Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Capt. Gill BELCHER | ||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gill3, b. Sept. 22, 1678; was a sea captain in Boston, where he married, Sept. 21, 1702, Mary Howard. On Oct. 26, 1702, he gave power of attorney to his wife to dispose at his property, and on Sept. 3, 1703, she mortgaged his property in Boston (Suffolk co deeds 21:376). On Feb. 6, 1705-6, Samuel Sewall sent a letter to Rev. Joseph Lord in Dorchester, South Carolina, by Capt. Gill Belcher (6 MA Hist. Soc. Coll I:324). No further trace of Gill Belcher has been found in New England, and he may have settled in South Carolina or been lost at sea. One Mary Belcher, possibly his widow, m. in Boston, June 7, 1716, John Flagg. In 1765, a Gill Belcher of Hebron, Conn., perhaps a grandson of Gapt. Gill3, bought land in Great Barrington, Mass. [ref 72:9] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gill Belcher Married: Sep 21, 1702 Boston, Suffolk Co., MA Howard, Mary [ref 23:0818093-0818095] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||
| Notes for Mary HOWARD | ||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [poss] Mary of Jeremiah & Mehetable Howard born June 7, 1677. (Boston record) [ref 71:142] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Sep 1703 Mary Belcher of Boston MA to John Rogers of Duxbury MA. Mary Belcher wf of Gill Belcher, mariner . . . by vertue & authority of a letter of attorney from her sd husband bearing date 26 Oct. 1702, for �133.4s current silver money of New England, sold to John Rogers, gent., late of Boston now dwelling at Duxbury . . . tenement, wharfe & warehouse with the land . . . at the south end of Boston . . . bounded westerly with the Street leading to Roxbury there measuring ninety nine foot, southerly by a lane leading to the water side there measureing sixty foot, northerly by a certain creek there measureing sixty foot, easterly by the sea or saltwater there measureing seventy one foot . . . together with the fflatts to the sd land . . . downe as far as low water mark . . . provided . . . that if the above named Gill Belcher, his attorney, exrs., admrs . . . shall . . . pay . . . unto the sd John Rogers, �141.3s9d current silver money in new England or pieces of eight of Mexico Sevil or pillar coine at six shillings piece weighing full 17d weight on or before 4 Sept. 1704, then this present deed of sale . . . to be utterly void. Witnesses: John Marion Jr., Abigail Davis Jr. Ack. & Rec. same day. Mary Belcher gave receipt for �1333.4s to John Rogers. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Jun 1716 possibly married(2) John FLAGG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||
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