son Henry who was probably born in the interval between the births of Jacob and Johannes; the latter, born May 5, 1730, being the oldest of those baptized in Second River.

The family name appears in the three earlier entries as Pelser and Pelsers, and suddenly changes to Belsher in the fourth entry. (The Dutch have no sound of 'ch' soft); Belcher would be Pelser or Belser to a Dutchman until the name was carefully spelled to him.

Family/Spouse: Maria VANDER POEL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
There does not appear to be any record of his marriage or death, or of the birth of his children, with the single exception of Adam, dates of whose birth and death having been carved on the stone at the head of his grave in the cemetery at Southfields. The name of John Belcher appears in the list of heads of families living in New Cornwall when the first United States Census was taken in 1790.


A search of the records of Orange County reveals the letters of administration granted to his son, Adam Belcher on the death of John Belcher, who had made no will.As this document is dated Feb. 22, 1791, it is assumed that John Belcher died early in that year.

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