william thomas belcher genealogy in america




        William Thomas Belcher



        William Thomas Belcher and Tabitha Bartlett
        are the starting point of this Belcher Genealogy Line in Virginia.
        William Thomas Belcher
        Born in 1605 in Northamptonshire England.

        William Thomas Belchers father was
        Henry T. Belcher
        born @ 1565 also listed as Henry Thomas Belcher: also listed as Thomas Henry Belcher
        Guilsborough Northamptonshire England.
        married:#1 ? in Aston Parish Warwickshire England
        married:#2 Mary Mitchell Northamptonshire England:

        William Thomas was Sponsored by: John Seaward Isle of Wight County.
        (So by this account Henry and Mary his parents were never in America unless they came by other means.

        William Thomas Belcher
        Born in 1605 in Northamptonshire England.

        Married: Tabitha Bartlett
        born in 9 January 1618.
        in Iver Buckinghamshire England


        They were married in Isle of Wight county Virginia: 1636 /37.
        Anne is a possibility for her middle name: some genealogies indicate this.
        Isle of Wight Virginia was Warrosquyoake (1634-37).
        the Name changed to Isle of Wight in 1637
        Bartelot is the English Spelling of the name.

        "Early Virginia Immigrants" Lists William Thomas Belcher came to America .

        immigrated to the (Warrosquoyoake)Isle of Wight County Va @1637.
        Records have him marrying Tabitha in 1636/37 Isle of Wight.
        Difference of a year here(change to the Gregorian Calendar makes some genealogy dates off one year)


        A court record in the Virginia state Library states:
        "Belcher in Virginia, a judgment of court for a debt. Jan'ry 12, 1659-
        -Thomas Wm Belcher ordered to pay Mr. Jno. Cogan 650lb. tobo."
        Charles City Co ,s of the James River, M B Parish.

        (note: this John Cogan must have been a mercantile store owner.
        I have seen other peoples court orders to pay him also listed in the Virginia State Library Collection).

        Dec. 22, 1657 Thomas Belcher and George Fulke is listed as witnesses to John Mansfield and Richard Searle transfer of a Land document in Nominy Westmoreland County Virginia. "Virginia Colonial Abstracts".

        William Belcher Isle of Wight County (1657-58 Forbridge). In Samuel Bridges Will, James Bridges was in tenure to William Belcher


        Marrying Tabitha Bartlett, a name well known in Massaschusetts, and Bartelot in England.
        Travels were often made between Massaschusetts and the Virginia Colonists. Tabitha father is unknown as records for women were almost non existent, except for marriage records and a widow was listed as head of household and many early Virginia records were destroyed in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.



        Tabitha is supposed to have been on the ship "Anne"
        in 1623. Several of the passengers names of this ship are not known.
        Whether Tabitha was on this ship is not proven.
        A Robert Bartlett of Mass was listed on this ship.

        I dont know if it is this Robert Bartlett.
        A Robert Bartlett is listed as owning land in 1645 27 sep, 200 acres at head of Chuckatucke,
        He was born 29 June 1595 in Arundel, Sussex England son of John Bartlett and Elizabeth

        Upper Norfolk, Virginia Land Patents 2 page 48
        This Robert made his will in 1679 Isle of Wight County.
        Will proven 2 May 1679


        Not all Belchers in this area are from this Belcher�s line: There were others who came in the late 1600�s along with a Walt Belcher and others

        These Belchers are listed as early Virginia Belchers:

        Early Virginia Immigrants; 1623-1666
        Belcher, Wm., 1655,(sponosored) by Peter Ford, Gloucester Co.
        Belcher, Walt., 1651,(sponosored) by Capt. Tho. Davis, Northumberland Co.
        Belcher, Walt., 1645, (sponsored)by Thomas Davis, Warwick Co.
        Belcher, Thomas, 1637, (sponsored)by John Seaward, Isle of Wight Co.

        source:
        Compiled from land records stored in Richmond, this collection of immigrants is a must for anyone looking for relatives in early Virginia. Each entry also gives the person who sponsored the immigrant to America.
        Greer, George Cabel. "Early Virginia Immigrants" 1623-1666. Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1912.


        Bartlett Genealogy


          William Thomas Belcher and Tabitha Bartlett�s children:

          1..Thomas Belcher b: 1637/38 Isle of Wight county Va.

          2..Elizabeth Belcher b 1638/39 Isle of Wight county Va.

          3..Robert George Belcher b.1640/41
          Isle of Wight county Va. died: Virginia
          married: Phoebe Isham b: 1648 Henrico County Va.

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