Elizabeth (Ruggles) Belcher (1669 - 1748)

Born 26 Dec 1669 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Gregory Belcher — married 25 Mar 1690 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1748 at age 78 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Ruggles, daughter of John Ruggles and Rebecca (Farnsworth) Ruggles, was born on December 26, 1669 in Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1][2] She married Gregory Belcher of Braintree on March 25, 1689/90 in either Milton or Braintree, Massachusetts.^[3][4][2] Gregory and Elizabeth had ten children, eight of whom lived to adulthood:

1. Gregory, b. June 19, 1691
2. Elizabeth, b. October, 31, d. December 30, 1693
3. Rebecca, b. Nov. 30, 1694
4. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1696/7
5. Samuel, b. Aug, 19, 1699
6. Ruth, b. Apr. 6, 1702
7. Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1704
8. Catherine/Katherine, b. Dec. 24, 1706
9. Benjamin, b. May 17, d. June 5, 1709
10. Abigail, b. May 24, 1711^[2]

Elizabeth (Ruggles) Belcher died in Braintree on November 22, 1748.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Joseph Gardner Bartlett, "The Belcher Families in New England," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1906 (reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 60)
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.