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Urania Belcher (Rainsford)

Also Known As: "Ranis Belcher", "Ranis Rainsford"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: October 02, 1691 (53)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Raynsford and Elizabeth Raynsford
Wife of Josiah Belcher
Mother of John Belcher; Jonathan Belcher; Joseph Belcher; Edward Belcher; Nathan Belcher and 8 others
Sister of John Rainsford; Jonathan Rainsford; David Raynsford; Elizabeth Rainsford; Edward Raynsford and 5 others
Half sister of Josiah Rainsford and Mary Percival

Managed by: Ann Margrethe Nilsen
Last Updated:

About Urania Belcher

Urania Rainsford

  • Birth: Jul. 4, 1638 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA
  • Death: Oct. 2, 1691 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA
  • Parents: Edward and Elizabeth (Dillie) Rainsford
  • Married: Josiah Belcher on 3 March 1654/55 in Boston

Parents:

  • Edward Rainsford (1609 - 1680)
  • Elizabeth Raynsford (1607 - 1688)

Spouse:

  • Josiah Belcher (1631 - 1683)

Children:

  • Elizabeth Belcher Paine (1663 - 1709)*
  • Benjamin Belcher (1681 - 1716)*

Siblings:

  • Josiah Rainsford (1632 - 1632)**
  • Mary Rainsford Bassett Percival (1632 - 1694)**
  • John Raynsford (1634 - 1698)*
  • Jonathan Rainsford (1636 - 1671)*
  • Urania Rainsford Belcher (1638 - 1691)
  • David Rainsford (1644 - 1691)*
  • Elizabeth Rainsford Greenough (1649 - 1688)*
  • Calculated relationship
    • Half-sibling

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Charles Dunford Record added: Jun 17, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 53783785


References

GEDCOM Note

US Southern Colonist

Biography

Ranis Rainsford Birth: 4 June 1638 Father's Name Edward Mother's Name Elizabeth<ref>"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTB-4LX : 11 March2018), Ranis Rainsford, 04 Jun 1638; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 8; FHL microfilm 592,866.</ref>

Sources

<references/> See also: *Josiah Belcher and wife Urania Rainsford New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial By William Richard Cutter

  • Genealogy.com User Trees; Richard-A-Belcher User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Gregory Belcher
  • THE LONGHUNTERS (As Revised In Not Yet Published Second Edition) A Report on the History and Family Of William Blevins Sr. Of Virginia Showing 25 Ascendants And Uncounted Descendants Researched & Compiled By Leslie W. Blevins Jr. As Well As Named & Unnamed Others ISBN in softcover 978-1-4653-9999-1 EBook ISBN 978-1-4653-9788-1
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Urania Belcher's Timeline

1638
April 4, 1638
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1655
December 23, 1655
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1655
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1657
1657
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1658
1658
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1659
1659
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1661
1661
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1663
July 10, 1663
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1664
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony