John Belcher

Notes:

LAND RECORDS

John had acquired 229 acres in Henrico in 1735.

John married Mary Elizabeth Frogley 07 Nov 1710, Wantage, Berkshire, England. Mary (daughter of Alexander Frogley and Mary Elizabeth Young) was born 23 Jan 1679, Berkshire, England; died 1739, Henrico Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Berkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

1. Richard D. Belcher was born Between 1710-1717, Henrico Co. VA; died Aug., 1763, Deep Creek, Chesapeake, VA; was buried , Belcher - Richard D Belcher Family Deep Creek Chesapeake, VA.

Robert married Phoebe Isham. Phoebe (daughter of Henry Isham and Elizabeth) was born 1648, Northamptonshire, England; died ca 1735, Henrico Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Phoebe's half sister Mary married Col. William Randoplph and their descendants include many prominent individuals including Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Robert E. Lee, Peyton Randolph, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, George W. Randolph, and Edmund Ruffin. Genealogists have taken an interest in him for his progeny's many marital alliances, referring to him and Mary Isham as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia".

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph

William and Mary Isham Randolph had at least nine children and was familially connected to many other prominent individuals:

William Randolph II of Wilton (born November 1681) married Elizabeth Beverley (the daughter of Peter Beverley, a Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia) around 1705 and had five children who lived to adulthood. He was the grandfather of Beverley Randolph, the eighth Governor of Virginia and Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh.

Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe (born ca June 1683) married Judith Churchill and/or Judith Fleming between 1705 and 1712. He was the great-grandfather of John Marshall, as well as the great-great-grandfather of Ann Cary (Nancy) Randolph, who married Gouverneur Morris, and her brother Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., who married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha.

Isham Randolph of Dungeness (born December 1684) married Jane Rogers in 1717 and had nine children, including Jane Randolph (who married Peter Jefferson and was the mother of Thomas Jefferson), Mary Randolph (who was the mother of Charles Lilburn Lewis and grandmother of Isham and Lilburn Lewis), Ann Randolph (who was the mother of James Pleasants, Jr., the 22nd Governor of Virginia), and Susannah Randolph (who married Carter Henry Harrison I and was the great-grandmother of Carter Henry Harrison III and great-great-grandmother of Carter Henry Harrison IV) ? both five-time mayors of Chicago.

Richard Randolph of Curles Neck (born ca May 1686) married Jane Bolling, a descendant of Pocahontas, around 1714. He was the grandfather of the colorful Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke.

Henry Randolph (born ca October 1687) did not marry.

Sir John Randolph of Tazewell Hall (born ca April 1689) married Susanna Beverley (another daughter of Peter Beverley) around 1718. He studied at the Inns of Court, practiced law in Williamsburg. John was the only native of Colonial America to receive a knighthood. He was the father of Peyton Randolph, President of the First Continental Congress, and John Randolph, a Loyalist. The latter's son, Edmund Randolph, served as a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention and became the first U.S. Attorney General.

Edward Randolph of Bremo (born ca October 1690)married Miss (Elizabeth?) Grosvenor around 1715.

Mary Randolph (born ca 1692) married Captain John Stith, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the son of John Stith, around 1712. Her son, William Stith, was the third president of the College of William and Mary; her son-in-law, William Dawson, was the second president of The College of William & Mary. Mary was the great-grandmother of Congressman William Johnston Dawson. Her second son, John Stith III, was the great-great-grandfather of Armistead C. Gordon and also Junius Daniel, Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army.

Elizabeth Randolph (born ca 1695) married Richard Bland around 1711 and had five children, including Mary Bland (who married Henry Lee I and was the mother of Henry Lee II, the grandmother Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III, and the great-grandmother of Robert E. Lee), Theodorick Bland of Cawsons (who was the father of Congressman Theodorick Bland as well as grandfather to John Randolph of Roanoke), and the statesman Richard Bland (who was the great-great-grandfather of Roger Atkinson Pryor).

Notes:

Greer, George Cabel. "Early Virginia Immigrants" 1623-1666. Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1912.

Lists William Thomas Belcher
immigrated to the (Warrosquoyoake)Isle of Wight County Va around 1637. Records have him marrying Tabitha in 1636/37 Isle of Wight. The change to the Gregorian Calendar makes some genealogy dates off one year. He is the earliest Belcher immigrant to Virginia.

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

William married Tabitha Anne Bartlett 01 Aug 1636, Isle of Wight Co. VA. Tabitha was born 09 Jan 1618, Iver, Buckinghamshire England; died 1649, Isle of Wight Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

This district is in the historic county of Northamptonshire, located in south-central England. The two most important towns are the old market town of Towcester and Brackley.

Henry married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Mary Mitchell 1595, Warwichshire, England. [Group Sheet]