Adam BELCHER

1756 - 1819  (62 years)

• Name	Adam BELCHER  [1]
  	Adam Belcher, born June 30, 1756; died May 30, 1819; married (1) Elizabeth Bennett; (2) Sarah Bennett. The date of neither marriage is known, the year given in each case being the preceding the birth of the first child. Adam's second wife was a sister of his first wife. It is presumed there was a divorce, since it is known that Elizabeth married again, that her husband's surname was Davey, and that her daughter Elizabeth, who became Mrs. George Patterson, was always known to us as "Aunt Betsey Patterson." Through his wives, Adam Belcher was indirectly connected with the Townsend family of Chester and Southfields, their sister Mary having become, on Apr. 18, 1776, wife of Henry Townsend VI, born Oyster Bay, New York, Feb 9, 1752. The father of these Bennett girls is said to have been a mine superintendent at Sterling, and one of his descendants states that Henry Townsend VI was disinherited for marrying the daughter of a mine worker. Of Adam Belcher's family of eleven children, the first of whom, the son of Elizabeth, was grandfather of the authors of this work, none ever uttered a word of criticism of their father, ho was a good husband and kind to his children. It is not known why he separated from his first wife. It is evident, however, that whatever their difference was, no shadow remained on the character of either, and both were afterwards happily married. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Adam Belcher signed the Associator's Pledge, placing himself definitely on the side of those who resisted the aggressions of the British. His father, John Belcher, is described as "a forgeman of New Cornwall," and at his death Adam was appointed administrator of the estate, which he probably inherited, as he continued to conduct the business which his father had established at what is now known as Southfields, but was then called Chesekook or Cheesecocks, in Orange County, New York. In 1802 this name was changed to Southfield, the final letter"s" not having been added. [1]
  Birth	30 Jun 1756  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 May 1819  [1]
  Person ID	I588	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Johannes BELCHER,   b. 5 May 1730   d. 1791 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth ?
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth BENNETT
  Marriage	1780  [1]
  Children	1. John Adam BELCHER,   b. 30 Jul 1781, Eagle Valley, Orange Co., New York d. 22 Nov 1855, Belcher Homestead (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah BENNETT
  Marriage	1791  [1]
  Family ID	F629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] William Henry Belcher and Joseph Warren Belcher, The BELCHER Family in England and America.