John D Belcher, Sr

John Belcher BIRTH 1670 Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1739 Henrico County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 148311706

John’s parents, Robert George Belcher, and his mother, Phoebe Isham, married in Henrico, Virginia, in 1669.

Many of the records we have on John Belcher, their son, comes to us in the form of land records and bills, or levies, owed. John had acquired 229 acres in Henrico in 1735 We know he grew tobacco, as did his father. The other John Belchers mentioned in later Henrico’s records, probably indicate his children,John and Richard, as having land in Skinquarter (Chesterfield) Note: Chesterfield County was formed from parts of Henrico.

It is said that John Sr. married Mary Elizabeth Frogley. There is some contention that may never be solved; this Ms. Frogley was married in England. Did our John leave Virginia to marry her? The records that could solved this mystery and that of his children’s births, etc., were likely burned up in 2 fires. One in the 1700’s and the other in 1865, during the Civil War

Their children (their could be others):

. John (Jr.) Belcher (bet. 1690 to 1698 - 1780) . Elizabeth Anne Belcher (abt. 1691 - ?) . James Belcher (1694-?) . Robert Belcher (1700 to 1710 -1770) . William Belcher (1707 - 1781) . Richard Belcher (1710-1763) . George Belcher (1712-?) . Isaac Belcher (1714-?)

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THE BELCHER FAMILIES IN MASS :SOME MOVED

THE BELCHER FAMILIES IN MASS :SOME MOVED INTO MARYLAND, CONNETICUT, AND SOME ON TO VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY 1700'S MANY MEN PATENTED LAND IN THE SW END OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY VA, KNOWN UNTIL 1749 AS HENRICO CO. THEY SETTLED IN THE AREAS KNOWN AS SKINQUARTER AND GENITO. SOME OF THE SETTLERS WERE JOHN BELCHER , RICHARD BELCHER,JAMES GATES,JOHN GOODE, JOHN SKELTON,JAMES BAILY. THE EARLIEST KNOW RECORD OF RICHARD AND JOHN BELCHER IS IN HENRICO CO. VIR IN JOHN NASH'S SHERIFF'S BOND ALONG WITH JAMES BAILEY. JAMES BAILEYS SON RICHARD BAILEY MARRIED ELIZABETH BELCHER. IN 1759 JAMES BAILY BOUGHT 77 ACRES OF LAND S SIDE OF SKINQUARTER THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A PATENT OF 375 GRANTED TO RICHARD BELCHER IN 1754 AND WAS THE FIRST OWNED BY THE BAILEY FAMILY. PAID DEBT OF SON 1736 PAID 75 LBS OF TOBACCO ("TO YR. ORDER TO PAY BELCHAR")??? 12 Oct 1691 Court of Henrico County John Belcher and Will Pucket Appraised the will of Evan Owen and Margery, his wife. Virginia County Records, X Index to Land Grants Henrico County. Original Source Page Name: 16 Name: John Belcher Date: 1735 Comment: 229 acres Henrico County Record book #2

1736: Henrico County: John Belcher, 1 levy, clerks fees. to 1 register. "to yr promise for Rd. Belcher. given you in my store 110." "to yr ord'r to R. Belcher for his levy 51" in the Credits. "the Clk fee is to john Belcher Jr." The balance of 338 lb tobo pd by inspectors note. John Belcher jr. 1736 1 levy clk's fees, store debt. :To register your son Thos" an item cancelled. "to your ord'r to Rd Belcher", Pd by an inspectors note. One the Credit side this notation."the ord'r to R Belcher is pd by John Belcher Sen'r"

Another mention of James Baily on this same page: 1736 Henrico Couinty, store debt. Mr Cary's debt. A bond due. paid by John Pride jr and John Worhsam: source:Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 369

Richard Belcher 1736, 1 levy. For last year's levy. Paid by John Belcher Sen'r. source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 367

Capt Eppes, Quick Rents on 13390 acres, 26 levy's.........1736 paid by John Belcher sr, in my store

source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 372

Will Norris. Hundred NOrris. 1736. 1 levy. Clks Fee. Store Debt. Mr. Cary's debt. To summon vs R. Belcher. Paid by an inspector's note and "by John Belcher jr for Richard Belcher". source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 379

1. 8...2...JOHN BELCHER SR. BORN: 1670 VIRGINIA HENRICO CO NOW CHESTERFIELD MARRIED: MARY ELIZABETH FROGLEY. 1689

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY ELIZABETH:

1. 1st CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND MARY ELIZABETH 9 1..JOHN JR. BELCHER BORN: 1690 VIRGINIA MARRIED: MARY GOODING IN 1736 PAID LEVY THE CLK FEE TO BELLSHAR JR.THE BALANCE OF 338 LB TOBACCO PAID BY 1750 LISTED IN AMELIA COUNTY VIRIRGINA TITHABLE LIST. ALONG WITH, EDWARD, GEORGE AND WILLIAM. INSPECTORS NOTE.DIED: BEFORE 1788 MANCHESTER PARISH OF CHESTERFIELD CO VA. CHILDREN OF JOHN JR AND MARY GOODING: 10 1...ELIZABETH BELCHER B: 1738 10 2...THOMAS BELCHER B: 1740 WITNESS TO WILL CHESTERFIELD CO VA 1774 OF VALENTINE WEST. 10 3...JANE BELCHER B: 1741 10 4...EDMUND BELCHER B: 1742 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY VA DIED: 1781 AMELIA COUNTY VA MARRIED: MARY?? EDMUND BELCHER IS LISTED IN LUNENBURG VA; TITHABLES LIST 1764 WITH LAND VALUE OF $100 AND IN 1769 WITH LAND VALUE OF $1203 PEOPLE LISTED IN HOME. ALSO LISTED 1765 LUNENBURG CO VA Children: 1...MARY BELCHER b: 1768 2...RICHARD BELCHER B: 1771 3...OBADIAH BELCHER b: 1776 Obediah is thought to have gone to Georgia along with Francis's son Matthew whether this is the Obadiah that is listed in Jasper County Georgia is not known for sure but would seem so by all accounts since this Obadiah named one of his sons Elijah C., one Greenberry, and one Isham. <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genbel/june/obediahbio.html> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genbel/june/obediahbio.html> Page on Obadiah of Georgia 4...ELIJAH BELCHER b: 1779 5...BEVERLY BELCHER BORN 1781 MARRIED: FRANCIS MOSELY BORN 1783BEVERLY'S LINE BECAME MUCH OF THE ALABAMA LINE OF BELCHERS Alabama Research <http://www.geocities.com/allbelcher/states/alabama/alabelresearch.html>

6...JOHN BELCHER b: 1783 10 5...JOHN BELCHER 1744 LISTED AS A WHIG DIED 23 DEC 1824 BURIED 2 DEC 1824:CHESTERFIELD COUNTY VA RICHMOND VA OBITS: 10 6...MELL PUCKETT BELCHER B: 1744 10 7...FRANCIS BELCHER SR. born 1745 LISTED IN 1769 LUNENBURG VA TITHABLES LIST WITH BROTHER EDMUND DIED 7-29-1781 AMELIA CO VA FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR WOUNDS MARRIED:#1 MARY CABANISS AND THEN HER SISTER #2 PHOEBE CABANISS 21041] 1. Ancestry.com Web Site, Isham Belcher search, 9 Fen 2001, submitted by lpbowling@earthlink.com Richard Belcher was son of John and Elizabeth Frogley Belcher. John Belcher was born in 1670 in VA.

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1 UID 97CE110BD4BFC148B8C2B3B07BD379DC9D19

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may have been born 1674 according to wik itree and maybe died 1739

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Richard Bailey of Chesterfield and Tazew

Richard Bailey of Chesterfield and Tazewell Counties, Virginia and his Descendants

by Mary Ellen Howe Vol 1

Chapter One - The Early History and the Line of Benjamin

page 1-11

The earliest known record of James Bailey appears in Henrico County, Virginia in John Nash’s Sheriff’s Bond along with John and Richard Belcher:

James Bailey Dr. 1736. 1 Levy. Store debt. Mr Cary’s debt. A bond due. Paid 75 lbs. Tobo. By Jno Pride, Jr. 74 lbs. Tobo. Pd by John worsham.

John Belshar, Jr. 1 Levy. Clks fee. Store debt. "To Rig’r yr. Son Thos. An item cancelled ‘To yr order to Richard Belshar – note paid by JOHN BELCHER SR.’"

Henrico Co, Southside 1736

Page 7 Richd. Belshar. Dr. 1736. 1 Levy. For your last year’s levy. Pd by JOHN BELSHAR SENR.

Page 10 JOHN BELSHAR. Dr. 1736. 1 Levy. Clerk’s fees. To I Registerar "to your promise for Rd Belshar". "Cr given you in my Store 110". "To yr or to R Belshar for his Levy 51". In the Credits "The Clk fee is to Belshar junr". The balance of 338 lb tobo pd by Inspector’s note."

Page 19 Aaron Haskins, Dr. 1736. 1 Levy. 100 acres. Clks fees. To lev’d you by the public for taking up yr Runaway. To del yr pet’o vs Ben Lee. To arrest Rd Belshar. Pd by Co Levy and cash.

Page 26 Wil Norris. Hund’d Norris. Dr. 1736. 1 Levy. Clks fee. Store debt, Mr Cary’s debt. To summon vs. R Belshar. Paid by an Inspector’s mote and "By Jno Belshar junr for Richard Belshar".

Colonial Wills of Henrico Co, Va Pt 1 1654-1737 975.5453 Wiesiger

Page 140 p.447 Will of Gilbert Gee of Henrico Parish …

Wit: John Perdue, JOHN BELSHER, John Ferguson

Recorded Aug. 1734

THE BELCHER FAMILIES IN MASS :SOME MOVED INTO MARYLAND, CONNETICUT, AND SOME ON TO VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY 1700'S MANY MEN PATENTED LAND IN THE SW END OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY VA, KNOWN UNTIL 1749 AS HENRICO CO. THEY SETTLED IN THE AREAS KNOWN AS SKINQUARTER AND GENITO. SOME OF THE SETTLERS WERE JOHN BELCHER , RICHARD BELCHER,JAMES GATES,JOHN GOODE, JOHN SKELTON,JAMES BAILY. THE EARLIEST KNOW RECORD OF RICHARD AND JOHN BELCHER IS IN HENRICO CO. VIR IN JOHN NASH'S SHERIFF'S BOND ALONG WITH JAMES BAILEY. JAMES BAILEYS SON RICHARD BAILEY MARRIED ELIZABETH BELCHER. IN 1759 JAMES BAILY BOUGHT 77 ACRES OF LAND S SIDE OF SKINQUARTER THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A PATENT OF 375 GRANTED TO RICHARD BELCHER IN 1754 AND WAS THE FIRST OWNED BY THE BAILEY FAMILY. PAID DEBT OF SON 1736 PAID 75 LBS OF TOBACCO ("TO YR. ORDER TO PAY BELCHAR")??? 12 Oct 1691 Court of Henrico County John Belcher and Will Pucket Appraised the will of Evan Owen and Margery, his wife. Virginia County Records, X Index to Land Grants Henrico County. Original Source Page Name: 16 Name: John Belcher Date: 1735 Comment: 229 acres Henrico County Record book #2

1736: Henrico County: John Belcher, 1 levy, clerks fees. to 1 register. "to yr promise for Rd. Belcher. given you in my store 110." "to yr ord'r to R. Belcher for his levy 51" in the Credits. "the Clk fee is to john Belcher Jr." The balance of 338 lb tobo pd by inspectors note. John Belcher jr. 1736 1 levy clk's fees, store debt. :To register your son Thos" an item cancelled. "to your ord'r to Rd Belcher", Pd by an inspectors note. One the Credit side this notation."the ord'r to R Belcher is pd by John Belcher Sen'r"

Another mention of James Baily on this same page: 1736 Henrico Couinty, store debt. Mr Cary's debt. A bond due. paid by John Pride jr and John Worhsam: source:Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 369

Richard Belcher 1736, 1 levy. For last year's levy. Paid by John Belcher Sen'r. source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 367

Capt Eppes, Quick Rents on 13390 acres, 26 levy's.........1736 paid by John Belcher sr, in my store

source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 372

Will Norris. Hundred NOrris. 1736. 1 levy. Clks Fee. Store Debt. Mr. Cary's debt. To summon vs R. Belcher. Paid by an inspector's note and "by John Belcher jr for Richard Belcher". source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 379

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Notes (1) John BELCHER , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1670 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 1 Death: ABT 1739 in Virginia 1��Father: Robert George BELCHER b: ABT 1649 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia �Mother: Phoebe ISHAM b: ABT 1648 in Henrico County, Virginia��Marriage 1 Elizabeth FROGLEY b: 23 JAN 1678/79 in Virginia Married: 1689 in Virginia 1 Children John BELCHER , Jr. b: 1689 in Virginia James BELCHER b: ABT 1694 in Virginia Robert BELCHER b: 1700 in Virginia William BELCHER b: 1707 in Virginia Richard D. BELCHER , Sr. b: ABT 1710 in Henrico County, Virginia George BELCHER b: 1712 in Virginia Isaac BELCHER b: 1714 in Isle of Wight, Virginia

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Life Sketch

THE BELCHER FAMILIES IN MASSACHUSETTS: SOME MOVED INTO MARYLAND, CONNECTICUT, AND SOME ON TO VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY 1700'S. MANY MEN PATENTED LAND IN THE SW END OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, KNOWN UNTIL 1749 AS HENRICO COUNTY. THEY SETTLED IN THE AREAS KNOWN AS SKINQUARTER AND GENITO. SOME OF THE SETTLERS WERE JOHN BELCHER, RICHARD BELCHER, JAMES GATES, JOHN GOODE, JOHN SKELTON, JAMES BAILY. THE EARLIEST KNOWN RECORD OF RICHARD AND JOHN BELCHER IS IN HENRICO COOUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN JOHN NASH'S SHERIFF'S BOND, ALONG WITH JAMES BAILEY.

JAMES BAILEY'S SON RICHARD BAILEY MARRIED ELIZABETH BELCHER. IN 1759 JAMES BAILY BOUGHT 77 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SKINQUARTER. THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A PATENT OF 375 GRANTED TO RICHARD BELCHER IN 1754 AND WAS THE FIRST OWNED BY THE BAILEY FAMILY.

PAID DEBT OF SON 1736 PAID 75 LBS OF TOBACCO ("TO YR. ORDER TO PAY BELCHAR")??? 12 Oct 1691 Court of Henrico County

John Belcher and Will Pucket Appraised the will of Evan Owen and Margery, his wife. Virginia County Records, X Index to Land Grants Henrico County. Original Source Page Name: 16 Name: John Belcher Date: 1735 Comment: 229 acres Henrico County Record book #2 1736: Henrico County: John Belcher, 1 levy, clerks fees. to 1 register. "to yr promise for Rd. Belcher. given you in my store 110." "to yr ord'r to R. Belcher for his levy 51" in the Credits. "the Clk fee is to john Belcher Jr." The balance of 338 lb tobo pd by inspectors note. John Belcher jr. 1736 1 levy clk's fees, store debt. :To register your son Thos" an item cancelled. "to your ord'r to Rd Belcher", Pd by an inspectors note. One the Credit side this notation."the ord'r to R Belcher is pd by John Belcher Sen'r" Another mention of James Baily on this same page: 1736 Henrico Couinty, store debt. Mr Cary's debt. A bond due. paid by John Pride jr and John Worhsam: source:Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 369 Richard Belcher 1736, 1 levy. For last year's levy. Paid by John Belcher Sen'r. source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 367 Capt Eppes, Quick Rents on 13390 acres, 26 levy's.........1736 paid by John Belcher sr, in my store source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 372 Will Norris. Hundred NOrris. 1736. 1 levy. Clks Fee. Store Debt. Mr. Cary's debt. To summon vs R. Belcher. Paid by an inspector's note and "by John Belcher jr for Richard Belcher". source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, Henrico County - Southside, 1736, Page 379 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Henrico County, Virginia was originally explored by Captain John Smith and his fellow adventurers representing the Virginia Company in 1607... They found friendly Indians, Arrohattoc, living in the area. Before they left its shores, they claimed this land for God and England. Henrico, a better location than the swamp of Jamestown, grew rapidly. John Rolfe, Pocahontas's future husband, began planting a version of Spanish tobacco on Bermuda Hundred Island. By 1622, there were even plans to establish a university in the city. However, the Indians seeing the growth and expansion of the white man, attacked the settlement, killed the colonists, and burned the town down. Henrico wasn’t reestablished until 1634.

John’s parents, Robert George Belcher, and his mother, Phoebe Isham, married in Henrico, Virginia, in 1669.

Many of the records we have on John Belcher, their son, comes to us in the form of land records and bills, or levies, owed. John had acquired 229 acres in Henrico in 1735 We know he grew tobacco, as did his father. The other John Belchers mentioned in later Henrico’s records, probably indicate his children,John and Richard, as having land in Skinquarter (Chesterfield) Note: Chesterfield County was formed from parts of Henrico.

It is said that John Sr. married Mary Elizabeth Frogley. There is some contention that may never be solved; this Ms. Frogley was married in England. Did our John leave Virginia to marry her? The records that could solved this mystery and that of his children’s births, etc., were likely burned up in 2 fires. One in the 1700’s and the other in 1865, during the Civil War

Their children (their could be others):

. John (Jr.) Belcher (bet. 1690 to 1698 - 1780) . Elizabeth Anne Belcher (abt. 1691 - ?) . James Belcher (1694-?) . Robert Belcher (1700 to 1710 -1770) . William Belcher (1707 - 1781) . Richard Belcher (1710-1763) . George Belcher (1712-?) . Isaac Belcher (1714-?)

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!Ancestors of James Andrew Crockett-Gen.

!Ancestors of James Andrew Crockett-Gen. 10 pg. 1, Gen. #11 pg. 1 -b. 1670 VA; Md. abt 1709. !Http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Carlin-D-Conrad/GENE2-0009.html - Ancestors of Warren Lemuel Conrad-b. Bedford Co., VA; d. 1739 VA md. Elizabeth Frogley abt 1698 in VA. !AF-John BELCHER b. 1670 VA, md. unknown. !http://genforum.genealogy.com/belcher/messages/719.html-posted by Jim LAWLER - Thomas d. 1799 was really Thomas Jr. som of Thomas Sr. b. 28 June 1722 and Rebecca, Thos sr was s/o John (Jr.) 1699/1776 and Mary Goody, and he in turn was son of John Sr. 1670/1739 and Elizabeth FROGLEY, and going back one more we get to Robert and Phebe. If you wish I can provide FGS for all and places (Chesterfield and Henrico Co VA mostely) Jim LAWLER. !AF-John BELCHER b. 1670 ,,VA-(no wife or parents listed. !PRF CD #35 - John BELCHER, Sr. b. 1670 Henrico Co., VA, d. 1739 Henrico Co., VA md. abt 1705 Henrico Co., VA Elizabeth FROGLEY.

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different records list marriage at different dates 1689, 1695 1692 etc. none connected to anything reliable except the english parrish