Phoebe Parents:

ROBERT BELCHER B.1640 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VA DIED: VIRGINIA one research site has: Robert George Belcher: MARRIED: PHOEBE ISHAM B: 1648:HENRICO COUNTY VA TURKEY ISLAND: ISHAM IS ALSO A NAME THAT SHOWS UP A LOT IN THE BELCHER LINE: MARRIED 1668

INTERESTING INFO: A fellow genealogy researcher in California, Jim Farmer has this to say as he was researching his Farmer Line. “Captain Henry Isham came to America with a grown daughter who married John Farmer at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, VA by 1656. This Isham daughter and John Farmer soon had three children: Henry Farmer (b1657), Phoebe Worsham, and Frances Elam. I was also surprised to see that the Belchers used not only the name Isham but also the name Phebe, just like the Farmers, Worshams, and Elams. Since then, I have seen the Henrico deposition showing John Belcher just like Henry Farmer, and I have found ongoing records for the Belchers and Farmers living as neighbors, which supports the fact that they were probably cousins. The name of John Farmer is a derived name. It appears in no record, but each of his children used the name and it is the name of his grandfather. Henrico depositions give Henry Farmer and John Belcher very close ages, “ It is likely that John Farmer and Robert Belcher married sisters. Isham, Bartley, and Phoebe are names that shows up throughout the Belcher line.

Phoebe Isham is the half sister of Mary Isham daughter of Henry Isham and second wife Katherine Banks: Mary married William Randolph. Mary and William Randolph were the parents of Isham Randolph. Isham Randolph married Jane Rogers. Jane and Isham Randolph were the parents of Jane Randolph. Jane Randolph married Peter Jefferson. Jane and Peter Jefferson were the parents of Thomas Jefferson, President of the USA

CHILDREN:OF ROBERT G. BELCHER AND PHOEBE ISHAM: 8 1..JOHN BELCHER SR. B: VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO Va B. 1670 M MARY ELIZABETH FROGLEY MARY ELIZABETH WAS BORN: @1672 MARRIED 1689 DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER FROGLEY B 1652 AND MARY B 1657 OF WANTAGE BERKSHIRE ENGLAND ALEXANDER HAD A SISTER MARY FROGEY MARRIED TO EDWARD TOWSAY BROTHER JOHN FROGLEY AND SISTER ANNE MARRIED TO SAMUEL STEVENS:

John Belcher Genealogy Line

8 2..PHOEBE BELCHER B:1673 Married: James Clay, 8 3..BARTHOLAMEW BELCHER B 1680: ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VA WILL PROVEN OCT 1 1770 RICHMOND COUNTY VA. WILL BOOK 7 P 74-76

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8 4..JOEL BELCHER B: 1684 ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA: WILL PROVEN 25 JUNE 1778 AMELIA COUNTY VA:

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8 5..EDWARD BELCHER B: 1688 ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA: WILL DATED 18 OCT 1781: INVENTORIED AND PROVEN 28 FEB 1782 AMELIA COUNTY VA WILL BOOK 3 P 52 AND 71