GEN..VIII............JOHN BELCHER SR 1670 VIRGINIA


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. STATES:" JOHN BELSHAR JR..1LEVY.CLKS FEE, STORE DEBT. AN ITEM CANCELLED TO ORDER TO RICHARD BELSHAR--NOTE PAID BY JOHN BELCHER SR." 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")???

#8...2...JOHN BELCHER SR. BORN: 1670 VIRGINIA HENRICO CO NOW CHESTERFIELD
Several places of birth are listed for John. Isle of Wight County, Henrico and Chesterfield. but Chesterfield and Henrico are probably the same since chesterfield was made from Henrico in 1749.
MARRIED: MARY ELIZABETH FROGLEY. 1689
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CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY ELIZABETH:
  1. #1 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
    INSPECTORS NOTE.DIED: BEFORE 1788
    MANCHESTER PARISH OF CHESTERFIELD CO VA.
    CHILDREN OF JOHN JR AND MARY GOODING:

  1. 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
    EDMUND BELCHER IS LISTED IN LUNENBURG VA; TITHABLES LIST 1764
    WITH LAND VALUE OF $100 AND IN 1769 WITH LAND VALUE OF $120
    3 PEOPLE LISTED IN HOME.
    ALSO LISTED 1765 LUNENBURG CO VA
    10 5...JOHN BELCHER 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.
    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

    FRANCIS BELCHERS GENEALOGY LINE

    #2 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH:
    9.2..JAMES BELCHER: B: 1694 VA:
    JAMES IS LISTED AS MASTER OF THE SHIP "THE BERRY" 1741-1748:
    COLONIAL RECORDS OF VIRGINIA:
    NO WIFE IS LISTED, MANY SHIPS MASTERS WEREN'T MARRIED:
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    #3 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH:
    9 3..ROBERT BELCHER BORN: 1700 VIRGINIA WIFE:
    LISTED IN RUSSEL CO VA 1719
    LISTED IN LUNENBURG CO VA TITH 1748 AND 1774
    CHILDREN:
    1. 10...1...HUGH J. BELCHER B: 1724 VA:
      MARRIED: 1750 ELIZABETH ANNE MASON B 1734 JAMES RIVER VA
      DAUGHTER OF JAMES MASON:
      JAMES MASON IS LISTED IN THE INVOICES BELOW:
      LISTED IN ACCOMAC VA IN 1780 VIRGINIA COLONIAL RECORDS:
      ASSOCIATED WITH "THE BETSY", A SCOONER : OFFIN BROADMAN MASTER
      AGE 31 OF NEWBURY PORT:LIVES IN MATOMKIN EAST SHORE VA:

    2. ACCOUNTS OF THE SCOONER "BETSY" CAN BE SEEN BY CLICKING BELOW:THESE
    ARE GOODS SHIPPED TO JAMES RIVER 10 JANUARY 1780 INVOICES FROM THE SHIP:

    SHIPS DOCUMENT



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    #4 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH:
    9 4.. WILLIAM BELCHER BORN: 1707 VIRGINIA WIFE: MARY E.BELCHER
    LISTED HENRICO CO VA 25 NOV 1743: 336 ACRES ON S SIDE
    OF LOCUST BRANCH: PATENT: 21 P 601
    LISTED CHESTERFIELD COUNTY VA TITHES 1762
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    #5 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH:
    9 5..RICHARD D. BELCHER SR BORN CHESTERFIELD CO VA. 1710
    DIED: 1763 FRANKLIN CO. VA.
    MARRIED:MARY OBEDIENCE CLAY

    RICHARD BELCHERS GENEALOGY LINE

    #6 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH
    9 6..GEORGE BELCHER BORN: CR 1712 VIRGINIA
    MARRIED:#(1) ELIZABETH #(2) LUCY
    #7 CHILD OF JOHN BELCHER SR AND ELIZABETH
    9 7..ISAAC BELCHER B 1714 ISLE OF WIGHT VA:
    WILL WAS INVENTORIED 1778 AMELIA COUNTY VA: BRUNSWICK WAS PARENT COUNTY
    OF AMELIA AND ISLE OF WIGHT PARENT COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
    WILL BOOK NO 2 P 286 AMELIA COUNTY VA:


      THESE COUNTIES ARE LISTED AS FOUND: A LOT OF THEM ARE THE SAME COUNTY:
      OR PARENT COUNTIES: SEE COUNTY FORMATION PAGE:
      >GEN IX.......RICHARD BELCHER SR. 1710 VIRGINIA






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