Joseph Belt Sr (1680 - abt. 1761)

Born 1680 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Wight) Belt — married 1727 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's, Maryland

Descendants

Died about 1761 in Prince George's County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Joseph was a Colonel, a patentee of what is now Chevy Chase, MARYLAND, a Keeper of the Great Seal, owned 1000 acres, and was distinguished in many other ways as may be found in `The Compendium of American Genealogy`, Vol. 5. 28th Regiment US infantry war with Great Britain

Name

Joseph Belt

Birth

1680 Anne Arundel Co., MD

Title

Colonel

Death

26 JUN 1761 Prince Georges Co., MD

1761 MD

Known Slaves

In his will, Joseph leaves these named slaves: To his wife, males Sango, Batchelor, Wall, Bob, and Nero; and females Sarah with her children Jenny and Flora, another Jenny, Bess, Nan with her son Charles, plus a boy named Juba. He leaves his son Humphrey adult slaves named Rochester and Tom and boy slaves named Batchleor and Sango. To his grandson Joseph Sprigg, for the use of Sprigg's mother Rachel, he leaves slaves James (adult man), Toby (boy), Babb (adult woman), and Babb (girl), said slaves to go to grandsons Osborn and Thomas sprig after Rachel's death. To his son Tobias Belt, Joseph leaves slaves named Hercules and Toby, both adults. To his grandson Richard Belt son of Jeremiah, he leaves a slave girl named Jenny. To his grandson Thomas Belt son of Joseph, he leaves a girl named Pegg and a man named Shrewsbury. To William Belt (grandson?) he leaves a girl named Jenny and a boy named Sam. The will states that his remaining slaves are to be divided among several of his children.

Sources

• Virkus, Frederick Adams. The Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America (Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925-) Vol. 5
• Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Ancestry.com Colonial Families of the United States of America
• Ramsburgh, Edith Roberts. A Page in Heraldry, "Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Nov. 1923) Vol. 57, No. 11, Whole No. 375, Page 685. Says "Colonel Joseph Belt married two sisters, daughters of the famous Colonel Ninian Beall & his wife Ruth Moore", which is not correct.
• Will of Joseph Belt, Prince George's County, will book 1:539. Viewable online in collection "Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-24235-8208-23?cc=1803986&wc=9YSM-4WL:146535401,147178401 : accessed 09 Aug 2014), Prince George's > Wills 1698 > image 287 of 335; citing Hall of Records, Annapolis.
• Ancestry Family Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=893f94e7-0ea4-4772-be43-32605c5532cc&tid=7318691&pid=2019
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)
• Papenfuse, Edward C. Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, p. 128, Belt, Joseph.

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