Andrew Belcher

• BIRTH 1614 England
• DEATH 1673 (aged 58–59) Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 154291333
• Son of Thomas Belcher and Ann Solme
• Husband of Elizabeth (Danforth) Belcher — married 1 Oct 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154291333/andrew-belcher

Nothing remains to designate the last resting-place of Andrew Belcher, but a foot-stone, by the side of that of Mrs Elizabeth Belcher, bearing the initials, "A. B." [11]

Spouse
Elizabeth Danforth Belcher 1619–1680 (m. 1639)

Children
Elizabeth Belcher Blower 1640–1709
Jemima Belcher Sill 1642–1675
Andrew Belcher 1648–1717

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Belcher-113

Andrew Belcher was born at Danbury, Essex, England [citation needed] about 1615, the son of Thomas Belcher of London and Ann Solme, daughter of Andrew Solme.[1] His grandfather was Robert Belcher, a weaver from Kingswood, Wiltshire, England.[2]

He married in England to a woman whose father was of Dedham, co. Essex. She probably died (without bearing children prior to her husband's immigration.[3]

The first records of Andrew Belcher in New England occurred in 1639, so it is evident that he migrated in 1639 or before. He settled in Cambridge[2]where in 1652 he received license to "sell beer and bread for entertainment of strangers and the good of the town."[3]

On October 1, 1639 he married Elizabeth Danforth, daughter of Nicholas Danforth[4]of Framingham, co. Suffolk and Cambridge Massachusetts.[3]Her brother was Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth and she had several other notable relatives. Andrew and Elizabeth Danforth were both in full communion at the Cambridge church in January 1658/9.[4]

The Children of Andrew and Elizabeth Belcher are as follows:

1. Elizabeth Belcher was born August 17, 1640; married Pyam Blowers on March 31, 1668.
2. Jemima Belcher was born April 5, 1642; married Joseph Sill on December 5, 1660.
3. Martha Belcher was born July 26, 1644; married Jonathan Remington on July 13, 1664.
4. Andrew Belcher was born January 1, 1647/8; married Sarah Gilbert, daughter of Jonathan Gilbert, marshall of the colony.
5. Ann(a) Belcher was born January 1, 1649/50; married Samuel Ballard May 1, 1678.

Mary (Belcher) Russell and Ebenezer Belcher (died young) are also seen as children, but they are uncertain.

There is some confusion over the death date of Andrew Belcher. His grave at Cambridge has only a footstone, marked "A. B.," and is beside her wife's tomb stone which is inscribed:

"Here lyeth burried
Ye body of Elizabeth
Belcher, who was
formerly the wife of
Andrew Belcher late
of Cambridg deceased
who departed this life
June ye 26, 1680
AEatis sua 62."

The author, Whitmore, was inclined to believe that the June 26, 1680 date was for Elizabeth Belcher, not Andrew.[3] Andrew Belcher died about 1673 at Cambridge. [citation needed]

References

• [1] New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. “Nicholas Danforth.” Page 283. AncestryImage
• [2] Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via brother Capt. Jonathan Danforth by SmartCopy: Jan 4 2015, 0:28:20 UTC [undefined WikiTree] via Andrew Belcher by SmartCopy: Oct 24 2014, 19:00:58 UTC
• [3] http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwc3234.htm#861...
• [4] Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines by Ferris, Mary Walton, (Milwaukee: Cuneo Press, Inc., 1943.), 1:253, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 D269.
• [5] Whitmore, W. H., "Notes on the Belcher Family," NEHGR 27:3 (Jul 1873) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 239, Los Angeles Public Library.
• [6] Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2007.), 2:283, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549-1.
• [7] Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 1:155, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.274 S264.
• [8] Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), p. 544, Family History Library, 929.273 H135j 1978.
• [9]Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter Print. Co., 1914-15.), 2:466, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.42 C17Ca-1
• [10] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154291333/andrew-belcher
• [11] 'Epitaphs from the old burying-ground in Cambridge' by William Thaddeus Harris, 1845
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Belcher-113 cites

1. Retson, James. Our Belcher Ancestors. http://retson.ca/belcher.pdf, last revised 21 June 2011.
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "The Belcher Families in New England" by Joseph Gardner Bartlett.
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 27; pp 239 - 245. "Notes on the Belcher Family" by W. H. Whitmore.
4. Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F.
5. Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. p. 283. Featured Sketch of Nicholas Danforth.subscribers$
6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "The Belcher Families in New England" by Joseph Gardner Bartlett. Vol. 60 (1906); p. 126, 127.subscribers
7. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 27; pp 239 - 245. "Notes on the Belcher Family" by W. H. Whitmore.subscribers$
8. Retson, James. Our Belcher Ancestors. http://retson.ca/belcher.pdf, last revised 21 June 2011. (Cites sources including New England Historical Genealogical Register, and Anderson's "The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England.")

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In 1639 he arrived in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.