BELCHER, Samuel

1637 - 1679  (41 years)

• Name	BELCHER, Samuel
  Birth	24 Aug 1637	Braintree, Norfolk, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jun 1679	Braintree, Norfolk, MA
  Person ID	I780	Ruth's Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	BELCHER, Gregory,   b. 30 Mar 1606, Aston, CO, Warwick, Eng. d. 25 Nov 1674, Braintree, Norfolk, MA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	BURKELEY, Catherine,   b. Aft 1606, England d. Jul 1680, Braintree, Norfolk, MA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1630	Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA
  Family ID	F265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BILLINGS, Mary,   b. Aft 1645, Dorchester, Middlesex, MA. d. WFT Est 1684-1740 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1663	Braintree, Norfolk, MA
  Children	1. BELCHER, Gregory Dea.,   b. 28 Feb 1664, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 4 Jul 1727, Braintree, Norfolk, MA (Age 63 years)   2. BELCHER, Samuel,   b. 21 Sep 1666, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 19 Dec 1714, Braintree, Norfolk, MA (Age 48 years)   3. BELCHER, William,   b. 3 May 1668, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 1701 (Age 32 years)   4. BELCHER, Mary,   b. 16 Oct 1670, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 22 Jun 1758, MA. (Age 87 years)   5. BELCHER, Moses,   b. 4 Aug 1672, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 4 May 1728, Preston, New London, CT. (Age 55 years)   6. BELCHER, Abigail,   b. 24 Oct 1674, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. WFT Est 1703-1768 (Age 93 years)   7. BELCHER, Elizabeth,   b. 22 Apr 1677, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. WFT Est 1691-1771 (Age 93 years)   8. BELCHER, Silence,   b. 24 Jun 1679, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. WFT Est 1693-1773 (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1637 - Braintree, Norfolk, MA Marriage - 15 Dec 1663 - Braintree, Norfolk, MA Death - 17 Jun 1679 - Braintree, Norfolk, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Quincy Adams Birthplace The house now known as the John Quincy Adams Birthplace was built by Samuel Belcher in 1663 and inhabited by his descendants until Deacon John Adams bought it in 1744. John Adams inherited this home when his father died in 1761. Here he brought his bride Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764. It was in this house that Abigail gave birth on July 11, 1767, to their second child, John Quincy Adams, the future 6th President of the United States. During the American Revolutionary War, while John was distinguishing himself in Philadelphia as the delegate at the second Continental Congress with “the clearest head and the firmest heart,” Abigail supervised the education of her children took care of the farm and served as an inspiration to her husband during this critical period of United States History. Abigail penned many of her famous letters to her husband from this Penn’s Hill farm. In 1779, John Adams drafted the Constitution of Massachusetts in his law office in the northeast corner room of this home. After drafting the Massachusetts Constitution, John Adams traveled to Europe and ultimately negotiated and signed the Treaty of Paris, which concluded the American Revolutionary War. With peace secured, John requested his wife and daughter Nabby join him in Europe. After serving as the first U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, John Adams with his wife Abigail came home in 1788 to their new residence, “Peacefield,” also a part of the Adams National Historical Park. While John and Abigail would never again live in their Penn’s Hill cottage, John Quincy Adams resided in his own birthplace during the summers of 1806 through 1808 with his wife, Louisa Catherine. http://www.hannahdustin.com/hancock_cem.htm son Samuel - 2nd great grandfather of John Wales b. 1795 son Gregory - 2nd great grandfather of his wife, Elizabeth Ann Brackett, b 1811