Benjamin BELCHER

1681 - Abt 1719  (37 years)

• Name	Benjamin BELCHER  [1]
  	Benjamin Belcher, born in Boston, Mar. 20, 1680/1, was a shipwright, and about 1703 settled in Newport, Rhode Island. He was admitted freeman of Rhode Island, May 6, 1707, and died about 1719. The information herein given of his descendants needs further verification. He married first, Phebe, who died after 1711; and married second, about 1715, Sarah, born Aug. 13, 1680, daughter of Arnold and Sarah Collins of Newport. She married second, about 1720, Josiah Bliss of Middletown, Rhode Island. [1]
  Birth	20 Mar 1680/1	Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1719  [1]
  Person ID	I574	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Josiah BELCHER,   b. 1631   d. 3 Apr 1683 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Ranis RAINSFORD,   b. 4 Jun 1638   d. 2 Oct 1691 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1654/5  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Phebe ?   d. Aft 1711
  Family ID	F608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah COLLINS,   b. 13 Aug 1680
  Marriage	Abt 1715  [1]
  Children	1. Arnold BELCHER,   b. Abt 1715
  Family ID	F605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Mar 1680/1 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] William Henry Belcher and Joseph Warren Belcher, The BELCHER Family in England and America. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.