ANDREW BELCHER

Of Sudbury in 1640, Cambridge 1646, member of the church, was of the Ar. Co. in 1642.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Danforth, and had children,
Elizabeth, who married Captain Blowers, Jemimah, who married Joseph sill,
Martha, who married Jonathan Remington, Andrew, and Anna, who married a Ballard.
Mrs. Elizabeth Belcher died June 26, 1680, aged 62 years.

On the 27.10, 1652, "The Townsmen do grant liberty to Andrew Belcher to sell beer and bread,
for entertainment of strangers, and the good of the Town." (Town Records.)
We here find the first license for an inn in Cambridge.
Nothing remains to designate the last resting-place of Andrew Belcher,
but a foot-stone, by the side of that of Mrs. Elizabeth Belcher, bearing the initials, "A.B."

Andrew, the second, was born in Cambridge, Jan. 1 1647, removed to Boston in 1703,
was a captain, one of the Council of Safety in 1689, and a Counsellor from 1702 to 1717.
He died Oct. 31, 1717, aged 70, leaving one son, Jonathan, who was born in Jan. 1681,
graduated at Harvard College in 1699, was governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire
from 1747 till his death, which took place at Elizabethtown, August 1, 1757.

It appears that Governor Belcher and his cousin, Judge Remington, were ardent friends,
so much so, as to desire to be buried in one grave.
Judge Remington dying first, his body was committed to the earth.
The Governor's remains having been brought here from New Jersey,
were deposited in a tomb, constructed a short time before,
agreeably to his orders, contiguous to that of Judge Trowbridge;
the body of Judge Remington was disinterred, and placed by his side.
No further use was made of this tomb for sometime;
it is now in the possession of Dr. T. L. Jennison,
who married a granddaughter of the Governor.

It may be well to observe, that these tombs, viz. that of Governor Belcher,
and that of Judge Trowbridge(now known as the Dana tomb),
are near the present gateway of the burying-ground.
In that of Judge Trowbridge rest the remains of Washington Allston.

Appendix	Elijah Corlet Stephen Day Henry Dunster John Fessenden Nathaniel Gookin Samuel Green Roger Harlekenden Jonathan Mitchel Thomas Shepard Gregory Stone Vassal Rev. Joseph Willard
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