Adam BELCHER

Abt 1700 -

• Name	Adam BELCHER  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1700  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I596	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew BELCHER, III,   b. 12 Mar 1671/2
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary SANDS
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria VANDER POEL
  Children	+ 1. Johannes BELCHER,   b. 5 May 1730   d. 1791 (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

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